| 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 235 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1914 and 1915.
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 235 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
See also: United States district 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. 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 of case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina v. Tennessee | 1 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | original | boundary set |
| Lane v. Watts | 17 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | D.C. Cir. | rehearing denied |
| Pullman Co. v. Knott | 23 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | N.D. Fla. | affirmed |
| United States v. Portale | 27 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | D. Colo. | reversed |
| Overton v. Oklahoma | 31 (1914) | White | none | none | Okla. | dismissed |
| DeJonge & Co. v. Breuker & K. Co. | 33 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | 3d Cir. | affirmed |
| Missouri et al. R.R. Co. v. United States | 37 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Taylor v. Parker | 42 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | Okla. | affirmed |
| Willoughby v. City of Chicago | 45 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | Ill. | dismissed |
| Cleveland & P.R.R. Co. v. City of Cleveland | 50 (1914) | Day | none | none | Ohio | dismissed |
| United States v. Mayer | 55 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | 2d Cir. | certification |
| United States v. Bartlett | 72 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Monagas v. Albertucci | 81 (1914) | White | none | none | P.R. | affirmed |
| L.E. Waterman Co. v. Modern Pen Co. | 88 (1914) | Holmes | Pitney (part) | Pitney (part) | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| Sage v. Hampe | 99 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | Kan. | reversed |
| Magruder v. Drury | 106 (1914) | Day | none | none | D.C. Cir. | reversed |
| Missouri P.R.R. Co. v. City of Omaha | 121 (1914) | Day | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Reynolds | 133 (1914) | Day | Holmes | none | S.D. Ala. | reversed |
| McCabe v. Atchison et al. R.R. Co. | 151 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Louisiana et al. Co. v. Behrman | 164 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| New York E.L. Co. v. Empire City Subway Co. | 179 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Sioux Remedy Co. v. Cope | 197 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | S.D. Cir. Ct. | reversed |
| Skelton v. Dill | 206 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | Okla. | reversed |
| Minidoka & S.R.R. Co. v. United States | 211 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | 9th Cir. | reversed |
| Henry v. Henkel | 219 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| United States v. Nixon | 231 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | W.D. Mo. | reversed |
| United States v. Salen | 237 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Porto Rico (sic) v. Emmanuel | 251 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | D.P.R. | reversed |
| Western L.I. Co. v. Rupp | 261 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | Ky. | affirmed |
| United States v. Wigger | 276 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | D. Alaska | reversed |
| United States v. Lewis | 282 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | D. Kan. | reversed |
| Hopkins v. Hebard | 287 (1914) | McReynolds | none | none | 6th Cir. | affirmed |
| Choctaw et al. R.R. Co. v. Harrison | 292 (1914) | McReynolds | none | none | E.D. Okla. | reversed |
| Fallows v. Continental et al. Bank | 300 (1914) | McReynolds | none | none | 7th Cir. | affirmed |
| Garrett v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. | 308 (1914) | McReynolds | none | none | 6th Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. | 314 (1914) | White | none | none | Comm. Ct. | reversed |
| United States ex rel. Bryant Co. v. New York S.F. Co. | 327 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| John II Estate, Ltd. v. Brown | 342 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | 9th Cir. | reversed |
| St. Louis S.R.R. Co. v. Arkansas | 350 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | Ark. | affirmed |
| Berwind et al. Co. v. Chicago & E.R.R. Co. | 371 (1914) | White | none | none | Ill. App. Ct. | affirmed |
| Yazoo et al. R.R. Co. v. Wright | 376 (1914) | White | none | none | 6th Cir. | affirmed |
| Easterling L. Co. v. Pierce | 380 (1914) | White | none | none | Miss. | dismissed |
| Lovell M. Mfg. Co. v. Automobile S. Mfg. Co. | 383 (1914) | White | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| McGovern v. Philadelphia & Reading R.R. Co. | 389 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | E.D. Pa. | reversed |
| Detroit & M.R.R. Co. v. Michigan R.R. Comm'n | 402 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Scotten v. Littlefield | 407 (1914) | Day | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| Shapiro v. United States | 412 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | N.D. Ill. | dismissed |
| Adkins v. Arnold | 417 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | Okla. | affirmed |
| Washington v. Miller | 422 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | Okla. | affirmed |
| Texas & P.R.R. Co. v. Rosborough | 429 (1914) | McReynolds | none | none | 5th Cir. | affirmed |
| Drew v. Thaw | 432 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | D.N.H. | reversed |
| Sizemore v. Brady | 441 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | Okla. | affirmed |
| Maryland S. Co. v. United States | 451 (1915) | McKenna | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Lankford v. Platte I.W. Co. | 461 (1915) | McKenna | none | Pitney | W.D. Okla. | reversed |
| American W.S. Co. v. Lankford | 496 (1915) | McKenna | none | Pitney | E.D. Okla. | affirmed |
| Farish v. State Banking Bd. | 498 (1915) | McKenna | none | Pitney | E.D. Okla. | affirmed |
| United States v. Erie R.R. Co. | 513 (1915) | McKenna | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Lawlor v. Loewe | 522 (1915) | Holmes | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| South Covington et al. R.R. Co. v. City of Covington | 537 (1915) | Day | none | none | Ky. | reversed |
| New York ex rel. Cornell S.S. Co. v. Sohmer | 549 (1915) | Day | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Gilbert v. David | 561 (1915) | Day | none | none | D. Conn. | affirmed |
| Jeffrey Mfg. Co. v. Blagg | 571 (1915) | Day | none | none | Ohio | affirmed |
| Mercelis v. Wilson | 579 (1915) | Lamar | none | none | D.P.R. | affirmed |
| Hull v. Dicks | 584 (1915) | Lamar | none | none | 5th Cir. | certification |
| Brown v. Fletcher | 589 (1915) | Lamar | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Louisville & N.R.R. Co. v. Finn | 601 (1915) | Pitney | none | none | E.D. Ky. | affirmed |
| Hendrick v. Maryland | 610 (1915) | McReynolds | none | none | Md. Cir. Ct. | affirmed |
| Norfolk & W.R.R. Co. v. Holbrook | 625 (1915) | McReynolds | none | McKenna | 4th Cir. | reversed |
| Wathen v. Jackson O. & R. Co. | 635 (1915) | Hughes | none | none | S.D. Miss. | affirmed |
| Dowagiac Mfg. Co. v. Minnesota M.P. Co. | 641 (1915) | VanDevanter | none | none | 8th Cir. | reversed |
| Wadley S.R.R. Co. v. Georgia | 651 (1915) | Lamar | none | none | Ga. | affirmed |
| Arizona et al. R.R. Co. v. Clark | 669 (1915) | Pitney | none | Hughes | 9th Cir. | affirmed |