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1974 term · Burger Court · 7-2

United States v. Tax Commission of Mississippi et al.

421 U.S. 599 · 95 S. Ct. 1872 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 120

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
74-548
U.S. Reports
421 U.S. 599
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1872
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 120

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Tax Commission of Mississippi et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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