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NASH et al. v. UNITED STATES (1970)

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NASH et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1970
Decided: May 18, 1970
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Potter Stewart

NASH et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1970. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1970.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger 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: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 398 U.S. 1
  • 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: William Douglas

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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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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