This is a list of cases reported in volume 257 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1921 and 1922.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 257 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 257 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) 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 257 U.S. Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Smietanka v. Indiana Steel Company 1 (1921) Holmes none none 7th Cir. certification Ex parte Lincoln Gas and Electric Light Company 6 (1921) Pitney none none D. Neb. rehearing denied Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company v. Clarksdale 10 (1921) Taft none none Miss. reversed Hildreth v. Mastoras 27 (1921) Taft none none 9th Cir. reversed United States v. Sacks 37 (1921) McKenna none none S.D.N.Y. reversed United States v. Janowitz 42 (1921) McKenna none none S.D.N.Y. reversed Marine Railway and Coal Company v. United States 47 (1921) Holmes none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Springfield Gas and Electric Company v. City of Springfield 66 (1921) Holmes none none Ill. affirmed Nicholas v. United States 71 (1921) Day none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Norris v. United States 77 (1921) Day none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Eberlein v. United States 82 (1921) Day none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Weber 85 (1921) Day none none 3d Cir. affirmed Wilson v. Republic Iron and Steel Company 92 (1921) VanDevanter none none N.D. Ala. affirmed Citizens National Bank v. Durr 99 (1921) Pitney none Holmes Ohio affirmed Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company v. Journey 111 (1921) Brandeis none none Miss. reversed Louisiana and Pine Bluff Railway Company v. United States 114 (1921) Brandeis none none W.D. Ark. affirmed Breiholz v. Pocahontas County 118 (1921) Clarke none none Iowa affirmed Hunt v. United States 125 (1921) Clarke none none Ct. Cl. reversed Crescent Cotton Oil Company v. Mississippi 129 (1921) Clarke none none Miss. affirmed J. Horstmann Company v. United States 138 (1921) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Kern River Company v. United States 147 (1921) VanDevanter none none 9th Cir. affirmed United States v. Phellis 156 (1921) Pitney none McReynolds Ct. Cl. reversed Rockefeller v. United States 176 (1921) Pitney none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed American Steel Foundries v. Tri-City Central Trades Council 184 (1921) Taft none none 7th Cir. multiple Robert Mitchell Furniture Company v. Selden Breck Construction Company 213 (1921) Holmes none none S.D. Ohio affirmed North Pacific Steamship Company v. Soley 216 (1921) Day none none N.D. Cal. affirmed Hurley v. Virginia Commission of Fisheries 223 (1921) McReynolds none none E.D. Va. affirmed Rafferty v. Smith, Bell and Company, Ltd. 226 (1921) McReynolds none none Phil. reversed Western Fuel Company v. Garcia 233 (1921) McReynolds none none 9th Cir. reversed Kahn v. United States 244 (1921) Brandeis none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Central Railroad Company of New Jersey v. United States 247 (1921) Brandeis none none D.N.J. reversed Curtis v. Connly 260 (1921) Holmes none none 1st Cir. affirmed Eureka Pipe Line Company v. Hallanan 265 (1921) Holmes none Clarke W. Va. reversed United Fuel Gas Company v. Hallahan 277 (1921) Holmes none none W. Va. reversed Danke-Walker Milling Company v. Bondurant 282 (1921) VanDevanter none Brandeis Ky. reversed Miller v. American Bonding Company 304 (1921) VanDevanter none none 3d Cir. affirmed Truax v. Corrigan 312 (1921) Taft none Holmes; Pitney; Brandeis Ariz. reversed American Column and Lumber Company v. United States 377 (1921) Clarke none Holmes; Brandeis W.D. Tenn. affirmed The Western Maid419 (1921) Holmes none McKenna multiple prohibition granted Federal Trade Commission v. Beech-Nut Packing Company 441 (1921) Day none Holmes; McReynolds 2d Cir. reversed Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. Fall 460 (1921) VanDevanter none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Cunningham v. Rodgers 466 (1921) McReynolds none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company v. Rohde 469 (1921) McReynolds none none 9th Cir. certification Davis v. Wallace 478 (1921) VanDevanter none none D.N.D. reversed North Dakota ex rel. Lemke v. Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company 485 (1921) Holmes none none original dismissed Corneli v. Moore 491 (1921) McKenna none McReynolds W.D. Mo. affirmed Gillespie v. Oklahoma 501 (1921) Holmes none none Okla. reversed International Railroad Company v. Davidson 506 (1921) Brandeis none none 2d Cir. reversed Georgia v. South Carolina 516 (1921) Clarke none none original boundary set United States v. Cook 523 (1921) Taft none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Terral v. Burke Construction Company 529 (1921) Taft none none E.D. Ark. affirmed Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Clarendon Boat Oar Company, Inc. 533 (1921) Taft none none La. Ct. App. dismissed United States v. M. Rice and Company 536 (1921) Taft none none Ct. Cust. App. affirmed Wallace v. United States 541 (1921) Taft none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Commissioners of Road Improvement District No. 2 of Lafayette County, Arkansas v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company 547 (1921) Taft none none 8th Cir. affirmed Wisconsin Railroad Commission v. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company 563 (1921) Taft none none E.D. Wis. affirmed New York v. United States 591 (1921) Taft none none N.D.N.Y. affirmed Smietanka v. First Trust and Savings Bank602 (1921) Taft none none 7th Cir. affirmed

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