This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the White Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White from December 19, 1910 through May 19, 1921.
Case nameCitationSummary Bailey v. Alabama peonage laws and the Thirteenth Amendment Weems v. United States cruel and unusual punishment Bailey v. Alabama Advisory opinion overturned peonage laws Muskrat v. United States Advisory opinion doctrine Flint v. Stone Tracy Co. constitutionality of corporate income tax United States v. Grimaud control of forest reserves Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States dissolving interstate monopolies Dowdell v. United States sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases Gompers v. Buck's Stove and Range Co. contempt for violating an injunction against a worker's boycott Hoke v. United States upheld the Mann Act, but held that Congress could not regulate prostitution Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell extensions of patents by use of licenses, rights of copyright holder regarding “use” of copyrighted works Charlton v. Kelly procedures to approve extradition of criminal suspect to another country Stratton's Independence, Ltd. v. Howbert Weeks v. United States establishment of the exclusionary rule for illegally obtained evidence Ocampo v. United States sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases Shreveport Rate Case Commerce clause, regulation of intrastate railroad rates Coppage v. Kansas Economic due process and yellow-dog contracts Burdick v. United States Legal effect of a pardon Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio free speech and the censorship of motion pictures Guinn v. United States constitutionality of Oklahoma's "grandfather law" used to disenfranchise African-American voters Hadacheck v. Sebastian municipal regulation of land use Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v. State Board of Equalization denial of due process procedural protections for legislative and rulemaking acts, as opposed to adjudicatory proceedings Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad power to tax income under the Sixteenth AmendmentStanton v. Baltic Mining Co. power to tax income under the Sixteenth Amendment Georgia, Florida, & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co. responsibilities of parties under a bill of lading United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola case brought against Coca-Cola under the Pure Food and Drug Act United States v. Oppenheimer doctrine of res judicata applies to criminal cases American Well Works Co. v. Layne & Bowler Co. scope of federal question jurisdiction in patent law case Caminetti v. United States Mann Act applies to consensual extramarital sex Bunting v. Oregon Labor law, ten-hour workday Adams v. Tanner Substantive due process, state's prohibition of employment agencies was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment Buchanan v. Warley constitutionality of local ordinance compelling racial segregation of residential housing Chicago Board of Trade v. United States Rules of a commodities exchange examined under rule of reason Hammer v. Dagenhart Congressional power to regulate child labor under the Commerce Clause International News Service v. Associated Press property rights in news; misappropriation doctrine Schenck v. United States freedom of speech, “clear and present danger”, “shouting fire in a crowded theater” Debs v. United States sedition Abrams v. United States validity of criminalizing criticism of the government Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine in a tax evasion case Eisner v. Macomber pro rata stock dividend not taxable income Missouri v. Holland states’ rights United States v. Wheeler Privileges and Immunities Clause and kidnapping Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co. federal question jurisdiction in state corporate law matter Newberry v. United States Congress lacks the power to regulate primary elections Dillon v. Gloss Constitutional amendment processYee Won v. WhiteChinese Exclusion Act
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