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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, March 27, 1990
Decision: Monday, June 4, 1990
Issues: Federal Taxation, Priority of Federal Fiscal Claims

Advocates

Brian J. Martin (on behalf of the Respondent)
Paul J. Winterhalter (on behalf of the Petitioner)

Facts of the Case

None

Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 9 votes for IRS, 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Act or Rules, or Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978
Wrote the majority opinion
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Kennedy
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Wrote a special concurrence
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall

Cite this page

The Oyez Project, Begier v. IRS, 496 U.S. 53 (1990),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_89_393/>
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