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1994 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Erich E. Schleier and Helen B. Schleier

515 U.S. 323 · 115 S. Ct. 2159 · 1995 U.S. LEXIS 4044

The record

Term
1994
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
94-500
U.S. Reports
515 U.S. 323
S. Ct. citation
115 S. Ct. 2159
LEXIS citation
1995 U.S. LEXIS 4044

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Erich E. Schleier and Helen B. Schleier.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent
David SouterDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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