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1982 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Tufts et al.

461 U.S. 300 · 103 S. Ct. 1826 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 27

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
81-1536
U.S. Reports
461 U.S. 300
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 1826
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 27

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Tufts et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorRegular concurrence

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