UNITED STATES et al. v. BISCEGLIA (1975) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES et al. v. BISCEGLIA

Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: November 11, 1974
Decided: February 19, 1975
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Douglas • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES et al. v. BISCEGLIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1975. The case was argued before the court on November 11, 1974.

In a 7-2 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 Kentucky Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 420 U.S. 141
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: Warren Burger

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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