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Decided on : May-19-1919
United States v. Reynolds - 250 U.S. 104 (1919) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Reynolds, 250 U.S. 104 (1919) United States v. Reynolds No. 591 Argued March 4, 5, 1919 Decided May 19, 1919 250 U.S. 104 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Under the Allotment Act of February 8, 1887, 5, c. 119, 24 Stat. 388, the twenty-five year trust period, with the attendant restriction upon the right of alienation, runs from the date of the trust patent, and not from the date of the approval of the allotment by the Secretary of the Interior, and an attempt to convey, made by an heir of the allottee within that period as extended by the President before its expiration is void. P. 250 U. S. 107 . 252 F. 65 reversed. Page 250 U. S. 105 The case is stated in the opinion. Page 250 U. S. 106 MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court. This was a suit brought by the United States in behalf of Claudius Tyner and ten other persons, hei...
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Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Butte & Superior Mining Co. - 250 U.S. 336 (1919) U.S. Supreme Court Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Butte & Superior Mining Co., 250 U.S. 336 (1919) Minerals Separation, Limited v. Butte & Superior Mining Company No. 599 Argued March 19, 1919 Decided June 2, 1919 250 U.S. 336 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Patent No. 835,120, for improvements in the process of concentrating ores, by means of oils, etc., sustained as to Claims Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 12. P. 250 U. S. 339 . Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Hyde, 242 U. S. 261 , approved. These claims, as now and heretofore upheld by this Court, cover the use in the process of the oils of the patent in amounts equal to any fraction of one percent on the ore. P. 250 U. S. 341 . The oils contemplated by the patent include not only pine oil and other oils referred to in the testimony, but not in the patent, as "frothing oils," but also the petroleum products k...
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Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. McComas - 250 U.S. 387 (1919) U.S. Supreme Court Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. McComas, 250 U.S. 387 (1919) Northern Pacific Railway Company v. McComas No. 172 Argued January 22, 1919 Decided June 9, 1919 250 U.S. 387 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON Syllabus Lands constituting parts of odd-numbered sections within the primary limits of the land grant made to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company by the Act of July 2, 1864, c. 217, 13 Stat. 365, but which, at the date when that company's line opposite them was definitely located, were claimed by the State of Oregon under the Swamp Land Acts, as evidenced by its selection list on file in the Land Department, were excepted by the Act of 1864 from the grant of place lands whether the claim of the state was valid or not. Pp. 250 U. S. 389 -391. Patents erroneously issued for such lands as place lands gave to the railroad only the legal title, leaving the equitable title in the ...
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Compania General v. Alhambra Cigar Co. - 249 U.S. 72 (1919) U.S. Supreme Court Compania General v. Alhambra Cigar Co., 249 U.S. 72 (1919) Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas v. Alhambra Cigar & Cigarette Manufacturing Company No. 180 Submitted January 22, 1919 Decided March 3, 1919 249 U.S. 72 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Syllabus An appeal from the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands perfected before the Act of September 6, 1916, is governed by 248 of the Judicial Code, which gives this Court jurisdiction in all cases in which any treaty of the United States is involved. P. 249 U. S. 75 . Page 249 U. S. 73 A decision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines that the name "Isabela" is a geographical and descriptive term not subject to registration as a tradename under the law before or since the cession of the islands, and that its use as a designation of cigars and cigarettes was not unfair competition, and that the suit was not for...
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United States v. New Orleans Pacific Ry. Co. - 248 U.S. 507 (1919) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. New Orleans Pacific Ry. Co., 248 U.S. 507 (1919) United States v. New Orleans Pacific Railway Company Nos. 164, 165, 166 Argued December 10, 11, 1918 Decided January 27, 1919 248 U.S. 507 APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Persons qualified and claiming under the Homestead Law who, before the definite location of the New Orleans Pacific Railway between Whitecastle and Shreveport (November 17, 1882), settled on portions of odd-numbered sections within the primary and indemnity limits of its grant, erecting dwellings and in part cultivating and fencing their respective tracts, and who thereafter maintained their claims, residency, occupation and cultivation, held entitled to the benefits of the Act of February 8, 1887, c. 120, 24 Stat. 391, which, while confirming the grant to the Railway Company, provides that lands occupied by actual...
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United States v. Doremus - 249 U.S. 86 (1919) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Doremus, 249 U.S. 86 (1919) United States v. Doremus No. 367 Submitted January 16, 1919 Decided March 3, 1919 249 U.S. 86 ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Syllabus While Congress may not exert authority which is wholly reserved to the states, the power conferred by the Constitution to levy excise taxes, uniform throughout the United States, is to be exercised at the discretion of Congress, and where the provisions of the law enacted have some reasonable relation to this power, the fact that they may have been impelled by a motive, or may accomplish a purpose, other than the raising of revenue, cannot invalidate them; nor can the fact that they affect the conduct of a business which is subject to regulation by the state police power. P. 249 U. S. 93 . The Narcotic Drug Act of December 17, 1914, c. 1, 38 Stat. 785, 1, requires those who produ...
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Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co. - 251 U.S. 146 (1919) U.S. Supreme Court Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co., 251 U.S. 146 (1919) Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Company No. 589, 602 Argued November 20, 1919 Decided December 16, 1919 251 U.S. 146 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY Syllabus The power to prohibit the liquor traffic as a means of increasing war efficiency is part of the war power of Congress, and its exercise without providing for compensation is no more limited by the Fifth Amendment than a like exercise of a state's police power would be limited by the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 251 U. S. 164 . The War-Time Prohibition Act, approved ten days after the armistice with Germany was signed, Act of November 21, 1918, c. 212, 40 Stat. 1046, provided: "That after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, until the conclusion of the present war and thereafter un...
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Decided on : Mar-31-1919
Lane v. Darlington - 249 U.S. 331 (1919) U.S. Supreme Court Lane v. Darlington, 249 U.S. 331 (1919) Lane v. Darlington No. 219 Argued March 12, 1919 Decided March 31, 1919 249 U.S. 331 APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Syllabus An official resurvey of the boundary of a patented Mexican grant, for the purpose of defining contiguous public land, does not operate as an adjudication against the grant owner or otherwise so affect his rights as to afford him ground for an injunction suit against the Secretary of the Interior. 46 App.D.C. 465 reversed. The case is stated in the opinion. Page 249 U. S. 332 MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a bill in equity brought by the appellees to restrain the Secretary of the Interior from carrying out a resurvey of a part of the boundary of a Mexican grant. The plaintiffs hold the legal title to the grant and the adjoining land belongs to the United States. The boundary was surveyed ...
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Decided on : Jun-09-1919
Odell v. F. C. Farnsworth Co. - 250 U.S. 501 (1919) U.S. Supreme Court Odell v. F. C. Farnsworth Co., 250 U.S. 501 (1919) Odell v. F. C. Farnsworth Company No. 186 Submitted March 24, 1919 Decided June 9, 1919 250 U.S. 501 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Syllabus A suit by a patentee to compel an accounting for royalties under a contract assigning the patent, held not a suit arising under the patent laws, within Jud.Code, 24, par. 7. P. 250 U. S. 503 . 257 F. 101 affirmed. The case is stated in the opinion. Page 250 U. S. 502 MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, dismissing plaintiff's (appellant's) bill for want of jurisdiction. The district court certifies that the case was heard on the bill of complaint and a motion by the defendants to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, that the court ruled that...
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