List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 271

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 271
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Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 271 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1926.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 271 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 271 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
William Howard Taft 1909b.jpg William Howard Taft Chief Justice Connecticut Edward Douglass White June 30, 1921
(Acclamation)
July 11, 1921

February 3, 1930
(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)
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)
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)
Justice George Sutherland 5.jpg George Sutherland Associate Justice Utah John Hessin Clarke September 5, 1922
(Acclamation)
October 2, 1922

January 17, 1938
(Retired)
Pierce Butler.jpg Pierce Butler Associate Justice Minnesota William R. Day December 21, 1922
(61–8)
January 2, 1923

November 16, 1939
(Died)
Justice Edward Terry Sanford.jpg Edward Terry Sanford Associate Justice Tennessee Mahlon Pitney January 29, 1923
(Acclamation)
February 19, 1923

March 8, 1930
(Died)
Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone photograph circa 1927-1932.jpg Harlan F. Stone Associate Justice New York Joseph McKenna February 5, 1925
(71–6)
March 2, 1925

July 2, 1941
(Continued as chief justice)

Notable Case in 271 U.S.

Corrigan v. Buckley

In Corrigan v. Buckley , 271 U.S. 323 (1926), the Supreme Court ruled that the racially restrictive covenant of multiple residents on S Street NW, between 18th Street and New Hampshire Avenue, in Washington, DC, was a legally-binding document that made the selling of a house to a black family a void contract. This ruling set a precedent upholding such covenants in Washington; racially restrictive covenants then flourished around the nation. [2] It was only with Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) that the Supreme Court determined it unconstitutional for the legal system to enforce racially-restrictive covenants.

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 271 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Keith v. Johnson 1 (1926) Butlernonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
United States v. Mitchell 9 (1926) Butlernonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Mottram v. United States 15 (1926) Butlernonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Evansville and Bowling Green Packet Company v. Chero Cola Bottling Company 19 (1926) Butlernonenone D. Ind. affirmed
Board of Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey v. New York Telephone Company 23 (1926) Butlernonenone D.N.J. affirmed
Engel v. Davenport 33 (1926) Sanfordnonenone Cal. reversed
Missouri ex rel. Hurwitz v. North 40 (1926) Stonenonenone Mo. affirmed
Hartsville Oil Mill v. United States 43 (1926) Stonenonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Roberts and Schaefer Company v. Emmerson 50 (1926) Stonenonenone Ill. affirmed
Reading Company v. Koons 58 (1926) Stonenonenone Pa. reversed
Massachusetts v. New York 65 (1926) Stonenonenone original decree for N.Y.
Sun Ship Building Company v. United States 96 (1926) Taftnonenone Ct. Cl. multiple
Great Northern Railroad Company v. Galbreath Cattle Company 99 (1926) VanDevanternonenone Mont. reversed
Boyd v. United States 104 (1926) VanDevanternonenone 6th Cir. affirmed
New York Life Insurance Company v. Edwards 109 (1926) McReynoldsnonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Union Insulating and Construction Company v. United States 121 (1926) Taftnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
New York Central Railroad Company v. New York and Pennsylvania Company 124 (1926) Holmesnonenone Pa. reversed
Venner v. Michigan Central Railroad Company 127 (1926) VanDevanternonenone N.D. Ohio affirmed
Patterson v. Mobile Gas Company 131 (1926) McReynoldsnonenone M.D. Ala. affirmed
Iselin v. United States 136 (1926) Taftnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Early and Daniel Company v. United States 140 (1926) Taftnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States ex rel. Hughes v. Gault 142 (1926) HolmesnoneBrandeis S.D. Iowa affirmed
Colorado v. United States 153 (1926) Brandeisnonenone D. Colo. affirmed
Bowers v. Kerbaugh-Empire Company 170 (1926) Butlernonenone S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Taylor v. Voss 176 (1926) Sanfordnonenone 7th Cir. reversed
Harrison v. Chamberlin 191 (1926) Sanfordnonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Hassler, Inc. v. Shaw 195 (1926) Holmesnonenone E.D.S.C. reversed
United States v. Noveck 201 (1926) Butlernonenone S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Leiter v. United States 204 (1926) Sanfordnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Booth Fisheries Company v. Industrial Relations Commission of Wisconsin 208 (1926) Taftnonenone Wis. affirmed
United States v. Minnesota Mutual Investment Company 212 (1926) Taftnonenone D. Colo. reversed
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Nixon 218 (1926) Holmesnonenone Va. reversed
Virginian Railroad Company v. Mullens 220 (1926) VanDevanternonenone Wyoming County Cir. Ct. reversed
General Investment Company v. New York Central Railroad Company 228 (1926) VanDevanternonenone N.D. Ohio reversed
Sperry Gyroscope Company v. Arma Engineering Company 232 (1926) McReynoldsnonenone E.D.N.Y. reversed
Mellon v. Michigan Trust Company 236 (1926) McReynoldsnonenone 6th Cir. affirmed
Fenner v. Boykin 240 (1926) McReynoldsnonenone N.D. Ga. affirmed
Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company v. Jackson and Eastern Railway Company 244 (1926) Brandeisnonenone Miss. reversed
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Alvin R. Durham Company 251 (1926) Brandeisnonenone Mich. reversed
Turner, Dennis and Lowry Lumber Company v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company 259 (1926) Brandeisnonenone W.D. Mo. affirmed
United States v. Wyckoff Pipe and Creosoting Company, Inc. 263 (1926) Brandeisnonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Western Paper Makers' Chemical Company v. United States 268 (1926) Brandeisnonenone W.D. Mich. affirmed
Sutherland, Alien Property Custodian v. Mayer 272 (1926) Sutherlandnonenone 1st Cir. reversed
Henkels v. Sutherland, Alien Property Custodian 298 (1926) Sutherlandnonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company v. Oklahoma 303 (1926) Butlernonenone Okla. reversed
United States v. Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Company 310 (1926) Butlernonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Culver v. United States 315 (1926) Butlernonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Hay v. The May Department Stores Company 318 (1926) Sanfordnonenone E.D. Mo. reversed
Corrigan v. Buckley 323 (1926) Sanfordnonenone D.C. Cir. dismissed
United States v. Zerbey 332 (1926) Sanfordnonenone 3d Cir. certification
Lederer v. McGarvey 342 (1926) Sanfordnonenone 3d Cir. dismissed
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway Company v. Mills 344 (1926) Stonenonenone 5th Cir. reversed
Blair v. United States ex rel. Birkenstock 348 (1926) Stonenonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
United States v. Katz 354 (1926) Stonenonenone E.D. Pa. affirmed
Appleby v. City of New York 364 (1926) Taftnonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed
Appleby v. Delaney 403 (1926) Taftnonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed
Thornton v. United States 414 (1926) Taftnonenone 5th Cir. affirmed
Old Colony Trust Company v. City of Seattle 426 (1926) VanDevanternonenone W.D. Wash. reversed
United States v. Candelaria 432 (1926) VanDevanternonenone 8th Cir. certification
Kansas City Terminal Railway Company v. Central Union Trust Company of New York 445 (1926) McReynoldsnonenone 8th Cir. certification
Home Furniture Company v. United States 456 (1926) McReynoldsnonenone W.D. Texas affirmed
Ex parte Buder 461 (1926) BrandeisnonenoneMo. Dist. Ct. mandamus denied
United States v. Ramsey 467 (1926) Sutherlandnonenone W.D. Okla. reversed
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. Coogan 472 (1926) Butlernonenone Minn. reversed
Ma-King Products Company v. Blair 479 (1926) Sanfordnonenone 3d Cir. affirmed
Davis v. Williford 484 (1926) Sanfordnonenone Okla. affirmed
City of Douglas v. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 489 (1926) Stonenonenone 5th Cir. affirmed
Raffel v. United States 494 (1926) Stonenonenone 6th Cir. certification
Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad 500 (1926) Taftnonenone Phil. reversed
Alejandrino v. Quezon 528 (1926) Taftnonenone Phil. dismissed
Goltra v. Weeks 536 (1926) TaftnoneMcReynolds 8th Cir. affirmed
Steamship Northern Star 552 (1926) HolmesnoneMcReynolds 2d Cir. reversed
Panama Railroad Company v. Vasquez 557 (1926) VanDevanternonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Steamship Pesaro 562 (1926) VanDevanternonenone S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines v. Lord 577 (1926) McReynoldsnonenone D. Minn affirmed
Frost and Frost Trucking Company v. Railroad Commission of California 583 (1926) SutherlandnoneHolmes; McReynolds Cal. reversed
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. United States 603 (1926) Sutherlandnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Jaybird Mining Company v. Weir 609 (1926) ButlernoneBrandeis Okla. reversed
Hammer v. United States 620 (1926) Butlernonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Arkansas v. Tennessee 629 (1926) Butlernonenone original boundary set
Scott v. Paisley 632 (1926) Sanfordnonenone Ga. affirmed
Massachusetts v. New York 636 (1926) Holmesnonenone original dismissed

Notes and references

    1. "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
    2. Asch, Chris Myers; Musgrove, George Derek (2017). Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN   978-1-4696-3586-6.