List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 243

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Supreme Court of the United States
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 243
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 243 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1917.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 243 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 (always including one chief justice).

When the cases in volume 243 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)
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)
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)
Jamescmcreynolds.jpg James Clark McReynolds Associate Justice Tennessee Horace Harmon Lurton August 29, 1914
(44–6)
October 12, 1914

January 31, 1941
(Retired)
Brandeisl.jpg Louis Brandeis Associate Justice Massachusetts Joseph Rucker Lamar June 1, 1916
(47–22)
June 5, 1916

February 13, 1939
(Retired)
John Hessin Clarke cph.3b09252.jpg John Hessin Clarke Associate Justice Ohio Charles Evans Hughes July 24, 1916
(Acclamation)
October 9, 1916

September 18, 1922
(Retired)

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 243 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Tyrrell v. District of Columbia 1 (1917) Whitenonenone D.C. Cir. dismissed
Wellsville Oil Company v. Miller 6 (1917) Whitenonenone Okla. affirmed
Bond v. Hume 15 (1917) Whitenonenone 5th Cir. certification
Union National Bank v. McBoyle 26 (1917) Whitenonenone Cal. dismissed
Bowersock v. Smith 29 (1917) Whitenonenone Kan. affirmed
McCluskey v. Marysville and Northern Railway Company 36 (1917) Whitenonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Bay v. Merrill and Ring Logging Company 40 (1917) Whitenonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Raymond v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company 43 (1917) Whitenonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
In re Selling 46 (1917) Whitenonenone Mich. continued
New Mexico v. Lane 52 (1917) McKennanonenone original dismissed
Donohue v. Vosper 59 (1917) McKennanonenone Mich. affirmed
Thomsen v. Cayser 66 (1917) McKennanonenone 2d Cir. reversed
McDonald v. Mabee 90 (1917) Holmesnonenone] Tex. reversed
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company v. Gold Issue Mining and Milling Company 93 (1917) Holmesnonenone Mo. affirmed
Five Per Cent Discount Cases 97 (1917) Holmesnonenone Ct. Cust. App. reversed
Gannon v. Johnston 108 (1917) Daynonenone Okla. affirmed
Baker v. Schofield 114 (1917) Daynonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
William R. Staats Company v. Security Trust and Savings Bank 121 (1917) Daynonenone 9th Cir. dismissed
The Steamship Appam 124 (1917) Daynonenone E.D. Va. affirmed
Enterprise Irrigation District v. Farmers Mutual Canal Company 157 (1917) VanDevanternonenone Neb. dismissed
City of Owensboro v. Owensboro Water Works Company 166 (1917) VanDevanternoneClarke; Day W.D. Ky. affirmed
New York Central Railroad Company v. White 188 (1917) Pitneynonenone N.Y. affirmed
Hawkins v. Bleakly 210 (1917) Pitneynonenone S.D. Iowa affirmed
Mountain Timber Company v. Washington 219 (1917) Pitneynonenone Wash. affirmed
Horn v. Mitchell 247 (1917) Pitneynonenone 1st Cir. dismissed
Grays Harbor Logging Company v. Coats-Fordney Logging Company 251 (1917) Pitneynonenone Wash. dismissed
Rome Railway and Light Company v. Floyd County 257 (1917) McReynoldsnonenone N.D. Ga. affirmed
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company v. McKibbin 264 (1917) Brandeisnonenone S.D.N.Y. reversed
Pennington v. Fourth National Bank 269 (1917) Brandeisnonenone Ohio affirmed
Pease v. Rathbun-Jones Engineering Company 273 (1917) Brandeisnonenone 5th Cir. affirmed
Swift and Company v. Hocking Valley Railway Company 281 (1917) Brandeisnonenone Ohio affirmed
Lie v. San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company 291 (1917) Clarkenonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Memphis Street Railway Company v. Moore 299 (1917) Clarkenonenone 6th Cir. affirmed
McAllister v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company 302 (1917) Clarkenonenone E.D. Ky. reversed
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway Company v. Moore 311 (1917) Clarkenonenone Mo. affirmed
United States v. Cress 316 (1917) Pitneynonenone E.D. Ky. affirmed
Wilson v. New 332 (1917) WhiteMcKennaDay; Pitney; McReynolds W.D. Mo. reversed
Utah Power and Light Company v. United States 389 (1917) VanDevanternonenone D. Utah affirmed
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company v. United States 412 (1917) Holmesnonenone E.D. Pa. affirmed
California v. Deseret Water, Oil and Irrigation Company 415 (1917) Daynonenone Cal. reversed
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company v. McWhirt 422 (1917) VanDevanternonenone Mo. affirmed
Bunting v. Oregon 426 (1917) McKennanonenone Or. affirmed
United States v. Kenofskey 440 (1917) McKennanonenone E.D. La. reversed
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company v. United States 444 (1917) Holmesnonenone S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Pullman Company v. Knott 447 (1917) Daynonenone Fla. dismissed
United States v. Waller 452 (1917) Daynonenone 8th Cir. certification
United States v. Rowell 464 (1917) VanDevanternonenone W.D. Okla. reversed
United States v. Ginsberg 472 (1917) McReynoldsnonenone 8th Cir. certification
United States v. Gradwell 476 (1917) Clarkenonenonemultipleaffirmed
Straus v. Victor Talking Machine Company 490 (1917) Clarkenonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Motion Picture Patents Company v. Universal Film Manufacturing Company 502 (1917) ClarkenoneHolmes 2d Cir. affirmed
Marshall v. Gordon 521 (1917) Whitenonenone S.D.N.Y. reversed
Oregon and California Railroad Company v. United States 549 (1917) McKennanonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Hendersonville Light and Power Company v. Blue Ridge Interurban Railway Company 563 (1917) Holmesnonenone N.C. affirmed
United States v. Davis 570 (1917) Holmesnonenone D. Haw. reversed
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v. Lorick 572 (1917) Brandeisnonenone S.C. affirmed
Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Olivit Brothers 574 (1917) McKennanonenone N.J. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Carr 587 (1917) McKennanonenone N.J. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Lott v. Pittman 588 (1917) McKennanonenone S.D. Ga. affirmed
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. Starbird 592 (1917) Daynonenone Ark. multiple
United States v. Morehead 607 (1917) Brandeisnonenone D. Mont. reversed
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Layton 617 (1917) Clarkenonenone Ga. affirmed

Notes and references

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