Case name
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Citation
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Opinion of the Court
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Vote
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Concurring opinion or statement
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Dissenting opinion or statement
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Procedural jurisdiction
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Result
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American Fruit Growers, Inc. v. Brogdex Company
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283 U.S. 1 (1931)
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McReynolds
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)
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judgment reversed
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Milliken v. United States
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283 U.S. 15 (1931)
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Stone
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)
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judgment affirmed
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McBoyle v. United States
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283 U.S. 25 (1931)
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Holmes
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)
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judgment reversed
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Carbice Corporation of America v. American Patents Development Corporation I
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283 U.S. 27 (1931)
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Brandeis
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
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judgment reversed
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. United States
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283 U.S. 35 (1931)
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Butler
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9-0
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none
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none
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appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (S.D.W. Va.)
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judgment affirmed
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United States v. Munson Steamship Line
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283 U.S. 43 (1931)
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Hughes
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.)
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judgment affirmed
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Phillippides v. Day, Commissioner of Immigration
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283 U.S. 48 (1931)
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Holmes
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
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judgment affirmed
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United States ex rel. Cateches v. Day, Commissioner of Immigration
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283 U.S. 51 (1931)
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Holmes
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
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judgment affirmed
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Carr, Director of Immigration v. Zaja
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283 U.S. 52 (1931)
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Holmes
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)
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judgment reversed
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Flynn v. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
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283 U.S. 53 (1931)
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Holmes
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut (Conn.)
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judgment affirmed
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Storaasli v. Minnesota
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283 U.S. 57 (1931)
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Roberts
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8-0[a]
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none
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none
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appeal from the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minn.)
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judgment affirmed
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United States v. Utah
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283 U.S. 64 (1931)
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Hughes
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9-0
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none
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none
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original
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decree dismissing complaint of the United States so far as it relates to the beds of the portions of the Green, Grand, and Colorado Rivers found to be navigable
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Herron v. Southern Pacific Company
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283 U.S. 91 (1931)
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Hughes
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9-0
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none
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none
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certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)
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certified questions answered
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Columbus and Greenville Railway Company v. Miller, State Tax Collector ex rel. Mississippi Levee District
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283 U.S. 96 (1931)
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Hughes
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9-0
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none
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none
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appeal from, and certiorari to, the Mississippi Supreme Court (Miss.)
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judgment reversed
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United States v. Wells
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283 U.S. 102 (1931)
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Hughes
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8-0[b]
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)
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judgment affirmed
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Smith v. Springdale Amusement Park, Ltd.
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283 U.S. 121 (1931)
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Hughes
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)
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decree affirmed
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Hans Rees' Sons, Inc. v. North Carolina ex rel. Maxwell, Commissioner of Revenue
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283 U.S. 123 (1931)
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Hughes
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9-0
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none
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none
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appeal from the North Carolina Supreme Court (N.C.)
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judgment reversed, and cause remanded
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Southern Railroad Company v. Hussey
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283 U.S. 136 (1931)
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Holmes
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)
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judgment affirmed
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Eckert v. Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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283 U.S. 140 (1931)
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Holmes
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
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judgment affirmed
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First National Bank of Chicago v. United States
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283 U.S. 142 (1931)
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McReynolds
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)
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judgment affirmed
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Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Whitehouse
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283 U.S. 148 (1931)
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McReynolds
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)
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judgment affirmed
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Farbwerke Vormals Meister Lucius und Bruning v. Chemical Foundation, Inc.
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283 U.S. 152 (1931)
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McReynolds
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7-0[c] [d]
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)
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decree affirmed
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Standard Oil Company (Indiana) v. United States I
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283 U.S. 163 (1931)
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Brandeis
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8-0[d]
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none
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none
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appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.)
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decree reversed
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Interstate Transit, Inc. v. Lindsey
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283 U.S. 183 (1931)
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Brandeis
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8-1
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none
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McReynolds (without opinion)
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appeal from the Tennessee Supreme Court (Tenn.)
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judgment reversed
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Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.
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283 U.S. 191 (1931)
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Brandeis
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9-0
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none
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none
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certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)
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certified question answered
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Jewell-LaSalle Realty Company v. Buck
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283 U.S. 202 (1931)
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Brandeis
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9-0
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none
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none
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certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)
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certified questions answered
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Martin
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283 U.S. 209 (1931)
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Sutherland
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (Va.)
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judgment reversed
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Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Houston
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283 U.S. 223 (1931)
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Sutherland
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)
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judgment reversed
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Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Henry
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283 U.S. 229 (1931)
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Sutherland
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)
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judgment reversed
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Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Porter
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283 U.S. 230 (1931)
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Sutherland
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9-0
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none
|
none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)
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judgment reversed
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Klein v. United States
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283 U.S. 231 (1931)
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Sutherland
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)
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judgment affirmed
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Standard Oil Company (Indiana) v. United States II
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283 U.S. 235 (1931)
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Sutherland
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9-0
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none
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none
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appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (N.D. Ind.)
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order of dismissal affirmed
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New York Life Insurance Company v. Bowers
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283 U.S. 242 (1931)
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Butler
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9-0
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none
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none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
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judgments affirmed
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Norwood, Attorney General of Arkansas
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283 U.S. 249 (1931)
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Butler
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9-0
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none
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none
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appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (W.D. Ark.)
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decree affirmed
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Bonwit Teller and Company v. United States
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283 U.S. 258 (1931)
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Butler
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9-0
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none
|
none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)
|
judgment reversed
|
Pagel v. MacLean
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283 U.S. 266 (1931)
|
Stone
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9-0
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none
|
none
|
certiorari to the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minn.)
|
judgment vacated, and cause remanded
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United States v. Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company
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283 U.S. 269 (1931)
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Stone
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9-0
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none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)
|
judgment reversed
|
Maynard v. Elliott, Trustee in Bankruptcy
|
283 U.S.273 (1931)
|
Stone
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9-0
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none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)
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judgment reversed, and cause remanded
|
Group No. 1 Oil Corporation v. Bass
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283 U.S. 279 (1931)
|
Stone
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8-0[b]
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)
|
judgment affirmed
|
Standard Marine Insurance Company v. Scottish Metropolitan Assurance Company
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283 U.S. 284 (1931)
|
Stone
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9-0
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none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)
|
judgment affirmed
|
Susquehanna Power Company v. State Tax Commission of Maryland I
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283 U.S. 291 (1931)
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Stone
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9-0
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none
|
none
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appeal from the Maryland Court of Appeals (Md.)
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judgment affirmed
|
Susquehanna Power Company v. State Tax Commission of Maryland II
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283 U.S. 297 (1931)
|
Stone
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9-0
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none
|
none
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appeal from the Maryland Court of Appeals (Md.)
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dismissed
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Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Thompson Oil and Gas Company
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283 U.S. 301 (1931)
|
Roberts
|
9-0
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none
|
none
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)
|
judgment reversed
|
Aldridge v. United States
|
283 U.S. 308 (1931)
|
Hughes
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8-1
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none
|
McReynolds (opinion)
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certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)
|
judgment reversed
|
Straton v. New
|
283 U.S. 318 (1931)
|
Roberts
|
9-0
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none
|
none
|
certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.)
|
certified question answered
|
State-Planters Bank and Trust Company v. Parker
|
283 U.S. 332 (1931)
|
Roberts
|
9-0
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none
|
none
|
certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.)
|
certificate dismissed
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New Jersey v. New York
|
283 U.S. 336 (1931)
|
Holmes
|
7-0[b] [e]
|
none
|
none
|
original
|
various decrees regarding New York state diverting waters from the Delaware River
|
Smoot Sand and Gravel Corporation v. Washington Airport, Inc.
|
283 U.S. 348 (1931)
|
Holmes
|
8-1
|
none
|
McReynolds (opinion)
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.)
|
decree reversed
|
Twin City Pipe Line Company v. Harding Glass Company
|
283 U.S. 353 (1931)
|
Butler
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)
|
decree reversed
|
Stromberg v. California
|
283 U.S. 359 (1931)
|
Hughes
|
7-2
|
none
|
McReynolds (opinion); Butler (opinion)
|
appeal from the California District Court of Appeal (Cal. D. Ct. App.)
|
judgment reversed
|
Graniteville Manufacturing Company v. Query
|
283 U.S. 376 (1931)
|
Hughes
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina (E.D.S.C.)
|
order affirmed
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. Railroad Commission of California
|
283 U.S. 380 (1931)
|
Hughes
|
8-1
|
none
|
McReynolds (brief statement)
|
appeals from the California Supreme Court (Cal.)
|
judgments affirmed
|
Frank L. Young Company v. McNeal-Edwards Company
|
283 U.S. 398 (1931)
|
Holmes
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)
|
judgment reversed
|
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Powe
|
283 U.S. 401 (1931)
|
Holmes
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the South Carolina Supreme Court (S.C.)
|
judgment reversed
|
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Logan
|
283 U.S. 404 (1931)
|
McReynolds
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
|
judgments affirmed
|
United States ex rel. McLennan v. Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior
|
283 U.S. 414 (1931)
|
McReynolds
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)
|
judgments affirmed
|
Carbice Corporation of America v. American Patents Development Company II
|
283 U.S. 420 (1931)
|
Brandeis
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
|
judgment affirmed
|
Arizona v. California
|
283 U.S. 423 (1931)
|
Brandeis
|
8-1
|
none
|
McReynolds (without opinion)
|
original
|
bill dismissed
|
East Ohio Gas Company v. Tax Commission of Ohio
|
283 U.S. 465 (1931)
|
Butler
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (S.D. Ohio)
|
decree affirmed
|
New Jersey v. City of New York
|
283 U.S. 473 (1931)
|
Butler
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
original
|
New Jersey entitled to injunction
|
Nash-Breyer Motor Company v. Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue
|
283 U.S. 483 (1931)
|
Stone
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
|
judgment affirmed
|
McCaughn, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Hershey Chocolate Company
|
283 U.S. 488 (1931)
|
Stone
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)
|
judgment reversed
|
Gasoline Products Company v. Champlin Refining Company
|
283 U.S. 494 (1931)
|
Stone
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)
|
judgment reversed
|
Merchants Warehouse Company v. United States
|
283 U.S. 501 (1931)
|
Stone
|
8-0[b]
|
none
|
none
|
appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (E.D. Pa.)
|
judgment affirmed
|
Custer v. McCutcheon
|
283 U.S. 514 (1931)
|
Roberts
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)
|
judgment reversed
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company v. Moquin
|
283 U.S. 520 (1931)
|
Roberts
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minn.)
|
judgment reversed, and cause remanded
|
Baldwin v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Association
|
283 U.S. 522 (1931)
|
Roberts
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)
|
judgment reversed, and cause remanded
|
State Board of Tax Commissioners of Indiana v. Jackson
|
283 U.S. 527 (1931)
|
Roberts
|
5-4
|
none
|
Sutherland (opinion; with which VanDevanter, McReynolds, and Butler concurred)
|
appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (S.D. Ind.)
|
judgment of the district court reversed, and cause remanded with instructions to dismiss the bill
|
Smith v. Cahoon
|
283 U.S. 553 (1931)
|
Hughes
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
appeal from the Florida Supreme Court (Fla.)
|
judgment reversed, and cause remanded
|
Northport Power and Light Company v. Hartley, Governor of Washington
|
283 U.S. 568 (1931)
|
Holmes
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (W.D. Wash.)
|
decree affirmed
|
Indian Motocycle Company v. United States
|
283 U.S. 570 (1931)
|
VanDevanter
|
7-2
|
Holmes ("acquiesces in this decision")
|
Stone (opinion; with which Brandeis concurred)
|
certified question from the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)
|
certified question answered
|
Maas and Waldstein Company v. United States
|
283 U.S. 583 (1931)
|
McReynolds
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)
|
judgment affirmed
|
Phillips v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
|
283 U.S. 589 (1931)
|
Brandeis
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
|
judgment affirmed
|
United States v. Macintosh
|
283 U.S. 605 (1931)
|
Sutherland
|
5-4
|
none
|
Hughes (opinion; with which Holmes, Brandeis, and Stone concurred)
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
|
decree reversed
|
United States v. Bland
|
283 U.S. 636 (1931)
|
Sutherland
|
5-4
|
none
|
Hughes (opinion; with which Holmes, Brandeis, and Stone concurred)
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
|
decree reversed
|
Fetters, U.S. Marshal v. United States ex rel. Cunningham
|
283 U.S. 638 (1931)
|
Sutherland
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)
|
judgment reversed, and cause remanded
|
Federal Trade Commission v. Raladam Company
|
283 U.S. 643 (1931)
|
Sutherland
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)
|
decree affirmed
|
Lewis-Simas-Jones Company v. Southern Pacific Company
|
283 U.S. 654 (1931)
|
Butler
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the California Courts of Appeal (Cal. Dist. Ct. App.)
|
judgment reversed
|
DeForest Radio Company v. General Electric Company
|
283 U.S. 664 (1931)
|
Stone
|
9-0
|
McReynolds (without opinion)
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)
|
judgment reversed
|
Great Northern Railroad Company v. Delmar Company
|
283 U.S. 686 (1931)
|
Roberts
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)
|
judgment reversed, and cause remanded
|
Choteau v. Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue
|
283 U.S. 691 (1931)
|
Roberts
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)
|
judgment affirmed
|
Near v. Minnesota ex rel. Olson
|
283 U.S. 697 (1931)
|
Hughes
|
5-4
|
none
|
Butler (opinion; with which VanDevanter, McReynolds, and Sutherland concurred)
|
appeal from the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minn.)
|
judgment reversed
|
United States v. Equitable Trust Company of New York
|
283 U.S. 738 (1931)
|
VanDevanter
|
8-0[d]
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
|
decree modified and affirmed
|
Mott v. United States
|
283 U.S. 747 (1931)
|
VanDevanter
|
8-0[d]
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)
|
decree affirmed
|
Halbert v. United States
|
283 U.S. 753 (1931)
|
VanDevanter
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)
|
decrees reversed
|
Georgia Public Service Commission v. United States
|
283 U.S. 765 (1931)
|
Brandeis
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (N.D. Ga.)
|
judgment affirmed
|
Alabama v. United States
|
283 U.S. 776 (1931)
|
Brandeis
|
9-0
|
none
|
none
|
appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (N.D. Ala.)
|
decree affirmed
|