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1964 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Cooper et al.

381 U.S. 274 · 85 S. Ct. 1456 · 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2658

The record

Term
1964
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
262
U.S. Reports
381 U.S. 274
S. Ct. citation
85 S. Ct. 1456
LEXIS citation
1965 U.S. LEXIS 2658

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Cooper et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
Arthur GoldbergDissent

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