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Western Distributing Co. Vs. Public Service Comm'n
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-29-1932
Western Distributing Co. v. Public Service Comm'n - 285 U.S. 119 (1932) U.S. Supreme Court Western Distributing Co. v. Public Service Comm'n, 285 U.S. 119 (1932) Western Distributing Co. v. Public Service Commission No. 337 Argued January 14, 1932 Decided February 29, 1932 285 U.S. 119 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS Syllabus 1. Where a corporation selling natural gas locally procures its supply by agreement in interstate commerce from a pipeline company with which it is so affiliated that the two are not at arm's length in their dealings, the reasonableness of the interstate price is subject to be inquired into by state authority when applied to be the local company for permission to increase its local rate. Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co., 282 U. S. 133 . P. 285 U. S. 123 . 2. A local distributor of natural gas, in a common corporate control with an interstate pipeline company from which it brought its supply in in...
Burnet Vs. Chicago Portrait Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-23-1932
Burnet v. Chicago Portrait Co. - 285 U.S. 1 (1932) U.S. Supreme Court Burnet v. Chicago Portrait Co., 285 U.S. 1 (1932) Burnet v. Chicago Portrait Co. No. 378 Argued January 20, 21, 1932 Decided February 23, 1932 285 U.S. 1 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. The term "foreign country," when used with reference to government, rather than to territory, may mean a foreign state in the international sense, or it may mean a foreign government having authority over a particular area or subject matter, which is not itself an international person but only a component or political subdivision of a larger international unit. P. 285 U. S. 5 . 2. The term "foreign country" is not a technical or artificial one, and the sense in which it is used in a statute must be determined by reference to the purpose of the particular legislation. Id. 3. The Revenue Act of 1921, 238(a) and (e), provides (with limitations) that domestic corporations ma...
Packer Corporation of Utah
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-23-1932
Packer Corporation of Utah - 285 U.S. 105 (1932) U.S. Supreme Court Packer Corporation of Utah, 285 U.S. 105 (1932) Packer Corporation of Utah No. 357 Argued January 20, 1932 Decided February 23, 1932 285 U.S. 105 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF UTAH Syllabus A statute of Utah forbids the advertising of cigarettes and other tobacco products on billboards, street car signs, and placards, but does not apply to advertising in newspapers and periodicals, this exemption having been introduced to avoid conflict with the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution as construed by the state's highest court. A billboard company was convicted for displaying a poster advertising a brand of cigarettes. Both poster and cigarettes were manufactured outside of the state and shipped into it by a foreign corporation, and the advertising was done under contract with an agency in another state. It was conceded that the regulation of the local sale and advertising of tobacco products was withi...
Hurley Vs. Kincaid
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-23-1932
Hurley v. Kincaid - 285 U.S. 95 (1932) U.S. Supreme Court Hurley v. Kincaid, 285 U.S. 95 (1932) Hurley v. Kincaid No. 457 Argued January 4, 5, 1932 Decided February 23, 1932 285 U.S. 95 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. An owner of land lying within the proposed channel of the Boeuf Floodway, part of the plan authorized by the Mississippi River Flood Control Act, brought suit to enjoin the carrying out of the work in the floodway and specifically to enjoin the receiving of bids for the construction of the guide-levees therefor, claiming that, if the work should be commenced without proceedings first having been instituted to condemn his land or the flowage rights thereon, the United States would in effect be taking his property without due process of law and without just compensation. Complainant conceded that the Act was valid and that it authorized those charged with its execution to take his lands or an easement therein. Held, ...
Crowell Vs. Benson
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-23-1932
Crowell v. Benson - 285 U.S. 22 (1932) U.S. Supreme Court Crowell v. Benson, 285 U.S. 22 (1932) Crowell v. Benson No. 19 Argued October 20, 21, 1931 Decided February 23, 1932 * 285 U.S. 22 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. In virtue of its power to alter or revise the maritime law, Congress may provide that, where employees in maritime employment are disabled or die from accidental injuries arising out of or in the course of their employment upon the navigable waters of the United States, their employers shall pay reasonable compensation, without regard to fault as the cause of injury, and be thereby relieved from other liability. P. 285 U. S. 39 . 2. The Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, which provides a scheme for compensation in the class of cases above described, applicable if recovery "through workmen's compensation proceedings may not validly be provided by State law," upheld as to substantive provisions...
St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. Vs. Bachmann
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-23-1932
St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Bachmann - 285 U.S. 112 (1932) U.S. Supreme Court St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Bachmann, 285 U.S. 112 (1932) St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Bachmann No. 311 Argued January 12, 1932 Decided February 23, 1932 285 U.S. 112 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT Syllabus A fire insurance policy contained a warranty exempting the insurer from liability for loss occurring while the hazard was increased by any means "within the control or knowledge of the insured," and another warranty exempting the insurer if loss occurred while there were kept on the premises certain prohibited articles, including gasoline. A rider altered this prohibition to the extent of permitting gasoline to be kept and used for the purpose of bottling automobile oils "or for other mercantile purposes not more hazardous." Fire occurred during occupancy by a tenant engaged in the illegal manufacture of intoxicating liquor who kept on the ...
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. Co. Vs. Saxon
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-15-1932
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon - 284 U.S. 458 (1932) U.S. Supreme Court Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon, 284 U.S. 458 (1932) Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon No. 291 Argued January, 1932 Decided February 15, 1932 284 U.S. 458 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS Syllabus 1. In order to sustain a claim under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, the plaintiff must in some adequate way establish negligence of the carrier and causal connection between the negligence and the injury. P. 284 U. S. 459 . 2. Circumstances in this case held insufficient to prove that the falling of a brakeman under a train was caused by stumbling in a depression in a pathway skirting the track, upon which he was seen running. 36 S.W. 2d 686; 38 id. 775, reversed. Certiorari to review a judgment sustaining a recovery under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS, delivered the opinion of the Court. While employed as head brakem...
United States Navigation Co., Inc. Vs. Cunard S.S. Co., Ltd.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-15-1932
United States Navigation Co., Inc. v. Cunard S.S. Co., Ltd. - 284 U.S. 474 (1932) U.S. Supreme Court United States Navigation Co., Inc. v. Cunard S.S. Co., Ltd., 284 U.S. 474 (1932) United States Navigation Co., Inc. v. Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd. No. 296 Argued January 8, 11, 1932 Decided February 15, 1932 284 U.S. 474 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. The relation of the Shipping Act to carriers by water is substantially the same as the relation of the Interstate Commerce Act to carriers by land, and, owing to the close parallelism between the two, the construction of the Interstate Commerce Act, settled when the Shipping Act was passed, must be applied to the latter, unless, in particular instances, there be something peculiar in the question under consideration, or dissimilarity in the terms of the Act relating thereto, requiring a different conclusion. P. 284 U. S. 480 . 2. Questions essentially of fact, and those involving...
Matthews Vs. Rodgers
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-15-1932
Matthews v. Rodgers - 284 U.S. 521 (1932) U.S. Supreme Court Matthews v. Rodgers, 284 U.S. 521 (1932) Matthews v. Rodgers No. 84 Argued December 1, 2, 1931 Reargued January 11, 1932 Decided February 15, 1932 284 U.S. 521 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI Syllabus 1. Objection to the equity jurisdiction of the District Court held to have been properly raised by motion to dismiss the bill, and preserved by assignments of error in this Court. P. 284 U. S. 524 . 2. The rule, emphasized by Jud.Code 267, that suits in equity shall not be maintained in the federal courts in any case where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law is of peculiar force in cases in which it is sought to enjoin the collection of state taxes. P. 284 U. S. 525 . 3. That refusal to pay an allegedly unconstitutional state tax will result in civil and criminal penalties and irreparable damage to the plaintiff's business is ...
Realty Acceptance Corp. Vs. Montgomery
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-15-1932
Realty Acceptance Corp. v. Montgomery - 284 U.S. 547 (1932) U.S. Supreme Court Realty Acceptance Corp. v. Montgomery, 284 U.S. 547 (1932) Realty Acceptance Corp. v. Montgomery No. 314 Argued January 1, 1932 Decided February 15, 1932 284 U.S. 547 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. The district court has no power to set aside its judgment after the term for the purpose of hearing newly discovered evidence. P. 284 U. S. 549 . 2. The circuit court of appeals has no original jurisdiction, and has only such appellate jurisdiction as is conferred by statute. Id. 3. Section 701 of the Revised Statutes, providing that this Court may affirm, modify or reverse judgments of federal courts brought before it for review, or may direct such judgment or order to be rendered, or such further proceedings to be had, by the inferior court as justice may require, which section was made applicable to the circuit courts of appeals by the Judiciary Act...
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