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UNITED STATES v. BOYLE, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF BOYLE

Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 1984
Decided: January 9, 1985
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell

UNITED STATES v. BOYLE, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF BOYLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1985. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1984.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Central 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: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 469 U.S. 241
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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