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1973 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Snow et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

416 U.S. 500 · 94 S. Ct. 1876 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 135

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
73-641
U.S. Reports
416 U.S. 500
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1876
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 135

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Snow et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Potter StewartUnknown

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