This is a list of cases reported in volume 234 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 234 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 234 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 Cases in 234 U.S. Shreveport Rate Cases In the Shreveport Rate Cases, 234 U.S. 342 (1914), the Supreme Court interpreted Congress's power under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution of the United States. The Court held that the federal government's power to regulate interstate commerce also allowed it to regulate purely intrastate commerce when control of the former was not possible without control of the latter. Because the Court consolidated several related appeals, they are sometimes collectively known as the "Shreveport Rate Cases" although the Court issued only one ruling.

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 234 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Tap Line Cases 1 (1914) Day none none Comm. Ct. affirmed United States v. Butler C.R.R. Co. 29 (1914) Day none none Comm. Ct. affirmed United States v. Axman 36 (1914) Day none none 9th Cir. affirmed Louisville & N.R.R. Co. v. Woodford 46 (1914) Day none none Ky. dismissed Atlantic T. Co. v. Imbrovek 52 (1914) Hughes none none 4th Cir. affirmed Atlantic T. Co. v. Maryland ex rel. Szczesek 63 (1914) Hughes none none 4th Cir. affirmed Schmidt v. Bank of Comm. 64 (1914) Hughes none none N.M. reversed Ex parte Roe 70 (1914) VanDevanter none none E.D. Tex. mandamus denied Taylor v. Anderson 74 (1914) VanDevanter none none C.C.E.D. Okla. affirmed Washington S. Co. v. United States 76 (1914) VanDevanter none none 9th Cir. affirmed New Orleans & N.R.R. Co. v. National R.M. Co. 80 (1914) VanDevanter none none La. dismissed Wabash R.R. Co. v. Hayes 86 (1914) VanDevanter none none Ill. App. Ct. dismissed Ocampo v. United States 91 (1914) Pitney none none Phil. affirmed Carlson v. Washington ex rel. Curtiss 103 (1914) Pitney none none Wash. affirmed Virginia v. West Virginia 117 (1914) White none none original answer allowed Manhattan L. Ins. Co. v. Cohen 123 (1914) White none none Tex. Civ. App. dismissed Texas et al. R.R. Co. v. American T. & T. Co. 138 (1914) White none none 5th Cir. reversed New York Life Ins. Co. v. Head I 149 (1914) White none none Mo. reversed New York Life Ins. Co. v. Head II 166 (1914) White none none Mo. reversed Florida et al. R.R. Co. v. United States 167 (1914) White none none Comm. Ct. reversed Van Dyke v. Cordova C. Co. 188 (1914) White none none Ariz. dismissed Mullen v. Simmons 192 (1914) McKenna none none Okla. reversed International H. Co. v. Missouri 199 (1914) McKenna none none Mo. affirmed International H. Co. v. Kentucky I 216 (1914) Holmes none none Ky. reversed Keokee C.C. Co. v. Taylor 224 (1914) Holmes none none Va. affirmed United States v. Buffalo P. Co. 228 (1914) Day none none 2d Cir. affirmed United States v. United et al. Co. 236 (1914) Day none none Ct. Cl. affirmed United States v. First Nat'l Bank 245 (1914) Day none none 8th Cir. affirmed Lazarus M. & L. v. Prentice 263 (1914) Day none none 5th Cir. dismissed Stone et al. Co. v. United States 270 (1914) Lurton none none 5th Cir. reversed Atlantic C.L.R.R. Co. v. Georgia 280 (1914) Hughes none none Ga. Ct. App. affirmed Los Angeles Switching Case 294 (1914) Hughes none none Comm. Ct. reversed ICC v. Southern P. Co. 315 (1914) Hughes none none Comm. Ct. reversed Port Richmond et al. Co. v. Hudson County 317 (1914) Hughes none none N.J. affirmed City of Sault Ste. Marie v. International T. Co. 333 (1914) Hughes none none W.D. Mich. affirmed Shreveport Rate Cases 342 (1914) Hughes none none Comm. Ct. affirmed Citizens B. Co. v. Ravenna Nat'l Bank 360 (1914) VanDevanter none none 6th Cir. certification Louisville & N.R.R. Co. v. Western Union T. Co. 369 (1914) VanDevanter none none S.D. Miss. reversed Gilson v. United States 380 (1914) Pitney none none 9th Cir. affirmed Grannis v. Ordean 385 (1914) Pitney none none Minn. affirmed Dale v. Pattison 399 (1914) Pitney none none 6th Cir. affirmed Missouri et al. R.R. Co. v. Harris 412 (1914) Pitney none none Hopkins Cnty. Justice Ct. affirmed Johnson v. Gearlds 422 (1914) Pitney none none D. Minn. reversed Equitable S. Co. v. United States ex rel. McMillan 448 (1914) Pitney none none D.C. Cir. certification Missouri P.R.R. Co. v. Larabee 459 (1914) White none none Kan. reversed Intermountain Rate Cases 476 (1914) White none none Comm. Ct. reversed United States v. Union P.R.R. Co. 495 (1914) White none none Comm. Ct. reversed Illinois ex rel. Dunne v. Economy et al. Co. 497 (1914) McKenna none none Ill. dismissed Lane v. Watts 525 (1914) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Western Union T. Co. v. Brown 542 (1914) Holmes none none S.C. reversed Pipe Line Cases 548 (1914) Holmes White McKenna Comm. Ct. multiple Charleston et al. R.R. Co. v. Thompson 576 (1914) Holmes none none Ga. Ct. App. reversed International H. Co. v. Kentucky II 579 (1914) Day none none Ky. affirmed International H. Co. v. Kentucky III 589 (1914) Day none none Ky. reversed Louisville & N.R.R. Co. v. Higdon 592 (1914) Day none none Ky. affirmed Eastern et al. Ass'n v. United States 600 (1914) Day none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed Jones v. Jones 615 (1914) Lurton none none Tenn. affirmed Moore M.C. Co. v. Electrical I. Co. 619 (1914) Lurton none none D. Ind. dismissed Louisiana v. McAdoo 627 (1914) Lurton none none original leave denied Collins v. Kentucky 634 (1914) Hughes none none Ky. reversed Malone v. Kentucky 639 (1914) Hughes none none Ky. reversed Order St. B. v. Steinhauser 640 (1914) Hughes none none 8th Cir. reversed Selig v. Hamilton 652 (1914) Hughes none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed Chapman & D.L. Co. v. St. Francis L. Dist. 667 (1914) VanDevanter none none Ark. rehearing denied Burke v. Southern P.R.R. Co. 669 (1914) VanDevanter none none 9th Cir. certification Hall v. Burr 712 (1914) Pitney none none 1st Cir. affirmed Southern R.R. Co. v. Crockett 725 (1914) Pitney none none Tenn. affirmed Roller v. Murray 738 (1914) Pitney none none W. Va. dismissed

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