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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Asphalt Products Co., Inc.

482 U.S. 117 · 107 S. Ct. 2275 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2365

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
86-1053
U.S. Reports
482 U.S. 117
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 2275
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 2365

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Asphalt Products Co., Inc.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent
Harry BlackmunJurisdictional dissent

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