# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 292

This is a list of cases reported in volume 292 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1934.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 292 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 292 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
| Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote) | Tenure on Supreme Court |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Chief Justice | New York | William Howard Taft | February 13, 1930 (52–26) | February 24, 1930 – June 30, 1941 (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) |
| Harlan F. Stone | Associate Justice | New York | Joseph McKenna | February 5, 1925 (71–6) | March 2, 1925 – July 2, 1941 (Continued as chief justice) |
| Owen Roberts | Associate Justice | Pennsylvania | Edward Terry Sanford | May 20, 1930 (Acclamation) | June 2, 1930 – July 31, 1945 (Resigned) |
| Benjamin N. Cardozo | Associate Justice | New York | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | February 24, 1932 (Acclamation) | March 14, 1932 – July 9, 1938 (Died) |

## Federal court system

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.

## List of cases in volume 292 U.S.

| Case name | Citation | Opinion of the Court | Vote | Concurring opinion or statement | Dissenting opinion or statement | Procedural jurisdiction | Result |
| Florida v. United States | 292 U.S. 1 (1934) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (N.D. Ga.) | decree affirmed |
| Missouri v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company | 292 U.S. 13 (1934) | per curiam | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (E.D. Mo.) | appeal dismissed |
| Gully, Tax Collector of Mississippi v. Interstate Natural Gas Company | 292 U.S. 16 (1934) | per curiam | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (S.D. Miss.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
| McGarrity v. Delaware River Bridge Commission | 292 U.S. 19 (1934) | per curiam | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia County (Pa. C.P.) | appeal dismissed |
| Larsen v. Northland Transportation Company | 292 U.S. 20 (1934) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
| Gay v. Ruff | 292 U.S. 25 (1934) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
| A. Magnano Company v. Hamilton, Attorney General of Washington | 292 U.S. 40 (1934) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (W.D. Wash.) | judgment affirmed |
| Minnich v. Gardner | 292 U.S. 48 (1934) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) | decree reversed |
| Federal Land Bank of Berkley v. Warner | 292 U.S. 53 (1934) | Butler | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the Arizona Supreme Court (Ariz.) | judgment reversed |
| Gilvary v. Cuyahoga Valley Railroad Company | 292 U.S. 57 (1934) | Butler | 9-0 | Stone and Cardozo (without opinions) | none | certiorari to the Ohio Supreme Court (Ohio) | judgment affirmed |
| Charles Ilfeld Company v. Hernandez, Collector of Internal Revenue | 292 U.S. 62 (1934) | Butler | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
| Electric Cable Joint Company v. Brooklyn Edison Company | 292 U.S. 69 (1934) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | decree affirmed |
| Aschenbrenner v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company | 292 U.S. 80 (1934) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
| Monamotor Oil Company v. Johnson, Treasurer of Iowa | 292 U.S. 86 (1934) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (S.D. Iowa) | judgment affirmed |
| Pokora v. Wabash Railroad Company | 292 U.S. 98 (1934) | Cardozo | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
| Utley v. City of St. Petersburg | 292 U.S. 106 (1934) | Cardozo | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Florida Supreme Court (Fla.) | appeal dismissed |
| Clark v. Williard | 292 U.S. 112 (1934) | Cardozo | 8-1 | none | McReynolds (opinion) | certiorari to the Montana Supreme Court (Mont.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
| Elliot v. Lombard | 292 U.S. 139 (1934) | VanDevanter | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) | decree reversed |
| The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company v. Delta and Pine Land Company | 292 U.S. 143 (1934) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Mississippi Supreme Court (Miss.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
| Lindheimer v. Illinois Bell Telephone Company | 292 U.S. 151 (1934) | Hughes | 9-0 | Butler (opinion) | none | appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.) | decree reversed in one case; appeal dismissed in one case |
| Spring City Foundry Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue | 292 U.S. 182 (1934) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
| Sanders v. Armour Fertilizer Works | 292 U.S. 190 (1934) | McReynolds | 5-4 | none | Cardozo (opinion; joined by Hughes, Brandeis, and Stone) | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
| Avery v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue | 292 U.S. 210 (1934) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
| Loughran v. Loughran | 292 U.S. 216 (1934) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) | decree vacated, and cause remanded |
| McKnett v. St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company | 292 U.S. 230 (1934) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the Alabama Supreme Court (Ala.) | judgment reversed |
| Local Loan Company v. Hunt | 292 U.S. 234 (1934) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) | decree affirmed |
| Olson v. United States | 292 U.S. 246 (1934) | Butler | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.) | judgments affirmed |
| Healy, Chief of Police of Manchester, New Hampshire v. Ratta | 292 U.S. 263 (1934) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.) | judgment reversed |
| Sauder v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation | 292 U.S. 272 (1934) | Roberts | 8-0[a] | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
| Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company v. United States | 292 U.S. 282 (1934) | Cardozo | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (E.D. Mo.) | decree affirmed |
| Dayton Power and Light Company v. Public Utilities Commission of Ohio | 292 U.S. 290 (1934) | Cardozo | 7-0[b][c] | McReynolds and Butler (without opinions) | none | appeal from the Ohio Supreme Court (Ohio) | judgment affirmed |
| Principality of Monaco v. Mississippi | 292 U.S. 313 (1934) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | original | leave to bring suit in this Court against the State of Mississippi, denied |
| Eastman Kodak Company v. Gray | 292 U.S. 332 (1934) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) | judgment reversed |
| Smith v. United States | 292 U.S. 337 (1934) | McReynolds | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
| Arizona v. California | 292 U.S. 341 (1934) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | original | motion of Arizona for leave to file in this Court its original bill of complaint to perpetuate testimony, denied |
| Ohio v. Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue | 292 U.S. 360 (1934) | Sutherland | 9-0 | Stone (without opinion) | none | original | motion of Ohio for leave to file a bill of complaint invoking the original jurisdiction of this Court, denied |
| Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Independent Life Insurance Company | 292 U.S. 371 (1934) | Butler | 8-1 | none | McReynolds (without opinion) | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.) | judgment reversed |
| Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company v. Oklahoma Packing Company | 292 U.S. 386 (1934) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (W.D. Okla.) | decree vacated, and cause remanded |
| Panama Refining Company v. Ryan | 292 U.S. 388 (1934) | Hughes | 8-1 | none | Cardozo (opinion) | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) | judgments reversed, and causes remanded |
| Nickey v. Mississippi | 292 U.S. 393 (1934) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the Mississippi Supreme Court (Miss.) | judgment affirmed |
| Columbus Gas and Fuel Company v. Public Utilities Commission of Ohio | 292 U.S. 398 (1934) | Cardozo | 7-0[b][c] | McReynolds and Butler (without opinions) | none | appeal from the Ohio Supreme Court (Ohio) | decree reversed, and cause remanded |
| Lee v. Bickell | 292 U.S. 415 (1934) | Cardozo | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida (N.D. Fla.) | decree affirmed as modified |
| W.B. Worthen Company v. Thomas | 292 U.S. 426 (1934) | Hughes | 9-0 | Sutherland (without opinion); VanDevanter, McReynolds, and Butler (joint opinion) | none | appeal from the Arkansas Supreme Court (Ark.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
| New Colonial Ice Company, Inc. v. Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue | 292 U.S. 435 (1934) | VanDevanter | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
| Reynolds v. United States | 292 U.S. 443 (1934) | Sutherland | 7-2 | none | Stone and Cardozo (without opinions) | certiorari to the United States Court of Claims (Ct. Cl.) | judgment reversed |
| Woodson v. Deutsche Gold und Silber Scheideanstalt Vormals Roessler | 292 U.S. 449 (1934) | Butler | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
| Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. New York Trust Company | 292 U.S. 455 (1934) | Butler | 9-0 | Brandeis and Stone (without opinions) | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
| Illinois Commerce Commission v. United States | 292 U.S. 474 (1934) | Stone | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.) | judgment affirmed |
| Burns Mortgage Company v. Fried | 292 U.S. 487 (1934) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3d Cir.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
| Ohio v. United States | 292 U.S. 498 (1934) | Roberts | 9-0 | none | none | appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (S.D. Ohio) | judgment affirmed in one case; appeal dismissed in one case |
| International Milling Company v. Columbia Transportation Company | 292 U.S. 511 (1934) | Cardozo | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the Minnesota Supreme Court (Minn.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
| Texas v. United States | 292 U.S. 522 (1934) | Hughes | 9-0 | none | none | appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (W.D. Mo.) | decree affirmed |
| Concordia Fire Insurance Company v. Illinois | 292 U.S. 535 (1934) | VanDevanter | 5-3[d] | none | Cardozo (opinion; joined by Brandeis and Stone) | appeal from the Illinois Supreme Court (Ill.) | judgment affirmed in part, reversed in part, and cause remanded |
| Lewis v. Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland | 292 U.S. 559 (1934) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) | judgment affirmed |
| Lynch v. United States | 292 U.S. 571 (1934) | Brandeis | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) | judgment reversed, and cause remanded |
| Fairport, Painesville and Eastern Railroad Company v. Meredith | 292 U.S. 589 (1934) | Sutherland | 9-0 | none | none | certiorari to the Ohio District Court of Appeals (Ohio Dist. Ct. App.) | judgment affirmed |
    [a] Stone took no part in the case
    [b] VanDevanter took no part in the case
    [c] Sutherland took no part in the case
    [d] Hughes took no part in the case