This is a list of cases reported in volume 240 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1916.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 240 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 240 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) 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) James Clark McReynolds Associate Justice Tennessee Horace Harmon Lurton (44–6) –January 31, 1941(Retired)

Notable Case in 240 U.S. Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Company In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 240 U.S. 1 (1916), the Supreme Court upheld the validity of a tax statute called the Revenue Act of 1913, enacted pursuant to Article I, section 8, clause 1 of, and the Sixteenth Amendment to, the United States Constitution, allowing a federal income tax. The Sixteenth Amendment had been ratified earlier in 1913. The Revenue Act of 1913 imposed income taxes that were not apportioned among the states according to each state's population.

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 240 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Company 1 (1916) White none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed Fleitmann v. Welsbach Street Lighting Company 27 (1916) Holmes none none 2d Cir. affirmed Mt. Vernon-Woodberry Cotton Duck Company v. Alabama Interstate Power Company 30 (1916) Holmes none none Ala. affirmed New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company v. Peninsula Produce Exchange of Maryland 34 (1916) Hughes none none Md. affirmed Loomis v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company 43 (1916) McReynolds none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Kansas City Western Railroad Company v. McAdow 51 (1916) Holmes none none Mo. Ct. App. affirmed Gast Realty and Investment Company v. Schneider Granite Company 55 (1916) Holmes none none Mo. reversed Lámar v. United States 60 (1916) Holmes none none S.D.N.Y. dismissed Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Skaggs 66 (1916) Hughes none none Minn. affirmed Crocker v. United States 74 (1916) VanDevanter none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Cardona v. Quiñones 83 (1916) White none none P.R. affirmed United States v. Andrews 90 (1916) White none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Male v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company 97 (1916) White none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed Stanton v. Baltic Mining Company 103 (1916) White none none D. Mass. affirmed Tyee Realty Company v. Anderson 115 (1916) White none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed Dodge v. Osborn 118 (1916) White none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Dodge v. Brady 122 (1916) White none none E.D. Mich. affirmed Innes v. Tobin 127 (1916) White none none Tex. Crim. App. affirmed Title Guaranty and Surety Company v. Idaho ex rel. Allen 136 (1916) White none none Idaho dismissed Banning Company v. California ex rel. Webb 142 (1916) McKenna none none Cal. affirmed Carnegie Steel Company v. United States 156 (1916) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Kansas City Southern Railroad Company v. Guardian Trust Company 166 (1916) Holmes none none 8th Cir. affirmed Straus v. Notaseme Hosiery Company 179 (1916) Holmes none none 2d Cir. reversed Rogers v. Hennepin County 184 (1916) Hughes none none Minn. affirmed United States v. Morrison 192 (1916) Hughes none none 9th Cir. reversed Illinois Surety Company v. United States ex rel. Peeler 214 (1916) Hughes none none 4th Cir. affirmed Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis Railroad Company v. Botkin, Secretary of State of Kansas 227 (1916) Hughes none none Kan. affirmed Lusk v. Botkin, Secretary of State of Kansas 236 (1916) Hughes none none Kan. affirmed St. Louis–San Francisco Railway Company v. Shepherd 240 (1916) VanDevanter none none Okla. dismissed Embree v. Kansas City and Liberty Boulevard Road District 242 (1916) VanDevanter none none Mo. affirmed Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company v. Wolf Brothers and Company 251 (1916) Pitney none none 8th Cir. affirmed Guerini Stone Company v. P.J. Carlin Construction Company 264 (1916) Pitney none none D.P.R. reversed Union Naval Stores Company v. United States 284 (1916) Pitney none none 5th Cir. affirmed O'Keefe v. United States 294 (1916) Pitney none none E.D. La. affirmed Carolina Glass Company v. South Carolina 305 (1916) McReynolds none none multiple multiple Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland v. Pennsylvania 319 (1916) McReynolds none none Pa. affirmed Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v. Railroad Commission of Georgia 324 (1916) McReynolds none none 5th Cir. affirmed Butler v. Perry 328 (1916) McReynolds none none Fla. affirmed Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company v. United States 334 (1916) McReynolds none none E.D. Pa. reversed Rast v. Van Deman and Lewis Company 342 (1916) McKenna none none S.D. Fla. reversed Tanner v. Little 369 (1916) McKenna none none E.D. Wash. reversed Pitney v. Washington 387 (1916) McKenna none none Wash. affirmed Badders v. United States 391 (1916) Holmes none none D. Kan. affirmed Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Messina 395 (1916) Holmes none Hughes Miss. reversed Causey v. United States 399 (1916) VanDevanter none none 5th Cir. affirmed Hanover Star Milling Company v. Metcalf 403 (1916) Pitney Holmes none multiple multiple Eaton v. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 427 (1916) Holmes none none Mass. affirmed Carey v. Donohue 430 (1916) Hughes none none 6th Cir. reversed Pecos and Northern Texas Railroad Company v. Rosenbloom 439 (1916) McReynolds none none Tex. reversed United States v. U.S. Steel Corporation 442 (1916) White none none D.N.J. filing time extended Great Northern Railroad Company v. Wiles 444 (1916) McKenna none none Minn. reversed Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company v. Bond 449 (1916) McKenna none none Okla. reversed Southern Wisconsin Railroad Company v. Madison 457 (1916) Holmes none none Wis. affirmed Cuyahoga River P. Company v. City of Akron 462 (1916) Holmes none none N.D. Ohio reversed Great Northern Railroad Company v. Knapp 464 (1916) Hughes none none Minn. affirmed Johnson v. Riddle 467 (1916) Pitney none none Okla. affirmed Barlow v. Northern Pacific Railroad Company 484 (1916) White none none N.D. affirmed Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v. Kenney 489 (1916) White none none N.C. affirmed Farmers' and Mechanics' National Bank of Philadelphia v. Ridge Avenue Bank 498 (1916) White none none 3d Cir. certification Armour and Company v. North Dakota 510 (1916) McKenna none none N.D. affirmed St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. Arkansas 518 (1916) McKenna none none Ark. affirmed Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company v. Oklahoma 522 (1916) McKenna none none Okla. reversed Ackerlind v. United States531 (1916) Holmes none none Ct. Cl. reversed Farnham v. United States 537 (1916) Hughes none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Jones National Bank v. Yates 541 (1916) Hughes none none Neb. reversed Detroit and Mackinac Railway Company v. Michigan Railroad Commission 564 (1916) VanDevanter none none Mich. affirmed Willink v. United States 572 (1916) VanDevanter none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Central Trust Company v. Chicago Auditorium Association 581 (1916) Pitney none none 7th Cir. multiple Pinel v. Pinel 594 (1916) Pitney none none E.D. Mich. affirmed Uterhart v. United States 598 (1916) Pitney none none Ct. Cl. reversed United States v. Union Manufacturing Company 605 (1916) Pitney none none S.D. Fla. reversed Southern Express Company v. Byers 612 (1916) McReynolds none none N.C. reversed Varner v. New Hampshire Savings Bank 617 (1916) McReynolds none none 8th Cir. affirmed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. Hostetter 620 (1916) White none none W. Va. Cir. Ct. reversed Bullen v. Wisconsin625 (1916) Holmes none none Waukesha Cnty. Ct. affirmed Southern Railroad Company v. Prescott 632 (1916) Hughes none none S.C. reversed Fairbanks Steamship Company v. Wills 642 (1916) Pitney none none 7th Cir. affirmed Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Company 650 (1916) per curiam none none original order entered North Carolina v. Tennessee 652 (1916) per curiam none none original boundary set

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