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1968 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Sullivan, Tax Commissioner of Connecticut, et al. v. United States et al.

395 U.S. 169 · 89 S. Ct. 1648 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 1512

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
610
U.S. Reports
395 U.S. 169
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 1648
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 1512

How the bench divided

M 8 majority

How each justice voted in Sullivan, Tax Commissioner of Connecticut, et al. v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority

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