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1982 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Hillsboro National Bank v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

460 U.S. 370 · 103 S. Ct. 1134 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 147

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
81-485
U.S. Reports
460 U.S. 370
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 1134
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 147

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hillsboro National Bank v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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