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1969 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Nash et al. v. United States

398 U.S. 1 · 90 S. Ct. 1550 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 107

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
678
U.S. Reports
398 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 1550
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 107

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Nash et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
Potter StewartDissent

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