This is a list of cases reported in volume 228 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1913.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 228 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). 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 228 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 (Acclamation) –May 19, 1921(Died) Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field (Acclamation) –January 5, 1925(Retired) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray (Acclamation) –January 12, 1932(Retired) William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. (Acclamation) –November 13, 1922(Retired) Horace Harmon Lurton Associate Justice Tennessee Rufus W. Peckham (Acclamation) –July 12, 1914(Died) Charles Evans Hughes Associate Justice New York David Josiah Brewer (Acclamation) –June 10, 1916(Resigned) Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) (Acclamation) –June 2, 1937(Retired) Joseph Rucker Lamar Associate Justice Georgia William Henry Moody (Acclamation) –January 2, 1916(Died) Mahlon Pitney Associate Justice New Jersey John Marshall Harlan (50–26) –December 31, 1922(Resigned)
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 e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey "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.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 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 228 U.S.
Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Abilene Nat'l Bank v. Dolley 1 (1913) Holmes none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed United States ex rel. Knight v. Lane 6 (1913) VanDevanter none none D.C. Cir. affirmed United States v. George 14 (1913) McKenna none none D. Neb. affirmed The Fair v. Kohler D. & S. Co. 22 (1913) Holmes none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Friend v. Talcott 27 (1913) White none none 7th Cir. affirmed Plested v. Abbey 42 (1913) White none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed United States v. Anderson 52 (1913) White none none D. Or. reversed Metropolis T. Co. v. City of Chicago 61 (1913) McKenna none none Ill. affirmed Chicago et al. R.R. v. Cram 70 (1913) McKenna none none Neb. affirmed Chicago et al. R.R. v. Kyle 85 (1913) McKenna none none Neb. affirmed United States v. Pacific et al. Co. 87 (1913) McKenna none none D. Alaska reversed Frosch v. Walter 109 (1913) Holmes Pitney none D.C. Cir. reversed McDermott v. Wisconsin 115 (1913) Day none none Wis. reversed Bogart v. Southern P.R.R. Co. 137 (1913) Day none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. dismissed Ettor v. City of Tacoma 148 (1913) Lurton none none Wash. reversed United States v. Reading Co. 158 (1913) Lurton none none C.C.E.D. Pa. mandate modified Houghton v. Burden 161 (1913) Lurton none none 2d Cir. affirmed Gulf et al. R.R. Co. v. McGinnis 173 (1913) Lurton none none Tex. App. reversed Santa Fe et al. R.R. Co. v. Grant Bros. C. Co. 177 (1913) Hughes none none Ariz. reversed G.A. Fuller Co. v. McCloskey 194 (1913) Hughes none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Hebert v. Crawford 204 (1913) Lamar none none 5th Cir. reversed Lyle v. Patterson 211 (1913) Lamar none none 8th Cir. affirmed Wilson v. Snow 217 (1913) Lamar none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Pico v. United States 225 (1913) Lamar none none Phil. affirmed Sweeney v. Erving 233 (1913) Pitney none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Donnelly v. United States 243 (1913) Pitney none Holmes C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed McLaughlin Bros. v. Hallowell 278 (1913) Pitney none none Iowa dismissed McCoach v. Minehill et al. R.R. Co. 295 (1913) Pitney none Day 3d Cir. affirmed McGowan v. Parish 312 (1913) White none none D.C. Cir. appeal allowed Texas & P.R.R. Co. v. Harvey 319 (1913) Day none none 5th Cir. affirmed Consolidated T. Co. v. Norfolk et al. R.R. Co. 326 (1913) Lurton none none Va. dismissed Sy Joc Lieng v. Sy Quia 335 (1913) VanDevanter none none Phil. affirmed Rexford v. Brunswick B.C. Co. 339 (1913) VanDevanter none none 4th Cir. reversed Michigan T. Co. v. Ferry 346 (1913) Holmes none none 8th Cir. reversed Texas & P.R.R. Co. v. Stewart 357 (1913) Day none none 5th Cir. affirmed Slocum v. New York L. Ins. Co. 364 (1913) VanDevanter none Hughes 3d Cir. affirmed Ex parte Dante 429 (1913) White none none D.C. Cir. mandamus denied Seaboard A.L.R.R. Co. v. Moore 433 (1913) White none none 5th Cir. affirmed Jordan v. Roche 436 (1913) McKenna none none 2d Cir. certification Bradford v. United States 446 (1913) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Madera W.W. v. Madera 454 (1913) Holmes none none C.C.S.D. Cal. affirmed Johnson v. United States 457 (1913) Holmes none none E.D. Pa. affirmed Burlingham v. Crouse 459 (1913) Day none none 2d Cir. affirmed Everett v. Judson 474 (1913) Day none none 2d Cir. affirmed Andrews v. Partridge 479 (1913) Day none none 3d Cir. reversed Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Boyd 482 (1913) Lamar none Lurton 9th Cir. affirmed Ex parte First Nat'l Bank 516 (1913) White none none D.C. Cir. mandamus denied Union Tr. Co. v. Westhus 519 (1913) White none none C.C.E.D. Mo. dismissed United States v. Chavez 525 (1913) White none none W.D. Tex. reversed United States v. Mesa 533 (1913) White none none W.D. Tex. reversed Clarke v. Rogers 534 (1913) McKenna none none 1st Cir. affirmed Tiaco v. Forbes 549 (1913) Holmes none none Phil. affirmed Chicago et al. R.R. Co. v. Hackett 559 (1913) Lurton none none Ill. App. Ct. affirmed Title et al. Co. v. United States ex rel. Harlan 567 (1913) White none none C.C.M.D. Pa. affirmed Adams v. City of Milwaukee 572 (1913) McKenna none none Wis. affirmed Bugajewitz v. Adams 585 (1913) Holmes none none D. Colo. affirmed Schwartz v. Adams 592 (1913) Holmes none none D. Colo. affirmed Norfolk & W.R.R. Co. v. Dixie T. Co. 593 (1913) Holmes none none Va. affirmed Consolidated T. Co. v. Norfolk & O.V.R.R. Co. 596 (1913) Lurton none none Va. rehearing denied Bailey v. Sanders 603 (1913) VanDevanter none none 9th Cir. affirmed Lewis P. Co. v. Wyman 610 (1913) Pitney none none 8th Cir. affirmed Southern P.R.R. Co. v. United States 618 (1913) White none none 9th Cir. affirmed Merchants Nat'l Bank v. Sexton 634 (1913) White none none 2d Cir. affirmed Cramp & Sons v. International C.M.T. Co. 645 (1913) White none none 3d Cir. reversed Ex parte Spencer 652 (1913) McKenna none none Pa. habeas corpus denied Susquehanna C. Co. v. City of South Amboy 665 (1913) McKenna none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed Wood v. Chesborough 672 (1913) McKenna none none Miss. dismissed Chicago D. & C. Co. v. Fraley 680 (1913) McKenna none none Ill. affirmed Brooks v. Central S.J. 688 (1913) Holmes none none D.P.R. affirmed Francis v. McNeal 695 (1913) Holmes none none 3d Cir. affirmed St. Louis et al. R.R. Co. v. Hesterly 702 (1913) Holmes none none Ariz. affirmed Sanford v. Ainsa 705 (1913) Holmes none none Ariz. affirmed Donnelly v. United States 708 (1913) Pitney none none C.C.N.D. Cal. rehearing denied
Notes and references
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