List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 284

This is a list of cases reported in volume 284 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1931 and 1932.

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Composition method	Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
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Judge term length	life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions	9 (by statute)
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Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 284 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). 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 284 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)
	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.	Associate Justice	Massachusetts	Horace Gray	December 4, 1902 (Acclamation)	December 8, 1902 – January 12, 1932 (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)

Notable Case in 284 U.S.

Blockberger v. United States

Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299 (1932),is a landmark decision which established the "same elements test" to determine if two offenses are the same for the purposes of double jeopardy. Under the Blockburger test, a defendant may be convicted of two offenses arising out of the same criminal incident if each crime contains an element that is not found in the other.

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 284 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
United States v. Kirby Lumber Company	284 U.S. 1 (1931)	Holmes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)	judgment reversed
Moore v. Bay	284 U.S. 4 (1931)	Holmes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)	decree reversed
Public Service Commission of Indiana v. Batesville Telephone Company	284 U.S. 6 (1931)	per curiam	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)	appeal dismissed
Bandini Petroleum Company v. Superior Court, Los Angeles County	284 U.S. 8 (1931)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the California Courts of Appeal (Cal. Dist. Ct. App.)	judgment affirmed
Cumberland Coal Company v. Board of Revision of Tax Assessments in Greene County, Pennsylvania	284 U.S. 23 (1931)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Pa.)	decrees reversed, and causes remanded
Santovincenzo, Consul General of Italy at New York v. Egan	284 U.S. 30 (1931)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the New York County Surrogate's Court (N.Y. Cnty. Sur. Ct.)	decree reversed, and cause remanded
State Tax Commission of Mississippi v. Interstate Natural Gas Company	284 U.S. 41 (1931)	Holmes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (S.D. Miss.)	decree affirmed
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Kuhn	284 U.S. 44 (1931)	McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Ohio Supreme Court (Ohio), and to the Court of Appeals of Pike County, Ohio	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Western Pacific California Railroad Company v. Southern Pacific Company	284 U.S. 47 (1931)	McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)	judgment reversed
Permutit Company v. Graver Corporation	284 U.S. 52 (1931)	Brandeis	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
De Laval Steam Turbine Company v. United States	284 U.S. 61 (1931)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)	judgment affirmed
Chicago and North Western Railway Company v. Bolle	284 U.S. 74 (1931)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Appellate Court of Illinois (App. Ct. Ill.)	judgment reversed
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company v. United States	284 U.S. 80 (1931)	Sutherland	6-3	none	Stone (opinion; joined by Holmes and Brandeis)	appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.)	decree reversed
Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company	284 U.S. 125 (1931)	Butler	9-0	none	none	appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (E.D. La.)	decrees affirmed
Handy and Harman v. Burnet, Commissioner of Internal Revenue	284 U.S. 136 (1931)	Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment affirmed
United States v. Murdock	284 U.S. 141 (1931)	Butler	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (S.D. Ill.)	judgment reversed
Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Glidden Company	284 U.S. 151 (1931)	Stone	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minn.)	judgment affirmed
Phillips, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Dime Trust and Safe Deposit Company	284 U.S. 160 (1931)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)	judgment reversed
United States v. Ryan	284 U.S. 167 (1931)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)	judgment reversed
Sun Insurance Office v. Scott	284 U.S. 177 (1931)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.)	judgments reversed, and causes remanded
Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Company, Inc.	284 U.S. 183 (1931)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded to the United States District Court with directions to set aside the judgment and remand the case to the state court
Southern Railroad Company v. Walters	284 U.S. 190 (1931)	Roberts	8-0[a]	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
United States v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company	284 U.S. 195 (1931)	McReynolds	6-3	none	Stone (opinion; with which Holmes and Brandeis concurred)	appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.N.J.)	decree affirmed
Hoeper v. Tax Commission of Wisconsin	284 U.S. 206 (1931)	Roberts	6-3	none	Holmes (opinion; with which Brandeis and Stone concurred)	appeal from the Wisconsin Supreme Court (Wis.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Bradford Electric Light Company v. Clapper	284 U.S. 221 (1931)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeal from and petition for certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)	appeals dismissed, and writ of certiorari granted
Van Huffel v. Harkelrode	284 U.S. 225 (1931)	Brandeis	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Trumbull County, Ohio, and to the Ohio Supreme Court (Ohio)	judgment reversed in one case; certiorari discharged in one case
Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior v. United States ex rel. Vindicator Consolidated Gold Mining Company	284 U.S. 231 (1931)	Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)	judgments affirmed
Iowa-Des Moines National Bank v. Bennett	284 U.S. 239 (1931)	Brandeis	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Iowa Supreme Court (Iowa)	judgment reversed
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company v. United States	284 U.S. 248 (1932)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.)	order of the District Court refusing an interlocutory injunction reversed, and cause remanded with direction to grant the injunction as prayed
Marine Transit Corporation v. Dreyfus	284 U.S. 263 (1932)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	decree affirmed
United States ex rel. Polymeris v. Trudell, Immigration Inspector	284 U.S. 279 (1932)	Holmes	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Lewis v. Reynolds, Collector of Internal Revenue	284 U.S. 281 (1932)	McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company v. Terte	284 U.S. 284 (1932)	McReynolds	8-0[a]	none	none	certiorari to the Missouri Supreme Court (Mo.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. United States	284 U.S. 288 (1932)	Brandeis	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina (W.D.S.C.)	judgment affirmed
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company v. Industrial Commission of Illinois	284 U.S. 296 (1932)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Circuit Court of Cook County (Cir. Ct. Cook Cnty.)	judgment affirmed
Blockburger v. United States	284 U.S. 299 (1932)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Denton v. Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company	284 U.S. 305 (1932)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Mississippi Supreme Court (Miss.)	judgment affirmed
First National Bank of Boston v. Maine	284 U.S. 312 (1932)	Sutherland	6-3	none	Stone (opinion; with which Holmes and Brandeis concurred)	appeal from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (Me.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Hodge Drive-It-Yourself Company v. City of Cincinnati	284 U.S. 335 (1932)	Butler	9-0	none	none	appeal from the Ohio Supreme Court (Ohio)	judgment affirmed
Southern Railroad Company v. Kentucky	284 U.S. 338 (1932)	Butler	8-0[a]	none	none	appeals from the Kentucky Court of Appeals (Ky.)	judgment affirmed
American Hide and Leather Company v. United States	284 U.S. 343 (1932)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)	judgment reversed
Matson Navigation Company v. United States	284 U.S. 352 (1932)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)	judgment affirmed
Transit Commission v. United States	284 U.S. 360 (1932)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.)	judgment affirmed
Arizona Grocery Company v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company	284 U.S. 370 (1932)	Roberts	7-2	none	Holmes and Brandeis (joint short statement)	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Dunn v. United States	284 U.S. 390 (1932)	Holmes	8-1	none	Butler (opinion)	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company v. Norton	284 U.S. 408 (1932)	Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)	judgment affirmed as modified
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company v. Bezue	284 U.S. 415 (1932)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)	judgment reversed, and cause remanded
Blackmer v. United States	284 U.S. 421 (1932)	Hughes	8-0[b]	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)	decrees affirmed
Henkel v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company	284 U.S. 444 (1932)	Hughes	9-0	none	none	certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)	certified question answered
Leman v. Krentler-Arnold Hinge Last Company	284 U.S. 448 (1932)	Hughes	8-1	none	McReynolds (short statement)	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)	judgment reversed in one case; judgment affirmed in one case
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company v. Saxon	284 U.S. 458 (1932)	McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Texas Supreme Court (Tex.)	judgment below reversed, and cause remanded
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. David	284 U.S. 460 (1932)	McReynolds	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Missouri Supreme Court (Mo.)	judgment below reversed, and cause remanded
Central Pacific Railroad Company v. Alameda County	284 U.S. 463 (1932)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the California Supreme Court (Cal.)	decree affirmed
United States Navigation Company v. Cunard Steamship Company	284 U.S. 474 (1932)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)	decree affirmed
Bergholm v. Peoria Life Insurance Company	284 U.S. 489 (1932)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)	judgment affirmed
Singleton v. Cheek	284 U.S. 493 (1932)	Sutherland	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the Oklahoma Supreme Court (Okla.)	judgment reversed
Miller, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Standard Nut Margarine Company of Florida	284 U.S. 498 (1932)	Butler	7-2	none	Stone (opinion; joined by Brandeis)	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)	decrees affirmed
United States Cartridge Company v. United States	284 U.S. 511 (1932)	Butler	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.)	judgment reversed
Matthews v. Rodgers	284 U.S. 521 (1932)	Stone	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (N.D. Miss.)	judgment reversed
Stratton, Secretary of State of Illinois v. St. Louis Southwestern Railroad Company	284 U.S. 530 (1932)	Stone	9-0	none	none	appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (S.D. Ill.)	judgment reversed
Utah v. United States	284 U.S. 534 (1932)	Stone	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)	decree affirmed
Realty Acceptance Corporation v. Montgomery	284 U.S. 547 (1932)	Roberts	8-0[a]	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)	order affirmed
Old Colony Railroad Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	284 U.S. 552 (1932)	Roberts	9-0	none	none	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.)	judgment reversed
American Surety Company of New York v. Greek Catholic Union	284 U.S. 563 (1932)	Roberts	8-1	none	McReynolds (without opinion)	certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.)	judgment reversed

[a] Stone took no part in the case

[b] Roberts took no part in the case

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