List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 282

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 282
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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 282 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1930 and 1931.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 282 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 to 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 282 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
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)
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)
Owen J. Roberts cph.3b11988.jpg Owen Roberts Associate Justice Pennsylvania Edward Terry Sanford May 20, 1930
(Acclamation)
June 2, 1930

July 31, 1945
(Resigned)

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 282 U.S.

Case nameCitationOpinion of the CourtVoteConcurring opinion or statementDissenting opinion or statementProcedural jurisdictionResult
Beidler v. South Carolina Tax Commission 282 U.S. 1 (1930) Hughes9-0brief statement by Holmes that he and Brandeis "acquiesce" in the decisionnone error to the South Carolina Supreme Court (S.C.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Stratton, Secretary of State of Illinois, v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company 282 U.S. 10 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)decree reversed, and cause remanded to the Circuit Court of Appeals with directions to dismiss the appeal to that court for want of jurisdiction
Klein v. Board of Tax Supervisors of Jefferson County, Kentucky 282 U.S. 19 (1930) Holmes9-0nonenone appeal from the Kentucky Court of Appeals (Ky.)judgment affirmed
Sherman v. United States 282 U.S. 25 (1930) Holmes9-0nonenone certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)judgment reversed
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation v. United States 282 U.S. 30 (1930) McReynolds9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.)decree affirmed
United States v. First National Pictures, Inc. 282 U.S. 44 (1930) McReynolds9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.)decree reversed, and cause remanded
Crooks, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Harrelson 282 U.S. 55 (1930) Sutherland9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)judgment affirmed
District of Columbia v. Colts 282 U.S. 63 (1930) Sutherland9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)judgment affirmed
Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railway Company v. United States 282 U.S. 74 (1930) Butler9-0nonenone appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (W.D. Mo.)decrees affirmed
Aluminum Castings Company v. Routzahn, Collector of Internal Revenue 282 U.S. 92 (1930) Stone7-2Sutherland (opinion, with which Roberts concurred)McReynolds and Butler (joint opinion) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)judgment affirmed
Poe, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Seaborn 282 U.S. 101 (1930) Roberts7-0[a] [b]nonenone certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)judgment affirmed
Goodell, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Koch 282 U.S. 118 (1930) Roberts7-0[a] [b]nonenone certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)judgment affirmed
Hopkins, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Bacon 282 U.S. 122 (1930) Roberts7-0[a] [b]nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)judgment affirmed
Bender, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Pfaff 282 U.S. 127 (1930) Roberts7-0[a] [b]nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)judgment affirmed
Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Company 282 U.S. 133 (1930) Hughes9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.)decree set aside, and cause remanded
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company v. Holmberg 282 U.S. 162 (1930) Stone9-0nonenone error to the Nebraska Supreme Court (Neb.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Lektophone Corporation v. Rola Company 282 U.S. 168 (1930) Holmes8-0[a]nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.), and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)one judgment affirmed; one judgment reversed
Wampler v. Lecompte 282 U.S. 172 (1930) Brandeis9-0nonenone appeal from the Maryland Court of Appeals (Md.)judgment affirmed
Powers-Kennedy Contracting Corporation v. Concrete Mixing and Conveying Company 282 U.S. 175 (1930) Roberts9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.), and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)decree in one case reversed, and cause remanded; decree in one case affirmed
Broad River Power Company v. South Carolina ex rel. Daniel, Attorney General 282 U.S. 187 (1930) per curiam 8-0[c]VanDevanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Butler (joint opinion)none certiorari to the South Carolina Supreme Court (S.C.)upon rehearing (see 281 U.S. 537), the Court adheres to the view that the writ of certiorari should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Florida v. United States 282 U.S. 194 (1931) Hughes9-0nonenone appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (N.D. Ga.)decrees reversed
Willcutts, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Bunn 282 U.S. 216 (1931) Hughes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)judgment reversed
Uravic v. F. Jarka Company, Inc. 282 U.S. 234 (1931) Holmes9-0nonenone certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)judgment reversed
Memphis and Charleston Railway Company v. Pace 282 U.S. 241 (1931) VanDevanter9-0nonenone appeal from the Mississippi Supreme Court (Miss.)judgment affirmed
Wisconsin Railroad Commission v. Maxcy 282 U.S. 249 (1931) McReynolds9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (W.D. Wis.)decree affirmed
O'Gorman and Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company 282 U.S. 251 (1931) Brandeis5-4noneVanDevanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Butler (joint opinion) appeal from the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals (N.J.)judgment affirmed
Stange v. United States 282 U.S. 270 (1931) Brandeis9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment affirmed
Aiken v. Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue 282 U.S. 277 (1931) Brandeis9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)judgment affirmed
W.P. Brown and Sons Lumber Company v. Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue 282 U.S. 283 (1931) Brandeis9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)judgment affirmed
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Chicago Railway Equipment Company 282 U.S. 295 (1931) Brandeis9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)judgment reversed
United States v. Benz 282 U.S. 304 (1931) Sutherland9-0nonenone certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) certified question answered
United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company 282 U.S. 311 (1931) Sutherland5-3[a]noneStone (opinion; with which Holmes and Brandeis concurred) appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.)decree affirmed
Go-Bart Importing Company v. United States 282 U.S. 344 (1931) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgments reversed, and cause remanded to district court
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Sanford and Brooks Company 282 U.S. 359 (1931) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.)judgment reversed
White v. Johnson 282 U.S. 367 (1931) Roberts9-0nonenone certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)certificate dismissed
American Bond and Mortgage Company v. United States 282 U.S. 374 (1931) Roberts9-0nonenone certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)certificate dismissed
Fawcus Machine Company v. United States 282 U.S. 375 (1931) Roberts9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment affirmed
Educational Films Corporation of America v. Ward, Attorney General of New York 282 U.S. 379 (1931) Stone6-3noneSutherland (opinion; joined by VanDevanter and Butler) appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.)judgment affirmed
International Paper Company v. United States 282 U.S. 399 (1931) Holmes6-3noneMcReynolds, Stone, and Roberts (without opinions) certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment reversed
Graham and Foster v. Goodcell 282 U.S. 409 (1931) Hughes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth, First, Second, and Sixth Circuits, and to the United States Court of Claimsjudgments affirmed
Magee v. United States 282 U.S. 432 (1931) Hughes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment affirmed
Mascot Oil Company v. United States 282 U.S. 434 (1931) Hughes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.), and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)judgment affirmed in one case; judgement reversed in two cases
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Willingham Loan and Trust Company 282 U.S. 437 (1931) Holmes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)judgment reversed
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Virginia 282 U.S. 440 (1931) Holmes9-0nonenone appeal from the Virginia Supreme Court (Va.)judgment affirmed
Ensten v. Simon, Ascher and Company 282 U.S. 445 (1931) McReynolds9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment affirmed
Louisiana v. Mississippi 282 U.S. 458 (1931) Roberts9-0nonenone original commission appointed to locate the thread of the main channel of the Mississippi River as the same was immediately prior to the avulsion of 1912-13
United States v. Swift and Company 282 U.S. 468 (1931) Roberts9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment affirmed
United States v. Boston Buick Company 282 U.S. 476 (1931) Roberts9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)judgments affirmed
Pottstown Iron Company v. United States[ 282 U.S. 479 (1931)]Roberts9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment affirmed
Russian Volunteer Fleet (Доброфлот) v. United States 282 U.S. 481 (1931) Hughes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment reversed
Furst and Thomas v. Brewster 282 U.S. 493 (1931) Hughes9-0nonenone appeal from the Arkansas Supreme Court (Ark.)We are of the opinion that the provisions of the statutes of Arkansas, as applied in this case, are in conflict with the commerce clause. Judgment reversed.
Bain Peanut Company of Texas v. Pinson 282 U.S. 499 (1931) Holmes9-0nonenone appeal from the Texas Courts of Appeals (Tex. Civ. App.)Order dismissing appeal vacated and judgment affirmed.
Alabama v. United States 282 U.S. 502 (1931) Holmes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment reversed; petition to be dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Waite v. United States 282 U.S. 508 (1931) Holmes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)judgment reversed
Alward v. Johnson, Treasurer of California 282 U.S. 509 (1931) McReynolds9-0nonenone certiorari to the California Supreme Court (Cal.)judgment affirmed
Denman v. Slayton 282 U.S. 514 (1931) McReynolds9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)judgment reversed
Fullerton Lumber Company v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company 282 U.S. 520 (1931) Brandeis9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)judgment reversed
United States v. Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad Company 282 U.S. 522 (1931) Brandeis9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (N.D. Ga.)judgment reversed
Langnes, owner of the fishing vessel "Aloha" v. Green 282 U.S. 531 (1931) Sutherland9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)decrees reversed, and the cause remanded to the district court for further proceedings
Concordia Insurance Company of Milwaukee v. School District No. 98 of Payne County, Oklahoma 282 U.S. 545 (1931) Sutherland9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)judgment affirmed
Story Parchment Company v. Paterson Parchment Paper Company 282 U.S. 555 (1931) Sutherland9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)judgment reversed
United States v. La Franca 282 U.S. 568 (1931) Sutherland9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)judgment of the court of appeals affirmed, and cause remanded to the district court
Various Items of Personal Property v. United States 282 U.S. 577 (1931) Sutherland9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment affirmed
Coolidge v. Long, Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation of Massachusetts 282 U.S. 582 (1931) Butler5-4noneRoberts (opinion; with which Holmes, Brandeis, and Stone concurred) Norfolk County Probate Court (Norfolk Cnty. Prob. Ct.)judgment reversed
V. Loewers Gambrinus Brewery Company v. Anderson 282 U.S. 638 (1931) Butler9-0Stone (without opinion)none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment reversed
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. National Industrial Alcohol Company, Inc. 282 U.S. 646 (1931) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)judgment affirmed
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Niagara Falls Brewing Company 282 U.S. 648 (1931) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment affirmed
United States v. Michel 282 U.S. 656 (1931) Butler9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgments reversed
Connecticut v. Massachusetts 282 U.S. 660 (1931) Butler9-0nonenone Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States (original)Connecticut's bill of complaint dismissed
Prussian v. United States 282 U.S. 675 (1931) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)judgment affirmed
Oxford Paper Co. v. The Nidarholm 282 U.S. 681 (1931) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)judgment affirmed
Alford v. United States 282 U.S. 687 (1931) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)judgment reversed
Husty v. United States 282 U.S. 694 (1931) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded to the district court
Saranac Automatic Machine Corporation v. Wirebounds Patents Company 282 U.S. 704 (1931) Stone9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)judgment reversed
United States v. Sprague 282 U.S. 716 (1931) Roberts8-0[a]nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.N.J.)order below reversed
Isaacs v. Hobbs Tie & Timber Company 282 U.S. 734 (1931) Roberts9-0nonenone certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)judgment reversed, and cause remanded to district court
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. United States 282 U.S. 740 (1931) Hughes7-2noneMcReynolds and Sutherland (without opinions) appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (W.D. Ky.)decree affirmed
Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. United States 282 U.S. 760 (1931) Hughes9-0nonenone appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (W.D. Mo.)decree affirmed
Abie State Bank v. Bryan, Governor of Nebraska 282 U.S. 765 (1931) Hughes9-0nonenone appeal from the Nebraska Supreme Court (Neb.)judgment of the supreme court of the state denying an injunction affirmed
Smith v. Magic City Kennel Club, Inc. 282 U.S. 784 (1931) Hughes9-0nonenone certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)decree affirmed
[a] Hughes took no part in the case
[b] Stone took no part in the case
[c] Roberts took no part in the case

Notes and references

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