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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 244

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
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 the reported in volume 244 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1917.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 244 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 244 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)

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 244 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Ewing v. United States ex rel. Fowler Car Company 1 (1917) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. reversed
The Kronprinzessin Cecilie 12 (1917) Holmes none none 1st Cir. reversed
Chicago Life Insurance Company v. Cherry 25 (1917) Holmes none none Ill. App. affirmed
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company v. Texas Packing Company 31 (1917) Day none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
Van Dyke v. Geary 39 (1917) Brandeis none none D. Ariz. affirmed
Toledo Railways and Light Company v. Hill 49 (1917) White none none S.D.N.Y. reversed
Meisukas v. Greenough Red Ash Coal Company 54 (1917) White none none E.D.N.Y. affirmed
American Express Company v. United States Horse Shoe Company 58 (1917) White none none Pa. reversed
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company v. Gotschall 66 (1917) White none none Minn. affirmed
Ohio River Contract Company v. Gordon 68 (1917) White none none Ky. affirmed
Chesbrough v. Woodworth 72 (1917) McKenna none none 6th Cir. affirmed
Woodworth v. Chesbrough 79 (1917) McKenna none none 6th Cir. dismissed
United States v. Illinois Central Railroad Company 82 (1917) McKenna none none E.D. Ill. reversed
West v. Rutledge Timber Company 90 (1917) McKenna none none 9th Cir. affirmed
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Company v. Masland 100 (1917) Holmes none none 3d Cir. reversed
Nevada–California–Oregon Railway Company v. Burris 103 (1917) Holmes none none Nev. dismissed
Rowland v. Boyle 106 (1917) Holmes none none E.D. Ark. affirmed
United States v. Wildcat 111 (1917) Day none none 8th Cir. affirmed
Yankaus v. Feltenstein 127 (1917) Day none none City Ct. of N.Y.C. affirmed
Lewis v. United States 134 (1917) Day none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
New York Central Railroad Company v. Winfield 147 (1917) VanDevanter none Brandeis N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed
Erie Railroad Company v. Winfield 170 (1917) VanDevanter none none N.J. reversed
Lane v. Hoglund 174 (1917) VanDevanter none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company v. Barlow 183 (1917) McReynolds none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed
Smith v. Third National Exchange Bank of Sandusky 184 (1917) McReynolds none none N.M. affirmed
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. McGrew Coal Company 191 (1917) McReynolds none none Mo. affirmed
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Taber 200 (1917) McReynolds none none Mo. dismissed
Valley Steamship Company v. Wattawa 202 (1917) McReynolds none none Ohio App. dismissed
Southern Pacific Company v. Jensen 205 (1917) McReynolds none Holmes; Pitney N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed
Clyde Steamship Company v. Walker 255 (1917) McReynolds none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed
Sutton v. New Jersey 258 (1917) Brandeis none none N.J. affirmed
United Copper Securities Company v. Amalgamated Copper Company 261 (1917) Brandeis none none 2d Cir. affirmed
Hamer v. New York Railways Company Company 266 (1917) Brandeis none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Norfolk Southern Railroad Company v. Chatman 276 (1917) Clarke none none 4th Cir. affirmed
Railroad Supply Company v. Elyria Iron and Steel Company 285 (1917) Clarke none none 6th Cir. affirmed
Hart Steel Company v. Railroad Supply Company 294 (1917) Clarke none none 7th Cir. reversed
Cuyahoga River Power Company v. Northern Realty Company 300 (1917) White none none Ohio App. dismissed
Doepel v. Jones 305 (1917) White none none Okla. affirmed
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v. Blackwell 310 (1917) McKenna none none Ga. App. reversed
Saunders v. Shaw 317 (1917) Holmes none none La. reversed
Erie Railroad Company v. Purucker 320 (1917) Day none none Ohio App. affirmed
Farmers Irrigation District v. Nebraska ex rel. O'Shea 325 (1917) Day none none Neb. affirmed
Erie Railroad Company v. Stone 332 (1917) Day none none Ohio App. reversed
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. United States 336 (1917) Day none none 9th Cir. affirmed
Western Oil Refining Company v. Lipscomb 346 (1917) VanDevanter none none Tenn. reversed
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. United States 351 (1917) VanDevanter none none 9th Cir. affirmed
New York Central Railroad Company v. Tonsellito 360 (1917) McReynolds none none N.J. multiple
Mason v. United States 362 (1917) McReynolds none none D. Alaska affirmed
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. McKnight 368 (1917) Brandeis none none 8th Cir. affirmed
Illinois Surety Company v. John Davis Company 376 (1917) Brandeis none none 7th Cir. affirmed
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company v. Ward 383 (1917) Brandeis none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
Mississippi Railroad Commission v. Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company 388 (1917) Clarke none none S.D. Miss. affirmed
United States ex rel. Louisiana v. Jack 397 (1917) Clarke none none 5th Cir. affirmed
Wall v. Parrot Silver and Copper Company 407 (1917) Clarke none none D. Mont. affirmed
Ex parte Park Square Automobile Station 412 (1917) White none none N.D.N.Y. mandamus denied
First National Bank of Bay City v. Fellows 416 (1917) White none VanDevanter Mich. reversed
Valdez v. United States 432 (1917) McKenna none Clarke Phil. affirmed
Ex parte Indiana Transportation Company 456 (1917) Holmes none none not indicated prohibition granted
Paine Lumber Company, Ltd. v. Neal 459 (1917) Holmes none Pitney 2d Cir. affirmed
Hopkins v. Walker 486 (1917) VanDevanter none none D. Mont. reversed
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company v. Lane 492 (1917) VanDevanter none none D.C. Cir. reversed
Greene v. Louisville and Interurban Railroad Company 499 (1917) Pitney none none E.D. Ky. affirmed
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Greene 522 (1917) Pitney none none E.D. Ky. multiple
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Greene 555 (1917) Pitney none none E.D. Ky. affirmed
Darnell v. Edwards 564 (1917) Pitney none none S.D. Miss. affirmed
Southern Railroad Company v. Puckett 571 (1917) Pitney none none Ga. App. affirmed
Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company v. Reynolds 574 (1917) Pitney none none W.D. Wash. affirmed
Lanham v. McKeel 582 (1917) Pitney none none Okla. affirmed
McCoach v. Insurance Company of North America 585 (1917) Pitney none none 3d Cir. reversed
Adams v. Tanner 590 (1917) McReynolds none McKenna; Brandeis E.D. Wash. reversed
American Express Company v. South Dakota ex rel. Caldwell 617 (1917) Brandeis none none S.D. affirmed
Washington Railway and Electric Company v. Scala 630 (1917) Clarke none none D.C. Cir. affirmed

Notes and references

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