Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-27
U. S. SUPREME
COURT MEETS
this MORNING
Many Important Decisions
Are Expected To Be
Handed Down

WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. 2S. Tho
supreme court will meet tomorrow nav
ing been in recess since January 80. a
number OF important cases await de-
cision and should the court follow Its
practice of recent years some OF tnem
will be disposed OF on reconvening.
Among the cases In which decisiohs
MAJ be expected on Monday or in the
near future are the United Shoe Ma
clinery corporation and the Stanuaru
Fashion company cases. both unoer the
CLAYTON act. charging the former thru
leases based on patent rights anu .ns
latter by contracts on cop'risn..u
articles with enforcing ARRANGEMENTS
which may have the effect OF lessen
ing competition.
Title to valuable oil lands In the bed
of Red River in Oklahoma claimed ny
two states the federal government ana
individuals is involved in another SUI.
while others will determine the con-
stitutionality of the womens suffrage
Amendment, state and munlcipai
amendment. state and municipai CON
troll over public service corporations
the power OF the federal government
by the exercise OF its taxing power TO
regulate grain exchanges under the
future, trading act and whether
stockyard dealers and traders are en-
gagged interstate commerce, ana can pe
regulated by the stock yards act.
The protest Of Wyoming against the
diversion OF the Laramie river ny
Colorado and of Colorado against the
diversion by the Pioneer irrigation
company OF water into Nebraska and
the boundary dispute between Mime
sofa and Wisconsin in which the states
have agreed to accept survey OF a
commission fixing the line from lower
st. Louis bay to the falls In the
St Louis river are also considered TO
be approaching final decision by the
court.
A number Of transportation vases
some of vital Importance. which are
due for decision include proceedings
sepHrately brought by the states of
New York. Wisconsin and Texas chal-
lenEinG the Jurisdiction OF the Inter-
state commerce commission to fix rates
upon state trnffic.
The cbliga ,ions OF the government
arising out OF tho reauistioning OF coal
and other acts during the war are at
issuc in several cases now in the hands
of the court and the government IL
status OF the emergency feet corpora
ton as to whether Il government cstab
lishnent IL free from suits.
State statutes imposing taxes rcGu-
lating insurance companies and for
the enforcement OF prohibition laws
Tho federal government IA looking
forward to early decisions in public
land. customs. Chinese exclusion.
japanese citizenship and narcotic
cases which viii establish prcccdents
enabling 1t to close large number Of
pending cases.
Automobile owners will be interested
In decision. the government seeks
which would prohibit oil companie
from ioaning the equipment used at
the various gasoline filling stations
thr,iout tn. country on the condition
that the products OF competitors Will
not be handled
The calendar OF the court for the
coming week shows several important
cases set for argument. Among them IS
an appeal by Alexander Howat and
his associates from n decision OF the
sapr.me court OF Kansas holding in
contempt for their refusal to give in
formation to the court OF Industrial re-
in'ions OF that state.