List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 220 explained

Location:Washington, D.C.
Type:Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authority:Constitution of the United States, Art. III, §1
Terms:life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Positions:9 (by statute)

This is a list of cases reported in volume 220 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1911.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 220 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 220 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Edward Douglass WhiteChief JusticeLouisianaMelville Fuller
(Acclamation)


May 19, 1921
(Died)
John Marshall HarlanAssociate JusticeKentuckyDavid Davis
(Acclamation)


October 14, 1911
(Died)
Joseph McKennaAssociate JusticeCaliforniaStephen Johnson Field
(Acclamation)


January 5, 1925
(Retired)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.Associate JusticeMassachusettsHorace Gray
(Acclamation)


January 12, 1932
(Retired)
William R. DayAssociate JusticeOhioGeorge Shiras Jr.
(Acclamation)


November 13, 1922
(Retired)
Horace Harmon LurtonAssociate JusticeTennesseeRufus W. Peckham
(Acclamation)


July 12, 1914
(Died)
Charles Evans HughesAssociate JusticeNew YorkDavid Josiah Brewer
(Acclamation)


June 10, 1916
(Resigned)
Willis Van DevanterAssociate JusticeWyomingEdward Douglass White (as Associate Justice)
(Acclamation)


June 2, 1937
(Retired)
Joseph Rucker LamarAssociate JusticeGeorgiaWilliam Henry Moody
(Acclamation)


January 2, 1916
(Died)

Citation style

See also: United States district court.

See also: United States circuit 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.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

List of cases in volume 220 U.S.

See also: White Court.

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Virginia v. West Virginia 1 (1911)Holmesnonenoneoriginalcontinued
United States v. Atchison et al. R.R. Co. 37 (1911)Holmesnonenone7th Cir.affirmed
Hipolite Egg Co. v. United States 45 (1911)McKennanonenoneS.D. Ill.affirmed
Lindsley v. Natural C.G. Co. 61 (1911)VanDevanternonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.affirmed
In re Eastern Cherokees 83 (1911)McKennanonenoneCt. Cl.mandamus denied
Taylor v. Leesnitzer 90 (1911)HolmesnonenoneD.C. Cir.reversed
Baltimore & O.S.R.R. Co. v. United States 94 (1911)Lamarnonenone6th Cir.affirmed
Flint v. Stone Tracy Co. 107 (1911)Daynonenonemultipleaffirmed
Eliot v. Freeman178 (1911)DaynonenoneC.C.D. Mass.reversed
Zonne v. Minneapolis Syndicate 187 (1911)DaynonenoneC.C.D. Minn.reversed
Ex parte Oklahoma I 191 (1911)WhitenonenoneC.C.E.D. Okla.prohibition denied
Ex parte Oklahoma II 210 (1911)WhitenonenoneC.C.W.D. Okla.prohibition denied
Martinez v. International B. Corp. 214 (1911)WhitenonenonePhil.dismissed
Perez v. Fernandez 224 (1911)WhitenonenoneD.P.R..reversed
Blanco v. Hubbard 233 (1911)WhitenonenoneD.P.R..reversed
ICC v. Delaware et al. R.R. Co. 235 (1911)WhitenonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.reversed
United States v. Lehigh Valley R.R. Co. 257 (1911)WhitenonenoneC.C.E.D. Pa.reversed
United States v. Erie R.R. Co. 275 (1911)WhitenonenoneC.C.E.D. Pa.affirmed
Oklahoma v. Atchison et al. R.R. Co. 277 (1911)Harlannonenoneoriginaldismissed
Oklahoma ex rel. West v. Gulf et al. R.R. Co. 290 (1911)Harlannonenoneoriginaldismissed
Oklahoma ex rel. West v. Chicago et al. R.R. Co. 302 (1911)HarlannonenoneOkla.affirmed
Enriquez v. Go-Tiongco 307 (1911)HolmesnonenonePhil.affirmed
Arnett v. Reade 311 (1911)HolmesnonenoneSup. Ct. Terr. N.M.reversed
United States v. O'Brien 321 (1911)Holmesnonenone2d Cir.affirmed
Hills & Co. v. Hoover 329 (1911)Daynonenone3d Cir.certification
Gavieres v. United States 338 (1911)DaynonenonePhil.affirmed
Vilas v. City of Manila 345 (1911)LurtonnonenonePhil.reversed
Western Union Tel. Co. v. Crovo 364 (1911)LurtonnonenoneVa.affirmed
Dr. Miles M. Co. v. Park & Sons Co. 373 (1911)HughesnoneHolmes6th Cir.affirmed
Chicago et al. R.R. Co. v. Willard 413 (1911)Harlannonenone7th Cir.affirmed
Diamond Rubber Co. v. Consolidated R.T. Co. 428 (1911)McKennanonenone2d Cir.affirmed
Standard Paint Co. v. Trinidad A. Mfg. Co. 446 (1911)McKennanonenone8th Cir.affirmed
Shawnee S. & D. Co. v. Stearns 462 (1911)McKennanonenoneC.C.W.D. Okla.reversed
J.W. Perry Co. v. City of Norfolk 472 (1911)LamarnonenoneVa.affirmed
Sac & Fox v. Sac & Fox 481 (1911)HolmesnonenoneCt. Cl.affirmed
Ripley v. United States 491 (1911)WhitenonenoneCt. Cl.remanded
Sena v. American Turquoise Co. 497 (1911)HolmesnonenoneSup. Ct. Terr. N.M.affirmed
Sperry & H. Co. v. Rhodes 502 (1911)LamarnonenoneS.D. Cal.reversed
United States v. Grimaud 506 (1911)LamarnonenoneS.D. Cal.reversed
Light v. United States 523 (1911)LamarnonenoneC.C.D. Colo.affirmed
Ex parte Metropolitan Water Co. 539 (1911)WhitenonenoneC.C.D. Kan.mandamus granted
United States v. Rimer 547 (1911)Whitenonenone4th Cir.dismissed
Wise v. Mills 549 (1911)WhitenonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.dismissed
Wise v. Henkel 556 (1911)WhitenonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.dismissed
Chicago et al. R.R. Co. v. United States 559 (1911)Harlannonenone8th Cir.affirmed
Delk v. St. Louis et al. R.R. Co. 580 (1911)Harlannonenone6th Cir.reversed
Schlemmer v. Buffalo et al. R.R. Co. 590 (1911)DaynonenonePa.affirmed

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Supreme Court Research Guide . 7 April 2021 . Georgetown Law Library.