307 U.S.
Volume 307 — United States Reports
215 opinions
- 307 U.S. 1Chippewa Indians of Minnesota v. United States (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 5Electric Storage Battery Co. v. Shimadzu (1939)Reversed and remandedSupreme Court of the United States
from pages 5-7 intentionally omitted] Mr. Hugh M. Morris, of Wilmington, Del., for petitioner. Messrs. George Whitefield Betts, Jr., of New York City, and Edmund B. Whitcomb, of Toledo, Ohio, for respondents. Mr. Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 The courts below have held valid and infringed certain claims of three patents 1 granted to Genzo Shimadzu, a citizen and resident of Japan.
- 307 U.S. 22Kessler v. Strecker (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 38Mulford v. Smith (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
Held: and payments into the court were made. The United States was permitted to intervene as a defendant. 9 The warehousemen and the United States filed answers.' The cause was set down before a court *46 consisting of three judges, 10 which heard it on a stipulation of facts and entered a decree dismissing the biU. 11 ' Before coming to the merits we inquire whether the court below had jurisdiction as a federal court or…
- 307 U.S. 57United States Trust Co. v. Helvering (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 61McCrone v. United States (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 65Big Lake Oil Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 66Gibbs v. Buck (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
Gibbs v. Buck, 307 U.S. 66 (1939), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court had two main holdings. First, an association of copyright holders, ASCAP, may sum their collective costs to meet the damages threshold for federal jurisdiction. Second, a motion to dismiss allegations that raise "grave doubts about the constitutionality" of legislation should be denied.
- 307 U.S. 95Buck v. Gallagher (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
Buck v. Gallagher, 307 U.S. 95 (1939), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court had two main holdings. First, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) members have a common and undivided interest in the right to license in association through the Society free of the state statute. Second, the lower court should have allowed ASCAP members the opportunity to price the cost of complying with the statute and the value of the copyrights affected by it.
- 307 U.S. 104Driscoll v. Edison Light & Power Co. (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 125Rochester Telephone Corporation v. United States (1939)Altered precedentSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 148United States v. Maher (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 156Federal Power Commission v. Pacific Power & Light Co. (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 161Sprage v. Ticonic Nat Bank (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 171William Jameson & Co. v. Morgenthau (1939)VacatedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 174United States v. Miller (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that involved a Second Amendment to the United States Constitution challenge to the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA). The case is often cited in the ongoing American gun politics debate, as both sides claim that it supports their position.
- 307 U.S. 183United States v. Morgan (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 200United States v. Marxen (1939)Certification to/from lower courtSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 208Rorick v. Board of Comm'rs of Everglades Drainage Dist. (1939)VacatedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 214United States v. Powers (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 219United States v. (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 241Electrical Fittings Corp. v. Thomas (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 243Maytag Co. v. Hurley Machine Co. (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 247Guaranty Trust Co. v. Henwood (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 265Bethlehem Steel Co. v. Zurich General Accident & Liability Ins. Co. (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 268Lane v. Wilson (1939)Held state or territorial law unconstitutionalSupreme Court of the United States
Lane v. Wilson, 307 U.S. 268 (1939), was a United States Supreme Court case that found a 12-day one-time voter registration window to be discriminatory for black citizens who were excluded from voting prior and repugnant to the Fifteenth Amendment. It eliminated the power of county registrars illegally excluding black citizens.
- 307 U.S. 277O'Malley v. Woodrough (1939)Altered precedentSupreme Court of the United States
Held: the power to tax carries with it 'the power to embarrass and destroy’; may be applied to every object within its range fin such measure as Congress may determine’; enables that body 'to select one calling and omit another, to tax one class of property and to forebear to tax another’; and may be applied in different ways to different objects so long as there is ‘geographical uniformity’ in the duties, imposts and…
Overruled Miles v. Graham (1925) - 307 U.S. 299Rorick v. Devon Syndicate, Ltd. (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 313Newark Fire Insurance Co. v. State Board of Tax Appeals (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 325Perkins v. Elg (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
Perkins v. Elg, 307 U.S. 325 (1939), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that a child born in the United States to naturalized parents on U.S. soil is a natural born citizen and that the child's natural born citizenship is not lost if the child is taken to and raised in the country of the parents' origin, provided that upon attaining the age of majority, the child elects to retain U.S. citizenship "and to return to the United States to assume its duties."
- 307 U.S. 350Toledo Pressed Steel Co. v. Standard Parts, Inc. (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 357Curry v. McCanless (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 383Graves v. Elliott (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
Held: and I think rightly, that this trust property was not subject to an estate tax in New York. 274 N. Y. 10 . It is true that the Constitution of the United States contains no specific provision against double taxation, but the Constitution does impose limitations upon the taxing power of a State which I think are' applicable and should prevent a double exaction in this case.
- 307 U.S. 393Southern Pac Co v. United States (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
Held: that the land-grant deduction should be based on the land-aided mileage of the original route.
- 307 U.S. 433Coleman v. Miller (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
Coleman v. Miller, 307 U.S. 433 (1939), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which clarified that when proposing for the ratification of an amendment to the United States Constitution, pursuant to Article V thereof, if the Congress of the United States chooses not to set a deadline by which the proposed amendment must be acted upon by the requisite three-fourths of state legislatures or state ratifying conventions, then the proposed amendment remains pending business before the state legislatures (or ratifying conventions). The case centered on the Child Labor Amendment, which was proposed for ratification by Congress in 1924.
- 307 U.S. 474Chandler v. Wise (1939)Petition denied / appeal dismissedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 478Baldwin v. Scott County Milling Co. (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 486American Toll Bridge Co. v. Railroad Commission of California (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 496Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization (1939)Held municipal or local ordinance unconstitutionalSupreme Court of the United States
Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization, 307 U.S. 496 (1939), is a US labor law case decided by the United States Supreme Court.
- 307 U.S. 533United States v. Rock Royal Co-Op Noyes (1939)ReversedSupreme Court of the United States
United States v. Rock Royal Co-op, 307 U.S. 533 (1939), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Commerce Clause allows federal regulation of milk processed and sold entirely within the state of New York because the company used a mixture of raw milk from farms within and outside the state of New York.
- 307 U.S. 588H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. United States (1939)AffirmedSupreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 609Long v. Stokes (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 609Hines v. Texas (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 610Mississippi ex rel. Rice v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 611Rosehill Cemetery Co. v. Steele (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 612Carolene Products Co. v. Wallace (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 612Maryland Jockey Club v. Spencer (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 613Electric Storage Battery Co. v. Shimadzu (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 613Bonet v. Yabucoa Sugar Co. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 614Ex parte Potter (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 615Holley v. General American Life Insurance Co. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 615City & County of Denver v. Colorado (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 615Kansas Farmers' Union Royalty Co. v. Hushaw (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 615Nevin v. Martin (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 616Newark Fire Insurance Co. v. State Board of Tax Appeals (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 616Electric Storage Battery Co. v. Shimadzu (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 617Boteler v. Ingels (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 617National Labor Relations Board v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 618F. H. E. Oil Co. v. Commissioner (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 618Franklin v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 619Case v. Los Angeles Lumber Products Co. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 619Retail Food Clerks & Managers Union, Local No. 1357 v. Union Premier Food Stores, Inc. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 620McGoldrick v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 620Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Stone (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 621Weiss v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 621Olsson v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 622Lotsch v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 622Ardenghi v. Commissioner (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 622Goldberg v. Commissioner (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 623Black River Valley Broadcasts, Inc. v. McNinch (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 623Drusilla Carr Land Corp. v. Gary Land Co. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 623Williamson v. Commissioner (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 623Rash v. Norfolk & Western Ry. Co. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 624City of Rockford v. La Parr (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 624Twentieth Century Bus Operators, Inc. v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 625Anderson v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 627Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co. v. Stagnaro (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 627DeMuth v. Commissioner (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 628Morrow v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 628Ricebaum v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 629American Employers' Insurance Co. v. Montgomery (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 629United States ex rel. Foradis v. Reimer (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 630United States ex rel. F. B. Spears & Sons v. Arthur Storm Co. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 630Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Co. v. Commissioner (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 632Falvey v. Foreman-State National Bank (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 632Montgomery v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 632Glenmore Distilleries Co. v. National Distillers Products Corp. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 633Southern Pacific Co. v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 633United States Trust Co. v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 634Seiberling v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 635Jackskion v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 636Eaton v. Commissioner (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 636Jenkins v. Bitgood (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 637Hardee v. Murphy (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 637Rice v. Smith Engineering Co. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 638Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Samson-United Corp. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 638Big Lake Oil Co. v. Commissioner (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 639Shepard v. Commissioner (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 639Hudson v. Moonier (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 640Hirsch v. Murphy (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 640Brown v. Gesellschaft Fur Drahtlose Telegraphie M. B. H. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 640Hudson & Manhattan R. v. Cahill (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 641First National Bank v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 642Parker v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 643Graham v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 645Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. v. Cardillo (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 645Mohawk Rubber Co. v. United States (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 645Donnelley v. Commissioner (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 647Stephenson v. Commissioner (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 648Slattery v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 648Helvering v. Stilwell (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 649Essley Shirt Co. v. Celanese Corp. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States
- 307 U.S. 649Southern Phosphate Corp. v. Phosphate Recovery Corp. (1939)Supreme Court of the United States