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NICHOLAS, TRUSTEE v. UNITED STATES (1966)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
NICHOLAS, TRUSTEE v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 1966
Decided: June 13, 1966
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
John Harlan II
Dissenting
William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Byron White

NICHOLAS, TRUSTEE v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1966. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1966.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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 - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
  • Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 384 U.S. 678
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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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