Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-10-07
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 Ores Cannot Be
Reached For Two
Years

Washingtor-The supreme court OF
the United States reconvened Tues
day for the regular fail term with a
crowded docket. When the court adj
ournei last June it had pending 437
| cases, and during the recess the num-
Der was increased to $50. None Of the
new cases. unless advanced, will he
| reached for argument for two years.
Upon reassembling the court iniuct
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 resignatio
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
t,mary visit OF respect to the presi-
dent.
No decision will be rendered or ord
ers issued by the court during the
first week upon any cases held u der
advisement or on motions of reher-
ings submitted during the recess.
Early In the new term. however, the
opinion of the court may be expected
In five cases argued at the last term.
These included original cases brought
separately by the states of Ohio and
Pennsylvania to 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 Opin' ons of the court
except that of the physical location
of the boundary line. The other cases
which the court HIS in hand are these
brought by the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railway company against Nye
Schneider-Fowler company, involving
statute fixing the order Of RESPONSE
bility of railroads for damages snf-
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 imp rt1nce. but
! the court has been petitioned to
grant reharlngs 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. en- the ground that it was in
cident to n conspiracy to restain in
ters.ate commerce.
The courth his also been asked to
grant rehelrings in the case brought
4 by the Baltimore club of the defunct
/ Federal baseball lie gre against base
! ball clubs operat NJ I'm Ter the n ton
al agreement, in viii II the court held
] tnat professional baseball rs PLAYED in
the major league does not constitute
interstat, commerce., in several ses
against the emers ency fleet rpara-
Il
| tion fixing its stability and SIRIUS
+ rs federal agency. and in the Lar
annie river case. in which priority o
appropriatl n was applied n n roll
ling water rights in Interstate streams
/ n arid regions