| 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 241 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1916.
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 241 were decided the Court comprised the following eight members, following Justice Lamar's death in January 1916:
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| Mahlon Pitney | Associate Justice | New Jersey | John Marshall Harlan | (50–26) | – December 31, 1922 (Resigned) | |
| James Clark McReynolds | Associate Justice | Tennessee | Horace Harmon Lurton | (44–6) | – January 31, 1941 (Retired) | |
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 and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chin Fong v. Backus | 1 (1916) | McKenna | none | none | N.D. Cal. | dismissed |
| Kelly v. Griffin | 6 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | affirmed | |
| Osborne v. Gray | 16 (1916) | Hughes | none | none | Tenn. | affirmed |
| G. and C. Merriam Co. v. Saalfield and Ogilvie | 22 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | affirmed | |
| Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Rigsby | 33 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | 5th Cir. | affirmed |
| Richardson v. Fajardo Sugar Company | 44 (1916) | McReynolds | none | none | affirmed | |
| Rosenberger v. Pacific Express Company | 48 (1916) | White | none | none | Mo. | reversed |
| Menasha Paper Company v. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company | 55 (1916) | McKenna | none | none | Wis. | affirmed |
| United States v. New South Farm and Home Company | 64 (1916) | McKenna | none | none | reversed | |
| United States v. Lombardo | 73 (1916) | McKenna | none | none | affirmed | |
| McFarland v. American Sugar Refining Company | 79 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Wall | 87 (1916) | VanDevanter | none | McReynolds | Mont. | reversed |
| Gidney v. Chappel | 99 (1916) | VanDevanter | none | none | Okla. | affirmed |
| Lámar v. United States | 103 (1916) | White | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Archer | 119 (1916) | McKenna | none | Pitney | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| White v. United States | 149 (1916) | McKenna | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| De la Rama v. De la Rama | 154 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | Phil. | affirmed |
| Johnson v. Root Manufacturing Company | 160 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | 7th Cir. | affirmed |
| The Raithmoor | 166 (1916) | Hughes | none | none | E.D. Pa. | reversed |
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. Harrington | 177 (1916) | Hughes | none | none | affirmed | |
| Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. Jones | 181 (1916) | McReynolds | none | none | La. | reversed |
| Maryland Dredging and Contracting Company v. United States | 184 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Georgia Florida and Alabama Railroad Company v. Blish Milling Company | 190 (1916) | Hughes | none | none | Ga. Ct. App. | affirmed |
| Stowe v. Harvey | 199 (1916) | McReynolds | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| Lane v. United States ex rel. Mickadiet | 201 (1916) | White | none | none | D.C. Cir. | reversed |
| Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company v. Bombolis | 211 (1916) | White | none | none | Minn. | affirmed |
| St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company v. Brown | 223 (1916) | White | none | none | Okla. | affirmed |
| Jacobs v. Southern Railroad Company | 229 (1916) | McKenna | none | none | Va. | affirmed |
| Baugham v. New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company | 237 (1916) | McKenna | none | none | Va. | affirmed |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Carnahan | 241 (1916) | McKenna | none | none | Va. | affirmed |
| Pacific Mail Steamship Company v. Schmidt | 245 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | 9th Cir. | reversed |
| Terminal Taxicab Company, Inc. v. Kutz | 252 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| American Well Works Company v. Layne and Bowler Company | 257 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | reversed | |
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Stewart | 261 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | Ky. | affirmed |
| United States v. Coca Cola Company of Atlanta | 265 (1916) | Hughes | none | none | 6th Cir. | reversed |
| Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v. Renn | 290 (1916) | VanDevanter | none | none | N.C. | affirmed |
| Bankers Trust Company v. Texas and Pacific Railroad Company | 295 (1916) | VanDevanter | none | none | N.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. De Atley | 310 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | Ky. | reversed |
| Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company v. Rankin | 319 (1916) | McReynolds | none | none | Tenn. | reversed |
| Wisconsin v. Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company | 329 (1916) | McReynolds | none | none | W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Southern Railroad Company v. Gray | 333 (1916) | McReynolds | none | none | N.C. | reversed |
| Brazee v. Michigan | 340 (1916) | McReynolds | none | none | Mich. | affirmed |
| Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad Company v. United States | 344 (1916) | White | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| Cubbins v. Mississippi River Commission | 351 (1916) | White | none | none | N.D. Miss. | affirmed |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. Harold | 371 (1916) | White | none | none | Kan. | reversed |
| United States v. Hemmer | 379 (1916) | McKenna | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Merrill-Ruckgaber Company v. United States | 387 (1916) | McKenna | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| United States v. Jin Fuey Moy | 394 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | affirmed | |
| Russo-Chinese Bank v. National Bank of Commerce of Seattle | 403 (1916) | Hughes | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| St. Louis and Kansas City Land Company v. City of Kansas City | 419 (1916) | Hughes | none | none | Mo. | affirmed |
| Levindale Lead and Zinc Mining Company v. Coleman | 432 (1916) | Hughes | none | none | Okla. | reversed |
| Pacific Live Stock Company v. Lewis | 440 (1916) | VanDevanter | none | none | affirmed | |
| Montelibano y Ramos v. La Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas | 455 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | Phil. | affirmed |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Proffitt | 462 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | 4th Cir. | affirmed |
| Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company v. Bower | 470 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | Neb. | affirmed |
| San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway Company v. Wagner | 476 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | Tex. Civ. App. | affirmed |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Kelly | 485 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | Ky. | reversed |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Gainey | 494 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | Ky. | reversed |
| Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad Company v. Campbell | 497 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| Bingham v. Bradley | 511 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | affirmed | |
| New York Life Insurance Company v. Dunlevy | 518 (1916) | McReynolds | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| Duel v. Hollins | 523 (1916) | McReynolds | none | Pitney | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| Virginia v. West Virginia | 531 (1916) | White | none | none | writ of execution denied | |
| Missouri v. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company | 533 (1916) | White | none | none | procedural motion granted | |
| Reid v. Fargo | 544 (1916) | White | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| Lancaster v. Kathleen Oil Company | 551 (1916) | White | none | none | E.D. Okla. | reversed |
| New York ex rel. Kennedy v. Becker | 556 (1916) | White | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Ohio ex rel. Davis v. Hildebrant | 565 (1916) | White | none | none] | Ohio | affirmed |
| Brown v. Pacific Coast Coal Company | 571 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | 9th Cir. | reversed |
| Knights of Pythias v. Mims | 574 (1916) | Holmes | none | none | Tex. Civ. App. | reversed |
| Southern Surety Company v. Oklahoma | 582 (1916) | VanDevanter | none | none | Oklahoma | affirmed |
| Dayton v. Stanard | 588 (1916) | VanDevanter | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Nice | 591 (1916) | VanDevanter | none | none | reversed | |
| United States v. Quiver | 602 (1916) | VanDevanter | none | none | affirmed | |
| Abbott v. Brown | 606 (1916) | Pitney | none | none | reversed | |
| Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Hilton-Green | 613 (1916) | McReynolds | none | none | 5th Cir. | reversed |
| Holmes v. Conway | 624 (1916) | McReynolds | none | none | Kan. | affirmed |