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UNITED STATES v. ACRI et al. (1955)

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UNITED STATES v. ACRI et al.
Term: 1954
Important Dates
Argued: November 16, 1954
Decided: January 10, 1955
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren

UNITED STATES v. ACRI et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1955. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1954.

In an 8-0 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 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 - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 348 U.S. 211
  • 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: Sherman Minton

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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