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1966 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Stidger et ux.

386 U.S. 287 · 87 S. Ct. 1065 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 2986

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
173
U.S. Reports
386 U.S. 287
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 1065
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 2986

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Stidger et ux.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Abe FortasDissent

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