This is a list of cases reported in volume 246 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1918.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 246 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 246 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) Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) (Acclamation) –June 2, 1937(Retired) Mahlon Pitney Associate Justice New Jersey John Marshall Harlan (50–26) –December 31, 1922(Resigned) James Clark McReynolds Associate Justice Tennessee Horace Harmon Lurton (44–6) –January 31, 1941(Retired) Louis Brandeis Associate Justice Massachusetts Joseph Rucker Lamar (47–22) –February 13, 1939(Retired) John Hessin Clarke Associate Justice Ohio Charles Evans Hughes (Acclamation) –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. "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "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.,"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 246 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition of case Armour and Company v. Virginia 1 (1918) White none none Va. affirmed Boston Store v. American Graphophone Company 8 (1918) White Brandeis none 7th Cir. certification Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company v. International Curtis Marine Turbine Company 28 (1918) White none none 3d Cir. affirmed Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America v. Simon 46 (1918) White none none 2d Cir. reversed Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company v. Texas 58 (1918) Holmes none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed Municipal Securities Corporation v. City of Kansas City 63 (1918) Day none none Mo. dismissed Krueger v. United States 69 (1918) Day none none 8th Cir. affirmed People's Tobacco Company v. American Tobacco Company 79 (1918) Day none none E.D. La. affirmed Brader v. James 88 (1918) Day none none Okla. affirmed Eiger v. Garrity 97 (1918) Day none none Ill. affirmed Talley v. Burgess 104 (1918) Day none none Okla. affirmed Anicker v. Gunsburg 110 (1918) Day none none 8th Cir. affirmed Great Northern Railroad Company v. Donaldson 121 (1918) Day none none Wash. affirmed Ex parte Slater 128 (1918) VanDevanter none none E.D. Mo. mandamus denied International Paper Company v. Massachusetts 135 (1918) VanDevanter none none Mass. reversed Locomobile Company of America v. Massachusetts 146 (1918) VanDevanter none none Mass. reversed Cheney Brothers Company v. Massachusetts 147 (1918) VanDevanter none none Mass. multiple Arkansas v. Tennessee 158 (1918) Pitney none none original boundary set City of Denver v. Denver Union Water Company 178 (1918) Pitney none Holmes D. Colo. affirmed Sutton v. English 199 (1918) Pitney none none E.D. Tex. affirmed Denee v. Ankeny 208 (1918) McReynolds none none Wash. affirmed Lane v. Morrison 214 (1918) McReynolds none none D.C. Cir. reversed United States v. Bathgate 220 (1918) McReynolds none none S.D. Ohio affirmed Egan v. McDonald 227 (1918) Brandeis none none S.D. affirmed Chicago Board of Trade v. United States 231 (1918) Brandeis none none N.D. Ill. reversed Sears v. City of Akron 242 (1918) Brandeis none none N.D. Ohio affirmed Nelson v. Southern Railroad Company 253 (1918) Brandeis none none N.C. affirmed Bilby v. Stewart 255 (1918) Brandeis none none Okla. dismissed Brogan v. National Surety Company 257 (1918) Brandeis none none 6th Cir. reversed McCurdy v. United States 263 (1918) Brandeis none none W.D. Okla. reversed Andrews v. Nix and Company 273 (1918) Clarke none none N.J. affirmed Great Northern Railroad Company v. Alexander 276 (1918) Clarke none none Mont. dismissed Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Wismer 283 (1918) Clarke none none 9th Cir. affirmed Cissna v. Tennessee 289 (1918) Pitney none none Tenn. reversed Oetjen v. Central Leather Company 297 (1918) Clarke none none Hudson County Cir. Ct. affirmed Ricaud v. American Metal Company 304 (1918) Clarke none none 5th Cir. certification Stadelman v. Miner 311 (1918) White none none Or. rehearing granted Rock Spring Distlling Company v. W.A. Gaines and Company 312 (1918) McKenna none none 6th Cir. reversed Ireland v. Woods 323 (1918) McKenna none none N.Y. dismissed Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Hadley 330 (1918) Holmes none none Neb. affirmed Wells v. Roper 335 (1918) Pitney none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Sheckels v. District of Columbia 338 (1918) Pitney none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Omaechevarria v. Idaho 343 (1918) Brandeis none none Idaho affirmed Pendleton v. Benner Line 353 (1918) Holmes none none 2d Cir. affirmed New York Life Insurance Company v. Dodge 357 (1918) McReynolds none Brandeis Mo. App. reversed Smith v. Jackson 388 (1918) White none none 5th Cir. affirmed Spring Valley Water Company v. City and County of San Francisco 391 (1918) White none none 9th Cir. affirmed City of Mitchell v. Dakota Central Telephone Company 396 (1918) McKenna none none D.S.D. reversed City of Covington v. South Covington and Cincinnati Street Railway Company 413 (1918) Holmes none Clarke E.D. Ky. affirmed International–Great Northern Railroad Company v. Anderson County 424 (1918) Holmes none none Tex. App. affirmed Great Northern Railroad Company v. Minnesota ex rel. Village of Clara City 434 (1918) Day none none Minn. affirmed Boston and Maine Railroad Company v. Piper 439 (1918) Day none none Vt. affirmed Salt Lake Investment Company v. Oregon Short Line Railroad Company 446 (1918) VanDevanter none none Utah affirmed Cudahy Packing Company v. Minnesota 450 (1918) VanDevanter none none Minn. affirmed Manufacturers' Railroad Company v. United States 457 (1918) Pitney none none E.D. Mo. affirmed Dalton Adding Machine Company v. Virginia ex rel. State Corporation Commission 498 (1918) McReynolds none none Va. affirmed General Railway Signal Company v. Virginia ex rel. State Corporation Commission 500 (1918) McReynolds none none Va. affirmed Chicago and North Western Railway Company v. United States 512 (1918) McReynolds none none 7th Cir. reversed United States v. Schider 519 (1918) McReynolds none none S.D.N.Y. reversed Bethlehem Steel Company v. United States 523 (1918) Brandeis none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Holloway 525 (1918) Brandeis none none Ky. affirmed United States v. Soldana 530 (1918) Brandeis none none D. Mont. reversed United States v. Weitzel 533 (1918) Brandeis none none E.D. Ky. affirmed Stadelman v. Miner 544 (1918) Brandeis none none Or. dismissed Thompson v. United States 547 (1918) Clarke none none Ct. Cl. affirmed United States v. Whited and Wheless, Ltd. 552 (1918) Clarke none none 5th Cir. reversed Virginia v. West Virginia 565 (1918) White none none original continued Waite v. Macy 606 (1918) Holmes none none 2d Cir. affirmed Saalfield v. United States 610 (1918) Clarke none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Ibanez v. Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation I 621 (1918) McKenna none none Phil. affirmed Ibanez v. Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation II 627 (1918) McKenna none none Phil. affirmed Dickinson v. Stiles 631 (1918) Holmes none none Minn. affirmed E.H. Emery and Company v. American Refrigerator Transit Company 634 (1918) Holmes none none S.D. Iowa reversed United States ex rel. Louisville Cement Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission 638 (1918) Clarke none none D.C. Cir. reversed

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