# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 264

This is a list of cases reported in volume 264 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 264 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 264 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) |

## 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 264 U.S.

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| Chicago Board of Trade v. Johnson | 1 (1924) | Taft | none | none | 7th Cir. | reversed |
| Barnett v. Kunkel | 16 (1924) | Taft | none | none | 8th Cir. | rehearing denied |
| Puget Sound Power and Light Company v. King County | 22 (1924) | Taft | none | none | Wash. | affirmed |
| Fleming v. Fleming | 29 (1924) | Taft | none | none | Iowa | dismissed |
| Mahler v. Eby | 32 (1924) | Taft | none | none | N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Columbus v. Davis | 47 (1924) | Taft | none | none | Ohio | affirmed |
| Standard Parts Company v. Peck | 52 (1924) | McKenna | none | none | 6th Cir. | reversed |
| Edwards v. Slocum | 61 (1924) | Holmes | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| United States ex rel. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission | 64 (1924) | Holmes | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| Texas Railroad Commission v. Eastern Texas Railroad Company | 79 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | W.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| The Gul Djemal | 90 (1924) | McReynolds | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Myers v. United States | 95 (1924) | McReynolds | none | none | W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Transportes Maritimos | 105 (1924) | McReynolds | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | prohibition denied |
| Red Cross Line v.Atlantic Fruit Company | 109 (1924) | Brandeis | none | McReynolds | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | reversed |
| United States ex rel. Tisi v. Tod | 131 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| United States ex rel. Mensevich v. Tod | 134 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Pierce Oil Corporation v. Hopkins | 137 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Packard v. Banton | 140 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Sanguinetti v. United States | 146 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Texas Transport and Terminal Company Inc. v. City of New Orleans | 150 (1924) | Sutherland | none | Brandeis | La. | reversed |
| J.I. Raley and Brothers v. Richardson | 157 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | Ga. | affirmed |
| Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond v. Malloy | 160 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | 4th Cir. | affirmed |
| Jones v. Union Guano Company | 171 (1924) | Butler | none | none | N.C. | affirmed |
| Salem Trust Company v. Manufacturers' Finance Company | 182 (1924) | Butler | none | none | 1st Cir. | reversed |
| Guaranty Title and Trust Corporation v. United States | 200 (1924) | Butler | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| United States v. State Investment Company | 206 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Perkins-Campbell Company v. United States | 213 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Washington v. W.C. Dawson and Company | 219 (1924) | McReynolds | none | Brandeis | multiple | affirmed |
| Matthew Addy Company v. United States | 239 (1924) | McReynolds | none | none | 6th Cir. | reversed |
| Erickson v. United States | 246 (1924) | McKenna | none | none | W.D. Wash. | affirmed |
| Manufacturers' Land and Improvement Company v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation and Public Service Railway Company | 250 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | McKenna | 3d Cir. | affirmed |
| Chicago Junction Case | 258 (1924) | Brandeis | none | Sutherland | N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Smith v. Apple | 274 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | D. Kan. | transfer to 8th Cir. |
| Western Union Telegraph Company v. Czizek | 281 (1924) | Holmes | none | none | 9th Cir. | reversed |
| Dorchy v. Kansas | 286 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | Kan. | reversed |
| Radice v. New York | 292 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | Buffalo City Ct. | affirmed |
| Federal Trade Commission v. American Tobacco Company | 298 (1924) | Holmes | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| First National Bank of Columbus v. Louisiana Highway Commission | 308 (1924) | Butler | none | none | E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Company v. Sexton | 310 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | E.D. Wash. | affirmed |
| Keller v. Adams-Campbell Company, Inc. | 314 (1924) | Taft | none | none | 9th Cir. | dismissed |
| John E. Thropp's Sons Company v. Seiberling | 320 (1924) | Taft | none | none | 3d Cir. | reversed |
| California Railroad Commission. v. Southern Pacific Company | 331 (1924) | Taft | none | none | Cal. | affirmed |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. Nichols | 348 (1924) | McKenna | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Gay | 353 (1924) | McKenna | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Prestonettes, Inc. v. Coty | 359 (1924) | Holmes | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| Dillingham v. McLaughlin | 370 (1924) | Holmes | none | none | N.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Panama Railroad Company v. Johnson | 375 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company | 393 (1924) | McReynolds | none | none | E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Rodman v. Pothier | 399 (1924) | McReynolds | none | none | 1st Cir. | reversed |
| Davis v. Portland Seed Company | 403 (1924) | McReynolds | none | none | 9th Cir. | reversed |
| Taubel-Scott-Kitzmiller Company, Inc. v. Fox | 426 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| Nyanza Steamship Company, Ltd. v. Jahncke Dry Dock No. 1 | 439 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | E.D. La. | dismissed |
| Oliver American Trading Company, Inc. v. Government of the United States of Mexico | 440 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | transfer to 2d Cir. |
| Chung Fook v. White | 443 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Payne | 446 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| First National Bank of Greeley v. Weld County | 450 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | D. Colo. | affirmed |
| E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company v. Davis | 456 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Webster Electric Company v. Splitdorf Electric Company | 463 (1924) | Sutherland | none | none | 7th Cir. | affirmed |
| Georgia v. City of Chattanooga | 472 (1924) | Butler | none | none | original | dismissed |
| McCurdy v. United States | 484 (1924) | Butler | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Sperry Oil and Gas Company v. Chisholm | 488 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | 8th Cir. | multiple |
| Meek v. Centre County Banking Company | 499 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | 3d Cir. | dismissal denied |
| Jay Burns Baking Company v. Bryan | 504 (1924) | Butler | none | Brandeis | Neb. | reversed |
| Southeastern Express Company v. Robertson I | 535 (1924) | McKenna | none | none | Miss. | affirmed |
| Southeastern Express Company v. Robertson II | 541 (1924) | McKenna | none | none | S.D. Miss. | affirmed |
| Chastleton Corporation v. Sinclair | 543 (1924) | Holmes | Brandeis | none | D.C. Cir. | reversed |
| Hoffman v. McClelland | 552 (1924) | VanDevanter | none | none | W.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Davis v. Cornwell | 560 (1924) | Brandeis | none | none | Mont. | reversed |
| United States v. Valante | 563 (1924) | Sanford | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | reversed |