| 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 227 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1913.
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 227 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Douglass White | Chief Justice | Louisiana | Melville Fuller | (Acclamation) | – May 19, 1921 (Died) | |
| Joseph McKenna | Associate Justice | California | Stephen Johnson Field | (Acclamation) | – January 5, 1925 (Retired) | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Horace Gray | (Acclamation) | – January 12, 1932 (Retired) | |
| William R. Day | Associate Justice | Ohio | George Shiras Jr. | (Acclamation) | – November 13, 1922 (Retired) | |
| Horace Harmon Lurton | Associate Justice | Tennessee | Rufus W. Peckham | (Acclamation) | – July 12, 1914 (Died) | |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Associate Justice | New York | David Josiah Brewer | (Acclamation) | – June 10, 1916 (Resigned) | |
| Willis Van Devanter | Associate Justice | Wyoming | Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) | (Acclamation) | – June 2, 1937 (Retired) | |
| Joseph Rucker Lamar | Associate Justice | Georgia | William Henry Moody | (Acclamation) | – January 2, 1916 (Died) | |
| Mahlon Pitney | Associate Justice | New Jersey | John Marshall Harlan | (50–26) | – December 31, 1922 (Resigned) | |
See also: United States district court.
See also: United States circuit court.
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.
See also: White Court.
| Case Name | Page & year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yazoo & M.V.R.R. Co. v. Greenwood G. Co. | 1 (1913) | White | none | none | Miss. | reversed |
| Wynkoop et al. Co. v. Gaines | 4 (1913) | White | none | none | 2d Cir. | dismissed |
| Virtue v. Creamery et al. Co. | 8 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Cameron et al. Co. v. Knoxville | 39 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | C.C.S.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Gray v. Taylor | 51 (1913) | Holmes | none | none | N.M. | affirmed |
| Michigan C.R.R. Co. v. Vreeland | 59 (1913) | Lurton | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | reversed |
| Grant v. United States | 74 (1913) | Hughes | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Davis v. Las O. Co. | 80 (1913) | Lurton | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| ICC v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. | 88 (1913) | Lamar | none | none | Comm. Ct. | reversed |
| Guardian A. Co. v. Quintana | 100 (1913) | White | none | none | D.P.R. | multiple |
| De Bary & Co. v. Louisiana | 108 (1913) | White | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Texas et al. R.R. Co. v. Sabine T. Co. | 111 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | Tex. Civ. App. | reversed |
| Heike v. United States | 131 (1913) | Holmes | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| American R.R. Co. v. Didricksen | 145 (1913) | Lurton | none | none | D.P.R. | reversed |
| Ross v. Oregon | 150 (1913) | VanDevanter | none | none | Or. | dismissed |
| United States v. Harvey S. Co. | 165 (1913) | White | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Robinson v. Lundrigan | 173 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Guttierrez v. Graham | 181 (1913) | Holmes | none | none | D.P.R. | affirmed |
| Chicago et al. R.R. Co. v. Schwyhart | 184 (1913) | Holmes | none | none | Mo. App. | affirmed |
| Brooklyn et al. Co. v. Miller | 194 (1913) | Holmes | none | none | Ariz. | affirmed |
| United States v. Winslow | 202 (1913) | Holmes | none | none | D. Mass. | affirmed |
| St. Louis S.R.R. Co. v. Alexander | 218 (1913) | Day | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Scott v. Lattig | 229 (1913) | VanDevanter | none | none | Idaho | reversed |
| Johnson v. Hoy | 245 (1913) | Lamar | none | none | N.D. Ill. | dismissed |
| New York et al. R.R. Co. v. Hudson Cnty. | 248 (1913) | White | none | none | N.J. Sup. Ct. | reversed |
| St. Louis et al. R.R. Co. v. Edwards | 265 (1913) | White | none | none | Ark. | reversed |
| Porto Rico (sic) v. Rosaly y C. | 270 (1913) | White | none | none | P.R. | reversed |
| Home T. & T. Co. v. City of Los Angeles | 278 (1913) | White | none | none | S.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Winfree v. Northern P.R.R. Co. | 296 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| Hutchinson v. Valdosta | 303 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Hoke v. United States | 308 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | E.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Athanasaw v. United States | 326 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | S.D. Fla. | affirmed |
| Bennett v. United States | 333 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | 6th Cir. | affirmed |
| Harris v. United States | 340 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | 6th Cir. | affirmed |
| Stuart v. Union P.R.R. Co. | 342 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Northern P.R.R. Co. v. United States | 355 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| Wadkins v. Producers O. Co. | 368 (1913) | McKenna | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Cordova v. Folgueras y R. | 375 (1913) | Holmes | none | none | multiple | affirmed |
| Luke v. Smith | 379 (1913) | Holmes | none | none | Ariz. | affirmed |
| Porto Rico (sic) v. Title et al. Co. | 382 (1913) | Holmes | none | none | 3d Cir. | affirmed |
| Crenshaw v. Arkansas | 389 (1913) | Day | none | none | Ark. | reversed |
| Rogers v. Arkansas | 401 (1913) | Day | none | none | Ark. | reversed |
| James v. Stone & Co. | 410 (1913) | Day | none | none | 4th Cir. | dismissed |
| Lovell v. Newman & Son | 412 (1913) | Day | none | none | 5th Cir. | dismissed |
| Bartell v. United States | 427 (1913) | Day | none | none | D.S.D. | affirmed |
| Troxell v. Delaware et al. R.R. Co. | 434 (1913) | Day | none | none | 3d Cir. | reversed |
| United States ex rel. Champion L. Co. v. Fisher | 445 (1913) | Day | none | none | D.C. Cir. | dismissed |
| United States ex rel. Foreman v. Meyer | 452 (1913) | Day | none | none | D.C. Cir. | dismissed |
| Hampton v. St. Louis et al. R.R. Co. | 456 (1913) | Lurton | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | reversed |
| Wells Fargo & Co. v. Neiman-Marcus Co. | 469 (1913) | Lurton | none | none | Tex. Civ. App. | reversed |
| Bradley v. Richmond | 477 (1913) | Lurton | none | none | Va. | affirmed |
| United States v. Mason | 486 (1913) | Lurton | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Zimmerman v. Harding | 489 (1913) | Lurton | none | none | D.P.R. | affirmed |
| Fraternal Mystic Cir. v. Snyder | 497 (1913) | Hughes | none | none | Tenn. | affirmed |
| Bacon v. Illinois | 504 (1913) | Hughes | none | none | Ill. | affirmed |
| Smoot v. Heyl | 518 (1913) | Hughes | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| Svor v. Morris | 524 (1913) | VanDevanter | none | none | Minn. | reversed |
| Ross v. Stewart | 530 (1913) | VanDevanter | none | none | Okla. | affirmed |
| Matheson v. United States | 540 (1913) | Lamar | none | none | D. Alaska | affirmed |
| Grand Trunk W.R.R. Co. v. City of South Bend | 544 (1913) | Lamar | none | none | Ind. | reversed |
| Southern P. Co. v. City of Portland | 559 (1913) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.D. Or. | affirmed |
| Van Iderstine v. National D. Co. | 575 (1913) | Lamar | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| Rosaly v. Graham y F. | 584 (1913) | Pitney | none | none | P.R. | affirmed |
| Ensign v. Pennsylvania | 592 (1913) | Pitney | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| Southern P. Co. v. Schuyler | 601 (1913) | Pitney | none | none | Utah | affirmed |
| Starr v. Long Jim | 613 (1913) | Pitney | none | none | Wash. | affirmed |
| Zavelo v. Reeves | 625 (1913) | Pitney | none | none | Ala. | affirmed |
| Marrone v. Washington Jockey Club | 633 (1913) | Holmes | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| Baxter v. Buchholz et al. Co. | 637 (1913) | Holmes | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | dismissed |
| Kansas City S.R.R. Co. v. Carl | 639 (1913) | Lurton | none | none | Ark. | reversed |
| Missouri et al. R.R. Co. v. Harriman | 657 (1913) | Lurton | none | none | Tex. Civ. App. | reversed |