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ARKANSAS BEST CORPORATION v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1987
Decided: March 7, 1988
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

ARKANSAS BEST CORPORATION v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1988. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1987.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Tax Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 485 U.S. 212
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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