List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 282

This is a list of cases reported in volume 282 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1930 and 1931.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 282 U.S.

The Supreme Court is established by Article Three of [the United States Constitution|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 to six. Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices.
When the cases in volume 282 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

Portrait	Justice	Office	Home State	Succeeded	Date confirmed by the Senate	Tenure on Supreme Court
	Charles Evans Hughes	Chief Justice	New York	William Howard Taft		– June 30, 1941
	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.	Associate Justice	Massachusetts	Horace Gray		– January 12, 1932
	Willis Van Devanter	Associate Justice	Wyoming	Edward Douglass White		– June 2, 1937
	James Clark McReynolds	Associate Justice	Tennessee	Horace Harmon Lurton		– January 31, 1941
	Louis Brandeis	Associate Justice	Massachusetts	Joseph Rucker Lamar		– February 13, 1939
	George Sutherland	Associate Justice	Utah	John Hessin Clarke		– January 17, 1938
	Pierce Butler	Associate Justice	Minnesota	William R. Day		– November 16, 1939
	Harlan F. Stone	Associate Justice	New York	Joseph McKenna		– July 2, 1941
	Owen Roberts	Associate Justice	Pennsylvania	Edward Terry Sanford		– July 31, 1945

Federal court system

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 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. 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 282 U.S.

Case name	Citation	Opinion of the Court	Vote	Concurring opinion or statement	Dissenting opinion or statement	Procedural jurisdiction	Result
Beidler v. South Carolina Tax Commission		Hughes	9-0	brief statement by Holmes that he and Brandeis "acquiesce" in the decision	none	error to the South Carolina Supreme Court	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Stratton, Secretary of State of Illinois, v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company		Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States [Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]	decree reversed, and cause remanded to the Circuit Court of Appeals with directions to dismiss the appeal to that court for want of jurisdiction
Klein v. Board of Tax Supervisors of Jefferson County, Kentucky		Holmes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Kentucky Court of Appeals	judgment affirmed
Sherman v. United States		Holmes	9-0	none	none	certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	judgment reversed
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation v. United States		McReynolds	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York	decree affirmed
United States v. First National Pictures, Inc.		McReynolds	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York	decree reversed, and cause remanded
Crooks, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Harrelson		Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit	judgment affirmed
District of Columbia v. Colts		Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia	judgment affirmed
Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railway Company v. United States		Butler	9-0	none	none	appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri	decrees affirmed
Aluminum Castings Company v. Routzahn, Collector of Internal Revenue		Stone	7-2	Sutherland	McReynolds and Butler	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	judgment affirmed
Poe, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Seaborn		Roberts	7-0	none	none	certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	judgment affirmed
Goodell, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Koch		Roberts	7-0	none	none	certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	judgment affirmed
Hopkins, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Bacon		Roberts	7-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit	judgment affirmed
Bender, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Pfaff		Roberts	7-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit	judgment affirmed
Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Company		Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois	decree set aside, and cause remanded
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company v. Holmberg		Stone	9-0	none	none	error to the Nebraska Supreme Court	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Lektophone Corporation v. Rola Company		Holmes	8-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit	one judgment affirmed; one judgment reversed
Wampler v. Lecompte		Brandeis	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Maryland Court of Appeals	judgment affirmed
Powers-Kennedy Contracting Corporation v. Concrete Mixing and Conveying Company		Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	decree in one case reversed, and cause remanded; decree in one case affirmed
Broad River Power Company v. South Carolina ex rel. Daniel, Attorney General		per curiam	8-0	VanDevanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Butler	none	certiorari to the South Carolina Supreme Court	upon rehearing, the Court adheres to the view that the writ of certiorari should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Florida v. United States		Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia	decrees reversed
Willcutts, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Bunn		Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit	judgment reversed
Uravic v. F. Jarka Company, Inc.		Holmes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the New York Supreme Court	judgment reversed
Memphis and Charleston Railway Company v. Pace		VanDevanter	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Mississippi Supreme Court	judgment affirmed
Wisconsin Railroad Commission v. Maxcy		McReynolds	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin	decree affirmed
O'Gorman and Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company		Brandeis	5-4	none	VanDevanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Butler	appeal from the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals	judgment affirmed
Stange v. United States		Brandeis	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims	judgment affirmed
Aiken v. Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue		Brandeis	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit	judgment affirmed
W.P. Brown and Sons Lumber Company v. Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue		Brandeis	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	judgment affirmed
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Chicago Railway Equipment Company		Brandeis	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	judgment reversed
United States v. Benz		Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit	certified question answered
United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company		Sutherland	5-3	none	Stone	appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois	decree affirmed
Go-Bart Importing Company v. United States		Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	judgments reversed, and cause remanded to district court
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Sanford and Brooks Company		Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	judgment reversed
White v. Johnson		Roberts	9-0	none	none	certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	certificate dismissed
American Bond and Mortgage Company v. United States		Roberts	9-0	none	none	certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	certificate dismissed
Fawcus Machine Company v. United States		Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims	judgment affirmed
Educational Films Corporation of America v. Ward, Attorney General of New York		Stone	6-3	none	Sutherland	appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York	judgment affirmed
International Paper Company v. United States		Holmes	6-3	none	McReynolds, Stone, and Roberts	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims	judgment reversed
Graham and Foster v. Goodcell		Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth, First, Second, and Sixth Circuits, and to the United States Court of Claims	judgments affirmed
Magee v. United States		Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims	judgment affirmed
Mascot Oil Company v. United States		Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims, and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit	judgment affirmed in one case; judgement reversed in two cases
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Willingham Loan and Trust Company		Holmes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit	judgment reversed
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Virginia		Holmes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Virginia Supreme Court	judgment affirmed
Ensten v. Simon, Ascher and Company		McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	judgment affirmed
Louisiana v. Mississippi		Roberts	9-0	none	none	original	commission appointed to locate the thread of the main channel of the Mississippi River as the same was immediately prior to the avulsion of 1912-13
United States v. Swift and Company		Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims	judgment affirmed
United States v. Boston Buick Company		Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit	judgments affirmed
Pottstown Iron Company v. United States		Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims	judgment affirmed
Russian Volunteer Fleet v. United States		Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims	judgment reversed
Furst and Thomas v. Brewster		Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Arkansas Supreme Court	We are of the opinion that the provisions of the statutes of Arkansas, as applied in this case, are in conflict with the commerce clause. Judgment reversed.
Bain Peanut Company of Texas v. Pinson		Holmes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Texas Courts of Appeals	Order dismissing appeal vacated and judgment affirmed.
Alabama v. United States		Holmes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims	judgment reversed; petition to be dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Waite v. United States		Holmes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims	judgment reversed
Alward v. Johnson, Treasurer of California		McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the California Supreme Court	judgment affirmed
Denman v. Slayton		McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	judgment reversed
Fullerton Lumber Company v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company		Brandeis	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit	judgment reversed
United States v. Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad Company		Brandeis	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia	judgment reversed
Langnes, owner of the fishing vessel "Aloha" v. Green		Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	decrees reversed, and the cause remanded to the district court for further proceedings
Concordia Insurance Company of Milwaukee v. School District No. 98 of Payne County, Oklahoma		Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit	judgment affirmed
Story Parchment Company v. Paterson Parchment Paper Company		Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit	judgment reversed
United States v. La Franca		Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit	judgment of the court of appeals affirmed, and cause remanded to the district court
Various Items of Personal Property v. United States		Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	judgment affirmed
Coolidge v. Long, Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation of Massachusetts		Butler	5-4	none	Roberts	Norfolk County Probate Court	judgment reversed
V. Loewers Gambrinus Brewery Company v. Anderson		Butler	9-0	Stone	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	judgment reversed
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. National Industrial Alcohol Company, Inc.		Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia	judgment affirmed
Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Niagara Falls Brewing Company		Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	judgment affirmed
United States v. Michel		Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	judgments reversed
Connecticut v. Massachusetts		Butler	9-0	none	none	Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States	Connecticut's bill of complaint dismissed
Prussian v. United States		Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	judgment affirmed
Oxford Paper Co. v. The Nidarholm		Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit	judgment affirmed
Alford v. United States		Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	judgment reversed
Husty v. United States		Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	judgment reversed, and cause remanded to the district court
Saranac Automatic Machine Corporation v. Wirebounds Patents Company		Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	judgment reversed
United States v. Sprague		Roberts	8-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey	order below reversed
Isaacs v. Hobbs Tie & Timber Company		Roberts	9-0	none	none	certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit	judgment reversed, and cause remanded to district court
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. United States		Hughes	7-2	none	McReynolds and Sutherland	appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky	decree affirmed
Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. United States		Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri	decree affirmed
Abie State Bank v. Bryan, Governor of Nebraska		Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Nebraska Supreme Court	judgment of the supreme court of the state denying an injunction affirmed
Smith v. Magic City Kennel Club, Inc.		Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit	decree affirmed