List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 249

Summary

This is a list of cases reported in volume 249 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1919.

Supreme Court of the United States
Map
38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 249 U.S. edit

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 249 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 December 12, 1910
(Acclamation)
December 19, 1910

May 19, 1921
(Died)
  Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field January 21, 1898
(Acclamation)
January 26, 1898

January 5, 1925
(Retired)
  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray December 4, 1902
(Acclamation)
December 8, 1902

January 12, 1932
(Retired)
  William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. February 23, 1903
(Acclamation)
March 2, 1903

November 13, 1922
(Retired)
  Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) December 15, 1910
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1911

June 2, 1937
(Retired)
  Mahlon Pitney Associate Justice New Jersey John Marshall Harlan March 13, 1912
(50–26)
March 18, 1912

December 31, 1922
(Resigned)
  James Clark McReynolds Associate Justice Tennessee Horace Harmon Lurton August 29, 1914
(44–6)
October 12, 1914

January 31, 1941
(Retired)
  Louis Brandeis Associate Justice Massachusetts Joseph Rucker Lamar June 1, 1916
(47–22)
June 5, 1916

February 13, 1939
(Retired)
  John Hessin Clarke Associate Justice Ohio Charles Evans Hughes July 24, 1916
(Acclamation)
October 9, 1916

September 18, 1922
(Retired)

Notable Cases in 249 U.S. edit

First Amendment Cases edit

In 1919 the Supreme Court decided several cases upholding criminal convictions under the Espionage Act of 1917 as against claims of free speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Those decisions published in volume 249 are Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919); Frohwerk v. United States, 249 U.S. 204 (1919); and Debs v. United States, 249 U.S. 211 (1919). The cases involved protest against conscription, published criticism of the government, and verbal criticism of the government, respectively. On appeal, the Supreme Court upheld each appellant's conviction of violating the 1917 Espionage Act.

Citation style edit

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.

List of cases in volume 249 U.S. edit

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Harriman National Bank of New York v. Seldomridge 1 (1919) White none none 2d Cir. reversed
Butte and Superior Copper Company v. Clark-Montana Realty Company 12 (1919) McKenna none none 9th Cir. affirmed
G.S. Nicholas & Co. v. United States 34 (1919) McKenna none none Ct. Cust. App. affirmed
Panama Railroad Company v. Bosse 41 (1919) Holmes none none 5th Cir. affirmed
Schenck v. United States 47 (1919) Holmes none none E.D. Pa. affirmed
Alaska Pacific Fisheries v. Alaska 53 (1919) Day none none 9th Cir. dismissed
Alaska Salmon Company v. Alaska 62 (1919) Day none none 9th Cir. dismissed
Withnell v. Ruecking Construction Company 63 (1919) Day none none Mo. affirmed
Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas v. Alhambra Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturing Company 72 (1919) Day none none Phil. dismissed
Whitehead v. Galloway 79 (1919) Day none none Okla. affirmed
United States v. Doremus 86 (1919) Day none White W.D. Tex. reversed
Webb v. United States 96 (1919) Day none none 6th Cir. certification
L.A. Westermann Company v. Dispatch Printing Company 100 (1919) VanDevanter none none 6th Cir. reversed
Lane v. Pueblo of Santa Rosa 110 (1919) VanDevanter none none D.C. Cir. reversed
Ex parte Whitney Steamboat Corporation 115 (1919) Pitney none none E.D.N.Y. prohibition denied
North Pacific Steamship Company v. Hall Brothers Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company 119 (1919) Pitney none none N.D. Cal. affirmed
Werk v. Parker 130 (1919) Pitney none none 3d Cir. affirmed
Arkadelphia Milling Company v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company 134 (1919) Pitney none none E.D. Ark. multiple
Middleton v. Texas Power and Light Company 152 (1919) Pitney none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
Chicago Great Western Railway Company v. Basham 164 (1919) Pitney none none Iowa dismissed
New York Central Railroad Company v. Porter 168 (1919) McReynolds none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed
Missouri and Arkansas Lumber and Mining Company v. Sebastian County 170 (1919) McReynolds none none W.D. Ark. affirmed
City of Richmond v. Bird 174 (1919) McReynolds none none 4th Cir. affirmed
Gilcrease v. McCullough 178 (1919) Brandeis none none Okla. affirmed
Sugarman v. United States 182 (1919) Brandeis none none D. Minn. dismissed
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company v. Collins Produce Company 186 (1919) Clarke none none 7th Cir. affirmed
Seufert Brothers Company v. United States 194 (1919) Clarke none none D. Or. affirmed
Shaffer v. Howard 200 (1919) White none none E.D. Okla. reversed
New York v. New Jersey 202 (1919) per curiam none none original testimony ordered
Frohwerk v. United States 204 (1919) Holmes none none W.D. Mo. affirmed
Debs v. United States 211 (1919) Holmes none none N.D. Ohio affirmed
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. Leach 217 (1919) McReynolds none Clarke Ky. reversed
South Dakota v. Collins 220 (1919) McKenna none none original judgment for S.D.
Crocker v. Malley 223 (1919) Holmes none none 1st Cir. reversed
Public Utilities Commission for the State of Kansas v. Landon 236 (1919) McReynolds none none D. Kan. reversed
Gratiot County State Bank v. Johnson 246 (1919) Brandeis none none Mich. reversed
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company v. City of Richmond 252 (1919) Clarke none none E.D. Va. affirmed
Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the Philippines v. Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company 262 (1919) White none none Phil. dismissed
Dominion Hotel, Inc. v. Arizona 265 (1919) Holmes none none Ariz. affirmed
St. Louis Poster Advertising Company v. City of St. Louis 269 (1919) Holmes none none multiple affirmed
Union Tank Line Company v. Wright 275 (1919) McReynolds none Pitney Ga. reversed
United States v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 296 (1919) Brandeis none none 2d Cir. reversed
Miller v. McClain 308 (1919) White none none Kan. affirmed
United States v. Purcell Envelope Company 313 (1919) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
O'Pry v. United States 323 (1919) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Lane v. Darlington 331 (1919) Holmes none none D.C. Cir. reversed
Capitol Transportation Company v. Cambria Steel Company 334 (1919) Holmes none none 6th Cir. affirmed
Union Oil Company of California v. Smith 337 (1919) Pitney none none Cal. affirmed
United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company 354 (1919) Brandeis none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Wise v. United States 361 (1919) Clarke none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States ex rel. Arant v. Lane 367 (1919) Clarke none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
United States v. Gudger 373 (1919) White none none W.D. Va. affirmed
Matters v. Ryan 375 (1919) White none none N.D. Ill. reversed
Ex parte Hudgings 378 (1919) White none none E.D.N.Y. habeas corpus granted
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company v. United States 385 (1919) Holmes none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Standard Oil Company v. Graves 389 (1919) Day none none Wash. reversed
McKinley v. United States 397 (1919) Day none none S.D. Ga. affirmed
Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company v. City of Columbus 399 (1919) Day none none S.D. Ohio affirmed
Burr v. City of Columbus 415 (1919) Day none none S.D. Ohio affirmed
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Ochs 416 (1919) VanDevanter none none Minn. affirmed
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company v. State Public Utilities Commission of Illinois ex rel. Cameron 422 (1919) VanDevanter none none Ill. affirmed
Board of Public Commissioners of the Philippines v. Compania General de Filipinas 425 (1919) VanDevanter none none Phil. reversed
Corn Products Refining Company v. Eddy 427 (1919) Pitney none none Kan. affirmed
United States v. Laughlin 440 (1919) Pitney none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Citizens Bank of Michigan City v. Opperman 448 (1919) McReynolds none none Ind. dismissed
United States v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company 451 (1919) McReynolds none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Barbour v. Georgia 454 (1919) Brandeis none none Ga. affirmed
J.E. Hathaway and Company v. United States 460 (1919) Brandeis none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Ex parte Wagner 465 (1919) Clarke none none 6th Cir. mandamus denied
Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. Arizona 472 (1919) Clarke none none Ariz. affirmed
Houston v. St. Louis Independent Packing Company 479 (1919) Clarke none none 8th Cir. reversed
Moore v. United States 487 (1919) Clarke none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Hartford Life Insurance Company v. Johnson 490 (1919) Clarke none none Mo. dismissed
Brougham v. Blanton Manufacturing Company 495 (1919) McKenna none none 8th Cir. reversed
Rand v. United States 503 (1919) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Perley v. North Carolina 510 (1919) McKenna none none N.C. affirmed
Gillis v. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company 515 (1919) McKenna none none Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
United Railroads of San Francisco v. City and County of San Francisco 517 (1919) Holmes none none N.D. Cal. affirmed
Chalker v. Birmingham and Northwestern Railway Company 522 (1919) McReynolds none none Tenn. reversed
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company v. Scarlet 528 (1919) Brandeis none none Miss. reversed
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company v. Mullins 531 (1919) Brandeis none none Miss. reversed
Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge Company v. United States 534 (1919) Clarke none none 6th Cir. certification
Darling v. City of Newport News 540 (1919) Holmes none none Va. affirmed
Collett v. Adams 545 (1919) VanDevanter none none S.D. Tex. reversed
Ex parte Tracy 551 (1919) per curiam none none D. Colo. habeas corpus denied
Raton Water Works Company v. City of Raton 552 (1919) White none none 8th Cir. certification
Beaumont v. Prieto 554 (1919) Holmes none none Phil. affirmed
Skinner and Eddy Corporation v. United States 557 (1919) Brandeis none none D. Or. affirmed
Standard Computing Scale Company, Ltd. v. Farrell 571 (1919) Brandeis none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

External links edit

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  • [2] Case reports in volume 249 from Court Listener
  • [3] Case reports in volume 249 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
  • [4] Case reports in volume 249 from Google Scholar
  • [5] Case reports in volume 249 from Justia
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