List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Taft Court

This is a chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...

during the tenure of Chief Justice

Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...

(July 11, 1921 through February 3, 1930).

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Case name	Citation	Summary \|-	Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice William Howard Taft William Howard Taft William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States... , July 11, 1921
United States v. Phellis		shares Share (finance) A joint stock company divides its capital into units of equal denomination. Each unit is called a share. These units are offered for sale to raise capital. This is termed as issuing shares. A person who buys share/shares of the company is called a shareholder, and by acquiring share or shares in... in a subsidiary Subsidiary A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a... corporation Corporation A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter... issued to stockholder Shareholder A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or institution that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a public or private corporation. Shareholders own the stock, but not the corporation itself .... s in the parent corporation considered taxable income Taxable income Taxable income refers to the base upon which an income tax system imposes tax. Generally, it includes some or all items of income and is reduced by expenses and other deductions. The amounts included as income, expenses, and other deductions vary by country or system. Many systems provide that...
Leser v. Garnett Leser v. Garnett Leser v. Garnett, 258 U.S. 130 , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution had been constitutionally established.-Prior history:...		constitutionality of Nineteenth Amendment Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920....
Balzac v. Porto Rico Balzac v. Porto Rico Balzac v. Porto Rico, , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that certain provisions of the U.S. Constitution did not apply to territories not incorporated into the union. It originated when Jesús M. Balzac was prosecuted for criminal libel in a district court of Puerto...		sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases Insular Cases The Insular Cases are several U.S. Supreme Court cases concerning the status of territories acquired by the U.S. in the Spanish-American War . The name "insular" derives from the fact that these territories are islands and were administered by the War Department's Bureau of Insular Affairs...
United States v. Moreland United States v. Moreland United States v. Moreland, 258 U.S. 433 , was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9 and 10, 1922, and decided a month later on April 17...		Fifth Amendment, hard labor in prison
Child Labor Tax Case Child Labor Tax Case Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co., 259 U.S. 20 , was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the 1919 Child Labor Tax Law unconstitutional as an improper attempt by Congress to penalize employers using child labor...		docket title Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co., found the Child Labor Tax Law of 1919 was not a valid use of Congress' power under the Taxing and Spending Clause Taxing and Spending Clause Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, is known as the Taxing and Spending Clause. It is the clause that gives the federal government of the United States its power of taxation...
Hill v. Wallace Hill v. Wallace The Futures Trading Act of 1921, approved August 24, 1921. , c. 86 attempted to institute Federal regulation of grain futures contract trading by imposing a prohibitive tax on futures contracts traded on any market other than those that met the statute's requirements and were regulated by the...		use of congressional taxing power under the Taxing and Spending Clause Taxing and Spending Clause Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, is known as the Taxing and Spending Clause. It is the clause that gives the federal government of the United States its power of taxation... ; relationship to Commerce Clause Commerce Clause The Commerce Clause is an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution . The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes." Courts and commentators have tended to...
Federal Baseball Club v. National League Federal Baseball Club v. National League Federal Baseball Club v. National League, , is a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Sherman Antitrust Act did not apply to Major League Baseball.-Background:...		baseball and antitrust regulation
Wyoming v. Colorado Wyoming v. Colorado Wyoming v. Colorado is a set of court cases, all dealing with water distribution from the Laramie River. Petition for rehearing was granted which revised the original decision. A motion to dismiss was later denied....		whether Colorado could divert water from the Laramie River Laramie River The Laramie River is a tributary of the North Platte River, approximately long, in the U.S. states of Colorado and Wyoming.It rises in northern Colorado, in the Roosevelt National Forest in the Front Range, in western Larimer County... , an interstate stream system
Takao Ozawa v. United States Takao Ozawa v. United States Takao Ozawa v. United States, 260 U.S. 178 , was a case in which the United States Supreme Court found Takao Ozawa, a Japanese man, ineligible for naturalization. In 1922, Takao Ozawa filed for United States citizenship under the Naturalization Act of June 29, 1906 which allowed white persons and...		naturalization Naturalization Naturalization is the acquisition of citizenship and nationality by somebody who was not a citizen of that country at the time of birth.... and race (Japanese-American)
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that whether a regulatory act constitutes a taking requiring compensation depends on the extent of diminution in the value of the property....		Substantive Due Process, Takings clause of the Fifth Amendment Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure. Its guarantees stem from English common law which traces back to the Magna Carta in 1215...
Moore v. Dempsey Moore v. Dempsey Moore et al. v. Dempsey, , was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled 6-2 that the defendants' mob-dominated trials deprived them of due process guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and reversed the district court's decision declining the...		mob-dominated trials, federal writ of habeas corpus, due process
United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, 261 U.S. 204 , was a case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that Bhagat Singh Thind, who was a Punjabi Sikh, settled in Oregon, could not be a naturalized citizen of the United States, because he was not a "white person" in the sense intended in...		naturalization and race (Indian-American)
Adkins v. Children's Hospital Adkins v. Children's Hospital Adkins v. Children's Hospital, , is a Supreme Court opinion holding that federal minimum wage legislation for women was an unconstitutional infringement of liberty of contract, as protected by the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment....		freedom of contract, minimum wage laws
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. United States		creation of implied-in-fact contracts
Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen, 262 U.S. 1 , is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, in which it upheld the Grain Futures Act as constitutional under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution....		constitutionality of the Grain Futures Act Grain Futures Act The Grain Futures Act , is a United States federal law enacted September 21, 1922 involving the regulation of trading in certain commodity futures, and causing the establishment of the Grain Futures Administration, a predecessor organization to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.The bill that... under the Commerce Clause Commerce Clause The Commerce Clause is an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution . The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes." Courts and commentators have tended to...
Meyer v. Nebraska Meyer v. Nebraska Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 , was a U.S. Supreme Court case that held that a 1919 Nebraska law restricting foreign-language education violated the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.-Context and legislation:...		constitutionality of law prohibiting teaching of foreign languages; substantive due process
Frothingham v. Mellon Frothingham v. Mellon Frothingham v. Mellon and Massachusetts v. Mellon, , were two consolidated cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the court rejected the concept of taxpayer standing. The plaintiffs in the cases, Frothingham and Massachusetts, sought to prevent certain federal government...		rejection of taxpayer standing
Rindge Co. v. County of Los Angeles Rindge Co. v. County of Los Angeles Rindge Co. v. County of Los Angeles, 262 U.S. 700 , was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a county government could use its power of eminent domain to take land from a private landowner to build a scenic highway....		eminent domain Eminent domain Eminent domain , compulsory purchase , resumption/compulsory acquisition , or expropriation is an action of the state to seize a citizen's private property, expropriate property, or seize a citizen's rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent... and the building of a scenic road
Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 , was a case in which the United States Supreme Court enunciated a rule of civil procedure that would eventually become known as the Rooker-Feldman doctrine Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923), was a case in which the United States Supreme...		review of state court decisions by U.S. District Courts
Chung Fook v. White Chung Fook v. White Chung Fook v. White, 264 U.S. 443 , was a landmark Supreme Court case. It was significant in that it marked the end of the era of strict plain meaning interpretation of statutes and the beginning of the looser American Rule that the intent of the law was more important than its text.A man did not...		Interpretation of Immigration Act of 1917; marked end of era of strict plain meaning interpretation of statutes
United States v. Ninety-Five Barrels (More or Less) Alleged Apple Cider Vinegar		legality of misleading but factually accurate packaging statements under the Pure Food and Drug Act Pure Food and Drug Act The Pure Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906, is a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines...
Carroll v. United States Carroll v. United States Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132 , was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which upheld that the warrantless search of an automobile is known as the automobile exception...		whether police searches of automobiles without a warrant violate the Fourth Amendment Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause...
George W. Bush & Sons Co. v. Maloy George W. Bush & Sons Co. v. Maloy George W. Bush & Sons Co. v. Malloy, 267 U.S. 317 , was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the state statute under which the Maryland Public Service Commission issued certificates of public convenience and necessity to common carriers engaged in interstate commerce...		Dormant Commerce Clause Dormant Commerce Clause The "Dormant" Commerce Clause, also known as the "Negative" Commerce Clause, is a legal doctrine that courts in the United States have inferred from the Commerce Clause in Article I of the United States Constitution... ; states are not permitted to regulate common carrier Common carrier A common carrier in common-law countries is a person or company that transports goods or people for any person or company and that is responsible for any possible loss of the goods during transport... s engaged in interstate commerce on state highways
Linder v. United States Linder v. United States Linder v. United States, , is a Supreme Court case involving the applicability of the Harrison Act. The Harrison Act was originally a taxing measure on drugs such as morphine and cocaine, but it later effectively became a prohibition on such drugs. However, the Act had a provision exempting doctors...		prosecution of physician Physician A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments... s under the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act Harrison Narcotics Tax Act The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was a United States federal law that regulated and taxed the production, importation, and distribution of opiates...
Irwin v. Gavit Irwin v. Gavit Irwin v. Gavit, , was a case before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the taxability, under United States tax law, of a divided interest in a bequest...		taxation of income from a trust
Pierce v. Society of Sisters Pierce v. Society of Sisters Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, , was an early 20th century United States Supreme Court decision that significantly expanded coverage of the Due Process Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The case has been cited as a precedent in...		privacy
Gitlow v. New York Gitlow v. New York Gitlow v. New York, , was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution had extended the reach of certain provisions of the First Amendment—specifically the provisions protecting freedom of speech and freedom of the...		prosecution of seditious speech
Bowers v. Kerbaugh-Empire Co. Bowers v. Kerbaugh-Empire Co. Bowers v. Kerbaugh-Empire Co., 271 U.S. 170 , was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that no taxable income arose from the repayment in German marks of loans that had originally been made in U.S...		taxation of reduced loss on exchanged currency
Myers v. United States Myers v. United States Myers v. United States, , was a United States Supreme Court decision ruling that the President has the exclusive power to remove executive branch officials, and does not need the approval of the Senate or any other legislative body....		Presidential authority to remove executive branch officials
Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co. Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co. Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co., , more commonly Euclid v. Ambler, was a United States Supreme Court case argued in 1926...		zoning Zoning Zoning is a device of land use planning used by local governments in most developed countries. The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one set of land uses from another... , due process Due process Due process is the legal code that the state must venerate all of the legal rights that are owed to a person under the principle. Due process balances the power of the state law of the land and thus protects individual persons from it...
United States v. General Electric Co. United States v. General Electric Co. United States v. General Electric Co. is a 1926 decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that a patentee who has granted a single license to a competitor to manufacture the patented product may lawfully fix the price at which the licensee may sell the product.-Background:GE owned three...		patentee who grants a single license to a competitor to manufacture the patented product may lawfully fix the price at which the licensee may sell the product
Farrington v. Tokushige Farrington v. Tokushige Farrington v. Tokushige, 273 U.S. 284 , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously struck down the Territory of Hawaii's law making schools that teach foreign languages without a permit illegal because it violated the due process clause of the Fifth...		constitutionality of anti-foreign language statute in the Territory of Hawaii Territory of Hawaii The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 7, 1898, until August 21, 1959, when its territory, with the exception of Johnston Atoll, was admitted to the Union as the fiftieth U.S. state, the State of Hawaii.The U.S... under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure. Its guarantees stem from English common law which traces back to the Magna Carta in 1215...
Nixon v. Herndon Nixon v. Herndon Nixon v. Herndon, 273 U.S. 536 , was a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court struck down a Texas law which forbade blacks from voting in the Texas Democratic primary. Because Texas was a one-party state, the Democratic Party primary was the only competitive process and chance to...		challenging the white primaries White primaries White primaries were primary elections in the Southern States of the United States of America in which any non-White voter was prohibited from participating. White primaries were found in many Southern States after 1890 about until 1944... in Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
Buck v. Bell Buck v. Bell Buck v. Bell, , was the United States Supreme Court ruling that upheld a statute instituting compulsory sterilization of the unfit, including the mentally retarded, "for the protection and health of the state." It was largely seen as an endorsement of negative eugenics—the attempt to improve...		compulsory sterilization Compulsory sterilization Compulsory sterilization also known as forced sterilization programs are government policies which attempt to force people to undergo surgical sterilization... , eugenics Eugenics Eugenics is the "applied science or the bio-social movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population", usually referring to human populations. The origins of the concept of eugenics began with certain interpretations of Mendelian inheritance,...
Hess v. Pawloski Hess v. Pawloski Hess v. Pawloski, 274 U.S. 352 , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a statute designating the registrar of motor vehicles as agent for purpose of service of process for out-of-state non-resident motorists complies with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth...		consent to in personam In personam In personam is a Latin phrase meaning "directed toward a particular person". In a lawsuit in which the case is against a specific individual, that person must be served with a summons and complaint to give the court jurisdiction to try the case, and the judgment applies to that person and is called... jurisdiction
Whitney v. California Whitney v. California Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 , was a United States Supreme Court decision upholding the conviction of an individual who had engaged in speech that raised a threat to society.-Facts:...		prosecution of criminal syndicalism
Gong Lum v. Rice		admission of Chinese girl to school for White children in Mississippi
New Mexico v. Texas State of New Mexico v. State of Texas New Mexico v. Texas, 275 U.S. 279, 48 S. Ct. 437 , was a United States Supreme Court case that determined the boundary between Texas and New Mexico in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas.-Background:...		determination of the border between New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S... and Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
Miller v. Schoene Miller v. Schoene Miller v Schoene, 276 U.S. 272 was a classic property rights case in balancing the rights of a property owner against a social policy that is not unreasonable.-Facts:...		Substantive due process, takings clause
Black and White Taxicab Co. v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Co. Black and White Taxicab Co. v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Co. Black & White Taxicab Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab Co. , 276 U.S. 518 , was a decision by the US Supreme Court in which the Court refused to hold that federal courts sitting in diversity jurisdiction must apply state common law. Ten years later, in Erie Railroad Co. v...		what law is to be applied when courts sit in diversity jurisdiction Diversity jurisdiction In the law of the United States, diversity jurisdiction is a form of subject-matter jurisdiction in civil procedure in which a United States district court has the power to hear a civil case where the persons that are parties are "diverse" in citizenship, which generally indicates that they are...
Olmstead v. United States Olmstead v. United States Olmstead v. United States, , was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the Court reviewed whether the use of wiretapped private telephone conversations, obtained by federal agents without judicial approval and subsequently used as evidence, constituted a violation of the...		admissibility of illegally-obtained phone wiretaps as evidence
Wisconsin v. Illinois Wisconsin v. Illinois Wisconsin v. Illinois, also referred to as the Chicago Sanitary District Case, is an opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the equitable power of the United States can be utilized to impose positive action on one state in a situation in which nonaction would result in...		federal power over state interests, Chicago Sanitary Canal
Taft v. Bowers Taft v. Bowers Taft v. Bowers, 278 U.S. 470 , was a case heard before the United States Supreme Court dealing with taxation of a gift of shares of stock under the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The recipient of shares of stock, Elizabeth Taft, argued that she could not be taxed on the...		taxation of a gift of shares of stock under the Sixteenth Amendment Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results... (Chief Justice Taft did not participate)
United States v. Schwimmer United States v. Schwimmer United States v. Schwimmer, 279 U.S. 644 , was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.It concerned a pacifist applicant for naturalization who in the interview declared not to be willing to "take up arms personally" in defense of the United States...		denial of naturalization to a pacifist, overruled by Girouard v. United States Girouard v. United States Girouard v. United States, , was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. It concerned a pacifist applicant for naturalization who in the interview declared not to be willing to fight for the defense of the United States. The case questioned a precedent set by United States v... (1946)
Pocket Veto Case Pocket Veto Case The Pocket Veto Case 279 U.S...		constitutionality of the pocket veto Pocket veto A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver in United States federal lawmaking that allows the President to veto a bill indirectly.The U.S. Constitution limits the President's period for decision on whether to sign or veto any legislation to ten days while the United States Congress is in session...
Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner, , was an income tax case before the Supreme Court of the United States.HELD:*When a third party purports to pay a person's income tax on his behalf, it must include the amount of the tax payment in the gross income on which it calculates his tax liability,...		third-party payment of income tax Income tax in the United States In the United States, a tax is imposed on income by the Federal, most states, and many local governments. The income tax is determined by applying a tax rate, which may increase as income increases, to taxable income as defined. Individuals and corporations are directly taxable, and estates and... , effect of Revenue Act of 1926 Revenue Act of 1926 The United States Revenue Act of 1926, , reduced inheritance and personal income taxes, cancelled many excise imposts, and ended public access to federal income tax returns.Passed by the 69th Congress, it was signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge....

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