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LAING v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1975
Decided: January 13, 1976
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

LAING v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1976. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1975.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Vermont U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 423 U.S. 161
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: Thurgood Marshall

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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