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UNITED STATES v. DONRUSS CO.

Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: October 22, 1968
Decided: January 13, 1969
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Abe Fortas • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. DONRUSS CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1969. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1968.

In a 6-3 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 Tennessee Western 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: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 393 U.S. 297
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: Thurgood Marshall

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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