This is a list of cases reported in volume 232 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1914.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 232 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 232 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)

Notable Case in 232 U.S. Weeks v. United States In Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383 (1914), the Supreme Court held that the warrantless seizure of items from a private residence violates the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It also prevented local officers from securing evidence by means prohibited under the federal exclusionary rule and giving it to their federal colleagues. It was not until the case of Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961), however, that the exclusionary rule was applied to state courts as well.

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 232 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Hawley v. City of Malden 1 (1914) Hughes none none Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed Barrett v. City of New York 14 (1914) Hughes none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Platt v. City of New York 35 (1914) Hughes none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed United States v. Regan 37 (1914) VanDevanter none none 2d Cir. reversed Swift v. McPherson 51 (1914) Lamar none none S.D. affirmed National Safe Deposit Company v. Stead, Attorney General of Illinois 58 (1914) Lamar none none Ill. affirmed United States v. Buchanan 72 (1914) Lamar none none D. Colo. affirmed Lapina v. Williams 78 (1914) Pitney none none 2d Cir. affirmed Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway v. Hall 94 (1914) Pitney none none Ariz. affirmed Bank of Arizona v. Thomas Haverty Company 106 (1914) Pitney none none Ariz. affirmed Ross v. Day 110 (1914) Pitney none none Cal. affirmed Barnes v. Alexander 117 (1914) Holmes none none Ariz. affirmed Cain v. Commercial Publishing Company 124 (1914) McKenna none none S.D. Miss. affirmed Bacon v. Rutland Railroad Company 134 (1914) Holmes none none D. Vt. affirmed Patsone v. Pennsylvania 138 (1914) Holmes none none Pa. affirmed Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Cockrell 146 (1914) VanDevanter none none Ky. affirmed United States v. Young 155 (1914) McKenna none none S.D. Ala. reversed Burbank v. Ernst 162 (1914) Holmes none none La. affirmed Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company v. Polt 165 (1914) Holmes none none S.D. reversed Alabama v. Schmidt 168 (1914) Holmes none none Ala. affirmed Taney v. Penn National Bank 174 (1914) Hughes none none 3d Cir. affirmed Chapman and Dewey Lumber Company v. St. Francis Levee District 186 (1914) VanDevanter none none Ark. reversed Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. United States 199 (1914) Lamar none none Comm. Ct. affirmed Thomas v. Matthiessen 221 (1914) Holmes none none 2d Cir. reversed Miedreich v. Lauenstein 236 (1914) Day none none Ind. affirmed North Carolina Railroad Company v. Zachary 248 (1914) Pitney none none N.C. reversed Billings v. United States 261 (1914) White none none multiple affirmed United States v. Billings 289 (1914) White none none multiple affirmed Pierce v. United States I 290 (1914) White none none multiple reversed Pierce v. United States II 292 (1914) White none none multiple reversed United States v. Goelet 293 (1914) White none none 2d Cir. certification United States v. Bennett I 299 (1914) White none none 2d Cir. certification United States v. Bennett II 308 (1914) White none none 2d Cir. certification Rainey v. United States 310 (1914) White none none multiple affirmed Harrison v. St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company 318 (1914) White none none C.C.W.D. Okla. affirmed Baccus v. Louisiana 334 (1914) White none none La. Dist. Ct. affirmed Texas and Pacific Railroad Company v. Louisiana Railroad Commission 338 (1914) White none none 5th Cir. affirmed LeRoy Fibre Company v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company 340 (1914) McKenna Holmes (part) none 8th Cir. certification Jones v. St. Louis Land and Cattle Company 355 (1914) McKenna none none N.M. reversed Taylor v. Taylor 363 (1914) McKenna none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed Calaf y Fugurul v. Calaf y Rivera 371 (1914) Holmes none none P.R. affirmed Montoya v. Gonzalez 375 (1914) Holmes none none N.M. affirmed Mitchell Store Building Company v. Carroll 379 (1914) Day none none 6th Cir. dismissed Weeks v. United States 383 (1914) Day none none W.D. Mo. reversed United States v. Lexington Mill and Elevator Company 399 (1914) Day none none 8th Cir. affirmed Rubber Tire Wheel Company v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company 413 (1914) Hughes none none 6th Cir. reversed Seim v. Hurd 420 (1914) Hughes none none 2d Cir. dismissed Woodward Company v. Hurd 428 (1914) Hughes none none 2d Cir. certification Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company v. City of Minneapolis 430 (1914) Hughes none none Minn. affirmed United States v. Pelican 442 (1914) Hughes none none E.D. Wash. reversed Gauthier v. Morrison 452 (1914) VanDevanter none none Wash. reversed United States v. Beatty 463 (1914) VanDevanter none none 4th Cir. dismissed Thurston v. United States 469 (1914) VanDevanter none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Perrin v. United States478 (1914) VanDevanter none none D.S.D. affirmed Pronovost v. United States 487 (1914) VanDevanter none none D. Mont. dismissed Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company v. Cramer 490 (1914) Lamar none none Iowa reversed D.E. Foote and Company v. Stanley 494 (1914) Lamar none none Md. reversed Great Northern Railroad Company v. O'Connor 508 (1914) Lamar none none Minn. reversed Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Minneapolis v. Minnesota 516 (1914) Pitney none none Minn. reversed Plymouth Coal Company v. Pennsylvania 531 (1914) Pitney none none Pa. affirmed Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Goldsboro 548 (1914) Pitney none none N.C. affirmed Wilson v. United States 563 (1914) Pitney none none N.D. Ill. affirmed Weinman v. De Palma 571 (1914) Pitney none none N.M. affirmed Ohio Tax Cases 576 (1914) Pitney none none S.D. Ohio affirmed Paine v. Copper Belle Mining Company 595 (1914) Holmes none none Ariz. affirmed United States ex rel. Brown v. Lane 598 (1914) White none none D.C. Cir. dismissed Young v. Central Railroad of New Jersey 602 (1914) White none none 3d Cir. affirmed Priest v. Town of Las Vegas 604 (1914) McKenna none none N.M. affirmed Williamson v. Osenton 619 (1914) Holmes none none 4th Cir. certification Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company v. Kennedy 626 (1914) White none none S.D. reversed Porto Rico (sic) v. Ramos 627 (1914) McKenna none none D.P.R. affirmed Curriden v. Middleton 633 (1914) Holmes none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Holt v. Henley 637 (1914) Holmes none none 4th Cir. reversed Garland v. Washington 642 (1914) Day none none Wash. affirmed Grant Brothers Construction Company v. United States 647 (1914) VanDevanter none none Ariz. affirmed Stewart v. Michigan 665 (1914) White none none Mich. reversed Riley v. Massachusetts 671 (1914) McKenna none none Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company v. West 682 (1914) McKenna none none Okla. dismissed Santa Fe Central Railway Company v. Friday 694 (1914) Holmes none none N.M. affirmed Eberle v. Michigan 700 (1914) Lamar none none Mich. affirmed Schuyler v. Littlefield 707 (1914) Lamar none none 2d Cir. affirmed

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