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1971 term · Burger Court · 6-1

United States v. Generes et Vir

405 U.S. 93 · 92 S. Ct. 827 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 151

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
6-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
70-28
U.S. Reports
405 U.S. 93
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 827
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 151

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 3 concurringD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Generes et Vir.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Thurgood MarshallRegular concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
William RehnquistUnknown

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