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1970 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Lincoln Savings & Loan Assn.

403 U.S. 345 · 91 S. Ct. 1893 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 3587

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
544
U.S. Reports
403 U.S. 345
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 1893
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 3587

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Lincoln Savings & Loan Assn.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William O. DouglasDissent

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