# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 270

This is a list of cases reported in volume 270 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1926.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 270 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 270 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) |
| 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) |
| Harlan F. Stone | Associate Justice | New York | Joseph McKenna | February 5, 1925 (71–6) | March 2, 1925 – July 2, 1941 (Continued as chief justice) |

## 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 270 U.S.

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| United States v. St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway Company | 1 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| H.E. Crook Company, Inc. v. United States | 4 (1926) | Holmes | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Mandelbaum v. United States | 7 (1926) | Holmes | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Maryland v. Soper I | 9 (1926) | Taft | none | none | D. Md. | mandamus granted |
| Maryland v. Soper II | 36 (1926) | Taft | none | none | D. Md. | mandamus granted |
| Maryland v. Soper III | 44 (1926) | Taft | none | none | D. Md. | mandamus granted |
| Cole v. Norborne Drainage District | 45 (1926) | Holmes | none | none | W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| United States v. Holt State Bank | 49 (1926) | VanDevanter | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Millers' Indemnity Underwriters v. Braud | 59 (1926) | McReynolds | none | none | Tex. | affirmed |
| Interocean Oil Company v. United States | 65 (1926) | Taft | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company v. Doughton | 69 (1926) | Taft | none | none | N.C. | reversed |
| Independent Wireless Telegraph Company v. Radio Corporation of America | 84 (1926) | Taft | none | none | 2d Cir. | rehearing denied |
| Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company v. Washington | 87 (1926) | Taft | none | McReynolds | Wash. | reversed |
| Southern Pacific Company v. United States | 103 (1926) | Taft | none | none | Ct. Cl. | dismissed |
| Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad Company v. Indianapolis Union Railway Company | 107 (1926) | Taft | none | none | S.D. Ohio | reversed |
| Goldsmith v. United States Board of Tax Appeals | 117 (1926) | Taft | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Swift and Company | 124 (1926) | Taft | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Morse v. United States | 151 (1926) | Taft | none | none | Ct. Cl. | dismissed |
| Rogers v. United States | 154 (1926) | Taft | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Girard Trust Company v. United States | 163 (1926) | Taft | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| White v. United States | 175 (1926) | Holmes | none | none | E.D. Va. | affirmed |
| United States v. Minnesota | 181 (1926) | VanDevanter | none | none | original | multiple |
| L. Littlejohn and Company v. United States | 215 (1926) | McReynolds | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Sanchez v. Deering | 227 (1926) | McReynolds | none | none | 5th Cir. | affirmed |
| Schlesinger v. Wisconsin | 230 (1926) | McReynolds | none | none | Wis. | reversed |
| First Moon v. White Tail | 243 (1926) | McReynolds | none | none | W.D. Okla. | affirmed |
| Iselin v. United States | 245 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Midland Land and Improvement Company v. United States | 251 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Armour and Company v. Fort Morgan Steamship Company | 253 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | 5th Cir. | affirmed |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Westinghouse, Church, Kerr and Company, Inc. | 260 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | Va. | affirmed |
| Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company | 266 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | 5th Cir. | reversed |
| Marion and Rye Valley Railway Company v. United States | 280 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company v. United States | 287 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | D. Ind. | affirmed |
| Michigan v. Wisconsin | 295 (1926) | Sutherland | none | none | original | boundary set |
| United States v. Reading Company | 320 (1926) | Butler | none | none | Ct. Cl. | multiple |
| United States v. Cohn | 339 (1926) | Sanford | none | none | N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Chamberlain Machine Works v. United States | 347 (1926) | Sanford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Fleischmann Construction Company v. United States ex rel. Forsberg | 349 (1926) | Sanford | none | none | 4th Cir. | affirmed |
| Seaboard Rice Milling Company v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company | 363 (1926) | Sanford | none | none | E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| General American Tank Car Corporation v. Day | 367 (1926) | Stone | none | none | E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Towar Cotton Mills, Inc. v. United States | 375 (1926) | Stone | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Risty v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company | 378 (1926) | Stone | none | none | 8th Cir. | multiple |
| Alexander Milburn Company v. Davis Bournonville Company | 390 (1926) | Holmes | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| Weaver v. Palmer Brothers Company | 402 (1926) | Butler | none | Holmes | W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Thompson Manufacturing Company | 416 (1926) | Stone | none | none | W. Va. | reversed |
| Ashe v. United States ex rel. Valotta | 424 (1926) | Holmes | none | none | W.D. Pa. | reversed |
| Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland v. Tafoya | 426 (1926) | Holmes | none | McReynolds | D.N.M. | reversed |
| Barnette v. Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank | 438 (1926) | Stone | none | Brandeis | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| Edwards v. Chile Copper Company | 452 (1926) | Holmes | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| Smith v. McCullough | 456 (1926) | VanDevanter | none | none | 8th Cir. | reversed |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Boone | 466 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | Mo. Ct. App. | affirmed |
| Cherokee Nation v. United States | 476 (1926) | Taft | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Luckett v. Delpark, Inc. | 496 (1926) | Taft | none | none | D.N.J. | affirmed |
| United States v. P. Koenig Coal Company | 512 (1926) | Taft | none | none | E.D. Mich. | reversed |
| United States v. Michigan Portland Cement Company | 521 (1926) | Taft | none | none | E.D. Mich. | reversed |
| United States v. National Exchange Bank of Baltimore | 527 (1926) | Holmes | none | none | 4th Cir. | affirmed |
| Liberato v. Royer | 535 (1926) | Holmes | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| Great Northern Railroad Company v. Reed | 539 (1926) | VanDevanter | none | none | Wash. | reversed |
| Peoples Natural Gas Company v. Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania | 550 (1926) | VanDevanter | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| Childers v. Beaver | 555 (1926) | McReynolds | none | none | E.D. Okla. | affirmed |
| Harrigan v. Bergdoll | 560 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| Mellon v. Weiss | 565 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | Boston Mun. Ct. | reversed |
| Tutun v. United States | 568 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | multiple | certification |
| Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company v. Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Company | 580 (1926) | Brandeis | none | none | S.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Company | 587 (1926) | Sutherland | none | none | S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Moore v. New York Cotton Exchange | 593 (1926) | Sutherland | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company v. Schendel | 611 (1926) | Sutherland | none | none | Minn. | multiple |