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Justice is held by John Marshall
who served thirty-four years ana
seven months. Roger d. fancy was
Chief Justice for twenty eight years
and seven months. There have
|becn five members Of the supreme
Court bench who have served thirty
years. or over. John Rutledge,
South Carolina, had the 'shortesa
service. He was appointed durlns
recess OF Congress, served as ch'ef
tJustice during an August term OF
the court, was stricken with illness
and never confirmed as Chief JUS
tico by the Senate.
! During tho existence of the Su-
prcne Court it has had eight clerks,
or one loss than Chief Justices. The
office Of clerk Is now vacant, being
filled by a temporary appointment
of ". w. Stansbury, rong an assist
ant clerk, by Chief Justice Taft.
James .. Maher. the late clerk, for
more than fifty years Identified
with the clerks office, died within
"a few weeks after the death Of
Chief Justice White.
The present Supreme Court term
Twill open with about SIS cases on
Its docket During the term the
docketed cases are expected to reach
about 900 if the business of the
court does not fall behind the rec
ord during recent years. The death
OF Chief Justice White during the
Halter part OF the last term resulted
in restoration to the docket of
large plumber of cases, argued at
the last term, for reargumept. Dur
ling the recess of the court there
have been few cases of nationwide
importance brought UP to the SUI
preme Court for review.
To Hear Important Cases.
Business coming before the Su-
preme Court at the approaching
term will be varied in nature, wide
in scope and of great general i'm
lportance to the country. Labor is
interested vitality in decision of a
lease which involves liability OF labor
unions as such to pecuniary damages
resulting from or growing out OF
lstrike5 authorized supported aud
participated in by Ia bor unious and
their members Lower Federal courts
for Arkansas have held a union liza
bio In damages.
! The legality Of The use OF the
taxing power vested in Congress to
Irestrain or prohibit child labor in
factory, mine and mills is to be de-
tsrmined by the court in a case
brought from the cotton mills Of the
South.
! The government is Interested in
decisions involving the validity Of
che "open competition plan of
price-tiXins, which it is opposing.
and in various tax cases in which
large revenues are involved.
| Constitutionality Of many state
l..s is challenged in appeals
drought to the Supreme Court. in
IcIudiug the Industrial Court law OF
Kansas, the housing laws Of New
York and the school vaccine laws of
rcIas.
Among other questions brought
before the Supreme Court for final
Determination in the cases pending,
larc whether clam is fish and
lmisratcs in the waters; whether
cattlemcn. i'll driving sheep and
Sheepmen Off public ranges. with the
accompanying shooting of sheep
man, can be held guilty of forciblv
preventing free passage over public
lands; what are the true boundaries
between Texas and New Mexico.
! Louisiana and Arkansas. and Now
tJsmpshire and Vermont. where tho
idividipG rivers have an uupIcasant
lhab't Of changing their course and
washing AWAY parts Of first ono
state and then another. leaving the
part washed away stranded ON the
shore of the bordering state.