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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-1

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. McCoy, Executor of the Estate of McCoy

484 U.S. 3 · 108 S. Ct. 217 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 4393

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
87-75
U.S. Reports
484 U.S. 3
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 217
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 4393

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. McCoy, Executor of the Estate of McCoy.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent

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