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UNITED STATES v. CARTWRIGHT, EXECUTOR

Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 1973
Decided: May 7, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. CARTWRIGHT, EXECUTOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 7, 1973. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1973.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 411 U.S. 546
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: 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.

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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