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1966 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Bosch

387 U.S. 456 · 87 S. Ct. 1776 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 2840

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
673
U.S. Reports
387 U.S. 456
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 1776
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 2840

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Bosch.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Abe FortasDissent

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