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UNITED STATES v. ZACKS ET UX. (1963)

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UNITED STATES v. ZACKS ET UX.
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: October 21, 1963
Decided: November 12, 1963
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
William BrennanTom ClarkArthur GoldbergJohn Harlan IIPotter StewartEarl WarrenByron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black

UNITED STATES v. ZACKS ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 12, 1963. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1963.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren 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: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 375 U.S. 59
  • 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: John Harlan II

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.

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