UNITED STATES v. SANDRA L. CRAFT (2002) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. SANDRA L. CRAFT

Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 2002
Decided: April 17, 2002
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter
Dissenting
Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES v. SANDRA L. CRAFT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 2002. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 2002.

In a 6-3 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 Michigan Western 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: 535 U.S. 274
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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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