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1970 term · Burger Court · 8-1

United States v. Maryland Savings-Share Insurance Corp.

400 U.S. 4 · 91 S. Ct. 16 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 105

The record

Term
1970
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
160
U.S. Reports
400 U.S. 4
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 16
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 105

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Maryland Savings-Share Insurance Corp.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John M. Harlan IIJurisdictional dissent

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