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1971 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. First Security Bank of Utah, N. A., et al.

405 U.S. 394 · 92 S. Ct. 1085 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 126

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
70-305
U.S. Reports
405 U.S. 394
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 1085
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 126

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. First Security Bank of Utah, N. A., et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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