Case name | Citation | Opinion of the Court | Vote | Concurring opinion or statement | Dissenting opinion or statement | Procedural jurisdiction | Result |
Beidler v. South Carolina Tax Commission | 282 U.S. 1 (1930) | Hughes | 9-0 | brief statement by Holmes that he and Brandeis "acquiesce" in the decision | none | error to the South Carolina Supreme Court (S.C.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
Stratton, Secretary of State of Illinois, v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company | 282 U.S. 10 (1930) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) | decree reversed, and cause remanded to the Circuit Court of Appeals with directions to dismiss the appeal to that court for want of jurisdiction |
Klein v. Board of Tax Supervisors of Jefferson County, Kentucky | 282 U.S. 19 (1930) | Holmes | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Kentucky Court of Appeals (Ky.) | judgment affirmed |
Sherman v. United States | 282 U.S. 25 (1930) | Holmes | 9-0 | none | none | certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation v. United States | 282 U.S. 30 (1930) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) | decree affirmed |
United States v. First National Pictures, Inc. | 282 U.S. 44 (1930) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) | decree reversed, and cause remanded |
Crooks, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Harrelson | 282 U.S. 55 (1930) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
District of Columbia v. Colts | 282 U.S. 63 (1930) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railway Company v. United States | 282 U.S. 74 (1930) | Butler | 9-0 | none | none | appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (W.D. Mo.) | decrees affirmed |
Aluminum Castings Company v. Routzahn, Collector of Internal Revenue | 282 U.S. 92 (1930) | Stone | 7-2 | Sutherland (opinion, with which Roberts concurred) | McReynolds and Butler (joint opinion) | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Poe, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Seaborn | 282 U.S. 101 (1930) | Roberts | 7-0[a] [b] | none | none | certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Goodell, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Koch | 282 U.S. 118 (1930) | Roberts | 7-0[a] [b] | none | none | certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Hopkins, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Bacon | 282 U.S. 122 (1930) | Roberts | 7-0[a] [b] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Bender, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Pfaff | 282 U.S. 127 (1930) | Roberts | 7-0[a] [b] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Company | 282 U.S. 133 (1930) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.) | decree set aside, and cause remanded |
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company v. Holmberg | 282 U.S. 162 (1930) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | error to the Nebraska Supreme Court (Neb.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
Lektophone Corporation v. Rola Company | 282 U.S. 168 (1930) | Holmes | 8-0[a] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.), and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) | one judgment affirmed; one judgment reversed |
Wampler v. Lecompte | 282 U.S. 172 (1930) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Maryland Court of Appeals (Md.) | judgment affirmed |
Powers-Kennedy Contracting Corporation v. Concrete Mixing and Conveying Company | 282 U.S. 175 (1930) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.), and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) | decree in one case reversed, and cause remanded; decree in one case affirmed |
Broad River Power Company v. South Carolina ex rel. Daniel, Attorney General | 282 U.S. 187 (1930) | per curiam | 8-0[c] | VanDevanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Butler (joint opinion) | none | certiorari to the South Carolina Supreme Court (S.C.) | upon rehearing (see 281 U.S. 537), the Court adheres to the view that the writ of certiorari should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Florida v. United States | 282 U.S. 194 (1931) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (N.D. Ga.) | decrees reversed |
Willcutts, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Bunn | 282 U.S. 216 (1931) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
Uravic v. F. Jarka Company, Inc. | 282 U.S. 234 (1931) | Holmes | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) | judgment reversed |
Memphis and Charleston Railway Company v. Pace | 282 U.S. 241 (1931) | VanDevanter | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Mississippi Supreme Court (Miss.) | judgment affirmed |
Wisconsin Railroad Commission v. Maxcy | 282 U.S. 249 (1931) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (W.D. Wis.) | decree affirmed |
O'Gorman and Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company | 282 U.S. 251 (1931) | Brandeis | 5-4 | none | VanDevanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Butler (joint opinion) | appeal from the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals (N.J.) | judgment affirmed |
Stange v. United States | 282 U.S. 270 (1931) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) | judgment affirmed |
Aiken v. Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue | 282 U.S. 277 (1931) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
W.P. Brown and Sons Lumber Company v. Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue | 282 U.S. 283 (1931) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Chicago Railway Equipment Company | 282 U.S. 295 (1931) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
United States v. Benz | 282 U.S. 304 (1931) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) | certified question answered |
United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company | 282 U.S. 311 (1931) | Sutherland | 5-3[a] | none | Stone (opinion; with which Holmes and Brandeis concurred) | appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.) | decree affirmed |
Go-Bart Importing Company v. United States | 282 U.S. 344 (1931) | Butler | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | judgments reversed, and cause remanded to district court |
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Sanford and Brooks Company | 282 U.S. 359 (1931) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
White v. Johnson | 282 U.S. 367 (1931) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) | certificate dismissed |
American Bond and Mortgage Company v. United States | 282 U.S. 374 (1931) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) | certificate dismissed |
Fawcus Machine Company v. United States | 282 U.S. 375 (1931) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) | judgment affirmed |
Educational Films Corporation of America v. Ward, Attorney General of New York | 282 U.S. 379 (1931) | Stone | 6-3 | none | Sutherland (opinion; joined by VanDevanter and Butler) | appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) | judgment affirmed |
International Paper Company v. United States | 282 U.S. 399 (1931) | Holmes | 6-3 | none | McReynolds, Stone, and Roberts (without opinions) | certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) | judgment reversed |
Graham and Foster v. Goodcell | 282 U.S. 409 (1931) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth, First, Second, and Sixth Circuits, and to the United States Court of Claims | judgments affirmed |
Magee v. United States | 282 U.S. 432 (1931) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) | judgment affirmed |
Mascot Oil Company v. United States | 282 U.S. 434 (1931) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.), and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) | judgment affirmed in one case; judgement reversed in two cases |
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Willingham Loan and Trust Company | 282 U.S. 437 (1931) | Holmes | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Virginia | 282 U.S. 440 (1931) | Holmes | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Virginia Supreme Court (Va.) | judgment affirmed |
Ensten v. Simon, Ascher and Company | 282 U.S. 445 (1931) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Louisiana v. Mississippi | 282 U.S. 458 (1931) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | original | commission appointed to locate the thread of the main channel of the Mississippi River as the same was immediately prior to the avulsion of 1912-13 |
United States v. Swift and Company | 282 U.S. 468 (1931) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) | judgment affirmed |
United States v. Boston Buick Company | 282 U.S. 476 (1931) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) | judgments affirmed |
Pottstown Iron Company v. United States | [ 282 U.S. 479 (1931)] | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) | judgment affirmed |
Russian Volunteer Fleet (Доброфлот) v. United States | 282 U.S. 481 (1931) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) | judgment reversed |
Furst and Thomas v. Brewster | 282 U.S. 493 (1931) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Arkansas Supreme Court (Ark.) | We are of the opinion that the provisions of the statutes of Arkansas, as applied in this case, are in conflict with the commerce clause. Judgment reversed. |
Bain Peanut Company of Texas v. Pinson | 282 U.S. 499 (1931) | Holmes | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Texas Courts of Appeals (Tex. Civ. App.) | Order dismissing appeal vacated and judgment affirmed. |
Alabama v. United States | 282 U.S. 502 (1931) | Holmes | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) | judgment reversed; petition to be dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Waite v. United States | 282 U.S. 508 (1931) | Holmes | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) | judgment reversed |
Alward v. Johnson, Treasurer of California | 282 U.S. 509 (1931) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the California Supreme Court (Cal.) | judgment affirmed |
Denman v. Slayton | 282 U.S. 514 (1931) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
Fullerton Lumber Company v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company | 282 U.S. 520 (1931) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
United States v. Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad Company | 282 U.S. 522 (1931) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (N.D. Ga.) | judgment reversed |
Langnes, owner of the fishing vessel "Aloha" v. Green | 282 U.S. 531 (1931) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) | decrees reversed, and the cause remanded to the district court for further proceedings |
Concordia Insurance Company of Milwaukee v. School District No. 98 of Payne County, Oklahoma | 282 U.S. 545 (1931) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Story Parchment Company v. Paterson Parchment Paper Company | 282 U.S. 555 (1931) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) | judgment reversed |
United States v. La Franca | 282 U.S. 568 (1931) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) | judgment of the court of appeals affirmed, and cause remanded to the district court |
Various Items of Personal Property v. United States | 282 U.S. 577 (1931) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Coolidge v. Long, Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation of Massachusetts | 282 U.S. 582 (1931) | Butler | 5-4 | none | Roberts (opinion; with which Holmes, Brandeis, and Stone concurred) | Norfolk County Probate Court (Norfolk Cnty. Prob. Ct.) | judgment reversed |
V. Loewers Gambrinus Brewery Company v. Anderson | 282 U.S. 638 (1931) | Butler | 9-0 | Stone (without opinion) | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | judgment reversed |
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. National Industrial Alcohol Company, Inc. | 282 U.S. 646 (1931) | Butler | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Niagara Falls Brewing Company | 282 U.S. 648 (1931) | Butler | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
United States v. Michel | 282 U.S. 656 (1931) | Butler | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | judgments reversed |
Connecticut v. Massachusetts | 282 U.S. 660 (1931) | Butler | 9-0 | none | none | Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States (original) | Connecticut's bill of complaint dismissed |
Prussian v. United States | 282 U.S. 675 (1931) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Oxford Paper Co. v. The Nidarholm | 282 U.S. 681 (1931) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
Alford v. United States | 282 U.S. 687 (1931) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
Husty v. United States | 282 U.S. 694 (1931) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded to the district court |
Saranac Automatic Machine Corporation v. Wirebounds Patents Company | 282 U.S. 704 (1931) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
United States v. Sprague | 282 U.S. 716 (1931) | Roberts | 8-0[a] | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.N.J.) | order below reversed |
Isaacs v. Hobbs Tie & Timber Company | 282 U.S. 734 (1931) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded to district court |
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. United States | 282 U.S. 740 (1931) | Hughes | 7-2 | none | McReynolds and Sutherland (without opinions) | appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (W.D. Ky.) | decree affirmed |
Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. United States | 282 U.S. 760 (1931) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (W.D. Mo.) | decree affirmed |
Abie State Bank v. Bryan, Governor of Nebraska | 282 U.S. 765 (1931) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Nebraska Supreme Court (Neb.) | judgment of the supreme court of the state denying an injunction affirmed |
Smith v. Magic City Kennel Club, Inc. | 282 U.S. 784 (1931) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.) | decree affirmed |