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Portland Golf Club v. Commissioner

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Portland Golf Club v. Commissioner - Oral Argument
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Clifford M. Sloan (on behalf of the Respondent)
Leonard J. Henzke, Jr. (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
89-530
Petitioner: 
Portland Golf Club
Respondent: 
Commissioner
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
497 U.S. 154 (1990)
Argued: 
Tuesday, April 17, 1990
Decided: 
Thursday, June 21, 1990
Issues: 
Federal Taxation, Federal Taxation
Location No location information present.

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The Oyez Project, Portland Golf Club v. Commissioner , 497 U.S. 154 (1990)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_89_530)
(last visited Saturday, March 20, 2010).
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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Commissioner, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Internal Revenue Code

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Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's concurrence
O'Connor
Voted with the majority, joined Kennedy's concurrence
Scalia
Wrote a special concurrence
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun

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