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SLODOV v. UNITED STATES (1978)

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SLODOV v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 1978
Decided: May 22, 1978
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Concurring
William Rehnquist
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Byron White

SLODOV v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 1978. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1978.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, 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 - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 436 U.S. 238
  • 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 Brennan

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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