UNITED STATES v. VOGEL FERTILIZER CO. (1982) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. VOGEL FERTILIZER CO.

Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: November 3, 1981
Decided: January 13, 1982
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. VOGEL FERTILIZER CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1982. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1981.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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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: 455 U.S. 16
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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 conservative.

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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