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1995 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Robert F. Lundy

516 U.S. 235 · 116 S. Ct. 647 · 1996 U.S. LEXIS 694

The record

Term
1995
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
94-1785
U.S. Reports
516 U.S. 235
S. Ct. citation
116 S. Ct. 647
LEXIS citation
1996 U.S. LEXIS 694

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Robert F. Lundy.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
John Paul StevensDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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