1976 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance Co.
433 U.S. 148 · 97 S. Ct. 2523 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 137
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federal Taxation
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 75-1771
- U.S. Reports
- 433 U.S. 148
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 2523
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 137
How the bench divided
MMMMMMCC?
M 6 majorityC 2 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Special concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Unknown |
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