| Case name | Citation | Opinion of the Court | Vote | Concurring opinion or statement | Dissenting opinion or statement | Procedural jurisdiction | Result |
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| Miller v. Hatfield | 309 U.S. 1 (1940) | per curiam | 8-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) | reversed |
| McGoldrick, Comptroller of the City of New York v. Gulf Oil Corporation | 309 U.S. 2 (1940) | per curiam | 8-0 | none | none | certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) | dismissed |
| Oklahoma Packing Company v. Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company | 309 U.S. 4 (1939) | Frankfurter | 8-0 | Hughes (opinion; joined by McReynolds and Roberts) | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.) | reversed |
| Real Estate-Land Title and Trust Company v. United States | 309 U.S. 13 (1940) | Douglas | 6-0[a][b] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) | affirmed |
| Yearsley v. W.A. Ross Trust Company | 309 U.S. 18 (1940) | Hughes | 8-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | affirmed |
| Carpenter v. Wabash Railroad Company | 309 U.S. 23 (1940) | Hughes | 8-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | vacated |
| Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania v. Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission | 309 U.S. 30 (1940) | per curiam | 8-0 | none | none | appeal from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (Pa. Super. Ct.) | dismissed |
| McGoldrick, Comptroller of the City of New York v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Company | 309 U.S. 33 (1940) | Stone | 5-3 | none | Hughes (opinion; joined by McReynolds and Roberts) | certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) | reversed |
| McGoldrick, Comptroller of the City of New York v. Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company | 309 U.S. 70 (1940) | Stone | 5-3 | none | Hughes, McReynolds, and Roberts (on the grounds of their dissent in McGoldrick, Comptroller of the City of New York v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Company ) | certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) | reversed |
| Morgan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue | 309 U.S. 78 (1940) | Roberts | 8-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) | affirmed |
| Madden v. Kentucky | 309 U.S. 83 (1940) | Reed | 6-2 | Hughes (short statement) | Roberts (short statement; joined by McReynolds) | appeal from the Kentucky Court of Appeals (Ky.) | affirmed |
| James Stewart and Company v. Sadrakula | 309 U.S. 94 (1940) | Reed | 8-0 | none | none | appeal from the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) | affirmed |
| Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Hallock | 309 U.S. 106 (1940) | Frankfurter | 6-2 | Hughes (short statement) | Roberts (opinion; joined by McReynolds) | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) | affirmed (one case); reversed (four cases) |
| Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Company | 309 U.S. 134 (1940) | Frankfurter | 8-0 | McReynolds (without opinion) | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) | reversed |
| Fly v. Heitmeyer | 309 U.S. 146 (1940) | Frankfurter | 8-0 | McReynolds (without opinion) | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) | reversed |
| Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Fitch | 309 U.S. 149 (1940) | Douglas | 7-1 | Reed (without opinion) | McReynolds (without opinion) | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | reversed |
| Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Minnesota | 309 U.S. 157 (1940) | Douglas | 8-0 | none | none | appeal from the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minn.) | affirmed |
| United States ex rel. Midland Loan Finance Company v. National Surety Corporation | 309 U.S. 165 (1940) | Reed | 8-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | affirmed |
| McCarroll v. Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc. | 309 U.S. 176 (1940) | McReynolds | 8-0[c] | Stone (opinion; joined by Hughes, Roberts, and Reed) | none | appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | affirmed |
| Deitrick v. Greaney | 309 U.S. 190 (1940) | Stone | 6-2[c] | none | Roberts (opinion; joined by McReynolds) | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) | reversed |
| National Labor Relations Board v. Waterman Steamship Corporation | 309 U.S. 206 (1940) | Black | 8-0[c] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) | reversed |
| Chambers v. Florida | 309 U.S. 227 (1940) | Black | 8-0[c] | none | none | certiorari to the Florida Supreme Court (Fla.) | reversed |
| Federal Housing Administration v. Burr | 309 U.S. 242 (1940) | Douglas | 8-0[c] | none | none | certiorari to the Michigan Supreme Court (Mich.) | affirmed |
| South Chicago Coal and Dock Company v. Bassett | 309 U.S. 251 (1940) | Hughes | 8-0[c] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) | affirmed |
| Amalgamated Utility Workers (C.I.O.) v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York | 309 U.S. 261 (1940) | Hughes | 8-0[c] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | affirmed |
| Minnesota ex rel. Pearson v. Probate Court of Ramsey County | 309 U.S. 270 (1940) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minn.) | affirmed |
| Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Kehoe | 309 U.S. 277 (1940) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) | reversed |
| Russel v. Todd | 309 U.S. 280 (1940) | Stone | 7-1[c] | none | Roberts (without opinion) | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | affirmed |
| Fischer v. Pauline Oil and Gas Company | 309 U.S. 294 (1940) | Roberts | 8-0[c] | none | none | certiorari to the Oklahoma Supreme Court (Okla.) | reversed |
| Germantown Trust Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue | 309 U.S. 304 (1940) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) | reversed |
| Mayo, Commissioner of Agriculture of Florida v. Lakeland Highlands Canning Company | 309 U.S. 310 (1940) | Roberts | 5-3[c] | none | Frankfurter (opinion; joined by Black and Douglas) | appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (S.D. Fla.) | reversed |
| Cobbledick v. United States | 309 U.S. 323 (1940) | Frankfurter | 8-0[c] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) | affirmed |
| Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Clifford | 309 U.S. 331 (1940) | Douglas | 7-2 | none | Roberts (opinion; joined by McReynolds) | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | reversed |
| Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Wood | 309 U.S. 344 (1940) | Douglas | 9-0 | Roberts (without opinion) | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | affirmed |
| National Licorice Company v. National Labor Relations Board | 309 U.S. 350 (1940) | Stone | 8-0[c] | Douglas (short statement; joined by Black) | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | affirmed as modified |
| Paramino Lumber Company v. Marshall | 309 U.S. 370 (1940) | Reed | 7-1[c] | none | McReynolds (without opinion) | appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (W.D. Wash.) | affirmed |
| Dickinson Industrial Site, Inc. v. Cowan | 309 U.S. 382 (1940) | Douglas | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) | affirmed |
| Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation | 309 U.S. 390 (1940) | Hughes | 8-0[d] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | affirmed |
| Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Price | 309 U.S. 409 (1940) | Hughes | 8-0[d] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.) | reversed |
| McGoldrick, Comptroller of the City of New York v. Gulf Oil Corporation | 309 U.S. 414 (1940) | Stone | 8-0[d] | none | none | certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) | affirmed |
| McGoldrick, Comptroller of the City of New York v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique | 309 U.S. 430 (1940) | Stone | 7-0[c][d] | Hughes and Roberts (joint short statement) | none | certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) | reversed |
| Ethyl Gasoline Corp. v. United States | 309 U.S. 436 (1940) | Stone | 7-0[a][d] | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) | affirmed |
| Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Bruun | 309 U.S. 461 (1940) | Roberts | 8-0[d] | Hughes | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | reversed |
| Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Brothers Radio Station | 309 U.S. 470 (1940) | Roberts | 8-0[d] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) | reversed |
| Thompson v. Magnolia Petroleum Company | 309 U.S. 478 (1940) | Black | 8-0[d] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | reversed |
| Kersh Lake Drainage District v. Johnson | 309 U.S. 485 (1940) | Black | 8-0[d] | none | none | certiorari to the Arkansas Supreme Court (Ark.) | affirmed |
| United States v. Shaw | 309 U.S. 495 (1940) | Reed | 8-0[d] | none | none | certiorari to the Michigan Supreme Court (Mich.) | reversed |
| United States v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company | 309 U.S. 506 (1940) | Reed | 8-0[d] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.) | reversed |
| Inland Waterways Corporation v. Young | 309 U.S. 517 (1940) | Frankfurter | 4-3[b][c] | none | Roberts (opinion; joined by Hughes and McReynolds) | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) | reversed |
| Woodring, Secretary of War v. Wardell | 309 U.S. 527 (1940) | Frankfurter | 4-3[b][c] | none | Hughes, McReynolds, and Roberts (for the reasons stated in their dissent in Inland Waterways Corporation v. Young ) | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) | affirmed reversed |
| Whitney v. State Tax Commission of New York | 309 U.S. 530 (1940) | Frankfurter | 7-1[d] | none | Roberts (short statement) | appeal from the New York Surrogate's Court (N.Y. Sur. Ct.) | affirmed |
| Puerto Rico v. Rubert Hermanos, Inc. | 309 U.S. 543 (1940) | Frankfurter | 8-0[d] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) | reversed |
| Minnesota v. National Tea Company | 309 U.S. 551 (1940) | Douglas | 5-3[d] | none | Hughes (opinion; joined by Stone and Roberts) | certiorari to the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minn.) | vacated |
| Tradesmens National Bank v. Oklahoma Tax Commission | 309 U.S. 560 (1940) | Murphy | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Oklahoma Supreme Court (Okla.) | affirmed |
| Wisconsin v. Illinois | 309 U.S. 569 (1940) | per curiam | 9-0 | none | none | original jurisdiction | special master appointed |
| Wyoming v. Colorado | 309 U.S. 572 (1940) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | original jurisdiction | petition of Wyoming denied |
| Western Union Telegraph Company v. Nester | 309 U.S. 582 (1940) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) | reversed |
| City of Yonkers v. Downey | 309 U.S. 590 (1940) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | affirmed |
| Maurer v. Hamilton, Secretary of Revenue of Pennsylvania | 309 U.S. 598 (1940) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Pa.) | affirmed |
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