List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 231

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Supreme Court of the United States
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 231
38°53′26″N77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;235 years ago (1789-03-04)
Location Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′26″N77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized by Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Website supremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 231 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1913 and 1914.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 231 U.S.

The Supreme Court is established by Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which says: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court . . .". The size of the Court is not specified; the Constitution leaves it to Congress to set the number of justices. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 Congress originally fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices). [1] Since 1789, Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices; this number always including one chief justice.

When the cases in volume 231 were decided, the Court comprised the following nine members:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Edward White, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, 1905.jpg Edward Douglass White Chief Justice Louisiana Melville Fuller December 12, 1910
(Acclamation)
December 19, 1910

May 19, 1921
(Died)
Justice McKenna.jpg Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field January 21, 1898
(Acclamation)
January 26, 1898

January 5, 1925
(Retired)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr circa 1930-edit.jpg Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray December 4, 1902
(Acclamation)
December 8, 1902

January 12, 1932
(Retired)
Justice William R. Day.jpg William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. February 23, 1903
(Acclamation)
March 2, 1903

November 13, 1922
(Retired)
HoraceHarmonLurton.jpg Horace Harmon Lurton Associate Justice Tennessee Rufus W. Peckham December 20, 1909
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1910

July 12, 1914
(Died)
Charles Evans Hughes cph.3b15401.jpg Charles Evans Hughes Associate Justice New York David Josiah Brewer May 2, 1910
(Acclamation)
October 10, 1910

June 10, 1916
(Resigned)
Willis Van Devanter.jpg Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice)December 15, 1910
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1911

June 2, 1937
(Retired)
Joseph Lamar.jpg Joseph Rucker Lamar Associate Justice Georgia William Henry Moody December 15, 1910
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1911

January 2, 1916
(Died)
Mahlon Pitney cph.3b30300.jpg Mahlon Pitney Associate Justice New Jersey John Marshall Harlan March 13, 1912
(50–26)
March 18, 1912

December 31, 1922
(Resigned)

Citation style

Under the Judiciary Act of 1789, the federal court structure at the time comprised District Courts, which had general trial jurisdiction; Circuit Courts, which had mixed trial and appellate (from the US District Courts) jurisdiction; and the United States Supreme Court, which had appellate jurisdiction over the federal District and Circuit courts—and for certain issues over state courts. The Supreme Court also had limited original jurisdiction (i.e., in which cases could be filed directly with the Supreme Court without first having been heard by a lower federal or state court). There were one or more federal District Courts and/or Circuit Courts in each state, territory, or other geographical region.

The Judiciary Act of 1891 created the United States Courts of Appeals and reassigned the jurisdiction of most routine appeals from the district and circuit courts to these appellate courts. The Act created nine new courts that were originally known as the "United States Circuit Courts of Appeals." The new courts had jurisdiction over most appeals of lower court decisions. The Supreme Court could review either legal issues that a court of appeals certified or decisions of court of appeals by writ of certiorari.

On January 1, 1912, the effective date of the Judicial Code of 1911, the old Circuit Courts were abolished, with their remaining trial court jurisdiction transferred to the U.S. District Courts.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

List of cases in volume 231 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition of case
Wood v. Vandalia Railroad Company 1 (1913) Hughesnonenone C.C.D. Ind. reversed
Luria v. United States 9 (1913) VanDevanternonenone S.D.N.Y. affirmed
United States v. Sandoval 28 (1913) VanDevanternonenone D.N.M. reversed
National City Bank of New York v. Hotchkiss 50 (1913) Holmesnonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Mechanics' and Metals National Bank v. Ernst 60 (1913) Holmesnonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Baltic Mining Company v. Massachusetts 68 (1913) Daynonenone Mass. affirmed
Virginia v. West Virginia 89 (1913) Whitenonenone original continued
Summers v. United States 92 (1913) McKennanonenone 9th Cir. reversed
Alzua v. Johnson 106 (1913) Holmesnonenone Phil. affirmed
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company v. United States 112 (1913) Holmesnonenone 5th Cir. affirmed
Clement National Bank v. Vermont 120 (1913) Hughesnonenone Vt. affirmed
United States v. Whitridge 144 (1913) Pitneynonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Munsey v. Webb 150 (1913) Holmesnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Buchser v. Buchser 157 (1913) Holmesnonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Straus v. Foxworth 162 (1913) VanDevanternonenone N.M. affirmed
Torres v. Lothrop, Luce and Company 171 (1913) Whitenonenone P.R. affirmed
Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Houston 181 (1913) Whitenonenone Minn. reversed
United States v. Davis 183 (1913) Whitenonenone W.D. Mo. reversed
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Laramie Stock Yards Company 190 (1913) McKennanonenone D. Wy. reversed
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Snow 204 (1913) McKennanonenone Colo. reversed
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Sides 213 (1913) McKennanonenone Colo. reversed
Kener v. La Grange Mills 215 (1913) Holmesnonenone Ga. affirmed
United States ex rel. Goldberg v. Daniels 218 (1913) Holmesnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Straus and Straus v. American Publishers' Association 222 (1913) Daynonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company v. United States ex rel. Bartlett 237 (1913) Daynonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company v. Brewer 245 (1913) Daynonenone La. dismissed
Marshall v. Dye 250 (1913) Daynonenone Ind. dismissed
City of Vicksburg v. Henson 259 (1913) Daynonenone 5th Cir. reversed
United States v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 274 (1913) Lurtonnonenone Comm. Ct. affirmed
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Garrett 298 (1913) Hughesnonenone C.C.E.D. Ky. affirmed
Sturges and Burn Manufacturing Company v. Beauchamp 320 (1913) Hughesnonenone Ill. affirmed
Eastern Extension, Australia & China Telegraph Company, Ltd. v. United States 326 (1913) Hughesnonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Little v. Williams 335 (1913) VanDevanternonenone Ark. affirmed
Monson v. Simonson 341 (1913) VanDevanternonenone S.D. reversed
Steet and Smith v. Atlas Manufacturing Company 348 (1913) VanDevanternonenone 8th Cir. dismissed
Downman v. Texas 353 (1913) Lamarnonenone Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
United States v. Twenty-Five Packages of Panama Hats 358 (1913) Lamarnonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company v. United States 363 (1913) Lamarnonenone W.D.N.Y. affirmed
Amoskeag Savings Bank v. Purdy 373 (1913) Pitneynonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company v. Kentucky 394 (1913) Pitneynonenone Ky. affirmed
Stratton's Independence, Ltd. v. Howbert 399 (1913) Pitneynonenone 8th Cir. certification
Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. United States 423 (1913) Pitneynonenone Comm. Ct. affirmed
Grand Trunk Railroad Company v. Michigan Railroad Commission 457 (1913) McKennanonenone E.D. Mich. affirmed
Graham v. United States 474 (1913) Holmesnonenone 4th Cir. affirmed
Chavez v. Bergere 482 (1913) VanDevanternonenone N.M. affirmed
United States v. Carter 492 (1913) Whitenonenone W.D.N.C. dismissed
New York Life Insurance Company v. Deer Lodge County 495 (1913) McKennanonenone Mont. affirmed
Greey v. Dockendorff 513 (1913) Holmesnonenone 3d Cir. affirmed
Kinder v. Scharff 517 (1913) Holmesnonenone La. affirmed
Ludvigh v. American Woolen Company 522 (1913) Daynonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Peabody v. United States 530 (1913) Hughesnonenone Ct Cl. affirmed
Springstead v. Crawfordsville State Bank 541 (1913) Whitenonenone C.C.S.D. Fla. reversed
Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Moore 543 (1913) McKennanonenone 5th Cir. reversed
Prudential Insurance Company v. Moore 560 (1913) McKennanonenone 5th Cir. reversed
Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Company v. Washington ex rel. Linhoff 568 (1913) Holmesnonenone Wash. dismissed
Pullman Company v. Croom 571 (1913) Daynonenone C.C.N.D. Fla. dismissed
Phoenix Railroad Company v. Landis 578 (1913) Hughesnonenone Ariz. affirmed
John v. Paullin 583 (1913) VanDevanternonenone Okla. dismissed
Baker v. Warner 588 (1913) Lamarnonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
Work v. United Globe Mines 595 (1914) Whitenonenone Ariz. affirmed
Van Syckel v. Arsuaga 601 (1914) Whitenonenone D.P.R. affirmed
Wisconsin ex rel. Bolens v. Frear 616 (1914) Whitenonenone Wis. dismissed
Wyandotte County Gas Company v. Kansas ex rel. Marshall 622 (1914) Whitenonenone Kan. affirmed
Pennington v. United States 631 (1914) Whitenonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
In re City of Louisville 639 (1914) McKennanonenone W.D. Ky. mandamus denied
In re Engelhard and Sons Company 646 (1914) McKennanonenone W.D. Ky. mandamus denied
Louisville v. Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company 652 (1914) McKennanonenone W.D. Ky. affirmed
United States v. Antikamnia Chemical Company 654 (1914) McKennanonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
Mulcrevy v. City of San Francisco 669 (1914) McKennanonenone Cal. affirmed
Pennell v. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company 675 (1914) McKennanonenone 3d Cir. affirmed
Tinker v. Midland Valley Mercantile Company 681 (1914) Holmesnonenone Okla. reversed
Trimble v. City of Seattle 683 (1914) Holmesnonenone Wash. affirmed
Piza Hermanos v. Caldentey 690 (1914) Holmesnonenone P.R. affirmed
Hobbs v. Head and Dowst Company 692 (1914) Holmesnonenone 1st Cir. affirmed
United States v. Moist 701 (1914) Holmesnonenone N.D. Ill. dismissed
Rainey v. W.R. Grace and Company 703 (1914) Daynonenone 9th Cir. certification
Cameron v. United States 710 (1914) Daynonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Radford v. Myers 725 (1914) Daynonenone Mich. affirmed

Notes and references

    1. "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.