List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 295

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 295 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1935.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 295 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 295 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
	Charles Evans Hughes	Chief Justice	New York	William Howard Taft	February 13, 1930 (52–26)	February 24, 1930 – June 30, 1941 (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)
	Harlan F. Stone	Associate Justice	New York	Joseph McKenna	February 5, 1925 (71–6)	March 2, 1925 – July 2, 1941 (Continued as chief justice)
	Owen Roberts	Associate Justice	Pennsylvania	Edward Terry Sanford	May 20, 1930 (Acclamation)	June 2, 1930 – July 31, 1945 (Resigned)
	Benjamin N. Cardozo	Associate Justice	New York	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.	February 24, 1932 (Acclamation)	March 14, 1932 – July 9, 1938 (Died)

Notable Case in 295 U.S.

A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States

In A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States, 295 U.S. 495 (1935), the Supreme Court invalidated regulations of the poultry industry according to the nondelegation doctrine and as an invalid use of Congress' power under the Commerce Clause. This unanimous decision rendered parts of the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA), a main component of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, unconstitutional. Speaking to aides of Roosevelt afterwards, Justice Louis Brandeis remarked that, "This is the end of this business of centralization, and I want you to go back and tell the president that we're not going to let this government centralize everything".^[2]

Federal court system

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.

List of cases in volume 295 U.S.

See also: Hughes Court

Case name	Citation	Opinion of the Court	Vote	Concurring opinion or statement	Dissenting opinion or statement	Procedural jurisdiction	Result
United States v. Oregon	295 U.S. 1 (1935)	Stone	9-0	none	none	original	decree for United States to quiet title
Gordon, Secretary of Banking of Pennsylvania v. Washington	295 U.S. 30 (1935)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)	decrees reversed, and cause remanded
Nebraska v. Wyoming	295 U.S. 40 (1935)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	original	motion to dismiss denied
Grovey v. Townsend	295 U.S. 45 (1935)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Justice Court of Harris County, Texas (Harris Cnty. J. Ct.)	judgment affirmed
W.B. Worthen Company v. Kavanaugh	295 U.S. 56 (1935)	Cardozo	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Arkansas Supreme Court (Ark.)	decree reversed, and cause remanded
Doty v. Love, Superintendent of Banks	295 U.S. 64 (1935)	Cardozo	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Mississippi Supreme Court (Miss.)	decree affirmed
Fox, Tax Commissioner of West Virginia v. Gulf Refining Company	295 U.S. 75 (1935)	per curiam	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (S.D.W. Va.)	judgment reversed
Stanley v. Public Utilities Commission of Maine	295 U.S. 76 (1935)	per curiam	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (Me.)	judgment affirmed
Berger v. United States	295 U.S. 78 (1935)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment reversed
Spielman Motor Sales Company v. Dodge	295 U.S. 89 (1935)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.)	decree affirmed as modified
Motlow v. State ex rel. Koeln	295 U.S. 97 (1935)	per curiam	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Missouri Supreme Court (Mo.)	judgments affirmed
Wilshire Oil Company v. United States	295 U.S. 100 (1935)	per curiam	9-0	none	none	certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)	certified question dismissed
United States v. Creek Nation	295 U.S. 103 (1935)	VanDevanter	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)	judgment reversed
Van Wart v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	295 U.S. 112 (1935)	McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Hallenbeck v. Leimert	295 U.S. 116 (1935)	McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)	judgment reversed
Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Rankin	Helvering-v-rankin 295 U.S. 123 (1935)	Brandeis	9-0	Stone (short statement)	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Snyder v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	295 U.S. 134 (1935)	Brandeis	9-0	Stone (short statement)	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)	judgment affirmed
California Oregon Power Company v. Beaver Portland Cement Company	295 U.S. 142 (1935)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)	decree affirmed
Georgia Railroad and Electric Company v. City of Decatur	295 U.S. 165 (1935)	Sutherland	6-3	none	Stone (opinion; joined by Brandeis and Cardozo)	appeal from the Georgia Supreme Court (Ga.)	decree reversed, and cause remanded
United States v. Arizona	295 U.S. 174 (1935)	Butler	9-0	none	none	original	complaint dismissed
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company v. United States	295 U.S. 193 (1935)	Butler	6-3	none	Stone (opinion; joined by Brandeis and Cardozo)	appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.)	judgment reversed
Awotin v. Atlas Exchange National Bank of Chicago	295 U.S. 209 (1935)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Illinois Appellate Court (Ill. App. Ct.)	judgment affirmed
Kimen v. Atlas Exchange National Bank of Chicago	295 U.S. 215 (1935)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Illinois Appellate Court (Ill. App. Ct.)	judgment affirmed
Hartley v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	295 U.S. 216 (1935)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Doleman v. Levine	295 U.S. 221 (1935)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)	judgment reversed
Federal Land Bank of St. Louis v. Priddy, Circuit Judge	295 U.S. 229 (1935)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Arkansas Supreme Court (Ark.)	judgment affirmed
Stelos Company v. Hosiery Motor-Mend Corporation	295 U.S. 237 (1935)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	decree affirmed as modified
Ivanhoe Building and Loan Association v. Orr	295 U.S. 243 (1935)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)	judgment reversed
Bull v. United States	295 U.S. 247 (1935)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Roberts v. City of New York	295 U.S. 264 (1935)	Cardozo	8-0[a]	none	none	certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)	judgment affirmed
Aero Mayflower Transit Company v. Georgia Public Service Commission	295 U.S. 285 (1935)	Cardozo	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Supreme Court of Georgia (Ga.)	decree affirmed
Realty Associates Securities Corporation v. O'Connor	295 U.S. 295 (1935)	Cardozo	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	decree reversed
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Florida	295 U.S. 301 (1935)	Cardozo	5-4	none	Roberts (opinion; with which Hughes, Brandeis, and Stone concurred)	appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (N.D. Ga.)	decree reversed, and cause remanded
Railroad Retirement Board v. Alton Railroad Company	295 U.S. 330 (1935)	Roberts	5-4	none	Hughes (opinion; joined by Brandeis, Stone, and Cardozo)	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Peters Patent Corporation v. Bates and Klinke, Inc.	295 U.S. 392 (1935)	per curiam	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)	certiorari dismissed
Hollins v. Oklahoma	295 U.S. 394 (1935)	per curiam	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (Okla. Ct. Crim. App.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company v. United States	295 U.S. 395 (1935)	per curiam	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (W.D. Mo.)	decree affirmed
United States ex rel. Kassin v. Mulligan, U.S. Marshal	295 U.S. 396 (1935)	Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Stewart v. Keyes	295 U.S. 403 (1935)	VanDevanter	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Oklahoma Supreme Court (Okla.)	judgment affirmed
Superintendent of Five Civilized Tribes v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	295 U.S. 418 (1935)	McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Senior v. Braden	295 U.S. 422 (1935)	McReynolds	6-3	none	Stone (opinion; joined by Brandeis and Cardozo)	appeal from the Ohio Supreme Court (Ohio)	judgment reversed
Herndon v. Georgia	295 U.S. 441 (1935)	Sutherland	6-3	none	Cardozo (opinion; joined by Brandeis and Stone)	appeal from the Georgia Supreme Court (Ga.)	appeal dismissed
Wisconsin v. Michigan	295 U.S. 455 (1935)	Butler	9-0	none	none	original	referred to special master
United States v. West Virginia	295 U.S. 463 (1935)	Stone	8-1	none	Brandeis (without opinion)	original	cause dismissed
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company v. United States	295 U.S. 476 (1935)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (N.D. Ohio)	decree affirmed
United States v. Mack	295 U.S. 480 (1935)	Cardozo	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Escoe v. Zerbst	295 U.S. 490 (1935)	Cardozo	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States	295 U.S. 495 (1935)	Hughes	9-0	Cardozo (opinion; joined by Stone)	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment reversed (one case); judgment affirmed (one case)
Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. Radford	295 U.S. 555 (1935)	Brandeis	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)	judgment reversed
Humphrey's Executor v. United States	295 U.S. 602 (1935)	Sutherland	9-0	McReynolds (short statement)	none	certified questions from the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)	certified questions answered
Mobley v. New York Life Insurance Company	295 U.S. 632 (1935)	Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Ickes, Secretary of the Interior v. Virginia-Colorado Development Corporation	295 U.S. 639 (1935)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)	decree affirmed
Minnie v. Port Huron Terminal Company	295 U.S. 647 (1935)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Michigan Supreme Court (Mich.)	judgment affirmed
The Admiral Peoples	295 U.S. 649 (1935)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)	decree reversed, and cause remanded
Baltimore and Carolina Line Inc. v. Redman	295 U.S. 654 (1935)	VanDevanter	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment affirmed as modified
West v. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore	295 U.S. 662 (1935)	Roberts	6-3	none	Stone (opinion; joined by Brandeis and Cardozo)	appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (D. Md.)	decree affirmed

[a] Hughes took no part in the case

Notes and references

1. "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
2. Harry Hopkins, "Statement to Me by Thomas Corcoran Giving His Recollections of the Genesis of the Supreme Court Fight," April 3, 1939, typescript in Harry Hopkins Papers

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