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Townsend Vs. Yeomans
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1937
Townsend v. Yeomans - 301 U.S. 441 (1937) U.S. Supreme Court Townsend v. Yeomans, 301 U.S. 441 (1937) Townsend v. Yeomans No. 781 Argued May 3, 4, 1937 Decided May 24, 1937 301 U.S. 441 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA Syllabus 1. The business of tobacco warehouses in Georgia is affected with a public interest, and their charges to growers for handling and selling leaf tobacco are subject to reasonable regulation by the State. P. 301 U. S. 449 . 2. Statutory rates or charges are presumed to be reasonable; he who attacks them as confiscatory has the burden of proving them so. P. 301 U. S. 450 . 3. A legislature, acting within its sphere, is presumed to know the needs of the people of its State. P. 301 U. S. 451 . The existence of the tobacco industry in Georgia, the transactions of the tobacco markets, and the necessity of protecting the growers from exorbitant warehouse charges must be presumed Page 301 U. S. 4...
Steward Mach. Co. Vs. Collector
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1937
Steward Mach. Co. v. Collector - 301 U.S. 548 (1937) U.S. Supreme Court Steward Mach. Co. v. Collector, 301 U.S. 548 (1937) Steward Machine Co. v. Collector of Internal Revenue No. 837 Argued April 8, 9, 1937 Decided May 24, 1937 301 U.S. 548 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. The tax imposed by Title IX of the Social Security Act of August 14, 1935, upon the employer of labor, described as "an excise tax with respect to having individuals in his employ," and which is measured by prescribed percentages of the total wages payable by the employer during the calendar year, is either an "excise," a "duty," or an "impost," within the intent of Art. I, Sec. 8, of the Constitution, and complies with the requirement of uniformity throughout the United States. Pp. 301 U. S. 578 , 301 U. S. 583 . 2. The enjoyment of common rights, such as the right to employ labor, may constitutionally be taxed. P. 301 U. S. 578 . Such taxation was pr...
Duke Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1937
Duke v. United States - 301 U.S. 492 (1937) U.S. Supreme Court Duke v. United States, 301 U.S. 492 (1937) Duke v. United States No. 907 Argued May 4, 1937 Decided May 24, 1937 301 U.S. 492 CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. A misdemeanor for which the punishment prescribed is not infamous but may exceed $500 fine and six months' imprisonment without hard labor may be prosecuted by information. P. 301 U. S. 493 . 2. So held of Crim.Code, 137, prescribing a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment of not more than six months, or both, for the offense of attempting to influence a juror by a written communication. P. 301 U. S. 493 . 3. The authority to prosecute by information is not limited to offenses punishable as defined in the proviso added to Cr.Code, 335 by Act of Dec. 16, 1930. P. 301 U. S. 494 . Response to questions certified by the court below with respect to a case on appeal from a criminal conviction. ...
Senn Vs. Tile Layers Protective Union
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1937
Senn v. Tile Layers Protective Union - 301 U.S. 468 (1937) U.S. Supreme Court Senn v. Tile Layers Protective Union, 301 U.S. 468 (1937) Senn v. Tile Layers Protective Union No. 658 Argued March 31, April 1, 1937 Decided May 24, 1937 301 U.S. 468 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN Syllabus 1. The questions of what constitutes a "labor dispute" within the meaning of Wisconsin Labor Code, 103.62, and what acts done by a labor union are among those declared lawful by 103.53, are questions of state law. P. 301 U. S. 477 . 2. If the end sought by a labor union is not forbidden by the Federal Constitution, the State may authorize the union members to seek to attain it by combining as pickets. P. 301 U. S. 478 . 3. In its application to this case, Wisconsin Labor Code, 103.53, making lawful the giving of publicity to the existence and facts of a labor dispute by peaceful picketing in the street, without intimidation or coercion, fraud, violence, breach of the peace,...
Mantle Lamp Co. Vs. Aluminum Products Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1937
Mantle Lamp Co. v. Aluminum Products Co. - 301 U.S. 544 (1937) U.S. Supreme Court Mantle Lamp Co. v. Aluminum Products Co., 301 U.S. 544 (1937) Mantle Lamp Co. v. Aluminum Products Co. No. 765 Argued May 3, 1937 Decided May 24, 1937 301 U.S. 544 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Patent No. 1,435, 199, to Blair, Claim 1, for "A heat-insulated vessel of the nonvacuum type having an outer jacket of nonfrangible material, an inner container of frangible material, said inner container being bonded to and pendently supported from said jacket, and heat-insulating and shock, absorbing means surrounding said container for limiting oscillations of said container while permitting expansion thereof by changes of temperature" is void for want of invention. P. 301 U. S. 546 . 86 F.2d 509 affirmed. Certiorari, 300 U.S. 651, to review the affirmance of a decree dismissing a bill in a suit for infringement of a patent. Page 301 U. S. 545 MR....
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Ins. Co. Vs. Harrison
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1937
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Ins. Co. v. Harrison - 301 U.S. 459 (1937) U.S. Supreme Court Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Ins. Co. v. Harrison, 301 U.S. 459 (1937) Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co. v. Harrison No. 355 Argued February 2, 1937 Decided May 24, 1937 301 U.S. 459 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA Syllabus A statutory discrimination between the mutual companies and the stock companies which write fire, casualty, etc., insurance in the State, forbidding stock companies to act through agents who are their salaried employees but permitting this to mutual companies, is repugnant to the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 301 U. S. 463 . Georgia Ls., 1935, Act of Mar. 28, 1935, 1, held unconstitutional. The discrimination has no reasonable relation to the difference between the two classes of companies. It is arbitrary. 183 Ga. 1, 187 S.E. 648, reversed. Appeal from a judgment which reversed a decision of a tr...
Stone Vs. White
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1937
Stone v. White - 301 U.S. 532 (1937) U.S. Supreme Court Stone v. White, 301 U.S. 532 (1937) Stone v. White No. 202 (October Term, 1935) Argued April 29, 1937 Decided May 24, 1937 301 U.S. 532 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. A statutory action for a refund of taxes erroneously collected is in the nature of a common law action for money had and received, and like it is governed by equitable principles. P. 301 U. S. 534 . 2. Where the income from a trust, belonging to the sole beneficiary, was erroneously taxed to and collected from the trustees when it should have been taxed to the beneficiary, in an action by the trustees for a refund, the collector may set up in defense that the Government has the right to retain the money, by way of equitable recoupment, although collection from the beneficiary is barred by the statute of limitations. P. 301 U. S. 535 . 3. Sections 275(a), 607 and 609, Revenue Act, 1928, limit the collecti...
Helvering Vs. Davis
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1937
Helvering v. Davis - 301 U.S. 619 (1937) U.S. Supreme Court Helvering v. Davis, 301 U.S. 619 (1937) Helvering v. Davis No. 910 Argued May 5, 1937 Decided May 24, 1937 301 U.S. 619 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. The Court abstains from dismissing, sua sponte, as not properly within equity jurisdiction, a bill by a shareholder to restrain his corporation from making the tax payments and the deductions from wages required by Title VIII of the Social Security Act of August 14, 1935, the bill alleging that the exactions are void and that compliance will subject the corporation and its shareholders to irreparable damage. P. 301 U. S. 639 . The corporation acquiesced. The Collector and Commissioner of Internal Revenue intervened in the court below, defended on the merits, brought the case to this Court by certiorari, and here expressly waived a defense under R.S. 3224 and any objection upon the ground of adequate legal remedy, an...
Carmichael Vs. Southern Coal and Coke Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1937
Carmichael v. Southern Coal & Coke Co. - 301 U.S. 495 (1937) U.S. Supreme Court Carmichael v. Southern Coal & Coke Co., 301 U.S. 495 (1937) Carmichael v. Southern Coal & Coke Co. No. 724 Argued April 7, 8, 1937 Decided May 24, 1937 * 301 U.S. 495 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA Syllabus The Unemployment Compensation Act of Alabama sets up a scheme for providing unemployment benefits for workers employed within the State by designated classes of employers. These include all who employ eight or more persons for twenty or more weeks in the year, except those engaged in certain specified employments. The employers are to pay certain percentages of their total monthly payrolls into the state Unemployment Compensation Fund, and each employee is required to contribute to the fund a Page 301 U. S. 496 percentage of his wages. The fund is to be deposited in the "Unemployment Trust Fund" of the United States Government establi...
United States Ex Rel. Girard Trust Co. Vs. Helvering
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: May-24-1937
United States ex rel. Girard Trust Co. v. Helvering - 301 U.S. 540 (1937) U.S. Supreme Court United States ex rel. Girard Trust Co. v. Helvering, 301 U.S. 540 (1937) United States ex rel. Girard Trust Co. v. Helvering No. 285 Argued April 29, 1937 Decided May 24, 1937 301 U.S. 540 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Syllabus 1. The Board of Tax Appeals has no jurisdiction to order a refund or credit of tax overpayments; its jurisdiction is limited to the determination of the amount of deficiency or overpayment. P. 301 U. S. 542 . 2. In a suit for a tax refund, the Commissioner may secure a final adjudication of his right to withhold the overpayment, determined by the Board of Tax Appeals, on the ground that other taxes are due from the taxpayer, or that the taxpayer is not equitably entitled to a refund. Pp. 301 U. S. 542 -543. 3. Mandamus will not lie where the right of the petitioner is not clear, and the duty of the officer...
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