List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 232

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Supreme Court of the United States
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;234 years ago (1789-03-04)
Location Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′26″N77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444 Coordinates: 38°53′26″N77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized by Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Website supremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 232 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1914.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 232 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). [1] 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 232 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Edward White, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, 1905.jpg Edward Douglass White Chief Justice Louisiana Melville Fuller December 12, 1910
(Acclamation)
December 19, 1910

May 19, 1921
(Died)
Justice McKenna.jpg Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field January 21, 1898
(Acclamation)
January 26, 1898

January 5, 1925
(Retired)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr circa 1930-edit.jpg Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray December 4, 1902
(Acclamation)
December 8, 1902

January 12, 1932
(Retired)
Justice William R. Day.jpg William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. February 23, 1903
(Acclamation)
March 2, 1903

November 13, 1922
(Retired)
HoraceHarmonLurton.jpg Horace Harmon Lurton Associate Justice Tennessee Rufus W. Peckham December 20, 1909
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1910

July 12, 1914
(Died)
Charles Evans Hughes cph.3b15401.jpg Charles Evans Hughes Associate Justice New York David Josiah Brewer May 2, 1910
(Acclamation)
October 10, 1910

June 10, 1916
(Resigned)
Willis Van Devanter.jpg Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice)December 15, 1910
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1911

June 2, 1937
(Retired)
Joseph Lamar.jpg Joseph Rucker Lamar Associate Justice Georgia William Henry Moody December 15, 1910
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1911

January 2, 1916
(Died)
Mahlon Pitney cph.3b30300.jpg Mahlon Pitney Associate Justice New Jersey John Marshall Harlan March 13, 1912
(50–26)
March 18, 1912

December 31, 1922
(Resigned)

Notable Case in 232 U.S.

Weeks v. United States

In Weeks v. United States , 232 U.S. 383 (1914), the Supreme Court held that the warrantless seizure of items from a private residence violates the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It also prevented local officers from securing evidence by means prohibited under the federal exclusionary rule and giving it to their federal colleagues. It was not until the case of Mapp v. Ohio , 367 U.S. 643 (1961), however, that the exclusionary rule was applied to state courts as well.

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.

List of cases in volume 232 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Hawley v. City of Malden 1 (1914) Hughesnonenone Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
Barrett v. City of New York 14 (1914) Hughesnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Platt v. City of New York 35 (1914) Hughesnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
United States v. Regan 37 (1914) VanDevanternonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Swift v. McPherson 51 (1914) Lamarnonenone S.D. affirmed
National Safe Deposit Company v. Stead, Attorney General of Illinois 58 (1914) Lamarnonenone Ill. affirmed
United States v. Buchanan 72 (1914) Lamarnonenone D. Colo. affirmed
Lapina v. Williams 78 (1914) Pitneynonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway v. Hall 94 (1914) Pitneynonenone Ariz. affirmed
Bank of Arizona v. Thomas Haverty Company 106 (1914) Pitneynonenone Ariz. affirmed
Ross v. Day 110 (1914) Pitneynonenone Cal. affirmed
Barnes v. Alexander 117 (1914) Holmesnonenone Ariz. affirmed
Cain v. Commercial Publishing Company 124 (1914) McKennanonenone S.D. Miss. affirmed
Bacon v. Rutland Railroad Company 134 (1914) Holmesnonenone D. Vt. affirmed
Patsone v. Pennsylvania 138 (1914) Holmesnonenone Pa. affirmed
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company v. Cockrell 146 (1914) VanDevanternonenone Ky. affirmed
United States v. Young 155 (1914) McKennanonenone S.D. Ala. reversed
Burbank v. Ernst 162 (1914) Holmesnonenone La. affirmed
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company v. Polt 165 (1914) Holmesnonenone S.D. reversed
Alabama v. Schmidt 168 (1914) Holmesnonenone Ala. affirmed
Taney v. Penn National Bank 174 (1914) Hughesnonenone 3d Cir. affirmed
Chapman and Dewey Lumber Company v. St. Francis Levee District 186 (1914) VanDevanternonenone Ark. reversed
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. United States 199 (1914) Lamarnonenone Comm. Ct. affirmed
Thomas v. Matthiessen 221 (1914) Holmesnonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Miedreich v. Lauenstein 236 (1914) Daynonenone Ind. affirmed
North Carolina Railroad Company v. Zachary 248 (1914) Pitneynonenone N.C. reversed
Billings v. United States 261 (1914) Whitenonenonemultipleaffirmed
United States v. Billings 289 (1914) Whitenonenonemultipleaffirmed
Pierce v. United States I 290 (1914) Whitenonenonemultiplereversed
Pierce v. United States II 292 (1914) Whitenonenonemultiplereversed
United States v. Goelet 293 (1914) Whitenonenone 2d Cir. certification
United States v. Bennett I 299 (1914) Whitenonenone 2d Cir. certification
United States v. Bennett II 308 (1914) Whitenonenone 2d Cir. certification
Rainey v. United States 310 (1914) Whitenonenonemultipleaffirmed
Harrison v. St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company 318 (1914) Whitenonenone C.C.W.D. Okla. affirmed
Baccus v. Louisiana 334 (1914) Whitenonenone La. Dist. Ct. affirmed
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company v. Louisiana Railroad Commission 338 (1914) Whitenonenone 5th Cir. affirmed
LeRoy Fibre Company v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company 340 (1914) McKennaHolmes (part)none 8th Cir. certification
Jones v. St. Louis Land and Cattle Company 355 (1914) McKennanonenone N.M. reversed
Taylor v. Taylor 363 (1914) McKennanonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed
Calaf y Fugurul v. Calaf y Rivera 371 (1914) Holmesnonenone P.R. affirmed
Montoya v. Gonzalez 375 (1914) Holmesnonenone N.M. affirmed
Mitchell Store Building Company v. Carroll 379 (1914) Daynonenone 6th Cir. dismissed
Weeks v. United States 383 (1914) Daynonenone W.D. Mo. reversed
United States v. Lexington Mill and Elevator Company 399 (1914) Daynonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Rubber Tire Wheel Company v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company 413 (1914) Hughesnonenone 6th Cir. reversed
Seim v. Hurd 420 (1914) Hughesnonenone 2d Cir. dismissed
Woodward Company v. Hurd 428 (1914) Hughesnonenone 2d Cir. certification
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company v. City of Minneapolis 430 (1914) Hughesnonenone Minn. affirmed
United States v. Pelican 442 (1914) Hughesnonenone E.D. Wash. reversed
Gauthier v. Morrison 452 (1914) VanDevanternonenone Wash. reversed
United States v. Beatty 463 (1914) VanDevanternonenone 4th Cir. dismissed
Thurston v. United States 469 (1914) VanDevanternonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Perrin v. United States 478 (1914) VanDevanternonenone D.S.D. affirmed
Pronovost v. United States 487 (1914) VanDevanternonenone D. Mont. dismissed
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company v. Cramer 490 (1914) Lamarnonenone Iowa reversed
D.E. Foote and Company v. Stanley 494 (1914) Lamarnonenone Md. reversed
Great Northern Railroad Company v. O'Connor 508 (1914) Lamarnonenone Minn. reversed
Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Minneapolis v. Minnesota 516 (1914) Pitneynonenone Minn. reversed
Plymouth Coal Company v. Pennsylvania 531 (1914) Pitneynonenone Pa. affirmed
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Goldsboro 548 (1914) Pitneynonenone N.C. affirmed
Wilson v. United States 563 (1914) Pitneynonenone N.D. Ill. affirmed
Weinman v. De Palma 571 (1914) Pitneynonenone N.M. affirmed
Ohio Tax Cases 576 (1914) Pitneynonenone S.D. Ohio affirmed
Paine v. Copper Belle Mining Company 595 (1914) Holmesnonenone Ariz. affirmed
United States ex rel. Brown v. Lane 598 (1914) Whitenonenone D.C. Cir. dismissed
Young v. Central Railroad of New Jersey 602 (1914) Whitenonenone 3d Cir. affirmed
Priest v. Town of Las Vegas 604 (1914) McKennanonenone N.M. affirmed
Williamson v. Osenton 619 (1914) Holmesnonenone 4th Cir. certification
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company v. Kennedy 626 (1914) Whitenonenone S.D. reversed
Porto Rico (sic) v. Ramos 627 (1914) McKennanonenone D.P.R. affirmed
Curriden v. Middleton 633 (1914) Holmesnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Holt v. Henley 637 (1914) Holmesnonenone 4th Cir. reversed
Garland v. Washington 642 (1914) Daynonenone Wash. affirmed
Grant Brothers Construction Company v. United States 647 (1914) VanDevanternonenone Ariz. affirmed
Stewart v. Michigan 665 (1914) Whitenonenone Mich. reversed
Riley v. Massachusetts 671 (1914) McKennanonenone Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company v. West 682 (1914) McKennanonenone Okla. dismissed
Santa Fe Central Railway Company v. Friday 694 (1914) Holmesnonenone N.M. affirmed
Eberle v. Michigan 700 (1914) Lamarnonenone Mich. affirmed
Schuyler v. Littlefield 707 (1914) Lamarnonenone 2d Cir. affirmed

Notes and references

    1. "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.