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Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, March 6, 1957
Decision: Monday, April 22, 1957
Issues: Federal Taxation

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 5 votes for Commissioner, 3 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Internal Revenue Code
Did not participate
Whittaker
Voted with the majority
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Black
Voted with the majority
Warren
Wrote the majority opinion
Brennan
Voted with the minority, joined Burton's dissent
Clark
Voted with the majority
Frankfurter
Wrote a dissent
Burton
Wrote a dissent
Harlan
Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

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The Oyez Project, Automobile Club v. Commissioner, 353 U.S. 180 (1957),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1956/1956_89/>
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