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1961 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Simonson, Trustee in Bankruptcy, et al. v. Granquist, District Director of Internal Revenue, et al.

369 U.S. 38 · 82 S. Ct. 537 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2225

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
83
U.S. Reports
369 U.S. 38
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 537
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2225

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Simonson, Trustee in Bankruptcy, et al. v. Granquist, District Director of Internal Revenue, et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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