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UNITED STATES et al. v. BOYD, COMMISSIONER (1964)

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UNITED STATES et al. v. BOYD, COMMISSIONER
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 1964
Decided: June 15, 1964
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II

UNITED STATES et al. v. BOYD, COMMISSIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 15, 1964. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1964.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: intergovernmental tax immunity
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Tennessee
  • Citation: 378 U.S. 39
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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