| 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 225 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1912.
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 225 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) | |
Hyde v. United States, 225 U.S. 347 (1912), is a criminal case in which the Supreme Court interpreted attempt.[2] The Court held that for an act to be a criminal attempt, it must be so near the result that the danger of its success must be very large.[2] The Court wrote, "There must be a dangerous proximity to success."[2]
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.
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 of case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland v. West Virginia | 1 (1912) | per curiam | none | none | original | border set |
| The Jason | 32 (1912) | Pitney | none | none | 2d Cir. | certification |
| Valdes v. Central Altagracia, Inc. | 58 (1912) | White | none | none | D.P.R. | affirmed |
| Chase v. Wetzlar | 79 (1912) | White | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Sexton v. Kessler and Company | 90 (1912) | Holmes | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| Southern Railway Company v. Burlington Lumber Company | 99 (1912) | Holmes | none | none | N.C. | reversed |
| Ohio Railroad Commission v. Worthington | 101 (1912) | Day | none | none | 6th Cir. | affirmed |
| Bigelow v. Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company | 111 (1912) | Lurton | none | none | Mass. | affirmed |
| Stalker v. Oregon Short Line Railroad Company | 142 (1912) | Lurton | none | none | Idaho | affirmed |
| Chicago and Alton Railroad Company v. Kirby | 155 (1912) | Lurton | none | none | Ill. | reversed |
| Jordan v. Massachusetts | 167 (1912) | Lurton | none | none | Mass. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
| National Bank v. National Herkimer County Bank of Little Falls | 178 (1912) | Hughes | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| Anderson v. Pacific Coast Steamship Company | 187 (1912) | Hughes | none | none | 9th Cir. | certification |
| United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company v. Bray | 205 (1912) | VanDevanter | none | none | 4th Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Colorado Anthracite Company | 219 (1912) | VanDevanter | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Johannessen v. United States | 227 (1912) | Pitney | none | none | N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| R.J. Darnell (Inc.) v. Illinois Central Railroad Company | 243 (1912) | White | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | dismissed |
| Creswill v. Knights of Pythias | 246 (1912) | White | none | Holmes | Ga. | reversed |
| Norfolk and Suburban Turnpike Railroad Company v. Virginia | 264 (1912) | White | none | none | Va. | affirmed |
| Mississippi Railroad Commission v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company | 272 (1912) | White | none | none | C.C.D. Miss. | affirmed |
| Procter and Gamble Company v. United States | 282 (1912) | White | none | none | Comm. Ct. | remanded |
| Hooker v. Knapp | 302 (1912) | White | none | none | Comm. Ct. | remanded |
| United States v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company | 306 (1912) | White | none | none | Comm. Ct. | affirmed |
| ICC v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company | 326 (1912) | McKenna | none | none | Comm. Ct. | reversed |
| Hyde v. United States | 347 (1912) | McKenna | none | Holmes | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| Brown v. Elliott | 392 (1912) | McKenna | none | Holmes | C.C.N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Johnson v. United States | 405 (1912) | McKenna | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| Glasgow v. Moyer | 420 (1912) | McKenna | none | none | N.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| City of Louisville v. Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company | 430 (1912) | Holmes | none | none | C.C.W.D. Ky. | reversed |
| Messenger v. Anderson | 436 (1912) | Holmes | none | none | 6th Cir. | reversed |
| Zeckendorf v. Steinfeld | 445 (1912) | Holmes | none | none | 6th Cir. | reversed |
| Low Wah Suey v. Backus | 460 (1912) | Holmes | none | none | 6th Cir. | reversed |
| Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v. Duvall | 477 (1912) | Holmes | none | none | 6th Cir. | reversed |
| D. Lupton's Sons Company v. Automobile Club of America | 489 (1912) | Hughes | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Savage v. Jones | 501 (1912) | Hughes | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
| Standard Stock Food Company v. Wright | 540 (1912) | Hughes | none | none | C.C.S.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Clairmont v. United States | 551 (1912) | Hughes | none | none | D. Mont. | reversed |
| Shulthis v. McDougal | 561 (1912) | VanDevanter | none | none | 8th Cir. | dismissed |
| Eastern Cherokees v. United States | 572 (1912) | VanDevanter | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Kindred v. Union Pacific Railroad Company | 582 (1912) | VanDevanter | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Flannelly v. Delaware and Hudson Company | 597 (1912) | VanDevanter | none | none | 3d Cir. | reversed |
| Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company v. Wagner Electric and Manufacturing Company | 604 (1912) | Lamar | none | none | 8th Cir. | reversed |
| Murphy v. California | 623 (1912) | Lamar | none | none | Cal. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
| Henderson v. Mayer | 631 (1912) | Lamar | none | none | 5th Cir. | affirmed |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. United States | 640 (1912) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Pickford v. Talbott | 651 (1912) | Pitney | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Webb | 663 (1912) | Pitney | none | none | E.D. Okla. | habeas corpus denied |