275 U.S. 136 (1927) NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WISCONSIN. SAME v. SAME. Nos. 75, 76. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 27, 1927. Decided November 21, 1927. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. *137 Messrs. Sam T. Swansen and George Lines for plaintiff in error. Mr. Franklin E. Bump, Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin, with whom Mr. John W. Reynolds, Attorney General, was on the brief, for the State of Wisconsin. *138 MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS...
277 U.S. 189 (1928) SPRINGER ET AL. v. GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AGONCILLO v. SAME. Nos. 564 and 573. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 10, 1928. Decided May 14, 1928. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. *191 Mr. John W. Davis, with whom Messrs. Jose A. Santos, James Ross, Quintin Paredes, and Claro M. Recto were on the briefs, for petitioners. Solicitor General Mitchell, with whom Messrs. Frederick C. Fisher, Wm. Cattron Rigby, Hugh C. Smith,...
277 U.S. 304 (1928) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. HAGLUND, ADMINISTRATRIX, ET AL. SAME v. MOORE SHIPBUILDING COMPANY ET AL. Nos. 472, 473. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted April 13, 1928. Decided May 21, 1928. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. *305 Mr. Wm. Denman submitted for petitioner. *307 Mr. Ira S. Lillick, with whom Mr. Hunt C. Hill was on the briefs, submitted for the respondents, Moore Shipbuilding Company and Hildur Haglund, Administratrix. Mr. J....
275 U.S. 347 (1928) UNITED STATES v. MURRAY. COOK v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 394, 539. Supreme Court of United States. Argued November 22, 23, 1927. Decided January 3, 1928. CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. Assistant Attorney General Willebrandt, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell and Louise Foster, Attorney in the Department of Justice, were on the brief, for the United States. Mr. Herbert C....
277 U.S. 138 48 S. Ct. 470 72 L. Ed. 822 HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE TERMINAL & NAVIGATION CO. v. UNITED STATES (two cases). ATLAS LINE S. S. CO. v. SAME. Nos. 3-5. Argued and Submitted April 25, 1928. Decided May 14, 1928. Under Trading with the Enemy Act, § 2(a), 50 USCA Appendix, § 2(a), Comp. St. § 3115 1/2 aa, property of domestic corporations, seized during war with Germany cannot be treated as owned by enemy, so as to preclude recovery of compensation from United States for use thereof,...
276 U.S. 233 (1928) HELLMICH, COLLECTOR, v. ISADORE N. HELLMAN. SAME v. MILTON C. HELLMAN. Nos. 299, 300. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 4, 5, 1928. Decided February 20, 1928. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. *234 Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell and Mr. Sewall Key, Attorney in the Department of Justice, were on the brief, for petitioner Mr. Henry H. Furth for the respondents. MR. JUSTICE...
277 U.S. 135 (1928) SULTAN RAILWAY & TIMBER COMPANY v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ET AL. ECLIPSE MILL COMPANY v. SAME. Nos. 274 and 275. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 5, 1928. Decided May 14, 1928. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON. *136 Mr. Frederic E. Fuller, with whom Messrs. James W. McBurney and John H. O'Brien were on the brief, submitted for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Mark H. Wight, with whom Mr. John H. Dunbar was on the brief, for...
278 U.S. 85 (1928) CHARLES WARNER COMPANY v. INDEPENDENT PIER COMPANY. SAME v. S.S. "GULFTRADE." Nos. 22 and 23. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 10, 1928. Decided November 19, 1928. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. *86 Mr. Everett H. Brown, Jr., for petitioner. Mr. Howard M. Long for respondent in No. 22. Mr. Chauncey I. Clark, with whom Mr. Frederic Conger was on the brief, for respondent in No. 23. *87 MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the...
277 U.S. 142 (1928) LONG, COMMISSIONER, v. ROCKWOOD. SAME v. SAME. Nos. 201 and 202. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 20, 1928. Decided May 14, 1928. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. Mr. F. Delano Putnam, Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, with whom Messrs. Arthur K. Reading, Attorney General, and R. Ammi Cutter, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. Merrill S. June, with whom Mr. Thomas H. Gage was...
277 U.S. 1 (1928) BLODGETT v. SILBERMAN ET AL. SILBERMAN ET AL. v. BLODGETT. Nos. 190 and 191. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 12, 13, 1928. Decided April 16, 1928. CERTIORARI AND ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT. *2 Mr. Charles E. Hughes, with whom Messrs. Benjamin W. Alling, Farwell Knapp, Lucius F. Robinson, and John F. Caskey were on the brief, for Blodgett. Messrs. Abraham L. Gutman and Kenneth Dayton for Silberman et al. *3 Mr. Seth T. Cole for the...
276 U.S. 252 (1928) WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. PRIESTER. Nos. 183 and 189. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 17, 1928. Decided February 20, 1928. CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS AND THE SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA. *253 Mr. Francis R. Stark, with whom Mr. Ray Rushton was on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. D.M. Powell for respondent. *256 MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court. Respondent delivered to petitioner a message for transmission over its telegraph...
276 U.S. 97 (1928) DENNEY, AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF WASHINGTON, ET AL., v. PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY. SAME v. HOME TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Nos. 150 and 151. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 9, 1928. Decided February 20, 1928. APPEALS FROM UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. *98 Messrs. John H. Dunbar and Arthur Schramm, with whom Messrs. H.C. Brodie, Thomas J.L. Kennedy, J.M. Geraghty and Alex M. Winson were on the brief,...
276 U.S. 454 (1928) WILSON ET AL. v. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY ET AL. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY ET AL. v. WILSON ET AL. Nos. 146 and 173. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 6, 1928. Decided April 9, 1928. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. *455 Mr. Louis T. Hengstler, with whom Mr. Frederick W. Dorr was on the brief, for petitioners in No. 146 and respondents in No. 173. *459 MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court. Twelve...
276 U.S. 202 (1928) UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION v. ROSENBERG BROTHERS & COMPANY. SAME v. CALIFORNIA WINE ASSOCIATION. SAME v. S.L. JONES & COMPANY. Nos. 119, 120, 121. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 6, 1927. Decided February 20, 1928. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. *203 Mr. Chauncey G. Parker, General Counsel, U.S. Shipping Board, for petitioner. On the brief were also the Solicitor General and Messrs. George R....
275 U.S. 331 (1928) RICHMOND SCREW ANCHOR COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. No. 99. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 1, 1927. Decided January 3, 1928. CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS *332 Mr. Charles E. Hughes, with whom Messrs. Wm. Houston Kenyon, Archibald Cox, O. Ellery Edwards, Joseph W. Cox, and Douglas H. Kenyon were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Galloway, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell was on the brief, for the United States. *337 MR. CHIEF...
276 U.S. 429 (1928) CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. LEITCH. No. 98. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 14, 1928. Decided April 9, 1928. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA. Mr. Douglas W. Brown for petitioner. Mr. John H. Holt, with whom Messrs. George B. Martin and Rufus S. Dinkle were on the brief, for respondent. *430 MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an action brought by the respondent, an engineer, to recover from the...
277 U.S. 311 (1928) STIPCICH v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. No. 97. Supreme Court of United States. Argued November 30, 1927. Reargued March 6, 1928. Decided May 21, 1928. CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. *312 Mr. Chester I. Long, with whom Messrs. George E. Chamberlain, Peter Q. Nyce, and G.C. Fulton were on the brief, for Stipcich. Mr. F. Eldred Boland, with whom Mr. Samuel Knight was on the brief, for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. *314 MR....
275 U.S. 404 (1928) CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES ET AL. No. 95. Supreme Court of United States. Argued November 30, 1927. Decided January 3, 1928. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. *405 Mr. George B. Gillespie, with whom Messrs. H.N. Quigley and S.W. Baxter were on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell was on the...
277 U.S. 578 48 S. Ct. 600 277 U.S. 582 72 L. Ed. 998 James Walter GRIGG, petitioner, v. The UNITED STATES of America; Sidney B. SLIGH, petitioner, v. The UNITED STATES of America. No. 941. No. 953. Supreme Court of the United States June 4, 1928 1 and
276 U.S. 608 48 S. Ct. 421 72 L. Ed. 729 Joe WYSONG, plaintiff in error, v. The PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. No. 877. Supreme Court of the United States April 9, 1928 PER CURIAM. 1 Upon consideration of the record herein submitted, the court finds that this is not a case in which there is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of the United States and the decision is against its validity; or where is properly drawn in question the validity of a statute of the State of...
