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MASSEY MOTORS, INC., v. UNITED STATES (1960)

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MASSEY MOTORS, INC., v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: March 30, 1960
Decided: June 27, 1960
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Earl Warren
Dissenting
William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker

MASSEY MOTORS, INC., v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1960. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 1960.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: Car dealer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 364 U.S. 92
  • 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: Tom Clark

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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