List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 232
# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 232

This is a list of cases reported in volume 232 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1914.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 232 U.S.

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 232 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

| Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote) | Tenure on Supreme Court |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edward Douglass White | Chief Justice | Louisiana | Melville Fuller | December 12, 1910 (Acclamation) | December 19, 1910 – May 19, 1921 (Died) |
| Joseph McKenna | Associate Justice | California | Stephen Johnson Field | January 21, 1898 (Acclamation) | January 26, 1898 – January 5, 1925 (Retired) |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Horace Gray | December 4, 1902 (Acclamation) | December 8, 1902 – January 12, 1932 (Retired) |
| William R. Day | Associate Justice | Ohio | George Shiras Jr. | February 23, 1903 (Acclamation) | March 2, 1903 – November 13, 1922 (Retired) |
| Horace Harmon Lurton | Associate Justice | Tennessee | Rufus W. Peckham | December 20, 1909 (Acclamation) | January 3, 1910 – July 12, 1914 (Died) |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Associate Justice | New York | David Josiah Brewer | May 2, 1910 (Acclamation) | October 10, 1910 – June 10, 1916 (Resigned) |
| Willis Van Devanter | Associate Justice | Wyoming | Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) | December 15, 1910 (Acclamation) | January 3, 1911 – June 2, 1937 (Retired) |
| Joseph Rucker Lamar | Associate Justice | Georgia | William Henry Moody | December 15, 1910 (Acclamation) | January 3, 1911 – January 2, 1916 (Died) |
| Mahlon Pitney | Associate Justice | New Jersey | John Marshall Harlan | March 13, 1912 (50–26) | March 18, 1912 – December 31, 1922 (Resigned) |

## Notable Case in 232 U.S.

### Weeks v. United States

In Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383 (1914), the Supreme Court held that the warrantless seizure of items from a private residence violates the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It also prevented local officers from securing evidence by means prohibited under the federal exclusionary rule and giving it to their federal colleagues. It was not until the case of Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961), however, that the exclusionary rule was applied to state courts as well.

## Citation style

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.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

* "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals
   * e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
* "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . .
   * e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
* "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . .
   * e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
* "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western
   * e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
   * e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
* "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
* The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time.
   * e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
   * e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

## List of cases in volume 232 U.S.

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hawley v. City of Malden | 1 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | Mass. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
| Barrett v. City of New York | 14 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Platt v. City of New York | 35 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| United States v. Regan | 37 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| Swift v. McPherson | 51 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | S.D. | affirmed |
| National Safe Deposit Company v. Stead, Attorney General of Illinois | 58 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | Ill. | affirmed |
| United States v. Buchanan | 72 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | D. Colo. | affirmed |
| Lapina v. Williams | 78 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway v. Hall | 94 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | Ariz. | affirmed |
| Bank of Arizona v. Thomas Haverty Company | 106 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | Ariz. | affirmed |
| Ross v. Day | 110 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | Cal. | affirmed |
| Barnes v. Alexander | 117 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | Ariz. | affirmed |
| Cain v. Commercial Publishing Company | 124 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | S.D. Miss. | affirmed |
| Bacon v. Rutland Railroad Company | 134 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | D. Vt. | affirmed |
| Patsone v. Pennsylvania | 138 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company v. Cockrell | 146 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | Ky. | affirmed |
| United States v. Young | 155 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | S.D. Ala. | reversed |
| Burbank v. Ernst | 162 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company v. Polt | 165 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | S.D. | reversed |
| Alabama v. Schmidt | 168 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | Ala. | affirmed |
| Taney v. Penn National Bank | 174 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | 3d Cir. | affirmed |
| Chapman and Dewey Lumber Company v. St. Francis Levee District | 186 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | Ark. | reversed |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. United States | 199 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | Comm. Ct. | affirmed |
| Thomas v. Matthiessen | 221 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| Miedreich v. Lauenstein | 236 (1914) | Day | none | none | Ind. | affirmed |
| North Carolina Railroad Company v. Zachary | 248 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | N.C. | reversed |
| Billings v. United States | 261 (1914) | White | none | none | multiple | affirmed |
| United States v. Billings | 289 (1914) | White | none | none | multiple | affirmed |
| Pierce v. United States I | 290 (1914) | White | none | none | multiple | reversed |
| Pierce v. United States II | 292 (1914) | White | none | none | multiple | reversed |
| United States v. Goelet | 293 (1914) | White | none | none | 2d Cir. | certification |
| United States v. Bennett I | 299 (1914) | White | none | none | 2d Cir. | certification |
| United States v. Bennett II | 308 (1914) | White | none | none | 2d Cir. | certification |
| Rainey v. United States | 310 (1914) | White | none | none | multiple | affirmed |
| Harrison v. St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company | 318 (1914) | White | none | none | C.C.W.D. Okla. | affirmed |
| Baccus v. Louisiana | 334 (1914) | White | none | none | La. Dist. Ct. | affirmed |
| Texas and Pacific Railroad Company v. Louisiana Railroad Commission | 338 (1914) | White | none | none | 5th Cir. | affirmed |
| LeRoy Fibre Company v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company | 340 (1914) | McKenna | Holmes (part) | none | 8th Cir. | certification |
| Jones v. St. Louis Land and Cattle Company | 355 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | N.M. | reversed |
| Taylor v. Taylor | 363 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | reversed |
| Calaf y Fugurul v. Calaf y Rivera | 371 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | P.R. | affirmed |
| Montoya v. Gonzalez | 375 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | N.M. | affirmed |
| Mitchell Store Building Company v. Carroll | 379 (1914) | Day | none | none | 6th Cir. | dismissed |
| Weeks v. United States | 383 (1914) | Day | none | none | W.D. Mo. | reversed |
| United States v. Lexington Mill and Elevator Company | 399 (1914) | Day | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Rubber Tire Wheel Company v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | 413 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | 6th Cir. | reversed |
| Seim v. Hurd | 420 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | 2d Cir. | dismissed |
| Woodward Company v. Hurd | 428 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | 2d Cir. | certification |
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company v. City of Minneapolis | 430 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | Minn. | affirmed |
| United States v. Pelican | 442 (1914) | Hughes | none | none | E.D. Wash. | reversed |
| Gauthier v. Morrison | 452 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | Wash. | reversed |
| United States v. Beatty | 463 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | 4th Cir. | dismissed |
| Thurston v. United States | 469 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Perrin v. United States | 478 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | D.S.D. | affirmed |
| Pronovost v. United States | 487 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | D. Mont. | dismissed |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company v. Cramer | 490 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | Iowa | reversed |
| D.E. Foote and Company v. Stanley | 494 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | Md. | reversed |
| Great Northern Railroad Company v. O'Connor | 508 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | Minn. | reversed |
| Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Minneapolis v. Minnesota | 516 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | Minn. | reversed |
| Plymouth Coal Company v. Pennsylvania | 531 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Goldsboro | 548 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | N.C. | affirmed |
| Wilson v. United States | 563 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Weinman v. De Palma | 571 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | N.M. | affirmed |
| Ohio Tax Cases | 576 (1914) | Pitney | none | none | S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Paine v. Copper Belle Mining Company | 595 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | Ariz. | affirmed |
| United States ex rel. Brown v. Lane | 598 (1914) | White | none | none | D.C. Cir. | dismissed |
| Young v. Central Railroad of New Jersey | 602 (1914) | White | none | none | 3d Cir. | affirmed |
| Priest v. Town of Las Vegas | 604 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | N.M. | affirmed |
| Williamson v. Osenton | 619 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | 4th Cir. | certification |
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company v. Kennedy | 626 (1914) | White | none | none | S.D. | reversed |
| Porto Rico (sic) v. Ramos | 627 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | D.P.R. | affirmed |
| Curriden v. Middleton | 633 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| Holt v. Henley | 637 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | 4th Cir. | reversed |
| Garland v. Washington | 642 (1914) | Day | none | none | Wash. | affirmed |
| Grant Brothers Construction Company v. United States | 647 (1914) | VanDevanter | none | none | Ariz. | affirmed |
| Stewart v. Michigan | 665 (1914) | White | none | none | Mich. | reversed |
| Riley v. Massachusetts | 671 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | Mass. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
| Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company v. West | 682 (1914) | McKenna | none | none | Okla. | dismissed |
| Santa Fe Central Railway Company v. Friday | 694 (1914) | Holmes | none | none | N.M. | affirmed |
| Eberle v. Michigan | 700 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | Mich. | affirmed |
| Schuyler v. Littlefield | 707 (1914) | Lamar | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
