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UNITED STATES v. PTASYNSKI et al. (1983)

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UNITED STATES v. PTASYNSKI et al.
Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1983
Decided: June 6, 1983
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. PTASYNSKI et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 6, 1983. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1983.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wyoming 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: Oil company, or natural gas producer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 462 U.S. 74
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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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