List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 258
This is a list of cases reported in volume 258 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1922.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 258 U.S.
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 258 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
William Howard Taft
Chief Justice
Connecticut
Edward Douglass White
June 30, 1921 (Acclamation)
July 11, 1921 – February 3, 1930(Retired)
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 258 U.S.
Fairchild v. Hughes and Leser v. Garnett
Fairchild v. Hughes , 258 U.S. 126 (1922) , and Leser v. Garnett , 258 U.S. 130 (1922) , are a pair of cases regarding the Nineteenth Amendment . The Court ruled that Fairchild, as a private citizen, lacked standing to challenge the amendment's ratification under the limitations of the Case or Controversy Clause of Article III .[ 2] Fairchild marked a departure from prior doctrine, which had allowed any citizen to sue to preserve a public right.[ 3]
In a companion case, Leser v. Garnett , the Court upheld the ratification of the amendment.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Citation style
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
"D." = United States District Court for the District of . . .
"E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western
"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.
List of cases in volume 258 U.S.
Case Name
Page and year
Opinion of the Court
Concurring opinion(s)
Dissenting opinion(s)
Lower Court
Disposition
Hawes v. Georgia
1 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
Ga.
affirmed
McArthur Brothers Company v. United States
6 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
Ct. Cl.
affirmed
Western Union Telegraph Company v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
13 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
W.D. Ky.
affirmed
Gooch v. Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
22 (1922)
Holmes
none
Clarke
9th Cir.
affirmed
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company v. United States
32 (1922)
Holmes
none
none
Ct. Cl.
affirmed
Burrill v. Locomobile Company
34 (1922)
Holmes
none
none
D. Mass.
reversed
John L. Whiting -- J.J. Adams Company v. Burrill
39 (1922)
Holmes
none
none
D. Mass.
affirmed
Jones v. United States
40 (1922)
Holmes
none
none
9th Cir.
affirmed
Lemke v. Farmers Grain Company
50 (1922)
Day
none
Brandeis
8th Cir.
affirmed
Lemke v. Homer Farmers Elevator Company
65 (1922)
Day
none
none
D.N.D.
affirmed
Crichton v. Wingfield
66 (1922)
Day
none
none
S.D.N.Y.
affirmed
Schaff v. J.C. Famechon Company
76 (1922)
Day
none
none
Minn.
dismissed
John Simmons Company v. Grier Brothers Company
82 (1922)
Pitney
none
none
3d Cir.
reversed
Reed v. Director General of Railroads
92 (1922)
McReynolds
none
none
Pa.
reversed
New Bedford Dry Dock Company v. Purdy
96 (1922)
McReynolds
none
none
D. Mass.
reversed
Alaska v. Troy
101 (1922)
McReynolds
none
none
D. Alaska
affirmed
Bank of Jasper v. First National Bank of Rome
112 (1922)
Brandeis
none
none
5th Cir.
affirmed
Wood v. United States
120 (1922)
Brandeis
none
none
Ct. Cl.
affirmed
Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company v. Salm
122 (1922)
Brandeis
none
none
S.D. Ill.
affirmed
Fairchild v. Hughes
126 (1922)
Brandeis
none
none
D.C. Cir.
affirmed
Leser v. Garnett
130 (1922)
Brandeis
none
none
Md.
affirmed
Leach v. Carlile
138 (1922)
Clarke
none
Holmes
7th Cir.
affirmed
Crane v. Hahlo
142 (1922)
Clarke
none
none
N.Y. Sup. Ct.
affirmed
Minnesota v. Wisconsin
149 (1922)
per curiam
none
none
original
boundary set
Texas v. Interstate Commerce Commission
158 (1922)
VanDevanter
none
none
original
dismissed
Newton v. Consolidated Gas Company of New York
165 (1922)
McReynolds
none
none
S.D.N.Y.
multiple
Newton, Attorney General of New York v. New York and Queens Gas Company
178 (1922)
McReynolds
none
none
S.D.N.Y.
affirmed
Newton, Attorney General of New York v. Kings County Lighting Company
180 (1922)
McReynolds
none
none
S.D.N.Y.
affirmed
Howat v. Kansas
181 (1922)
Taft
none
none
Kan.
dismissed
Atchafalaya Land Company, Ltd. v. F.B. Williams Cypress Company, Ltd.
190 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
La.
affirmed
Levinson v. United States
198 (1922)
Holmes
none
McKenna
2d Cir.
reversed
Texas v. Eastern Texas Railroad Company
204 (1922)
VanDevanter
none
none
E.D. Tex.
reversed
Irwin v. Wright
219 (1922)
Taft
none
none
D. Ariz.
reversed
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company v. Oklahoma
234 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
Okla.
affirmed
First National Bank v. J.L. Mott Iron Works
240 (1922)
Holmes
none
none
S.C.
affirmed
Levy Leasing Company, Inc. v. Siegel
242 (1922)
Clarke
none
none
N.Y. Sup. Ct.
affirmed
United States v. Balint
250 (1922)
Taft
none
none
S.D.N.Y.
reversed
Ponzi v. Fessenden
254 (1922)
Taft
none
none
1st Cir.
certification
Pacific Mail Steamship Company v. Lucas
266 (1922)
Holmes
none
none
9th Cir.
affirmed
United Zinc and Chemical Company v. Britt
268 (1922)
Holmes
none
Clarke
8th Cir.
reversed
United States v. Behrman
280 (1922)
Day
none
Holmes
S.D.N.Y.
reversed
Hump Hairpin Manufacturing Company v. Emmerson
290 (1922)
Clarke
none
none
Ill.
affirmed
Wallace v. United States
296 (1922)
Taft
none
none
Ct. Cl.
rehearing denied
Balzac v. Porto Rico
298 (1922)
Taft
none
none
P.R.
affirmed
Ferry v. Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company
314 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
9th Cir.
affirmed
United States v. Bethlehem Steel Company
321 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
Ct. Cl.
affirmed
Bankers Trust Company v. City of Raton
328 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
D.N.M.
affirmed
Forbes Pioneer Boat Line v. Everglades Drainage District
338 (1922)
Holmes
none
none
Fla.
reversed
White Oak Transportation Company v. Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
341 (1922)
Holmes
none
none
1st Cir.
reversed
Standard Fashion Company v. Magrane-Houston Company
346 (1922)
Day
none
none
1st Cir.
affirmed
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company v. Kane
358 (1922)
Pitney
none
none
3d Cir.
affirmed
First National Bank of Gulfport v. Adams
362 (1922)
McReynolds
none
none
Miss.
reversed
Exporters of Manufacturers' Products v. Butterworth-Judson Company
365 (1922)
McReynolds
none
none
2d Cir.
certification
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Whitnack Company
369 (1922)
McReynolds
none
none
Neb.
affirmed
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. United States
374 (1922)
Brandeis
none
none
Ct. Cl.
remanded
Lambert Run Coal Company v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
377 (1922)
Brandeis
none
none
4th Cir.
affirmed
Greiner v. Lewellyn
384 (1922)
Brandeis
none
none
W.D. Pa.
affirmed
Galveston Electric Company v. City of Galveston
388 (1922)
Brandeis
none
none
S.D. Tex.
affirmed
Vigliotti v. Pennsylvania
403 (1922)
Brandeis
none
none
Pa.
affirmed
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company v. McGinn
409 (1922)
Clarke
none
none
9th Cir.
reversed
Collins v. McDonald
416 (1922)
Clarke
none
none
N.D. Cal.
affirmed
Dahn v. Davis
421 (1922)
Clarke
none
none
8th Cir.
affirmed
United States v. Moreland
433 (1922)
McKenna
none
Brandeis
D.C. Cir.
affirmed
United Shoe Machinery Corporation v. United States
451 (1922)
Day
none
none
E.D. Mo.
affirmed
Texas Company v. Brown
466 (1922)
Pitney
none
none
N.D. Ga.
affirmed
Federal Trade Commission v. Winsted Hosiery Company
483 (1922)
Brandeis
none
none
2d Cir.
reversed
Stafford v. Wallace
495 (1922)
Taft
none
none
N.D. Ill.
affirmed
Shwab v. Doyle
529 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
6th Cir.
reversed
Union Trust Company v. Wardell, Collector of Internal Revenue
537 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
N.D. Cal.
reversed
Levy v. Wardell, Collector of Internal Revenue
542 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
2d Cir.
reversed
Knox v. McElligott
546 (1922)
McKenna
none
none
2d Cir.
reversed
Sloan Shipyards Corporation v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
549 (1922)
Holmes
none
Taft
2d Cir.
multiple
Oklahoma v. Texas
574 (1922)
VanDevanter
none
none
original
continued
Notes and references
^ "Supreme Court Research Guide" . Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021 .
^ Wroth, Lawrence Counselman (1921). The Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine: Published in the Interest of the University and the Alumni . The Johns Hopkins Alumni Association. p. 20. Retrieved June 17, 2022 .
^ The Metaphor of Standing and the Problem of Self-Governance, by Steven L. Winter, 40 Stan. L. Rev. 1371, July, 1988.
^ Vile, John R. (May 1, 2003). Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues: 1789-2002 . ABC-CLIO. pp. 184–. ISBN 9781851094288 . Retrieved June 17, 2022 .
^ Bradeis, Louis D. (June 30, 1978). Letters of Louis D. Brandeis: 1921-1941, Elder statesman: 1921-1941 . SUNY Press. pp. 47–. ISBN 9780873953306 . Retrieved June 17, 2022 .
^ Renstrom, Peter G. (2003). The Taft Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy . ABC-CLIO. pp. 111–. ISBN 9781576072806 . Retrieved June 17, 2022 .
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