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COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. ENGLE ET UX. (1984)

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COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. ENGLE ET UX. |
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Term: 1983 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 11, 1983 |
Decided: January 10, 1984 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
5-4 |
Majority |
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens |
Dissenting |
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White |
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. ENGLE ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1984. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1983.
In a 5-4 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: 464 U.S. 206
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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