BINGLER, DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. JOHNSON et al. (1969)

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BINGLER, DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. JOHNSON et al.
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1969
Decided: April 23, 1969
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

BINGLER, DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. JOHNSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23, 1969. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1969.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 394 U.S. 741
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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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