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1964 term · Warren Court · 9-0

United States v. Atlas Life Insurance Co.

381 U.S. 233 · 85 S. Ct. 1379 · 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2428

The record

Term
1964
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
489
U.S. Reports
381 U.S. 233
S. Ct. citation
85 S. Ct. 1379
LEXIS citation
1965 U.S. LEXIS 2428

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. Atlas Life Insurance Co.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority

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