# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 265

This is a list of cases reported in volume 265 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1924.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 265 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 265 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
| Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote) | Tenure on Supreme Court |
| William Howard Taft | Chief Justice | Connecticut | Edward Douglass White | June 30, 1921 (Acclamation) | July 11, 1921 – February 3, 1930 (Retired) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Edward Terry Sanford | Associate Justice | Tennessee | Mahlon Pitney | January 29, 1923 (Acclamation) | February 19, 1923 – March 8, 1930 (Died) |

## Notable case in volume 265 U.S.
### Hester v. United States

In Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924), the Supreme Court established the open-fields doctrine. The Court held that "the special protection accorded by the Fourth Amendment to the people in their 'persons, houses, papers and effects', is not extended to the open fields." This rule of criminal procedure, is the legal doctrine that a "warrantless search of the area outside a property owner's curtilage" does not violate the Fourth Amendment. However, "unless there is some other legal basis for the search," such a search "must exclude the home and any adjoining land (such as a yard) that is within an enclosure or otherwise protected from public scrutiny."

## 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
* "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.,"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 265 U.S.

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| Cunningham v. Brown | 1 (1924) | Taft | none | none | 1st Cir. | reversed |
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. Osborne | 14 (1924) | Holmes | none | none | D. Neb. | reversed |
| Missouri ex rel. Burnes National Bank of St. Joseph v. Duncan | 17 (1924) | Holmes | none | Sutherland | Mo. | reversed |
| Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias v. Meyer | 30 (1924) | Sutherland | none | McReynolds | Neb. | affirmed |
| New York Central Railroad Company v. United States | 41 (1924) | Butler | none | none | 3d Cir. | certification |
| Cook v. Tait | 47 (1924) | McKenna | none | none | D. Md. | affirmed |
| Hester v. United States | 57 (1924) | Holmes | none | none | W.D.S.C. | affirmed |
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Central Iron and Coal Company | 59 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | 5th Cir. | affirmed |
| Norfolk and Western Railway Company v. Public Service Commission of West Virginia | 70 (1924) | Butler | none | none | W. Va. | affirmed |
| Oklahoma v. Texas I | 76 (1924) | per curiam | none | none | original | continued |
| Newton v. Consolidated Gas Company of New York | 78 (1924) | Taft | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Skinner and Eddy Corporation | 86 (1924) | Taft | none | none | Ct. Cl. | mandamus granted |
| New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Telegraph Company v. Dolan | 96 (1924) | Holmes | none | none | Del. | affirmed |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Prude | 99 (1924) | McReynolds | none | none | Ark. | reversed |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. Wells | 101 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | 5th Cir. | reversed |
| Transportes Maritimos do Estado v. Almeida | 104 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | transfer to 2d Cir. |
| Brooks-Scanlon Corporation v. United States | 106 (1924) | Butler | none | McReynolds | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Hecht v. Malley | 144 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | 1st Cir. | multiple |
| United States v. Ferris | 165 (1924) | Taft | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| United States ex rel. Baldwin Company v. Robertson | 168 (1924) | Taft | none | none | D.C. Cir. | reversed |
| Hammerschmidt v. United States | 182 (1924) | Taft | none | none | 6th Cir. | reversed |
| United States v. Supplee-Biddle Hardware Company | 189 (1924) | Taft | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Kuykendall | 196 (1924) | Taft | none | none | W.D. Wash. | reversed |
| Home Telephone and Telegraph Company of Spokane v. Kuykendall | 206 (1924) | Taft | none | none | W.D. Wash. | reversed |
| Illinois Central Railroad Company v. United States | 209 (1924) | McKenna | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| City of Opelika v. Opelika Sewer Company | 215 (1924) | Holmes | none | none | M.D. Ala. | reversed |
| Davis v. Corona Coal Company | 219 (1924) | Holmes | none | none | La. Ct. App. | reversed |
| Salinger v. Loisel | 224 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | E.D. La. | multiple |
| Wong Doo v. United States | 239 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | 6th Cir. | affirmed |
| Weiss v. Stearn | 242 (1924) | McReynolds | none | none | 6th Cir. | affirmed |
| Hixon v. Oakes | 254 (1924) | McReynolds | none | none | Cal. Ct. App. | dismissed |
| Davis v. Donovan | 257 (1924) | McReynolds | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| Adams Express Company v. Darden | 265 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | 6th Cir. | affirmed |
| Nassau Smelting and Refining Works, Ltd. v. Brightwood Bronze Foundry Company | 269 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | 1st Cir. | reversed |
| United States v. Abilene and Southern Railway Company | 274 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | D. Kan. | affirmed |
| United States ex rel. Chicago, New York & Boston Refrigerator Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission | 292 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| Missouri ex rel. Barrett v. Kansas Natural Gas Company | 298 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | W.D. Mo. | multiple |
| Commissioner of Immigration v. Gottlieb | 310 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| Lynch v. Tilden Produce Company | 315 (1924) | Butler | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Swendig v. Washington Water Power Company | 322 (1924) | Butler | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| Asakura v. City of Seattle | 332 (1924) | Butler | none | none | Wash. | reversed |
| Kennedy v. United States | 344 (1924) | Butler | none | none | 8th Cir. | certification |
| Lucking v. Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company | 346 (1924) | Butler | none | none | 6th Cir. | affirmed |
| St. Cloud Public Service Company v. City of St. Cloud | 352 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Liberty National Bank of Roanoke v. Bear | 365 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | 4th Cir. | reversed |
| R.E. Sheehan Company v. Shuler | 371 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | N.Y. | affirmed |
| New York State Railways v. Shuler | 379 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | N.Y. | affirmed |
| Hetrick v. Village of Lindsey | 384 (1924) | Taft | none | none | Ohio | affirmed |
| Gnerich v. Rutter | 388 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | 9th Cir. | reversed |
| Goto v. Lane | 393 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | D. Haw. | affirmed |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company Company v. City of San Francisco | 403 (1924) | McReynolds | none | Brandeis | N.D. Cal. | reversed |
| United States v. American Railway Express Company | 425 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | N.D. Ga. | reversed |
| United States v. Ninety-Five Barrels Alleged Apple Cider Vinegar | 438 (1924) | Butler | none | none | 6th Cir. | reversed |
| Thomson Spot Welder Company v. Ford Motor Company | 445 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | 6th Cir. | affirmed |
| United States & Cuban Allied Works Engineering Corporation v. Lloyds | 454 (1924) | Taft | none | none | 2d Cir. | remanded |
| United Leather Workers International Union, Local Lodge or Union No. 66 v. Herkert and Meisel Trunk Company | 457 (1924) | Taft | none | none | 8th Cir. | reversed |
| United States v. Title Insurance and Trust Company | 472 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| Walton v. Oklahoma House of Representatives | 487 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | W.D. Okla. | affirmed |
| Oklahoma v. Texas II | 490 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | original | injunction granted |
| Oklahoma v. Texas III | 493 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | original | boundary set |
| Oklahoma v. Texas IV | 505 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | original | multiple |
| Idaho Irrigation Company, Ltd. v. Gooding | 518 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | 9th Cir. | multiple |
| William R. Warner and Company v. Eli Lilly and Company | 526 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | 3d Cir. | reversed |
| United States v. New River Company | 533 (1924) | Butler | none | McKenna | S.D.W. Va. | reversed |
| Everard's Breweries v. Day | 545 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |