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UNITED STATES v. CATTO et al. (1966)

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UNITED STATES v. CATTO et al.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: March 22, 1966
Decided: April 26, 1966
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. CATTO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 26, 1966. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 1966.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, 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: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 384 U.S. 102
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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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