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COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. BROWN et al. (1965)
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| COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. BROWN et al. |
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| Term: 1964 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 3, 1965 |
| Decided: April 27, 1965 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| John Harlan II |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren |
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. BROWN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1965. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1965.
In a 6-3 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: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 380 U.S. 563
- 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: Byron White
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 conservative.
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