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UNITED STATES v. MARYLAND SAVINGS-SHARE INSURANCE CORP. (1970)

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UNITED STATES v. MARYLAND SAVINGS-SHARE INSURANCE CORP.
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Decided: October 19, 1970
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
John Harlan II

UNITED STATES v. MARYLAND SAVINGS-SHARE INSURANCE CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 19, 1970.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland 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, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 400 U.S. 4
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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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