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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Jesse C. Bollinger et al.

485 U.S. 340 · 108 S. Ct. 1173 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 1443

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
86-1672
U.S. Reports
485 U.S. 340
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 1173
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 1443

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Jesse C. Bollinger et al.
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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