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1977 term · Burger Court · 7-1

Fulman et al., Trustees v. United States

434 U.S. 528 · 98 S. Ct. 841 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 629

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
76-1137
U.S. Reports
434 U.S. 528
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 841
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 629

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Fulman et al., Trustees v. United States.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellDissent
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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