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List Of United States Supreme Court Cases, Volume 223

This is a list of cases reported in volume 223 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1912.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 223 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). 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 223 were decided the Court comprised the following eight members (following the death of Justice John Marshall Harlan):

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Edward Douglass White Chief Justice Louisiana Melville Fuller December 12, 1910
(Acclamation)
December 19, 1910

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 2, 1916
(Died)

Notable Case in 223 U.S.

Pacific States Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Oregon

Pacific States Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Oregon, 223 U.S. 118 (1912), involved the constitutionality of the citizens' initiative and the enforceability of the Guarantee Clause of the Constitution. A unanimous Supreme Court rejected a corporation's argument that the Guarantee Clause forbade Oregon's initiative process, citing Luther v. Borden to conclude that such claims presented political questions and are non-justiciable.

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 223 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Second Employers' Liability Cases 1 (1912) VanDevanter none none multiple multiple
Quong Wing v. Kirkendall 59 (1912) Holmes none Lamar Mont. affirmed
Noble v. Gallardo y S. 65 (1912) Holmes none none D.P.R. reversed
United States v. Wong You 67 (1912) Holmes none none 2d Cir. reversed
Louisville & N.R.R. Co. v. F.W. Cook B. Co. 70 (1912) Lurton none none 7th Cir. affirmed
Waskey v. Hammer 85 (1912) VanDevanter none none 9th Cir. affirmed
United States ex rel. Lowe v. Fisher 95 (1912) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Cherokee Nation v. Whitmire 108 (1912) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Pacific et al. Co. v. Oregon 118 (1912) White none none Or. dismissed
Kiernan v. City of Portland 151 (1912) White none none Or. dismissed
The Abby Dodge 166 (1912) White none none S.D. Fla. reversed
Hendricks v. United States 178 (1912) White none none C.C.D. Or. dismissed
Aetna L. Ins. Co. v. Tremblay 185 (1912) White none none Me. dismissed
United States v. Baruch 191 (1912) White none none 2d Cir. reversed
Jacobs v. Prichard 200 (1912) McKenna none none Wash. affirmed
Fairbanks v. United States 215 (1912) McKenna none none 8th Cir. affirmed
United States et al. Co. v. Sandoval 227 (1912) McKenna none none Ariz. reversed
Northwestern M.L. Ins. Co. v. McCue 234 (1912) McKenna none none 4th Cir. affirmed
New York C.J.F. Co. v. District of Columbia 253 (1912) McKenna none none D.D.C. affirmed
Jacob v. Roberts 261 (1912) McKenna none none Cal. affirmed
Ker & Co. v. Couden 268 (1912) Holmes none McKenna Phil. affirmed
Atchison et al. R.R. Co. v. O'Connor 280 (1912) Holmes none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed
Collins v. Texas 288 (1912) Holmes none none Tex. Crim. App. affirmed
Meyer v. Wells Fargo & Co. 298 (1912) Holmes none none C.C.W.D. Okla. affirmed
Powers v. United States 303 (1912) Day none none W.D. Va. affirmed
Rocca v. Thompson 317 (1912) Day none none Cal. affirmed
United States E. Co. v. Minnesota 335 (1912) Day none none Minn. affirmed
Lincoln et al. Co. v. City of Lincoln 349 (1912) Lurton none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed
The San Pedro 365 (1912) Lurton none none N.D. Cal. reversed
Cuebas y A. v. Cuebas y A. 376 (1912) Lurton none none D.P.R. affirmed
City of Cincinnati v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. 390 (1912) Lurton none none Ohio affirmed
United States v. Citroen 407 (1912) Hughes none none 2d Cir. affirmed
Ferris v. Frohman 424 (1912) Hughes none none Ill. affirmed
Reitler v. Harris 437 (1912) VanDevanter none none Kan. affirmed
Diaz v. United States 442 (1912) VanDevanter none Lamar Phil. affirmed
Gaar S. & Co. v. Shannon 468 (1912) Lamar none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
New M.E. Co. v. Marshall E. Co. 473 (1912) Lamar none none Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
Galveston et al. R.R. Co. v. Wallace 481 (1912) Lamar none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
McCarthy v. First Nat'l Bank 493 (1912) Lamar none none S.D. affirmed
Latimer v. United States 501 (1912) Lamar none none D.P.R. affirmed
Miller v. King 505 (1912) Lamar none none Or. affirmed
United States v. Nord D.L. 512 (1912) Lamar none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Metropolitan W. Co. v. Kaw V.D. Dist. 519 (1912) Lamar none none C.C.D. Kan. dismissed
United States v. Ellicott 524 (1912) White none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Ontario L. Co. v. Wilfong 543 (1912) McKenna none none 9th Cir. affirmed
Southern P.R.R. Co. v. United States 560 (1912) Holmes none none 9th Cir. affirmed
United States v. Southern P.R.R. Co. 565 (1912) Holmes none none 9th Cir. reversed
Kansas City S.R.R. Co. v. C.H. Albers Comm'n Co. 573 (1912) VanDevanter none none Kan. reversed
United States v. Miller 599 (1912) VanDevanter none none C.C.S.D. Ga. reversed
Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson 605 (1912) Hughes none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
In re Merchant et al. Co. 639 (1912) VanDevanter none none 8th Cir. mandamus granted
Graham v. Gill 643 (1912) White none none Fla. affirmed
Clason v. Matko 646 (1912) McKenna none none Ariz. affirmed
Cedar Rapids G.L. Co. v. City of Cedar Rapids 655 (1912) Holmes none none Iowa affirmed
Wingert v. First Nat'l Bank 670 (1912) Holmes none none 4th Cir. dismissed
Tang Tun v. Edsell 673 (1912) Hughes none none 9th Cir. affirmed
United States ex rel. Ness v. Fisher 683 (1912) VanDevanter none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Ripley v. United States 695 (1912) Lamar none none Ct. Cl. affirmed

Notes and references

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