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COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. MCCOY, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MCCOY (1987)

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COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. MCCOY, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MCCOY
Term: 1987
Important Dates
Decided: October 19, 1987
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanSandra Day O'ConnorWilliam RehnquistAntonin ScaliaJohn Paul StevensByron White
Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. MCCOY, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MCCOY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 19, 1987.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Tax Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
  • 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: 484 U.S. 3
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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