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1964 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Waterman Steamship Corp. v. United States

381 U.S. 252 · 85 S. Ct. 1389 · 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2220

The record

Term
1964
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
245
U.S. Reports
381 U.S. 252
S. Ct. citation
85 S. Ct. 1389
LEXIS citation
1965 U.S. LEXIS 2220

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Waterman Steamship Corp. v. United States.
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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