List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 277

Supreme Court of the United States
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
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Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorised byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 277 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1928.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 277 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 277 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)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray December 4, 1902
(Acclamation)
December 8, 1902

January 12, 1932
(Retired)
Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) December 15, 1910
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1911

June 2, 1937
(Retired)
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)
George Sutherland Associate Justice Utah John Hessin Clarke September 5, 1922
(Acclamation)
October 2, 1922

January 17, 1938
(Retired)
Pierce Butler Associate Justice Minnesota William R. Day December 21, 1922
(61–8)
January 2, 1923

November 16, 1939
(Died)
Edward Terry Sanford Associate Justice Tennessee Mahlon Pitney January 29, 1923
(Acclamation)
February 19, 1923

March 8, 1930
(Died)
Harlan F. Stone Associate Justice New York Joseph McKenna February 5, 1925
(71–6)
March 2, 1925

July 2, 1941
(Continued as chief justice)

Notable Case in 277 U.S.

Olmstead v. United States

In Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 (1928), the Supreme Court reviewed whether the use of wiretapped private telephone conversations, obtained by federal agents without judicial approval and subsequently used as evidence, constituted a violation of the defendant’s rights provided by the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. The Court held that neither the Fourth Amendment nor the Fifth Amendment rights of the defendant were violated. This decision was overturned by Katz v. United States in 1967.

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.

List of cases in volume 277 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Blodgett v. Silberman 1 (1928) Taft none none Conn. Super. Ct. multiple
Williams v. Great Southern Lumber Company 19 (1928) Sanford none none 5th Cir. affirmed
Brooke v. City of Norfolk 27 (1928) Holmes none none Va. reversed
Coffin Brothers and Company v. Bennett 29 (1928) Holmes none none Ga. affirmed
Louisville Gas and Electric Company v. Coleman 32 (1928) Sutherland none Holmes; Brandeis Ky. reversed
City of Gainesville v. Brown-Crummer Investment Company 54 (1928) Taft none none 5th Cir. reversed
Dugan v. Ohio 61 (1928) Taft none none Ohio affirmed
Compania de Navegacion Interior, S.A. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company 66 (1928) Taft none none 5th Cir. reversed
Gaines v. Washington 81 (1928) Taft none none Wash. dismissed
Ferry v. Ramsey 88 (1928) Holmes none Sutherland Kan. affirmed
L.P. Larson, Jr., Company v. W. Wrigley, Jr., Company 97 (1928) Holmes none none 7th Cir. reversed
King Manufacturing Company v. City of Augusta 100 (1928) VanDevanter none Brandeis Ga. affirmed
Sultan Railway and Timber Company v. Department of Labor and Industries of Washington 135 (1928) VanDevanter none Brandeis Wash. affirmed
Hamburg-American Line Terminal and Navigation Company v. United States 138 (1928) McReynolds none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Long v. Rockwood 142 (1928) McReynolds none Holmes Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
Plamals v. Steamship "Pinar Del Rio" 151 (1928) McReynolds none none 2d Cir. affirmed
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company v. Nattin 157 (1928) McReynolds none none W.D. La. affirmed
Standard Pipe Line Company v. Miller County Highway and Bridge District 160 (1928) McReynolds none none 8th Cir. reversed
Sprout v. City of South Bend 163 (1928) Brandeis none none Ind. reversed
Great Northern Railroad Company v. United States 172 (1928) Brandeis none none D. Minn. affirmed
Nectow v. City of Cambridge 183 (1928) Sutherland none none Mass. reversed
Springer v. Government of the Philippine Islands 189 (1928) Sutherland none Holmes; McReynolds Phil. affirmed
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia, South Carolina v. Mitchell 213 (1928) Butler none none 4th Cir. reversed
Panhandle Oil Company v. Mississippi ex rel. Knox 218 (1928) Butler none Holmes; McReynolds Miss. reversed
Buzynski v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc. 226 (1928) Sanford none none 5th Cir. reversed
United States v. Goldman 229 (1928) Sanford none none S.D. Ohio reversed
Reinecke v. Gardner 239 (1928) Stone none none 7th Cir. certification
Holland Furniture Company v. Perkins Glue Company 245 (1928) Stone none none 6th Cir. reversed
Jenkins v. National Surety Company 258 (1928) Stone none none 8th Cir. reversed
Ex parte Williams 267 (1928) Brandeis none none D. Neb. mandamus denied
Willing v. Chicago Auditorium Association 274 (1928) Brandeis Stone none 7th Cir. reversed
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. United States 291 (1928) Butler none none N.D. Ill. reversed
McCoy v. Shaw 302 (1928) Sanford none none Okla. dismissed
Southern Pacific Company v. Haglund 304 (1928) Sanford none none 9th Cir. affirmed
Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 311 (1928) Stone none none 9th Cir. reversed
The Malcolm Baxter, Jr. 323 (1928) Stone none none 2d Cir. affirmed
Mellon, Director General of Railroads v. Goodyear 335 (1928) McReynolds none none Kan. reversed
Midland National Bank of Minneapolis v. Dakota Life Insurance Company 346 (1928) Brandeis none none 8th Cir. reversed
Ribnik v. McBride 350 (1928) Sutherland Sanford Stone N.J. reversed
Reed v. Delaware County 376 (1928) Butler none none 3d Cir. affirmed
Quaker City Cab Company v. Pennsylvania 389 (1928) Butler none Holmes; Brandeis; Stone Pa. reversed
National Leather Company v. Massachusetts 413 (1928) Sanford none McReynolds Mass. affirmed
Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of Sioux Indians v. United States 424 (1928) Stone none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Olmstead v. United States 438 (1928) Taft none Brandeis; Holmes; Butler; Stone 9th Cir. affirmed
Kinney-Coastal Oil Company v. Kieffer 488 (1928) VanDevanter none none 8th Cir. reversed
National Life Insurance Company v. United States 508 (1928) McReynolds none Brandeis; Stone Ct. Cl. reversed
Hemphill v. Orloff 537 (1928) McReynolds none none Mich. affirmed
Williamsport Wire Rope Company v. United States 551 (1928) Brandeis none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Ex parte Collins 565 (1928) Brandeis none none D. Ariz. mandamus denied

Notes and references

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

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