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UNITED STATES v. INDRELUNAS (1973)

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UNITED STATES v. INDRELUNAS
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Decided: April 16, 1973
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerWilliam DouglasThurgood MarshallLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistPotter StewartByron White

UNITED STATES v. INDRELUNAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 1973.

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 Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 411 U.S. 216
  • 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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