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1975 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Shapiro et ux.

424 U.S. 614 · 96 S. Ct. 1062 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 137

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
74-744
U.S. Reports
424 U.S. 614
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1062
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 137

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Shapiro et ux.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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