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1961 term · Warren Court · 6-1

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Bilder, Executrix

369 U.S. 499 · 82 S. Ct. 881 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2305

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
6-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
384
U.S. Reports
369 U.S. 499
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 881
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2305

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Bilder, Executrix.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Byron WhiteUnknown
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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