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UNITED STATES v. BESS (1958)

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UNITED STATES v. BESS
Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: April 7, 1958
Decided: June 9, 1958
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter
Concurring
Hugo Black • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Harold Burton • John Harlan II

UNITED STATES v. BESS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1958. The case was argued before the court on April 7, 1958.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey 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 - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 357 U.S. 51
  • 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: 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 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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