Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 2019

Rodriguez v. FDIC

Decided February 25, 2020. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-1269 · 589 U.S. ___ (2020)

Holding

The rule of In re Bob Richards Chrysler-Plymouth Corp., 473 F. 2d 262—which specifies how federal tax refund proceeds should be allocated among members of an affiliated group of corporations that file a consolidated return—is not a legitimate exercise of federal common lawmaking.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Official text

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