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1961 term · Warren Court · 8-1

United States v. Union Central Life Insurance Co.

368 U.S. 291 · 82 S. Ct. 349 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2088

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
52
U.S. Reports
368 U.S. 291
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 349
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 2088

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Union Central Life Insurance Co.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
William O. DouglasDissent

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