UNITED STATES v. O'MALLEY et al. (1966)

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UNITED STATES v. O'MALLEY et al.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: January 24, 1966
Decided: March 23, 1966
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. O'MALLEY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1966. The case was argued before the court on January 24, 1966.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern 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: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 383 U.S. 627
  • 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: Byron White

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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