List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 280

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 280
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;235 years ago (1789-03-04)
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Authorized by Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
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 280 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1929 and 1930.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 280 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 280 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)

Federal court system

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.

List of cases in volume 280 U.S.

Case nameCitationOpinion of the CourtVoteConcurring opinion or statementDissenting opinion or statementProcedural jurisdictionResult
Gonzalez v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila 280 U.S. 1 (1929) Brandeis9–0nonenone certiorari to the Supreme Court of the Philippines (Phil.)judgment affirmed
Federal Trade Commission v. Klesner 280 U.S. 19 (1929) Brandeis9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)judgment affirmed
Sanitary Refrigerator Company v. Winters 280 U.S. 30 (1929) Sanford9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)one case affirmed; one case reversed
Colgate, Administrator v. United States 280 U.S. 43 (1929) Taft9–0nonenone appeal from the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)appeal dismissed
Wheeler v. Greene, Receiver of the Bankers Joint Stock Land Bank of Milwaukee 280 U.S. 49 (1929) Holmes9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)decree reversed
Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States ex rel. City of Los Angeles 280 U.S. 52 (1929) Taft9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)judgment reversed
General Insurance Company of America v. Northern Pacific Railway Company 280 U.S. 72 (1929) Taft9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)judgment affirmed
Williams v. Riley, State Controller of California 280 U.S. 78 (1929) McReynolds9–0Taft, VanDevanter, and Butler (joint short statement)none appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (N.D. Cal.)decree affirmed
Bekins Van Lines, Inc. v. Riley, State Controller of California 280 U.S. 80 (1929) McReynolds9–0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (N.D. Cal.)judgment affirmed
Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore v. Virginia 280 U.S. 83 (1929) McReynolds8–1Stone (opinion; with which Brandeis concurred)Holmes (opinion) appeal from the Special Court of Appeals of Virginiajudgment reversed, and cause remanded
United States v. Erie Railroad Company 280 U.S. 98 (1929) Brandeis9–0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.N.J.)judgment reversed
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Mihas 280 U.S. 102 (1929) Sutherland9–0nonenone certiorari to the Illinois Appellate Court (Ill. App. Ct.) and the Illinois Supreme Court (Ill.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Wick v. Chelan Electric Company 280 U.S. 108 (1929) Butler9–0nonenone appeal from the Washington Supreme Court (Wash.)appeal dismissed
Herbring v. Lee, Insurance Commissioner of Oregon 280 U.S. 111 (1929) Sanford9–0nonenone appeal from the Oregon Supreme Court (Or.)judgment affirmed
Silver v. Silver 280 U.S. 117 (1929) Stone9–0nonenone appeal from the Connecticut Supreme Court (Conn.)judgment affirmed
Bromley v. McCaughn, Collector of Internal Revenue 280 U.S. 124 (1929) Stone6–3noneSutherland (opinion; with which VanDevanter and Butler concurred) certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) certified questions answered
Ex parte Northern Pacific Railroad Company 280 U.S. 142 (1929) per curiam 9–0nonenonepetition for writ of mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of Montana (D. Mont.) mandamus granted
Railroad Commission of California v. Los Angeles Railway Corporation 280 U.S. 145 (1929) Butler6–3McReynolds (short statement)Brandeis (opinion; joined by Holmes); Stone (opinion) appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (S.D. Cal.)decree affirmed
Ex parte Hobbs, Commissioner of Insurance of Kansas 280 U.S. 168 (1929) Holmes9–0nonenonepetition for writ of mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of Kansas (D. Kan.) mandamus denied
Luckenbach Steamship Company v. United States 280 U.S. 173 (1930) Taft9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment reversed
United States v. Jackson 280 U.S. 183 (1930) Taft9–0nonenone certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) certified questions answered
Wabash Railway Company v. Barclay 280 U.S. 197 (1930) Holmes9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)decree reversed
Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, Executor v. Minnesota 280 U.S. 204 (1930) McReynolds7–2Stone (opinion)Holmes (opinion; with which Brandeis agreed) appeal from the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minn.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Corn Exchange Bank v. Coler, Commissioner of Public Welfare 280 U.S. 218 (1930) McReynolds9–0nonenone appeal from the New York Court of Appeals (N.Y.)judgment affirmed
Kothe, Trustee v. R.C. Taylor Trust 280 U.S. 224 (1930) McReynolds9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)decree reversed, and cause remanded
Reinecke, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Spalding 280 U.S. 227 (1930) McReynolds8-0[a]nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)judgment reversed
United Railways and Electric Company of Baltimore v. West 280 U.S. 234 (1930) Sutherland6–3noneBrandeis (opinion; joined by Holmes); Stone (opinion) appeals from the Maryland Court of Appeals (Md.)in one case decree reversed, and cause remanded; in one case cross-appeal dismissed, and certiorari denied
International Shoe Company v. Federal Trade Commission 280 U.S. 291 (1930) Sutherland6–3noneStone (opinion; with which Holmes and Brandeis concurred) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)judgment reversed
Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior v. United States ex rel. Krushnic 280 U.S. 306 (1930) Sutherland9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)judgment affirmed
Johnson v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation 280 U.S. 320 (1930) Butler9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgments in three cases reversed and remanded; judgment in one case affirmed
Brewster v. Gage, Collector of Internal Revenue 280 U.S. 327 (1930) Butler9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment affirmed
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company v. State Board of Taxes and Assessments of New Jersey 280 U.S. 338 (1930) Butler6-2[b]noneHolmes (opinion; with which Brandeis agreed) appeals from the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals (N.J.)judgment reversed
Grant v. A.B. Leach and Company, Inc. 280 U.S. 351 (1930) Sanford9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Carpenter v. Shaw 280 U.S. 363 (1930) Stone9–0nonenone certiorari to the Oklahoma Supreme Court (Okla.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Henry Ford and Son, Inc. v. Little Falls Fibre Company 280 U.S. 369 (1930) Stone9–0nonenone certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)affirmed
Ohio ex rel. Popovici v. Agler 280 U.S. 379 (1930) Holmes9–0nonenone certiorari to the Ohio Supreme Court (Ohio)judgment affirmed
Clarke v. Haberle Crystal Springs Brewing Company 280 U.S. 384 (1930) Holmes9–0McReynolds and Stone (without opinions)none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment reversed
Renziehausen v. Lucas 280 U.S. 387 (1930) Holmes9–0McReynolds and Stone (without opinions)none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)decree affirmed
Superior Oil Company v. Mississippi ex rel. Knox 280 U.S. 390 (1930) Holmes7–2noneVanDevanter and Butler (without opinions) appeal from the Mississippi Supreme Court (Miss.)judgment affirmed
United States v. Wurzbach 280 U.S. 396 (1930) Holmes9–0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (W.D. Tex.)judgment reversed
Mineral Separation Corporation, Ltd. v. Magma Copper Company 280 U.S. 400 (1930) Holmes9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)decree affirmed
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Bryant 280 U.S. 404 (1930) Holmes9–0nonenone certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (Va.)judgment affirmed
Davis v. Preston 280 U.S. 406 (1930) VanDevanter9–0nonenone certiorari to the Texas Supreme Court (Tex.) writ of certiorari dismissed
Cooper v. United States 280 U.S. 409 (1930) McReynolds9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment affirmed
United States v. American Can Company 280 U.S. 412 (1930) McReynolds9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)judgments reversed, and causes remanded
Tagg Brothers and Moorhead v. United States 280 U.S. 420 (1930) Brandeis9–0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (Neb.)decree affirmed
Lucas v. American Code Company, Inc. 280 U.S. 445 (1930) Brandeis9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment reversed
Florsheim Brothers Drygoods Company, Ltd. v. United States 280 U.S. 453 (1930) Brandeis9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2d Cir.) and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)judgment in one case affirmed; judgment in one case reversed
Piedmont and Northern Railway Company v. United States 280 U.S. 469 (1930) Brandeis9–0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina (W.D.S.C.)decree reversed, with direction to dismiss the bill for want of jurisdiction
United States v. Guarantee Trust Company of New York 280 U.S. 478 (1930) Brandeis9–0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)decree affirmed
New York Central Railroad Company v. Ambrose 280 U.S. 486 (1930) Sutherland9–0nonenone certiorari to the Circuit Court of Hudson County (New Jersey)judgment reversed
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. Carroll 280 U.S. 491 (1930) Sutherland9–0nonenone certiorari to the Indiana Supreme Court (Ind.)judgment reversed
Early v. Richardson 280 U.S. 496 (1930) Sutherland9–0nonenone certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.) certified question answered
White v. Sparkill Realty Corporation 280 U.S. 500 (1930) Sutherland9–0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.)decree reversed, and cause remanded
[a] Butler took no part in the case
[b] Stone took no part in the case

Notes and references

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