Case name
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Citation
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Opinion of the Court
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Vote
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Concurring opinion or statement
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Dissenting opinion or statement
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Procedural jurisdiction
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Result
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Union Joint Stock Land Bank of Detroit v. Byerly
|
310 U.S. 1 (1940) |
Roberts |
6-3 |
none |
Black, Douglas, and Murphy (joint opinion) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) |
reversed
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United States v. City of San Francisco
|
310 U.S. 16 (1940) |
Black |
8-1 |
none |
McReynolds (without opinion) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) |
reversed
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Veix v. Sixth Ward Building and Loan Association of Newark
|
310 U.S. 32 (1940) |
Reed |
9-0 |
McReynolds (without opinion) |
none |
appeal from the New Jersey Supreme Court (N.J. Sup. Ct.) |
affirmed
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Colorado National Bank of Denver v. Bedford
|
310 U.S. 41 (1940) |
Reed |
9-0 |
none |
none |
appeal from the Colorado Supreme Court (Colo.) |
affirmed
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Osborn v. Ozlin
|
310 U.S. 53 (1940) |
Frankfurter |
6-3 |
none |
Roberts (opinion; joined by Hughes and McReynolds) |
appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (E.D. Va.) |
affirmed
|
Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Fuller
|
310 U.S. 69 (1940) |
Douglas |
8-1 |
none |
Reed (opinion) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) |
affirmed
|
Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Leonard
|
310 U.S. 80 (1940) |
Douglas |
6-3 |
none |
Hughes, McReynolds, and Roberts (without opinions) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) |
reversed
|
Thornhill v. Alabama
|
310 U.S. 88 (1940) |
Murphy |
8-1 |
none |
McReynolds (without opinion) |
certiorari to the Alabama Court of Appeals (Ala. Ct. App.) |
reversed
|
Carlson v. California
|
310 U.S. 106 (1940) |
Murphy |
8-1 |
none |
McReynolds (without opinion) |
appeal from the Superior Court of California (Cal. Super.) |
reversed
|
Perkins, Secretary of Labor v. Lukens Steel Company
|
310 U.S. 113 (1940) |
Black |
8-1 |
none |
McReynolds (without opinion) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) |
reversed
|
Warren v. Palmer
|
310 U.S. 132 (1940) |
Reed |
9-0 |
none |
none |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) |
affirmed
|
Tigner v. Texas
|
310 U.S. 141 (1940) |
Frankfurter |
8-1 |
none |
McReynolds (without opinion) |
appeal from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (Tex. Crim. App.) |
affirmed
|
United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
|
310 U.S. 150 (1940) |
Douglas |
5-2[a][b] |
none |
Roberts (opinion; with which McReynolds concurred) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) |
reversed
|
Dampskibsselskabet Dannebrog v. Signal Oil and Gas Company of California
|
310 U.S. 268 (1940) |
Hughes |
9-0 |
none |
none |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) |
affirmed
|
Sontag Chain Stores Company v. National Nut Company of California
|
310 U.S. 281 (1940) |
McReynolds |
9-0 |
none |
none |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) |
reversed
|
Cantwell v. Connecticut
|
310 U.S. 296 (1940) |
Roberts |
9-0 |
none |
none |
appeal from and certiorari to the Connecticut Supreme Court (Conn.) |
reversed
|
Borchard v. California Bank
|
310 U.S. 311 (1940) |
Roberts |
9-0 |
none |
none |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) |
reversed
|
National Labor Relations Board v. Bradford Dyeing Association
|
310 U.S. 318 (1940) |
Black |
8-0[c] |
none |
none |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) |
reversed
|
United States v. Chicago Heights Trucking Company
|
310 U.S. 344 (1940) |
Black |
9-0 |
none |
none |
appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.) |
reversed
|
Ex parte Bransford, Treasurer of Pima County
|
310 U.S. 354 (1940) |
Reed |
9-0 |
none |
none |
motion for mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of Arizona (D. Ariz.) |
mandamus denied
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company v. Browning and Others, Constituting the State Board of Equalization of Tennessee
|
310 U.S. 362 (1940) |
Frankfurter |
9-0 |
none |
none |
certiorari to the Tennessee Supreme Court (Tenn.) |
affirmed
|
United States v. Bush and Company
|
310 U.S. 371 (1940) |
Douglas |
8-1 |
none |
McReynolds (without opinion) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (Ct. Cust. & Pat. App.) |
reversed
|
Sunshine Anthracite Coal Company v. Adkins, Collector of Internal Revenue
|
310 U.S. 381 (1940) |
Douglas |
8-1 |
none |
McReynolds (short statement) |
appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (E.D. Ark.) |
affirmed
|
Anderson v. Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue
|
310 U.S. 404 (1940) |
Murphy |
9-0 |
none |
none |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.) |
affirmed
|
United States v. Summerlin
|
310 U.S. 414 (1940) |
Hughes |
9-0 |
none |
none |
certiorari to the Florida Supreme Court (Fla.) |
reversed
|
Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission v. Colburn
|
310 U.S. 419 (1940) |
Stone |
9-0 |
none |
none |
certiorari to the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals (N.J.) |
reversed
|
Securities and Exchange Commission v. United States Realty and Improvement Company
|
310 U.S. 434 (1940) |
Stone |
5-3[d] |
none |
Roberts (opinion; with which Hughes and McReynolds concurred) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) |
reversed
|
Apex Hosiery Company v. Leader
|
310 U.S. 469 (1940) |
Stone |
6-3 |
none |
Hughes (opinion; joined by McReynolds and Roberts) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) |
affirmed
|
White v. Texas
|
310 U.S. 530 (1940) |
Black |
9-0 |
none |
none |
certiorari to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (Tex. Crim. App.) |
rehearing denied
|
United States v. American Trucking Associations
|
310 U.S. 534 (1940) |
Reed |
5-4 |
none |
Hughes, McReynolds, Stone, and Roberts (joint short statement) |
appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.D.C.) |
reversed
|
United States v. Dickerson
|
310 U.S. 554 (1940) |
Murphy |
5-4 |
none |
Hughes, McReynolds, Stone, and Roberts (joint short statement) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) |
reversed
|
Arkansas v. Tennessee
|
310 U.S. 563 (1940) |
Hughes |
9-0 |
none |
none |
original jurisdiction |
boundary set
|
Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan and Nichols Oil Company
|
310 U.S. 573 (1940) |
Frankfurter |
6-3 |
none |
Roberts (opinion; joined by Hughes and McReynolds) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) |
reversed
|
Minersville School District v. Gobitis
|
310 U.S. 586 (1940) |
Frankfurter |
8-1 |
McReynolds (without opinion) |
Stone (opinion) |
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) |
reversed
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