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1985 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. American College of Physicians

475 U.S. 834 · 106 S. Ct. 1591 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 102

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-1737
U.S. Reports
475 U.S. 834
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 1591
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 102

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in United States v. American College of Physicians.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Warren E. BurgerRegular concurrence
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence

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