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UNITED STATES v. CHANDLER et al. (1973)

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UNITED STATES v. CHANDLER et al.
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Decided: January 22, 1973
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. CHANDLER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1973.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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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: 410 U.S. 257
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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