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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	LYNWOOD D. HALL, ET UX., PETITIONERS v. UNITED STATES LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	May 14, 2012
Date Argument	November 29, 2011
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	132 S. Ct. 1882 2012 U.S. LEXIS 3781 182 L. Ed. 2d 840
Docket	10-875

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Arizona U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Petitioner	farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
Respondent	United States

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	FEDERAL TAXATION Priority Of Federal Fiscal Claims: Over Those Of The States Or Private Entities FEDERAL STATUTE Internal Revenue Code and pre-IRC revenue acts
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Scalia Thomas Roberts Alito Sotomayor dissent Kennedy Ginsburg Breyer Kagan
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Bankruptcy (except In The Context Of Priority Of Federal Fiscal Claims) FEDERAL STATUTE Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Act or Rules, or Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Scalia Thomas Roberts Alito Sotomayor dissent Kennedy Ginsburg Breyer Kagan

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2011-053-01

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