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ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE (1998)

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ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
Term: 1997
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1998
Decided: April 21, 1998
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1998. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1998.

In a 9-0 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: 523 U.S. 382
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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