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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 293

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Supreme Court of the United States
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38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorised byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 293 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1934 and 1935.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 293 U.S.

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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 293 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
Charles Evans Hughes Chief Justice New York William Howard Taft February 13, 1930
(52–26)
February 24, 1930

June 30, 1941
(Retired)
Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) December 15, 1910
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1911

June 2, 1937
(Retired)
James Clark McReynolds Associate Justice Tennessee Horace Harmon Lurton August 29, 1914
(44–6)
October 12, 1914

January 31, 1941
(Retired)
Louis Brandeis Associate Justice Massachusetts Joseph Rucker Lamar June 1, 1916
(47–22)
June 5, 1916

February 13, 1939
(Retired)
George Sutherland Associate Justice Utah John Hessin Clarke September 5, 1922
(Acclamation)
October 2, 1922

January 17, 1938
(Retired)
Pierce Butler Associate Justice Minnesota William R. Day December 21, 1922
(61–8)
January 2, 1923

November 16, 1939
(Died)
Harlan F. Stone Associate Justice New York Joseph McKenna February 5, 1925
(71–6)
March 2, 1925

July 2, 1941
(Continued as chief justice)
Owen Roberts Associate Justice Pennsylvania Edward Terry Sanford May 20, 1930
(Acclamation)
June 2, 1930

July 31, 1945
(Resigned)
Benjamin N. Cardozo Associate Justice New York Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. February 24, 1932
(Acclamation)
March 14, 1932

July 9, 1938
(Died)

Federal court system

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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.

List of cases in volume 293 U.S.

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Case name Citation Opinion of the Court Vote Concurring opinion or statement Dissenting opinion or statement Procedural jurisdiction Result
Radio Corporation of America v. Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc. 293 U.S. 1 (1934) Cardozo 8-0[a] none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) decree reversed
Virginia v. Imperial Coal Sales Company 293 U.S. 15 (1934) Hughes 9-0 none none certiorari to the Virginia Supreme Court (Va.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Detroit Trust Company v. The Thomas Barlum 293 U.S. 21 (1934) Hughes 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) decrees reversed, and causes remanded
Lynch v. New York ex rel. Pierson 293 U.S. 52 (1934) Hughes 9-0 none none certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) writ of certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted
Pflueger v. Sherman 293 U.S. 55 (1934) per curiam 9-0 none none certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) certified question dismissed
United States v. City of Troy 293 U.S. 58 (1934) McReynolds 9-0 none none appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (M.D. Pa.) judgment reversed
Gillis v. California 293 U.S. 62 (1934) McReynolds 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) judgment affirmed
McCandless v. Furlaud 293 U.S. 67 (1934) Brandeis 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Long v. Ansell 293 U.S. 76 (1934) Brandeis 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) judgment affirmed
Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Stockholms Enskilda Bank 293 U.S. 84 (1934) Sutherland 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) judgment reversed
British American Tobacco Company, Ltd. v. Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue 293 U.S. 95 (1934) Sutherland 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) judgment affirmed
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen v. Pinkston 293 U.S. 96 (1934) Sutherland 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) judgment affirmed
Rowley, Treasurer of Converse County, Wyoming v. Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company 293 U.S. 102 (1934) Butler 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.) decree reversed
City Bank Farmers Trust Company v. Schnader, Attorney General of Pennsylvania 293 U.S. 112 (1934) Butler 9-0 none none appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (E.D. Pa.) judgment affirmed
Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Morgan's Inc. 293 U.S. 121 (1934) Stone 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) judgment affirmed
McNally v. Hill 293 U.S. 131 (1934) Stone 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) judgment affirmed
Waco v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company 293 U.S. 140 (1934) Roberts 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Bliss 293 U.S. 144 (1934) Roberts 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) judgment affirmed
Mattson v. Department of Labor and Industries of Washington 293 U.S. 151 (1934) Roberts 9-0 none none appeal from the Washington Supreme Court (Wash.) judgment affirmed
Warner v. Goltra 293 U.S. 155 (1934) Cardozo 9-0 none none certiorari to the Missouri Supreme Court (Mo.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Hegeman Farms Corporation v. Baldwin 293 U.S. 163 (1934) Cardozo 9-0 Sutherland (without opinion) none appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) decree affirmed
Zellerbach Paper Company v. Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue 293 U.S. 172 (1934) Cardozo 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) decrees reversed, and causes remanded
National Paper Products Company v. Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue 293 U.S. 183 (1934) Cardozo 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) decrees reversed
Clifton Manufacturing Company v. United States 293 U.S. 186 (1934) Cardozo 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.) decree reversed, and cause remanded
Abrams v. Van Schaick, Superintendent of Insurance of New York 293 U.S. 188 (1934) per curiam 9-0 none none appeal from the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) appeal dismissed
E.R. Squibb and Sons v. Mallinckrodt Chemical Works 293 U.S. 190 (1934) per curiam 9-0 none none certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) certified question answered
Borden's Farm Products Company v. Baldwin, Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets of New York 293 U.S. 194 (1934) Hughes 9-0 Stone and Cardozo (joint short statement) none appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) decree reversed, and cause remanded
Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Powers 293 U.S. 214 (1934) Hughes 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) decree reversed
McCullough v. Smith 293 U.S. 228 (1934) McReynolds 9-0 none none certiorari to the North Carolina Supreme Court (N.C.) judgment reversed
United States Mortgage Company v. Matthews 293 U.S. 232 (1934) McReynolds 9-0 none none certiorari to the Maryland Court of Appeals (Md.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Mitchell, Insurance Commissioner of California v. Maurer 293 U.S. 237 (1934) Brandeis 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Hamilton v. University of California 293 U.S. 245 (1934) Butler 9-0 Cardozo (opinion; joined by Brandeis and Stone) none appeal from the California Supreme Court (Cal.) judgment affirmed
Indiana Farmer's Guide Publishing Company v. Prairie Farmer Publishing Company 293 U.S. 268 (1934) Butler 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Union Pacific Railroad Company 293 U.S. 282 (1934) Stone 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) judgment affirmed
Old Mission Portland Cement Company v. Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue 293 U.S. 289 (1934) Stone 7-2 none Butler and Roberts (both dissenting in part; without opinions) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) judgment affirmed
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad Company v. Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue 293 U.S. 295 (1934) Stone 7-2 none Butler and Roberts (without opinions) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) judgment affirmed
Schnell v. The Vallescura 293 U.S. 296 (1934) Stone 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) judgment reversed
Irving Trust Company v. A.W. Perry, Inc. 293 U.S. 307 (1934) Roberts 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) judgment affirmed
Irving Trust Company v. Bowditch 293 U.S. 311 (1934) Roberts 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) judgment affirmed
Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Twin Bell Oil Syndicate 293 U.S. 312 (1934) Roberts 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) judgment reversed
Herring v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 293 U.S. 322 (1934) Roberts 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) judgment reversed
Davis v. Aetna Acceptance Company 293 U.S. 328 (1934) Cardozo 9-0 none none certiorari to the Illinois Appellate Court (Ill. App. Ct.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York v. Johnson 293 U.S. 335 (1934) Cardozo 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.) judgment affirmed
United States v. Guaranty Trust Company of New York 293 U.S. 340 (1934) Brandeis 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) judgment affirmed
McLaughlin, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Pacific Lumber Company 293 U.S. 351 (1934) Butler 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) judgment reversed
Marine National Exchange Bank of Milwaukee v. Kalt-Zimmers Manufacturing Company 293 U.S. 357 (1934) Cardozo 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Schumacher, Sheriff of Butler County, Ohio v. Beeler 293 U.S. 367 (1934) Hughes 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) decree affirmed
George v. Victor Talking Machine Company 293 U.S. 377 (1934) per curiam 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Enelow v. New York Life Insurance Company 293 U.S. 379 (1934) Hughes 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Adamos v. New York Life Insurance Company 293 U.S. 386 (1935) Hughes 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Panama Refining Company v. Ryan 293 U.S. 388 (1934) Hughes 8-1 none Cardozo (opinion) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) judgments reversed, and causes remanded
Shanferoke Coal and Supply Corporation v. Westchester Service Corporation 293 U.S. 449 (1935) Brandeis 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) judgment affirmed
United States v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 293 U.S. 454 (1935) Brandeis 9-0 none none appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (N.D. Ohio) judgment affirmed
Gregory v. Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue 293 U.S. 465 (1935) Sutherland 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) judgment affirmed
Taylor v. Sternberg 293 U.S. 470 (1935) Sutherland 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) judgment affirmed
Dimick v. Schiedt 293 U.S. 474 (1935) Sutherland 5-4 none Stone (opinion; with which Hughes, Brandeis, and Cardozo concurred) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) judgment affirmed
United States v. Spaulding 293 U.S. 498 (1935) Butler 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Taylor 293 U.S. 507 (1935) Butler 8-1 none Stone (opinion) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) judgment affirmed
[a] Hughes took no part in the case

Notes and references

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