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1973 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. National Alfalfa Dehydrating & Milling Co.

417 U.S. 134 · 94 S. Ct. 2129 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 59

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
73-9
U.S. Reports
417 U.S. 134
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 2129
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 59

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. National Alfalfa Dehydrating & Milling Co.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence

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