This is a list of cases reported in volume 265 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1924.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 265 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 265 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 William Howard Taft Chief Justice Connecticut Edward Douglass White (Acclamation) –February 3, 1930(Retired) 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) Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) (Acclamation) –June 2, 1937(Retired) 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) George Sutherland Associate Justice Utah John Hessin Clarke (Acclamation) –January 17, 1938(Retired) Pierce Butler Associate Justice Minnesota William R. Day (61–8) –November 16, 1939(Died) Edward Terry Sanford Associate Justice Tennessee Mahlon Pitney (Acclamation) –March 8, 1930(Died)

Notable case in volume 265 U.S. Hester v. United States In Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924), the Supreme Court established the open-fields doctrine. The Court held that "the special protection accorded by the Fourth Amendment to the people in their 'persons, houses, papers and effects', is not extended to the open fields." This rule of criminal procedure, is the legal doctrine that a "warrantless search of the area outside a property owner's curtilage" does not violate the Fourth Amendment. However, "unless there is some other legal basis for the search," such a search "must exclude the home and any adjoining land (such as a yard) that is within an enclosure or otherwise protected from public scrutiny."Black's Law Dictionary (9th ed. 2009), open-fields doctrine

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 265 U.S. Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Cunningham v. Brown1 (1924) Taft none none 1st Cir. reversed Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. Osborne14 (1924) Holmes none none D. Neb. reversed Missouri ex rel. Burnes National Bank of St. Joseph v. Duncan17 (1924) Holmes none Sutherland Mo. reversed Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias v. Meyer30 (1924) Sutherland none McReynolds Neb. affirmed New York Central Railroad Company v. United States41 (1924) Butler none none 3d Cir. certification Cook v. Tait47 (1924) McKenna none none D. Md. affirmed Hester v. United States57 (1924) Holmes none none W.D.S.C. affirmed Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Central Iron and Coal Company59 (1924) Brandeis none none 5th Cir. affirmed Norfolk and Western Railway Company v. Public Service Commission of West Virginia70 (1924) Butler none none W. Va. affirmed Oklahoma v. Texas I76 (1924) per curiam none none original continued Newton v. Consolidated Gas Company of New York78 (1924) Taft none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed Ex parte Skinner and Eddy Corporation86 (1924) Taft none none Ct. Cl. mandamus granted New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Telegraph Company v. Dolan96 (1924) Holmes none none Del. affirmed Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Prude99 (1924) McReynolds none none Ark. reversed Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. Wells101 (1924) Brandeis none none 5th Cir. reversed Transportes Maritimos do Estado v. Almeida104 (1924) Brandeis none none S.D.N.Y. transfer to 2d Cir. Brooks-Scanlon Corporation v. United States106 (1924) Butler none McReynolds Ct. Cl. reversed Hecht v. Malley144 (1924) Sanford none none 1st Cir. multiple United States v. Ferris165 (1924) Taft none none Ct. Cl. reversed United States ex rel. Baldwin Company v. Robertson168 (1924) Taft none none D.C. Cir. reversed Hammerschmidt v. United States182 (1924) Taft none none 6th Cir. reversed United States v. Supplee-Biddle Hardware Company189 (1924) Taft none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Kuykendall196 (1924) Taft none none W.D. Wash. reversed Home Telephone and Telegraph Company of Spokane v. Kuykendall206 (1924) Taft none none W.D. Wash. reversed Illinois Central Railroad Company v. United States209 (1924) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed City of Opelika v. Opelika Sewer Company215 (1924) Holmes none none M.D. Ala. reversed Davis v. Corona Coal Company219 (1924) Holmes none none La. Ct. App. reversed Salinger v. Loisel224 (1924) VanDevanter none none E.D. La. multiple Wong Doo v. United States239 (1924) VanDevanter none none 6th Cir. affirmed Weiss v. Stearn242 (1924) McReynolds none none 6th Cir. affirmed Hixon v. Oakes254 (1924) McReynolds none none Cal. Ct. App. dismissed Davis v. Donovan257 (1924) McReynolds none none 2d Cir. reversed Adams Express Company v. Darden265 (1924) Brandeis none none 6th Cir. affirmed Nassau Smelting and Refining Works, Ltd. v. Brightwood Bronze Foundry Company269 (1924) Brandeis none none 1st Cir. reversed United States v. Abilene and Southern Railway Company274 (1924) Brandeis none none D. Kan. affirmed United States ex rel. Chicago, New York & Boston Refrigerator Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission292 (1924) Sutherland none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Missouri ex rel. Barrett v. Kansas Natural Gas Company298 (1924) Sutherland none none W.D. Mo. multiple Commissioner of Immigration v. Gottlieb310 (1924) Sutherland none none 2d Cir. reversed Lynch v. Tilden Produce Company315 (1924) Butler none none 8th Cir. affirmed Swendig v. Washington Water Power Company322 (1924) Butler none none 9th Cir. affirmed Asakura v. City of Seattle332 (1924) Butler none none Wash. reversed Kennedy v. United States344 (1924) Butler none none 8th Cir. certification Lucking v. Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company346 (1924) Butler none none 6th Cir. affirmed St. Cloud Public Service Company v. City of St. Cloud352 (1924) Sanford none none D. Minn. affirmed Liberty National Bank of Roanoke v. Bear365 (1924) Sanford none none 4th Cir. reversed R.E. Sheehan Company v. Shuler371 (1924) Sanford none none N.Y. affirmed New York State Railways v. Shuler379 (1924) Sanford none none N.Y. affirmed Hetrick v. Village of Lindsey384 (1924) Taft none none Ohio affirmed Gnerich v. Rutter388 (1924) VanDevanter none none 9th Cir. reversed Goto v. Lane393 (1924) VanDevanter none none D. Haw. affirmed Pacific Gas and Electric Company Company v. City of San Francisco403 (1924) McReynolds none Brandeis N.D. Cal. reversed United States v. American Railway Express Company425 (1924) Brandeis none none N.D. Ga. reversed United States v. Ninety-Five Barrels Alleged Apple Cider Vinegar438 (1924) Butler none none 6th Cir. reversed Thomson Spot Welder Company v. Ford Motor Company445 (1924) Sanford none none 6th Cir. affirmed United States & Cuban Allied Works Engineering Corporation v. Lloyds454 (1924) Taft none none 2d Cir. remanded United Leather Workers International Union, Local Lodge or Union No. 66 v. Herkert and Meisel Trunk Company457 (1924) Taft none none 8th Cir. reversed United States v. Title Insurance and Trust Company472 (1924) VanDevanter none none 9th Cir. affirmed Walton v. Oklahoma House of Representatives487 (1924) VanDevanter none none W.D. Okla. affirmed Oklahoma v. Texas II490 (1924) VanDevanter none none original injunction granted Oklahoma v. Texas III493 (1924) VanDevanter none none original boundary set Oklahoma v. Texas IV505 (1924) VanDevanter none none original multiple Idaho Irrigation Company, Ltd. v. Gooding518 (1924) Sutherland none none 9th Cir. multiple William R. Warner and Company v. Eli Lilly and Company526 (1924) Sutherland none none 3d Cir. reversed United States v. New River Company533 (1924) Butler none McKenna S.D.W. Va. reversed Everard's Breweries v. Day545 (1924) Sanford none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed

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