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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0

Arkansas Best Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

485 U.S. 212 · 108 S. Ct. 971 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 1150

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
86-751
U.S. Reports
485 U.S. 212
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 971
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 1150

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Arkansas Best Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyUnknown

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