List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 285

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 285 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1932.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 285 U.S.

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

See also: List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition

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 285 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)

Notable Cases in 285 U.S.

Crowell v. Benson

Crowell v. Benson, 285 U.S. 22 (1932), is a landmark Supreme Court administrative law decision that outlined the adjudicatory authority of administrative agencies under Article III of the Constitution. The Court held that the United States Employees' Compensation Commission satisfied Fifth Amendment Due Process, and the requirements of Article III with its court-like procedures and because it invests the final power of decision in Article III courts.

Smiley v. Holm, Secretary of State of Minnesota

Smiley v. Holm, Secretary of State of Minnesota, 285 U.S. 355 (1932), involved a governor's power to veto a congressional redistricting proposal passed by a state's legislature. The Supreme Court unanimously held that the U.S. Constitution did not prohibit a state governor from vetoing his or her state's redistricting map.

Federal court system

See also: United States district court

See also: United States court of appeals

See also: United States federal courts

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 285 U.S.

See also: Hughes Court

Case name	Citation	Opinion of the Court	Vote	Concurring opinion or statement	Dissenting opinion or statement	Procedural jurisdiction	Result
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Chicago Portrait Company	285 U.S. 1 (1932)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Crowell v. Benson	285 U.S. 22 (1932)	Hughes	6-3	none	Brandeis (opinion; joined by Stone and Roberts)	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)	decree affirmed
Hurley, Secretary of War v. Kincaid	285 U.S. 95 (1932)	Brandeis	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)	judgment reversed with direction to dismiss the bill without prejudice
Packer Corporation v. Utah	285 U.S. 105 (1932)	Brandeis	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Utah Supreme Court (Utah)	judgment affirmed
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company v. Bachmann	285 U.S. 112 (1932)	Brandeis	8-1	none	McReynolds (without opinion)	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.)	judgment reversed
Western Distributing Company v. Kansas Public Service Commission	285 U.S. 119 (1932)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas (D. Kan.)	the judgment of the court below was right and it is affirmed
Galveston Wharf Company v. Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company	285 U.S. 127 (1932)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Texas Supreme Court (Tex.)	judgment affirmed
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Leininger	285 U.S. 136 (1932)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)	decree reversed
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Temple	285 U.S. 143 (1932)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the South Carolina Supreme Court (S.C.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Eastern Air Transport, Inc. v. South Carolina Tax Commission	285 U.S. 147 (1932)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina (E.D.S.C.)	decree affirmed
Daniel v. Guaranty Trust Company of New York	285 U.S. 154 (1932)	McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)	decree affirmed
Leach v. Nichols, Former Collector of Internal Revenue	285 U.S. 165 (1932)	McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company v. Bunn	285 U.S. 169 (1932)	McReynolds	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Mississippi Supreme Court (Miss.)	appeal dismissed
Bowers v. Lawyers Mortgage Company	285 U.S. 182 (1932)	Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment reversed
United States v. Home Title Insurance Company	285 U.S. 191 (1932)	Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Stevens v. The White City	285 U.S. 195 (1932)	Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment affirmed
D. Ginsberg and Sons, Inc. v. Popkin	285 U.S. 204 (1932)	Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. Phoenix National Bank and Trust Company	285 U.S. 209 (1932)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)	judgment reversed
Lamb v. Cramer	285 U.S. 217 (1932)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Lamb v. Schmitt	285 U.S. 222 (1932)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Shearer v. Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue	285 U.S. 228 (1932)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Boston Municipal Court (Boston Mun. Ct.)	judgment affirmed
Boston and Maine Railroad Company v. Armburg	285 U.S. 234 (1932)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Southern Pacific Company v. United States	285 U.S. 240 (1932)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
American Trading Company v. H.E. Heacock Company	285 U.S. 247 (1932)	Hughes	8-0[a]	none	none	certiorari to the Supreme Court of the Philippines (Phil.)	judgment affirmed
New State Ice Company v. Liebmann	285 U.S. 262 (1932)	Sutherland	6-2[a]	none	Brandeis (opinion; joined by Stone)	appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)	decree affirmed
Heiner, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Donnan	285 U.S. 312 (1932)	Sutherland	6-2[a]	none	Stone (opinion; joined by Brandeis)	certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)	certified questions answered
Handy, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Delaware Trust Company	285 U.S. 352 (1932)	Sutherland	6-2[a]	none	Brandeis and Stone (without opinions)	certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)	certified question answered
Smiley v. Holm, Secretary of State of Minnesota	285 U.S. 355 (1932)	Hughes	8-0[a]	none	none	certiorari to the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minn.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Koenig v. Flynn, Secretary of State of New York	285 U.S. 375 (1932)	Hughes	8-0[a]	none	none	certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)	judgment affirmed
Carroll v. Becker, Secretary of State of Missouri	285 U.S. 380 (1932)	Hughes	8-0[a]	none	none	certiorari to the Missouri Supreme Court (Mo.)	judgment affirmed
Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Company v. United States	285 U.S. 382 (1932)	McReynolds	8-0[a]	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.D.C.)	decree affirmed
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Coronado Oil and Gas Company	285 U.S. 393 (1932)	McReynolds	5-4	none	Stone (opinion; joined by Brandeis, Roberts, and Cardozo); Brandeis (opinion; joined by Stone and Roberts)	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Canada Malting Company v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd.	285 U.S. 413 (1932)	Brandeis	8-0[a]	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment affirmed
United States v. Limehouse	285 U.S. 424 (1932)	Brandeis	7-1[a]	none	McReynolds (without opinion)	appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina (E.D.S.C.)	judgment reversed
Hagner v. United States	285 U.S. 427 (1932)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Coombes v. Getz	285 U.S. 434 (1932)	Sutherland	6-3	none	Cardozo (opinion; joined by Brandeis and Stone)	certiorari to the California Supreme Court (Cal.)	decree reversed
United States v. Lefkowitz	285 U.S. 452 (1932)	Butler	8-0[a]	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Shriver v. Woodbine Savings Bank	285 U.S. 467 (1932)	Stone	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Iowa Supreme Court (Iowa)	judgment affirmed
Pacific Company v. Johnson	285 U.S. 480 (1932)	Stone	6-3	none	Sutherland (opinion; with which VanDevanter and Butler concurred)	appeal from the California Supreme Court (Cal.)	judgment affirmed
Spencer Kellogg and Sons, Inc. v. Hicks	285 U.S. 502 (1932)	Roberts	7-1[a]	Brandeis and Stone (joint short statement)	Sutherland (short statement)	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	decree reversed, and cause remanded
Callahan v. United States	285 U.S. 515 (1932)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)	judgment affirmed
United States v. Scharton	285 U.S. 518 (1932)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (D. Mass.)	judgment affirmed

[a] Cardozo took no part in the case

Notes and references

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

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