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Case name | Citation | Summary |
Near v. Minnesota | 1931 | freedom of speech, prior restraints |
Burnet v. Logan | 1931 | Cost basis must be recovered before taxpayer realizes any taxable income |
Stromberg v. California | 1931 | constitutionality of California red flag-banning statute, freedom of symbolic speech |
McBoyle v. United States | 1931 | National Motor Vehicle Theft Act held not to apply to aircraft |
United States v. Sprague | 1931 | Tenth Amendment |
Lucas v. Earl | 1930 | origin of Assignment of income doctrine, contract to divide income between husband and wife |
Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner | 1929 | third-party payment of income tax, effect of Revenue Act of 1926 |
Pocket Veto Case | 1929 | Court: Supreme Court of Washington constitutionality of the pocket veto |
United States v. Schwimmer | 1929 | denial of naturalization to a pacifist, overruled by Girouard v. United States (1946) |
Taft v. Bowers | 1929 | taxation of a gift of shares of stock under the Sixteenth Amendment (Chief Justice Taft did not participate) |
Wisconsin v. Illinois | 1930 | federal power over state interests, Chicago Sanitary Canal |
Olmstead v. United States | 1928 | admissibility of illegally-obtained phone wiretaps as evidence |
Black and White Taxicab Co. v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Co. | 1928 | what law is to be applied when courts sit in diversity jurisdiction |
Miller v. Schoene | 1928 | Substantive due process, takings clause |
New Mexico v. Texas | 1927 | determination of the border between New Mexico and Texas |
Gong Lum v. Rice | 1927 | admission of Chinese girl to school for White children in Mississippi |
Whitney v. California | 1927 | prosecution of criminal syndicalism |
Hess v. Pawloski | 1927 | consent to in personam jurisdiction |
Buck v. Bell | 1927 | compulsory sterilization, eugenics |
Nixon v. Herndon | 1927 | challenging the white primaries in Texas |