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BULOVA WATCH CO., INC., v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: March 27, 1961
Decided: April 17, 1961
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
William Douglas

BULOVA WATCH CO., INC., v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1961. The case was argued before the court on March 27, 1961.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 365 U.S. 753
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: Charles Whittaker

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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