Category: 1927

273 U.S. 261 273 U.S. 261 47 S.Ct. 371 71 L.Ed. 636 UNITED STATESv.RITTERMAN. No. 669. Argued Jan. 19, 1927. Decided Feb. 21, 1927. The Attorney General and Mr. W. D. Mitchell, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D. C., for the United States. [Argument of Counsel from page 262 intentionally omitted] Mr. Albert MacC. Barnes, Jr., […]

273 U.S. 269 273 U.S. 269 47 S.Ct. 353 71 L.Ed. 639 AMERICAN RY. EXPRESS CO.v.COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY. No. 5. Argued Nov. 17 and 18, 1925. Decided Feb. 21, 1927. Messrs. Branch P. Kerfoot, Charles W. Stockton, and K. E. Stockton, all of New York City, for petitioner. Mr. Frank E. Daugherty, of Frankfort, Ky., […]

273 U.S. 274 273 U.S. 274 47 S.Ct. 355 71 L.Ed. 642 AMERICAN RY. EXPRESS CO.v.F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. No. 116. Argued Nov. 17 and 18, 1925. Decided Feb. 21, 1927. Messrs. Branch P. Kerfoot and Charles W. Stockton, both of New York City, for petitioner. [Argument of Counsel from pages 275-277 intentionally omitted] […]

273 U.S. 28 273 U.S. 28 47 S.Ct. 248 71 L.Ed. 520 BYARSv.UNITED STATES. No. 72. Argued and Submitted Nov. 29, 1926. Decided Jan. 3, 1927. Mr. Claude R. Porter, of Des Moines, Iowa, for petitioner. Mr. Gardner P. Lloyd, of New York City, for the United States. Mr. Justice SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of […]

273 U.S. 195 273 U.S. 195 47 S.Ct. 338 71 L.Ed. 602 JONES et al.v.PRAIRIE OIL & GAS CO. No. 109. Argued Jan. 11, 1927. Decided Jan. 24, 1927. Messrs. J. A. Atkins and Carter W. Wesley, both of Muskogee, Okl., and James A. Cobb, of Washington, D. C., for appellants. Messrs. J. L. Hull […]

273 U.S. 200 273 U.S. 200 47 S.Ct. 339 71 L.Ed. 608 JACOB REED’S SONS, Inc.,v.UNITED STATES. No. 63. Argued Jan. 6, 1926. Decided Jan. 24, 1927. Mr. Frank Davis, Jr., of Washington, D. C., for appellant. The Attorney General, for the United States. Mr. Justice BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 This […]

273 U.S. 100 273 U.S. 100 47 S.Ct. 263 71 L.Ed. 558 GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.v.UNITED STATES. No. 90. Submitted Dec. 9, 1926. Decided Jan. 3, 1927. Messrs. George Rublee and Spencer Gordon, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant. The Attorney General and Mr. W. D. Mitchell, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D. C., […]

273 U.S. 103 273 U.S. 103 47 S.Ct. 302 71 L.Ed. 560 UNITED STATES ex rel. VAJTAUERv.COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION AT PORT OF NEW YORK. No. 111. Argued Nov. 24-29, 1926. Decided Jan. 3, 1927. Messrs. Walter H. Pollak and Isaac Shorr and Mrs. Carol Weiss King, all of New York City. for appellant. The Attorney […]

273 U.S. 113 273 U.S. 113 47 S.Ct. 271 71 L.Ed. 566 W. T. WAGGONER ESTATE et al.v.WICHITA COUNTY et al. No. 52. Argued Dec. 3, 1926. Decided Jan. 3, 1927. Messrs. George Thompson and J. H. Barwise, Jr., both of Fort Worth, Tex., for appellants. Mr. T. R. Boone, of Wichita Falls, Tex., for […]

273 U.S. 119 273 U.S. 119 47 S.Ct. 308 71 L.Ed. 569 JAMES-DICKINSON FARM MORTGAGE Co. et al.v.HARRY. No. 40. Submitted Nov. 29, 1926. Decided Jan. 10, 1927. Mr. George F. Rearick, of Danville, Ill., for plaintiffs in error. Mr. William M. Acton, of Danville, Ill., for defendant in error. Mr. Justice BRANDEIS delivered the […]

273 U.S. 12 273 U.S. 12 47 S.Ct. 265 71 L.Ed. 511 STATE OF FLORIDAv.MELLON, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. No. ___ Original. Argued on Return to Rule to Show Cause Nov. 23, 1926. Decided Jan. 3, 1927. Messrs. John B. Johnson, of Tallahassee, Fla., and Peter O. Knight, of Tampa, Fla., for the […]

273 U.S. 126 273 U.S. 126 47 S.Ct. 311 71 L.Ed. 575 STATE OF MISSOURI ex rel. WABASH RY. CO. et al.v.PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF MISSOURI et al. No. 69. Argued Dec. 10, 1926. Decided Jan. 10, 1927. Messrs. Homer Hall, of St. Louis, Mo., Frederic D. McKenney, of Washington, D. C., and Nat. S. […]

273 U.S. 132 273 U.S. 132 47 S.Ct. 314 71 L.Ed. 578 MOSLER SAFE CO.v.ELY-NORRIS SAFE Co. No. 94. Argued Jan. 7, 1927. Decided Jan. 17, 1927. Mr. Samuel Owen Edmonds, of New York City, for petitioner. Messrs. Lawrence Bristol, Julius M. Mayer, and F. P. Warfield, all of New York City, for respondent. Mr. […]

273 U.S. 135 273 U.S. 135 47 S.Ct. 319 71 L.Ed. 580 McGRAIN, Deputy Sergent at Arms of the United States Senate,v.DAUGHERTY. No. 28. Argued Dec. 5, 1924. Decided Jan. 17, 1927. [Syllabus from pages 135-137 intentionally omitted] The Attorney General and Mr. George W. Wickersham, of New York City, for appellant. [Argument of Counsel […]

273 U.S. 18 273 U.S. 18 47 S.Ct. 277 71 L.Ed. 515 MYERSv.HURLEY MOTOR CO., Inc. No. 65. Argued Dec. 9, 1926. Decided Jan. 3, 1927. Mr. George P. Lemm, of Washington, D. C., for Myers. [Argument of Counsel from page 19 intentionally omitted] Mr. Henry C. Clark, of Washington, D. C., for Hurley Motor […]

273 U.S. 182 273 U.S. 182 47 S.Ct. 315 71 L.Ed. 596 GREAT NORTHERN RY. CO. et al.v.SUTHERLAND, Alien Property Custodian. No. 53. Argued Dec. 3 and 6, 1926. Decided Jan. 17, 1927. Walker D. Hines, of New York City, for appellants. The Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Letts, for appellee. [Argument of […]

273 U.S. 1 273 U.S. 1 47 S.Ct. 250 71 L.Ed. 505 ALBRECHT et al.v.UNITED STATES. No. 9. Argued Nov. 23, 1926. Decided Jan. 3, 1927. Messrs. Charles A. Houts, of St. Louis, Mo., and David E. Keefe, of East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiffs in error. [Argument of Counsel from page 2 intentionally omitted] […]