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1983 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Dickman et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

465 U.S. 330 · 104 S. Ct. 1086 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 30

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
82-1041
U.S. Reports
465 U.S. 330
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 1086
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 30

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Dickman et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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