List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 271

Supreme Court of the United States
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Judge term length	life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions	9 (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.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 271 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 271 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
	William Howard Taft	Chief Justice	Connecticut	Edward Douglass White	June 30, 1921 (Acclamation)	July 11, 1921 – February 3, 1930 (Retired)
	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.	Associate Justice	Massachusetts	Horace Gray	December 4, 1902 (Acclamation)	December 8, 1902 – January 12, 1932 (Retired)
	Willis Van Devanter	Associate Justice	Wyoming	Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice)	December 15, 1910 (Acclamation)	January 3, 1911 – June 2, 1937 (Retired)
	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)
	George Sutherland	Associate Justice	Utah	John Hessin Clarke	September 5, 1922 (Acclamation)	October 2, 1922 – January 17, 1938 (Retired)
	Pierce Butler	Associate Justice	Minnesota	William R. Day	December 21, 1922 (61–8)	January 2, 1923 – November 16, 1939 (Died)
	Edward Terry Sanford	Associate Justice	Tennessee	Mahlon Pitney	January 29, 1923 (Acclamation)	February 19, 1923 – March 8, 1930 (Died)
	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

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 271 U.S.

See also: Taft Court

Case Name	Page and year	Opinion of the Court	Concurring opinion(s)	Dissenting opinion(s)	Lower Court	Disposition
Keith v. Johnson	1 (1926)	Butler	none	none	2d Cir.	affirmed
United States v. Mitchell	9 (1926)	Butler	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
Mottram v. United States	15 (1926)	Butler	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Evansville and Bowling Green Packet Company v. Chero Cola Bottling Company	19 (1926)	Butler	none	none	D. Ind.	affirmed
Board of Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey v. New York Telephone Company	23 (1926)	Butler	none	none	D.N.J.	affirmed
Engel v. Davenport	33 (1926)	Sanford	none	none	Cal.	reversed
Missouri ex rel. Hurwitz v. North	40 (1926)	Stone	none	none	Mo.	affirmed
Hartsville Oil Mill v. United States	43 (1926)	Stone	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Roberts and Schaefer Company v. Emmerson	50 (1926)	Stone	none	none	Ill.	affirmed
Reading Company v. Koons	58 (1926)	Stone	none	none	Pa.	reversed
Massachusetts v. New York	65 (1926)	Stone	none	none	original	decree for N.Y.
Sun Ship Building Company v. United States	96 (1926)	Taft	none	none	Ct. Cl.	multiple
Great Northern Railroad Company v. Galbreath Cattle Company	99 (1926)	VanDevanter	none	none	Mont.	reversed
Boyd v. United States	104 (1926)	VanDevanter	none	none	6th Cir.	affirmed
New York Life Insurance Company v. Edwards	109 (1926)	McReynolds	none	none	2d Cir.	reversed
Union Insulating and Construction Company v. United States	121 (1926)	Taft	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
New York Central Railroad Company v. New York and Pennsylvania Company	124 (1926)	Holmes	none	none	Pa.	reversed
Venner v. Michigan Central Railroad Company	127 (1926)	VanDevanter	none	none	N.D. Ohio	affirmed
Patterson v. Mobile Gas Company	131 (1926)	McReynolds	none	none	M.D. Ala.	affirmed
Iselin v. United States	136 (1926)	Taft	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Early and Daniel Company v. United States	140 (1926)	Taft	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
United States ex rel. Hughes v. Gault	142 (1926)	Holmes	none	Brandeis	S.D. Iowa	affirmed
Colorado v. United States	153 (1926)	Brandeis	none	none	D. Colo.	affirmed
Bowers v. Kerbaugh-Empire Company	170 (1926)	Butler	none	none	S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Taylor v. Voss	176 (1926)	Sanford	none	none	7th Cir.	reversed
Harrison v. Chamberlin	191 (1926)	Sanford	none	none	8th Cir.	affirmed
Hassler, Inc. v. Shaw	195 (1926)	Holmes	none	none	E.D.S.C.	reversed
United States v. Noveck	201 (1926)	Butler	none	none	S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Leiter v. United States	204 (1926)	Sanford	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Booth Fisheries Company v. Industrial Relations Commission of Wisconsin	208 (1926)	Taft	none	none	Wis.	affirmed
United States v. Minnesota Mutual Investment Company	212 (1926)	Taft	none	none	D. Colo.	reversed
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Nixon	218 (1926)	Holmes	none	none	Va.	reversed
Virginian Railroad Company v. Mullens	220 (1926)	VanDevanter	none	none	Wyoming County Cir. Ct.	reversed
General Investment Company v. New York Central Railroad Company	228 (1926)	VanDevanter	none	none	N.D. Ohio	reversed
Sperry Gyroscope Company v. Arma Engineering Company	232 (1926)	McReynolds	none	none	E.D.N.Y.	reversed
Mellon v. Michigan Trust Company	236 (1926)	McReynolds	none	none	6th Cir.	affirmed
Fenner v. Boykin	240 (1926)	McReynolds	none	none	N.D. Ga.	affirmed
Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company v. Jackson and Eastern Railway Company	244 (1926)	Brandeis	none	none	Miss.	reversed
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Alvin R. Durham Company	251 (1926)	Brandeis	none	none	Mich.	reversed
Turner, Dennis and Lowry Lumber Company v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company	259 (1926)	Brandeis	none	none	W.D. Mo.	affirmed
United States v. Wyckoff Pipe and Creosoting Company, Inc.	263 (1926)	Brandeis	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
Western Paper Makers' Chemical Company v. United States	268 (1926)	Brandeis	none	none	W.D. Mich.	affirmed
Sutherland, Alien Property Custodian v. Mayer	272 (1926)	Sutherland	none	none	1st Cir.	reversed
Henkels v. Sutherland, Alien Property Custodian	298 (1926)	Sutherland	none	none	2d Cir.	reversed
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company v. Oklahoma	303 (1926)	Butler	none	none	Okla.	reversed
United States v. Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Company	310 (1926)	Butler	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
Culver v. United States	315 (1926)	Butler	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
Hay v. The May Department Stores Company	318 (1926)	Sanford	none	none	E.D. Mo.	reversed
Corrigan v. Buckley	323 (1926)	Sanford	none	none	D.C. Cir.	dismissed
United States v. Zerbey	332 (1926)	Sanford	none	none	3d Cir.	certification
Lederer v. McGarvey	342 (1926)	Sanford	none	none	3d Cir.	dismissed
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway Company v. Mills	344 (1926)	Stone	none	none	5th Cir.	reversed
Blair v. United States ex rel. Birkenstock	348 (1926)	Stone	none	none	D.C. Cir.	reversed
United States v. Katz	354 (1926)	Stone	none	none	E.D. Pa.	affirmed
Appleby v. City of New York	364 (1926)	Taft	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	reversed
Appleby v. Delaney	403 (1926)	Taft	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	reversed
Thornton v. United States	414 (1926)	Taft	none	none	5th Cir.	affirmed
Old Colony Trust Company v. City of Seattle	426 (1926)	VanDevanter	none	none	W.D. Wash.	reversed
United States v. Candelaria	432 (1926)	VanDevanter	none	none	8th Cir.	certification
Kansas City Terminal Railway Company v. Central Union Trust Company of New York	445 (1926)	McReynolds	none	none	8th Cir.	certification
Home Furniture Company v. United States	456 (1926)	McReynolds	none	none	W.D. Texas	affirmed
Ex parte Buder	461 (1926)	Brandeis	none	none	Mo. Dist. Ct.	mandamus denied
United States v. Ramsey	467 (1926)	Sutherland	none	none	W.D. Okla.	reversed
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. Coogan	472 (1926)	Butler	none	none	Minn.	reversed
Ma-King Products Company v. Blair	479 (1926)	Sanford	none	none	3d Cir.	affirmed
Davis v. Williford	484 (1926)	Sanford	none	none	Okla.	affirmed
City of Douglas v. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas	489 (1926)	Stone	none	none	5th Cir.	affirmed
Raffel v. United States	494 (1926)	Stone	none	none	6th Cir.	certification
Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad	500 (1926)	Taft	none	none	Phil.	reversed
Alejandrino v. Quezon	528 (1926)	Taft	none	none	Phil.	dismissed
Goltra v. Weeks	536 (1926)	Taft	none	McReynolds	8th Cir.	affirmed
Steamship Northern Star	552 (1926)	Holmes	none	McReynolds	2d Cir.	reversed
Panama Railroad Company v. Vasquez	557 (1926)	VanDevanter	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	affirmed
Steamship Pesaro	562 (1926)	VanDevanter	none	none	S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines v. Lord	577 (1926)	McReynolds	none	none	D. Minn	affirmed
Frost and Frost Trucking Company v. Railroad Commission of California	583 (1926)	Sutherland	none	Holmes; McReynolds	Cal.	reversed
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. United States	603 (1926)	Sutherland	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Jaybird Mining Company v. Weir	609 (1926)	Butler	none	Brandeis	Okla.	reversed
Hammer v. United States	620 (1926)	Butler	none	none	2d Cir.	reversed
Arkansas v. Tennessee	629 (1926)	Butler	none	none	original	boundary set
Scott v. Paisley	632 (1926)	Sanford	none	none	Ga.	affirmed
Massachusetts v. New York	636 (1926)	Holmes	none	none	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.

External links

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