1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Fink et al.
483 U.S. 89 · 107 S. Ct. 2729 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2731
The record
- Term
- 1986
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federal Taxation
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 86-511
- U.S. Reports
- 483 U.S. 89
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 2729
- LEXIS citation
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2731
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCCD
M 5 majorityC 3 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Byron White | Regular concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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