This is a list of cases reported in volume 235 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1914 and 1915.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 235 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 235 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate(Vote) Tenure on Supreme Court Edward Douglass White Chief Justice Louisiana Melville Fuller (Acclamation) –May 19, 1921(Died) Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field (Acclamation) –January 5, 1925(Retired) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray (Acclamation) –January 12, 1932(Retired) William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. (Acclamation) –November 13, 1922(Retired) Charles Evans Hughes Associate Justice New York David Josiah Brewer (Acclamation) –June 10, 1916(Resigned) Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) (Acclamation) –June 2, 1937(Retired) Joseph Rucker Lamar Associate Justice Georgia William Henry Moody (Acclamation) –January 2, 1916(Died) Mahlon Pitney Associate Justice New Jersey John Marshall Harlan (50–26) –December 31, 1922(Resigned) James Clark McReynolds Associate Justice Tennessee Horace Harmon Lurton (44–6) –January 31, 1941(Retired)

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. "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time. e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

List of cases in volume 235 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition of case North Carolina v. Tennessee 1 (1914) McKenna none none original boundary set Lane v. Watts 17 (1914) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. rehearing denied Pullman Co. v. Knott 23 (1914) Holmes none none N.D. Fla. affirmed United States v. Portale 27 (1914) Holmes none none D. Colo. reversed Overton v. Oklahoma 31 (1914) White none none Okla. dismissed DeJonge & Co. v. Breuker & K. Co. 33 (1914) Holmes none none 3d Cir. affirmed Missouri et al. R.R. Co. v. United States 37 (1914) Holmes none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Taylor v. Parker 42 (1914) Holmes none none Okla. affirmed Willoughby v. City of Chicago 45 (1914) Holmes none none Ill. dismissed Cleveland & P.R.R. Co. v. City of Cleveland 50 (1914) Day none none Ohio dismissed United States v. Mayer 55 (1914) Hughes none none 2d Cir. certification United States v. Bartlett 72 (1914) VanDevanter none none 8th Cir. affirmed Monagas v. Albertucci 81 (1914) White none none P.R. affirmed L.E. Waterman Co. v. Modern Pen Co. 88 (1914) Holmes Pitney (part) Pitney (part) 2d Cir. affirmed Sage v. Hampe 99 (1914) Holmes none none Kan. reversed Magruder v. Drury 106 (1914) Day none none D.C. Cir. reversed Missouri P.R.R. Co. v. City of Omaha 121 (1914) Day none none 8th Cir. affirmed United States v. Reynolds 133 (1914) Day Holmes none S.D. Ala. reversed McCabe v. Atchison et al. R.R. Co. 151 (1914) Hughes none none 8th Cir. affirmed Louisiana et al. Co. v. Behrman 164 (1914) Hughes none none La. affirmed New York E.L. Co. v. Empire City Subway Co. 179 (1914) Hughes none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Sioux Remedy Co. v. Cope 197 (1914) VanDevanter none none S.D. Cir. Ct. reversed Skelton v. Dill 206 (1914) VanDevanter none none Okla. reversed Minidoka & S.R.R. Co. v. United States 211 (1914) Lamar none none 9th Cir. reversed Henry v. Henkel 219 (1914) Lamar none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed United States v. Nixon 231 (1914) Lamar none none W.D. Mo. reversed United States v. Salen 237 (1914) Lamar none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed Porto Rico (sic) v. Emmanuel251 (1914) Pitney none none D.P.R. reversed Western L.I. Co. v. Rupp 261 (1914) Pitney none none Ky. affirmed United States v. Wigger 276 (1914) Pitney none none D. Alaska reversed United States v. Lewis 282 (1914) Pitney none none D. Kan. reversed Hopkins v. Hebard 287 (1914) McReynolds none none 6th Cir. affirmed Choctaw et al. R.R. Co. v. Harrison 292 (1914) McReynolds none none E.D. Okla. reversed Fallows v. Continental et al. Bank 300 (1914) McReynolds none none 7th Cir. affirmed Garrett v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. 308 (1914) McReynolds none none 6th Cir. affirmed United States v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. 314 (1914) White none none Comm. Ct. reversed United States ex rel. Bryant Co. v. New York S.F. Co. 327 (1914) McKenna none none S.D.N.Y. reversed John II Estate, Ltd. v. Brown 342 (1914) Holmes none none 9th Cir. reversed St. Louis S.R.R. Co. v. Arkansas 350 (1914) Pitney none none Ark. affirmed Berwind et al. Co. v. Chicago & E.R.R. Co. 371 (1914) White none none Ill. App. Ct. affirmed Yazoo et al. R.R. Co. v. Wright 376 (1914) White none none 6th Cir. affirmed Easterling L. Co. v. Pierce 380 (1914) White none none Miss. dismissed Lovell M. Mfg. Co. v. Automobile S. Mfg. Co. 383 (1914) White none none 2d Cir. reversed McGovern v. Philadelphia & Reading R.R. Co. 389 (1914) McKenna none none E.D. Pa. reversed Detroit & M.R.R. Co. v. Michigan R.R. Comm'n 402 (1914) Holmes none none E.D. Mich. affirmed Scotten v. Littlefield 407 (1914) Day none none 2d Cir. affirmed Shapiro v. United States 412 (1914) Hughes none none N.D. Ill. dismissed Adkins v. Arnold 417 (1914) VanDevanter none none Okla. affirmed Washington v. Miller 422 (1914) VanDevanter none none Okla. affirmed Texas & P.R.R. Co. v. Rosborough429 (1914) McReynolds none none 5th Cir. affirmed Drew v. Thaw 432 (1914) Holmes none none D.N.H. reversed Sizemore v. Brady 441 (1914) VanDevanter none none Okla. affirmed Maryland S. Co. v. United States 451 (1915) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. reversed Lankford v. Platte I.W. Co. 461 (1915) McKenna none Pitney W.D. Okla. reversed American W.S. Co. v. Lankford 496 (1915) McKenna none Pitney E.D. Okla. affirmed Farish v. State Banking Bd. 498 (1915) McKenna none Pitney E.D. Okla. affirmed United States v. Erie R.R. Co. 513 (1915) McKenna none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed Lawlor v. Loewe 522 (1915) Holmes none none 2d Cir. affirmed South Covington et al. R.R. Co. v. City of Covington 537 (1915) Day none none Ky. reversed New York ex rel. Cornell S.S. Co. v. Sohmer 549 (1915) Day none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Gilbert v. David 561 (1915) Day none none D. Conn. affirmed Jeffrey Mfg. Co. v. Blagg 571 (1915) Day none none Ohio affirmed Mercelis v. Wilson 579 (1915) Lamar none none D.P.R. affirmed Hull v. Dicks 584 (1915) Lamar none none 5th Cir. certification Brown v. Fletcher 589 (1915) Lamar none none S.D.N.Y. reversed Louisville & N.R.R. Co. v. Finn 601 (1915) Pitney none none E.D. Ky. affirmed Hendrick v. Maryland 610 (1915) McReynolds none none Md. Cir. Ct. affirmed Norfolk & W.R.R. Co. v. Holbrook 625 (1915) McReynolds none McKenna 4th Cir. reversed Wathen v. Jackson O. & R. Co. 635 (1915) Hughes none none S.D. Miss. affirmed Dowagiac Mfg. Co. v. Minnesota M.P. Co. 641 (1915) VanDevanter none none 8th Cir. reversed Wadley S.R.R. Co. v. Georgia 651 (1915) Lamar none none Ga. affirmed Arizona et al. R.R. Co. v. Clark 669 (1915) Pitney none Hughes 9th Cir. affirmed

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