Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-10-06
SWITZERLAND NOW
SITS ON j. S. BENCH
FORMER SENATOR OF UTAH AS.
sUMEs DUTIES AS JUSTICE
OF SUPREME COURT
Many Cases Are On File For Final
Decision; New Ones Cannot Be
Reached For Two
Years

Washington.-Thc supreme court OF
the United States reconvened Tues
day for the regular fall term with
crowded docket. When the court adj
journed last June It had pending 437
cases, and during the recess the num-
her was increased to ESQ. None OF the
new cases. unless advanced. will be
reached for argument for two years.
:" Upon reassembling the court induct.
ed into office George Sutherland, for
mer senator of Utah, nominated dur
ing the recess to fill the vacancy upon
the bench caused by the resignation
/, OF Associate Justice Clarke The for
mality included the administration by
the chief justice of the judicial oath.
Then, after receiving motions for adj
mission to the bar. the court proceed
ed to the White House to pay its Gus.
tomary visit of respect to the presi.
dent.
No decision will be rendered or ord
ors issued by the court during the
first week upon any cases held under
advtsement or on motions of reher-
ings submitted during the recess.
Early In the new term. however, the
opinion of the court may he expected
in five cases argued at the last term.
These iucluded original cases brought
- IN oil h,.t he "a, ur
pennsylvania 10 prevent West Vir-
ginia from restricting the expectation
of natural gas, and by Oklahoma for
the location of the Texas boundary.
In the latter case all issues have
been settled by opinions of the court
except that of tho physical location
of the boundary line. The other cases
which the court hes in hand are those
brought by the Chicago < Northwest
ern Railway company against Nye
Schneider-Fowler company, involving
the constltutionality of the Nebraska
statute fixing the order of RESPONSE
bility of railroads for damages suf-
fered by shipments, and the Wichita
Railway and Light company against
the public utilities commission OF
Kansas and others, testing the power
of state commissions to fix rates not
withstanding provisions of existing
contracts.
The docket has been cleared of anti
trust cases of national Importance. but
the court has been petitioned TO
grant reharings in some of those dis
posed of at the last term, Including
the Southern Pacific, which the court
ordered to divest itself OF ownership
and control of the Central Pacific. and
the Coronado Coal case, in which re-
consideration has been asked OF the
question of the liability of certain
unions OF the United Mine Workers of
America and individuals of treble
damages of the destruction of prop
erty. on the ground that II was In
cident to conspiracy to restain in
terstate commerce.
The cOurth has also been asked to
grant rehearings in the case brought
by the Baltimore club Of the defunct
Federal baseball league against base
ball clubs operating under the nation
al agreement, In which the court held
that professional baseball as played In
the major league does not constitute
Interstate commerce.; In several cases
against the emergency fleet corpora
ton. fixing It's stability and status
rs federal agency, and in the Lar
annie river case. in which priority OF
ling water rights in interstate streams
in arid regions.