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1961 term · Warren Court · 7-0

Hanover Bank, Executor, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

369 U.S. 672 · 82 S. Ct. 1080 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2300

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
224
U.S. Reports
369 U.S. 672
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 1080
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2300

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Hanover Bank, Executor, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Byron WhiteUnknown
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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