List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 245

Supreme Court of the United States
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 245 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1917 and 1918.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 245 U.S.

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

See also: List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition

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 245 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

Portrait	Justice	Office	Home State	Succeeded	Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote)	Tenure on Supreme Court
	Edward Douglass White	Chief Justice	Louisiana	Melville Fuller	December 12, 1910 (Acclamation)	December 19, 1910 – May 19, 1921 (Died)
	Joseph McKenna	Associate Justice	California	Stephen Johnson Field	January 21, 1898 (Acclamation)	January 26, 1898 – January 5, 1925 (Retired)
	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.	Associate Justice	Massachusetts	Horace Gray	December 4, 1902 (Acclamation)	December 8, 1902 – January 12, 1932 (Retired)
	William R. Day	Associate Justice	Ohio	George Shiras Jr.	February 23, 1903 (Acclamation)	March 2, 1903 – November 13, 1922 (Retired)
	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	Associate Justice	New Jersey	John Marshall Harlan	March 13, 1912 (50–26)	March 18, 1912 – December 31, 1922 (Resigned)
	James Clark McReynolds	Associate Justice	Tennessee	Horace Harmon Lurton	August 29, 1914 (44–6)	October 12, 1914 – January 31, 1941 (Retired)
	Louis Brandeis	Associate Justice	Massachusetts	Joseph Rucker Lamar	June 1, 1916 (47–22)	June 5, 1916 – February 13, 1939 (Retired)
	John Hessin Clarke	Associate Justice	Ohio	Charles Evans Hughes	July 24, 1916 (Acclamation)	October 9, 1916 – September 18, 1922 (Retired)

Notable Cases in 245 U.S.

Buchanan v. Warley

In Buchanan v. Warley , 245 U.S. 60 (1917), the Supreme Court addressed civil government-instituted racial segregation in residential areas. The Court held that a Louisville, Kentucky city ordinance prohibiting the sale of real property to blacks in white-majority neighborhoods or buildings and vice versa violated the Fourteenth Amendment's protections for freedom of contract. The Court ruled that the motive for the Louisville ordinance, separation of races for purported reasons, was an inappropriate exercise of police power, and its insufficient purpose also made it unconstitutional. ^[2]

Selective Draft Law Cases

In the Selective Draft Law Cases , 245 U.S. 366 (1918), the Supreme Court upheld the Selective Service Act of 1917 and more generally upheld conscription in the United States. The Court ruled that conscription did not violate the Thirteenth Amendment's prohibition of involuntary servitude, or the First Amendment's protection of freedom of conscience.

Citation style

See also: United States district court

See also: United States court of appeals

See also: United States federal courts

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.

• "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals
  • e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . .
  • e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western
  • e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
• "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
• The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time.
  • e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
  • e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

List of cases in volume 245 U.S.

See also: White Court

Case Name	Page and year	Opinion of the Court	Concurring opinion(s)	Dissenting opinion(s)	Lower Court	Disposition
United States v. Leary	1 (1917)	Holmes	none	none	4th Cir.	affirmed
Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Towers	6 (1917)	Day	none	none	Md.	affirmed
Bruce v. Tobin	18 (1917)	White	none	none	S.D.	certiorari denied
Contributors to Pennsylvania Hospital v. City of Philadelphia	20 (1917)	White	none	none	Pa.	affirmed
Lee Wilson and Company v. United States	24 (1917)	White	none	none	8th Cir.	affirmed
Smith v. Interstate Commerce Commission I	33 (1917)	McKenna	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Smith v. Interstate Commerce Commission II	47 (1917)	McKenna	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Jones v. Interstate Commerce Commission	48 (1917)	McKenna	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Cohen v. Samuels	50 (1917)	McKenna	none	none	2d Cir.	reversed
Fidelity and Columbia Trust Company v. City of Louisville	54 (1917)	Holmes	none	none	Ky.	affirmed
Buchanan v. Warley	60 (1917)	Day	none	none	Ky.	reversed
Ex parte Park	82 (1917)	Day	none	none	Ct. Cust. App.	mandamus denied
Gauzon v. Compañía General de Tabacos de Filipinas	86 (1917)	Day	none	none	Phil.	affirmed
United States v. Chase	89 (1917)	VanDevanter	none	none	8th Cir.	reversed
Eichel v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company	102 (1917)	VanDevanter	none	none	3d Cir.	affirmed
Hendrickson v. Apperson	105 (1917)	McReynolds	none	none	6th Cir.	affirmed
Hendrickson v. Creager	115 (1917)	McReynolds	none	none	6th Cir.	affirmed
Kelley v. Gill	116 (1917)	Brandeis	none	none	S.D. Cal.	affirmed
Scharrenberg v. Dollar Steamship Company	122 (1917)	Clarke	none	none	9th Cir.	affirmed
Biddinger v. Commissioner of Police of the City of New York	128 (1917)	Clarke	none	none	S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company v. United States	136 (1917)	Brandeis	none	none	W.D. Ky.	affirmed
Hartford Life Insurance Company v. Barber	146 (1917)	Holmes	none	none	Mo.	reversed
Gould v. Gould	151 (1917)	McReynolds	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	affirmed
Wear v. Kansas ex rel. Brewster	154 (1917)	Holmes	none	none	Kan.	affirmed
Day v. United States	159 (1917)	Holmes	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company v. Gilbert	162 (1917)	VanDevanter	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	dismissed
United States ex rel. Arant v. Lane	166 (1917)	White	none	none	D.C. Cir.	dismissed
Petersen v. Iowa ex rel. State Treasurer	170 (1917)	White	none	none	Iowa	affirmed
Duus v. Brown	176 (1917)	White	none	none	Iowa	affirmed
Looney, Attorney General of Texas v. Crane Company	178 (1917)	White	none	none	N.D. Tex.	affirmed
Sweet v. Schock	192 (1917)	McKenna	none	none	Okla.	reversed
Abercrombie and Fitch Company v. Baldwin	198 (1917)	McKenna	none	none	2d Cir.	affirmed
Stevirmac Oil and Gas Company v. Dittman	210 (1917)	Day	none	none	E.D. Okla.	dismissed
Jones v. City of Portland	217 (1917)	Day	none	none	Me.	affirmed
Kirk v. Olson	225 (1917)	VanDevanter	none	none	S.D.	affirmed
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company v. Mitchell	229 (1917)	Pitney	none	Brandeis	4th Cir.	reversed
Eagle Glass and Manufacturing Company v. Rowe	275 (1917)	Pitney	none	Brandeis	4th Cir.	reversed
Schneider Granite Company v. Gast Realty and Investment Company	288 (1917)	Pitney	none	none	Mo.	affirmed
Crew Levick Company v. Pennsylvania	292 (1917)	Pitney	none	none	Pa.	reversed
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v. North Carolina	298 (1917)	McReynolds	none	none	N.C.	affirmed
Crane v. Campbell	304 (1917)	McReynolds	none	none	Idaho	affirmed
Duncan Townsite Company v. Lane	308 (1917)	Brandeis	none	none	D.C. Cir.	affirmed
Hull v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company	312 (1917)	Brandeis	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	affirmed
Burton v. New York Central Railroad Company	315 (1917)	Brandeis	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	affirmed
United States v. Ness	319 (1917)	Brandeis	none	none	8th Cir.	reversed
Jones v. Buffalo Creek Coal and Coke Company	328 (1917)	Brandeis	none	none	S.D.W. Va.	dismissed
Korbly v. Springfield Institution for Savings	330 (1917)	Clarke	none	none	1st Cir.	affirmed
United States v. California Bridge and Construction Company	337 (1917)	Clarke	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
New York ex rel. New York and Queens Gas Company v. McCall	345 (1917)	Clarke	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	affirmed
McGowan v. Columbia River Packers' Association	352 (1917)	Holmes	none	none	9th Cir.	affirmed
Southern Pacific Transportation Company v. Stewart	359 (1917)	Day	none	none]	9th Cir.	dismissed
Selective Draft Law Cases	366 (1918)	White	none	none	multiple	affirmed
Jones v. Perkins	390 (1918)	White	none	none	S.D. Ga.	affirmed
United States v. Morena	392 (1918)	McKenna	none	none	3d Cir.	certification
Waller v. Texas and Pacific Railway Company	398 (1918)	McKenna	none	none	2d Cir.	affirmed
Union Trust Company v. Grosman	412 (1918)	Holmes	none	none	5th Cir.	affirmed
Towne v. Eisner	418 (1918)	Holmes	none	none	S.D.N.Y.	reversed
Wisconsin v. Lane	427 (1918)	Day	none	none	original	decree for defendant
United States v. J.S. Stearns Lumber Company	436 (1918)	Day	none	none	W.D. Wis.	reversed
Houston Oil Company of Texas v. Goodrich	440 (1918)	McReynolds	none	none	5th Cir.	dismissed
Boldt v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company	441 (1918)	McReynolds	none	none	2d Cir.	affirmed
City of Cincinnati v. Cincinnati and Hamilton Traction Company	446 (1918)	McReynolds	none	Clarke	S.D. Ohio	affirmed
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. United States	463 (1918)	Brandeis	none	none	W.D. Ky.	affirmed
Rosen v. United States	467 (1918)	Clarke	none	none	2d Cir.	affirmed
Goldman v. United States	474 (1918)	White	none	none	S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Kramer v. United States	478 (1918)	White	none	none	S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Ruthenberg v. United States	480 (1918)	White	none	none	N.D. Ohio	affirmed
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company v. Texas	484 (1918)	Holmes	none	none	Tex. Civ. App.	reversed
George A. Fuller Company v. Otis Elevator Company	489 (1918)	Holmes	none	none	D.C. Cir.	reversed
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. State Public Utilities Commission	493 (1918)	VanDevanter	none	none	N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Ketcham v. Burr	510 (1918)	McReynolds	none	none	E.D. Mich.	dismissed
Martin v. Commercial National Bank of Macon	513 (1918)	McReynolds	none	none	5th Cir.	affirmed
Bates v. Bodie	520 (1918)	McKenna	none	none	Neb.	reversed
Southern Pacific Company v. Darnell-Taenzer Lumber Company	531 (1918)	Holmes	none	none	6th Cir.	affirmed
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Huxoll	535 (1918)	Clarke	none	none	Neb.	affirmed
Johnson v. Lankford	541 (1918)	McKenna	none	none	W.D. Okla.	reversed
Martin v. Lankford	547 (1918)	McKenna	none	none	W.D. Okla.	affirmed
United States v. Woo Jan	552 (1918)	McKenna	none	none	6th Cir.	certification
Greer v. United States	559 (1918)	Holmes	none	none	8th Cir.	affirmed
Southern Pacific Company v. Stewart	562 (1918)	Day	none	none	9th Cir.	rehearing granted
United States v. Sweet	563 (1918)	VanDevanter	none	none	8th Cir.	reversed
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company v. Ohio ex rel. Pontius	574 (1918)	McReynolds	none	Clarke	Ohio	reversed
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias v. Smyth	594 (1918)	Clarke	none	none	2d Cir.	reversed
William Filene's Sons Company v. Weed	597 (1918)	Holmes	none	none	1st Cir.	reversed
Gardiner v. William S. Butler and Company, Inc.	603 (1918)	Holmes	none	none	1st Cir.	reversed
Stellwagen v. Clum	605 (1918)	Day	none	none	6th Cir.	certification
Weeks v. United States	618 (1918)	VanDevanter	none	none	2d Cir.	affirmed

Notes and references

1. "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
2. Silver, Christopher (1997). "The Racial Origins of Zoning in American Cities". In Thomas, J. M.; Ritzdorf, M. (eds.). Urban Planning & the African American Community: In the Shadows. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publ. ISBN   0-8039-7233-4.^{[ page needed ]}

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