List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 235

Supreme Court of the United States
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Established	March 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
Location	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W
Composition method	Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorised by	Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term length	life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions	9 (by statute)
Website	supremecourt.gov

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.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 235 U.S.

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:

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)
	Charles Evans Hughes	Associate Justice	New York	David Josiah Brewer	May 2, 1910 (Acclamation)	October 10, 1910 – June 10, 1916 (Resigned)
	Willis Van Devanter	Associate Justice	Wyoming	Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice)	December 15, 1910 (Acclamation)	January 3, 1911 – June 2, 1937 (Retired)
	Joseph Rucker Lamar	Associate Justice	Georgia	William Henry Moody	December 15, 1910 (Acclamation)	January 3, 1911 – January 2, 1916 (Died)
	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)

Citation style

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.

• "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals
  • e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . .
  • e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western
  • e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
• "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
• The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time.
  • e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
  • e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

List of cases in volume 235 U.S.

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

Notes and references

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

External links

• [1] Case reports in volume 235 from Library of Congress
• [2] Case reports in volume 235 from Court Listener
• [3] Case reports in volume 235 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
• [4] Case reports in volume 235 from Google Scholar
• [5] Case reports in volume 235 from Justia
• [6] Case reports in volume 235 from Open Jurist
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