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UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS (1986)

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UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1986
Decided: April 22, 1986
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell

UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1986. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1986.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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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: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 475 U.S. 834
  • 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: Thurgood Marshall

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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