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UNITED STATES v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. et al.

Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: January 13, 1987
Decided: April 22, 1987
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1987. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1987.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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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: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 481 U.S. 239
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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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