List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 306: Difference between revisions

Case name Citation Opinion of the Court Vote Concurring opinion or statement Dissenting opinion or statement Procedural jurisdiction Result Currin v. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture 306 U.S. 1 (1939) Hughes 6-2[a] none McReynolds and Butler (without opinions) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.) affirmed Bowen v. Johnston 306 U.S. 19 (1939) Hughes 8-0[a] none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) affirmed Washingtonian Publishing Company v. Pearson 306 U.S. 30 (1939) McReynolds 5-3[a] none Black (opinion; with which Roberts and Reed concurred) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) reversed Utah Fuel Company v. National Bituminous Coal Commission 306 U.S. 56 (1939) McReynolds 8-0[a] Black (short statement) none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) District Court affirmed Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company v. Gallagher 306 U.S. 62 (1939) McRaynolds 7-0[a][b] none none appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (S.D. Cal.) affirmed United States v. Durkee Famous Foods, Inc. 306 U.S. 68 (1939) McReynolds 8-0[a] none none appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.N.J.) affirmed Dixie Ohio Express Company v. State Revenue Commission of Georgia 306 U.S. 72 (1939) Butler 7-0[a][b] Black (without opinion) none appeal from the Georgia Supreme Court (Ga.) affirmed H.P. Welch Company v. New Hampshire 306 U.S. 79 (1939) Butler 8-0[a] none none appeal from the New Hampshire Supreme Court (N.H.) affirmed Mackay Radio and Telephone Company v. Radio Corporation of America 306 U.S. 86 (1939) Stone 7-0[a][b] none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) reversed Wichita Royalty Company v. City National Bank of Wichita Falls 306 U.S. 103 (1939) Stone 8-0[a] none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) affirmed Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 306 U.S. 110 (1939) Roberts 8-0[a] none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.) affirmed First Chrold Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 306 U.S. 117 (1939) Roberts 8-0[a] none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) reversed Tennessee Electric Power Company v. Tennessee Valley Authority 306 U.S. 118 (1939) Roberts 5-2[a][b] none Butler (opinion; joined by McReynolds) appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (E.D. Tenn.) affirmed Inland Steel Company v. United States 306 U.S. 153 (1939) Black 8-0[a] none none appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.) affirmed United States v. Midstate Horticultural Company 306 U.S. 161 (1939) Black 8-0[a] none none appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (E.D. Pa.) affirmed Southern Pacific Company v. Gallagher 306 U.S. 167 (1939) Reed 5-2[a][b] Black (without opinion) Butler (short statement; joined by McReynolds) appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (N.D. Cal.) affirmed Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Gallagher 306 U.S. 182 (1939) Reed 5-2[a][b] none McReynolds and Butler (without opinions) appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (N.D. Cal.) affirmed City of Texarkana v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company 306 U.S. 188 (1939) Reed 6-2[a] none McReynolds and Butler (without opinions) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) reversed Public Service Commission of Missouri v. Brashear Freight Lines, Inc. 306 U.S. 204 (1939) per curiam 9-0 none none appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (W.D. Mo.) dismissed Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States 306 U.S. 208 (1939) Stone 5-3[a] none Roberts (opinion; joined by McReynolds and Butler) appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (N.D. Tex.) affirmed National Labor Relations Board v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation 306 U.S. 240 (1939) Hughes 5-2[a] Stone (opinion, concurring in part) Reed (opinion, dissenting in part; with which Black concurred) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) affirmed as modified Eichholz v. Public Service Commission of Missouri 306 U.S. 268 (1939) Hughes 8-0 none none appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (W.D. Mo.) affirmed United States v. Bertelsen and Petersen Engineering Company 306 U.S. 276 (1939) McReynolds 7-0[b] none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) affirmed Titus v. Wallick 306 U.S. 282 (1939) Stone 8-0 none none certiorari to the Ohio Supreme Court (Ohio) reversed National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. 306 U.S. 292 (1939) Stone 5-2[a] none Black (opinion; joined by Reed) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) affirmed Taylor v. Standard Gas and Electric Company 306 U.S. 307 (1939) Roberts 7-0[a] none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.) reversed United States v. Towery 306 U.S. 324 (1939) Roberts 8-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) reversed National Labor Relations Board v. Sands Manufacturing Company 306 U.S. 332 (1939) Roberts 5-2[a] none Black and Reed (without opinions) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) affirmed Milk Control Board v. Eisenberg Farm Products 306 U.S. 346 (1939) Roberts 6-2 none McReynolds and Butler (joint short statement) certiorari to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Pa.) reversed Pierre v. Louisiana 306 U.S. 354 (1939) Black 8-0 none none certiorari to the Louisiana Supreme Court (La.) reversed United States v. Jacobs 306 U.S. 363 (1939) Black 4-3[c] none McReynolds, Butler, and Roberts (joint opinion) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) reversed (one case); affirmed (one case) Hale v. Bimco Trading, Inc. 306 U.S. 375 (1939) Frankfurter 8-0 none none appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida (N.D. Fla.) affirmed Keifer and Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corporation 306 U.S. 381 (1939) Frankfurter 8-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) reversed Texas v. Florida 306 U.S. 398 (1939) Stone 6-2 none Frankfurter (opinion; with which Black concurred) original jurisdiction report of special master confirmed Fairbanks v. United States 306 U.S. 436 (1939) McReynolds 8-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) affirmed Clason v. Indiana 306 U.S. 439 (1939) McReynolds 8-0 none none appeal from the Indiana Supreme Court (Ind.) affirmed Smith v. The Ferncliff 306 U.S. 444 (1939) McReynolds 8-0 none none certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.) certified questions answered Lanzetta v. New Jersey 306 U.S. 451 (1939) Butler 7-0[a] none none appeal from the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals (N.J.) reversed Chesebro v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District 306 U.S. 459 (1939) Butler 8-0 none none appeal from the California Supreme Court (Cal.) affirmed Graves and Others, Commissioners Constituting the State Tax Commission of New York v. New York ex rel. O’Keefe 306 U.S. 466 (1939) Stone 6-2 Hughes (without opinion); Frankfurter (opinion) Butler and McReynolds (joint opinion) certiorari to the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) reversed Pacific Employers Insurance Company v. Industrial Accident Commission of California 306 U.S. 493 (1939) Stone 7-0[a] none none certiorari to the California Supreme Court (Cal.) affirmed Bonet v. Yabucoa Sugar Company 306 U.S. 505 (1939) Black 8-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) reversed State Tax Commission of Utah v. Van Cott 306 U.S. 511 (1939) Black 7-0[d] none none certiorari to the Utah Supreme Court (Utah) vacated Lowden v. Simonds-Shields-Lonsdale Grain Company 306 U.S. 516 (1939) Reed 8-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) reversed Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Metropolitan Edison Company 306 U.S. 522 (1939) Roberts 8-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) affirmed General Gas and Electric Corporation v. Commissioner 306 U.S. 530 (1939) Roberts 8-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) reversed Kohn v. Central Distributing Company 306 U.S. 531 (1939) Hughes 8-0 none none appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (E.D. Ky.) affirmed Higginbotham v. City of Baton Rouge 306 U.S. 535 (1939) Hughes 8-0 none none appeal from the Louisiana Supreme Court (La.) affirmed Honeyman v. Jacobs 306 U.S. 539 (1939) Hughes 8-0 none none appeal from the New York Supreme Court (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) affirmed Carrier v. Bryant 306 U.S. 545 (1939) McReynolds 8-0 none none certiorari to the North Carolina Supreme Court (N.C.) affirmed Honolulu Oil Corporation v. Halliburton 306 U.S. 550 (1939) Butler 7-0[d] none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) reversed (one case); affirmed (one case) Atlas Life Insurance Company v. W.I. Southern, Inc. 306 U.S. 563 (1939) Stone 8-0 none none certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.) dismissed Wilentz v. Sovereign Camp, Woodmen 306 U.S. 573 (1939) Stone 8-0 none none appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.N.J.) dismissed Clark, Director of Department of Motor Vehicles of California v. Paul Gray, Inc. 306 U.S. 583 (1939) Stone 8-0 Black (short statement) none appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (S.D. Cal.) reversed National Labor Relations Board v. Fain-Blatt 306 U.S. 601 (1939) Stone 6–2 none McReynolds and Butler (opinion; joined by Butler) certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) reversed