List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 281

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Supreme Court of the United States
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 281 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1930.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 281 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 281 were decided the Court comprised the following members (Chief Justice Taft retired in February 1930, and former Associate Justice Charles Evans Hughes rejoined the Court as Chief Justice the same month):

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)
Charles Evans Hughes cph.3b15401.jpg Charles Evans Hughes Chief Justice New York William Howard Taft February 13, 1930
(52–26)
February 24, 1930

June 30, 1941
(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 281 U.S.

Case nameCitationOpinion of the CourtVoteConcurring opinion or statementDissenting opinion or statementProcedural jurisdictionResult
Kansas City Southern Railroad Company v. Guardian Trust Company 281 U.S. 1 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)decree reversed
Lucas, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. North Texas Lumber Company 281 U.S. 11 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)judgment reversed
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company v. Lindell 281 U.S. 14 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) certified question answered
Moore, Treasurer of Grant County, Indiana v. Mitchell 281 U.S. 18 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)decree affirmed
District of Columbia v. Thompson 281 U.S. 25 (1930) Sanford9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)judgment affirmed
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company v. Guenther 281 U.S. 34 (1930) Sanford9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)judgment reversed
Lindgren v. United States 281 U.S. 38 (1930) Sanford9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.)decree affirmed
District of Columbia v. Fred 281 U.S. 49 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)judgment reversed
Collie v. Fergusson 281 U.S. 52 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.)decree affirmed as modified
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Crail 281 U.S. 57 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)judgment reversed
Carley and Hamilton, Inc. v. Snook 281 U.S. 66 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (N.D. Cal.)judgments affirmed
Ohio ex rel. Bryant v. Akron Metropolitan Park District 281 U.S. 74 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone appeals from the Ohio Supreme Court (Ohio)judgments affirmed
Railroad Commission of Wisconsin v. Maxcy 281 U.S. 82 (1930) per curiam 9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (W.D. Wis.)decree set aside
Early v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 281 U.S. 84 (1930) Holmes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.)judgment affirmed
Gunning v. Cooley 281 U.S. 90 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)judgment affirmed
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad Company v. Phoenix Indemnity Company 281 U.S. 98 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone appeal from the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)judgment affirmed
Oklahoma v. Texas 281 U.S. 109 (1930) per curiam 9-0nonenone original boundary set
Lucas, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Earl 281 U.S. 111 (1930) Holmes8-0[a]nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)judgment reversed
Lucas, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Ox Fibre Brush Company 281 U.S. 115 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.)judgment affirmed
Henrietta Mills v. Rutherford County 281 U.S. 121 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.)decree affirmed without prejudice to proceedings at law
Nogueira v. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company 281 U.S. 128 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment affirmed
United States v. Unzeuta 281 U.S. 138 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (D. Neb.)judgment reversed
Ohio Oil Company v. Conway, Supervisor of Public Accounts of Louisiana 281 U.S. 146 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (E.D. La.)judgment affirmed
Kentucky v. Indiana 281 U.S. 163 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone original dismissed as to individual defendants; decree for Kentucky against Indiana
Wisconsin v. Illinois 281 U.S. 179 (1930) Holmes8-0[a]nonenone original injunction against Illinois
United States v. Adams 281 U.S. 202 (1930) Holmes9-0nonenone appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (E.D. Ark.)judgment affirmed in one case; judgment reversed in one case
Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior v. United States ex rel. Kadrie 281 U.S. 206 (1930) VanDevanter9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)judgment reversed
John Baizley Iron Works v. Span 281 U.S. 222 (1930) McReynolds6-3noneStone (opinion; with which Holmes and Brandeis concurred) appeal from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Pa.)judgment reversed
Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation v. Cook 281 U.S. 233 (1930) McReynolds6-3noneStone (opinion; with which Holmes and Brandeis concurred) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded
May v. Heiner, Collector of Internal Revenue 281 U.S. 238 (1930) McReynolds9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Lucas, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Pilliod Lumber Company 281 U.S. 245 (1930) McReynolds9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)judgment reversed
Alexander Sprunt and Son, Inc. v. United States 281 U.S. 249 (1930) Brandeis8-0[a]nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (S.D. Tex. )decree reversed with direction to dismiss
Miller v. McLaughlin, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture of Nebraska 281 U.S. 261 (1930) Brandeis9-0nonenone certiorari to the Nebraska Supreme Court (Neb.)judgment affirmed
Lucas, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Kansas City Structural Steel Company 281 U.S. 264 (1930) Brandeis8-0[a]nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)judgment reversed
Meadows v. United States 281 U.S. 271 (1930) Sutherland9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)judgment affirmed
Patton v. United States 281 U.S. 276 (1930) Sutherland8-0[a]Holmes, Brandeis, and Stone (without opinions)none certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) certified question answered
Missouri ex rel. Missouri Insurance Company v. Gehner, Assessor of the City of St. Louis 281 U.S. 313 (1930) Butler6-3Hughes (short statement)Stone (opinion; with which Holmes and Brandeis concurred) appeal from the Missouri Supreme Court (Mo.)judgment reversed
National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford v. Thompson, Superintendent of the Insurance Department of Missouri 281 U.S. 331 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (W.D. Mo.)decree affirmed
United States v. Worley 281 U.S. 339 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) certified questions answered
Jackson v. United States 281 U.S. 344 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)judgment affirmed
New York Central Railroad Company v. Marcone 281 U.S. 345 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals (N.J.)judgment affirmed
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company v. Toops 281 U.S. 351 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the Kansas Supreme Court (Kan.)judgment reversed
Niles Bement Pond Company v. United States 281 U.S. 357 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment affirmed
Dohany v. Rogers, State Highway Commissioner of Michigan 281 U.S. 362 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (E.D. Mich.)decree affirmed
Cochran v. Louisiana Board of Education 281 U.S. 370 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone appeal from the Louisiana Supreme Court (La.)judgment affirmed
Corliss v. Bowers, Collector of Internal Revenue 281 U.S. 376 (1930) Holmes8-0[a]nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment affirmed
Escher v. Woods, Treasurer of the United States 281 U.S. 379 (1930) Holmes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)decree reversed
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company v. United States 281 U.S. 385 (1930) Holmes8-0[b]nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment affirmed
Danovitz v. United States 281 U.S. 389 (1930) Holmes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)decree affirmed
Home Insurance Company v. Dick 281 U.S. 397 (1930) Brandeis9-0nonenone appeal from the Texas Supreme Court (Tex.)judgment reversed
Board of Railroad Commissioners of North Dakota v. Great Northern Railroad Company 281 U.S. 412 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota (D.N.D.)order reversed, and cause remanded
Corporation Commission of Oklahoma v. Lowe 281 U.S. 431 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (W.D. Okla.)decree reversed, and cause remanded
City of Cincinnati v. Vester 281 U.S. 439 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)decrees affirmed
Todok v. Union State Bank of Harvard 281 U.S. 449 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone certiorari to the Nebraska Supreme Court (Neb.)judgment reversed
Eliason v. Wilborn 281 U.S. 457 (1930) Holmes9-0nonenone appeal from the Illinois Supreme Court (Ill.)decree affirmed
Barker Painting Company v. Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America 281 U.S. 462 (1930) Holmes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)decree affirmed
Federal Radio Commission v. General Electric Company 281 U.S. 464 (1930) VanDevanter8-0[a]nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)writ of certiorari dismissed
Grubb v. Public Utilities Commission of Ohio 281 U.S. 470 (1930) VanDevanter9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (S.D. Ohio)decree affirmed
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Company v. United States 281 U.S. 479 (1930) Brandeis9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (N.D. Ohio)decree affirmed
United States v. Updike 281 U.S. 489 (1930) Sutherland9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)decree affirmed
Tyler v. United States 281 U.S. 497 (1930) Sutherland9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.), and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)one judgment affirmed, two judgments reversed
Georgia Power Company v. City of Decatur 281 U.S. 505 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the Georgia Supreme Court (Ga.)decree affirmed
Western Cartridge Company v. Emmerson, Secretary of State of Illinois 281 U.S. 511 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the Illinois Supreme Court (Ill.)decree affirmed
Charter Shipping Company v. Bowring, Jones and Tidy, Ltd. 281 U.S. 515 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment reversed
United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation v. Harwood 281 U.S. 519 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment affirmed
Richbourg Motor Company v. United States 281 U.S. 528 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.), and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)judgment reversed
Broad River Power Company v. South Carolina ex rel. Daniel 281 U.S. 537 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the South Carolina Supreme Court (S.C.)dismissed
Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company v. Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks 281 U.S. 548 (1930) Hughes8-0[c]nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)decree affirmed
Wheeler Lumber Bridge and Supply Company v. United States 281 U.S. 572 (1930) VanDevanter9-0nonenone certified question from the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) certified question answered
Universal Battery Company v. United States 281 U.S. 580 (1930) VanDevanter9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)three judgments affirmed; two judgments reversed and remanded
Baldwin v. Missouri 281 U.S. 586 (1930) McReynolds6-3noneHolmes (opinion; with which Brandeis and Stone agreed); Stone (opinion; joined by Holmes and Brandeis) appeal from the Missouri Supreme Court (Mo.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Campbell, Federal Prohibition Administrator v. Galeno Chemical Company 281 U.S. 599 (1930) Brandeis9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment affirmed
Campbell, Federal Prohibition Administrator v. W.H. Long and Company 281 U.S. 610 (1930) Brandeis9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.), and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)multiple
United States v. Norris 281 U.S. 619 (1930) Sutherland9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)judgment reversed
United States v. Farrar 281 U.S. 624 (1930) Sutherland9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (D. Mass.)judgment affirmed
Jamison v. Encarnacion 281 U.S. 635 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)judgment affirmed
Alpha Steamship Corporation v. Cain 281 U.S. 642 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment affirmed
Toombs v. Citizens Bank of Waynesboro 281 U.S. 643 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone appeal from the Georgia Supreme Court (Ga.)judgment affirmed
Surplus Trading Company v. Cook 281 U.S. 647 (1930) VanDevanter9-0nonenone error to the Arkansas Supreme Court (Ark.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Ann Arbor Railroad Company v. United States 281 U.S. 658 (1930) VanDevanter9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (N.D. Cal.)decree reversed
Panama Mail Steamship Company v. Vargas 281 U.S. 670 (1930) VanDevanter9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)decrees vacated, and cause remanded
Brinkerhoff-Faris Trust and Savings Company v. Hill, Treasurer of Henry County, Missouri 281 U.S. 673 (1930) Brandeis8-0[c]nonenone certiorari to the Missouri Supreme Court (Mo.)judgment reversed, and case remanded
New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. City of New Orleans 281 U.S. 682 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone appeal from the Louisiana Supreme Court (La.)decree affirmed
[a] Hughes took no part in the case
[b] Stone took no part in the case
[c] McReynolds took no part in the case

Notes and references

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