List of United States Supreme Court cases by the White Court


This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the White Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White from December 19, 1910 through May 19, 1921.
Case nameCitationSummary
Bailey v. Alabamapeonage laws and the Thirteenth Amendment
Weems v. United Statescruel and unusual punishment
Bailey v. AlabamaAdvisory opinion overturned peonage laws
Muskrat v. United StatesAdvisory opinion doctrine
Flint v. Stone Tracy Co.constitutionality of corporate income tax
United States v. Grimaudcontrol of forest reserves
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United Statesdissolving interstate monopolies
Dowdell v. United Statessometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
Gompers v. Buck's Stove and Range Co.contempt for violating an injunction against a worker's boycott
Hoke v. United Statesupheld the Mann Act, but held that Congress could not regulate prostitution
Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnellextensions of patents by use of licenses, rights of copyright holder regarding “use” of copyrighted works
Charlton v. Kellyprocedures to approve extradition of criminal suspect to another country
Stratton's Independence, Ltd. v. Howbert
Weeks v. United Statesestablishment of the exclusionary rule for illegally obtained evidence
Ocampo v. United Statessometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
Shreveport Rate CaseCommerce clause, regulation of intrastate railroad rates
Coppage v. KansasEconomic due process and yellow-dog contracts
Burdick v. United StatesLegal effect of a pardon
Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohiofree speech and the censorship of motion pictures
Guinn v. United Statesconstitutionality of Oklahoma's "grandfather law" used to disenfranchise African-American voters
Hadacheck v. Sebastianmunicipal regulation of land use
Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v. State Board of Equalizationdenial of due process procedural protections for legislative and rulemaking acts, as opposed to adjudicatory proceedings
Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroadpower to tax income under the Sixteenth Amendment
Stanton v. Baltic Mining Co.power to tax income under the Sixteenth Amendment
Georgia, Florida, & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co.responsibilities of parties under a bill of lading
United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Colacase brought against Coca-Cola under the Pure Food and Drug Act
United States v. Oppenheimerdoctrine of res judicata applies to criminal cases
American Well Works Co. v. Layne & Bowler Co.scope of federal question jurisdiction in patent law case
Caminetti v. United StatesMann Act applies to consensual extramarital sex
Bunting v. OregonLabor law, ten-hour workday
Adams v. TannerSubstantive due process, state's prohibition of employment agencies was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment
Buchanan v. Warleyconstitutionality of local ordinance compelling racial segregation of residential housing
Chicago Board of Trade v. United StatesRules of a commodities exchange examined under rule of reason
Hammer v. DagenhartCongressional power to regulate child labor under the Commerce Clause
International News Service v. Associated Pressproperty rights in news; misappropriation doctrine
Schenck v. United Statesfreedom of speech, “clear and present danger”, “shouting fire in a crowded theater”
Debs v. United Statessedition
Abrams v. United Statesvalidity of criminalizing criticism of the government
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesFruit of the poisonous tree doctrine in a tax evasion case
Eisner v. Macomber stock dividend not taxable income
Missouri v. Hollandstates’ rights
United States v. WheelerPrivileges and Immunities Clause and kidnapping
Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co.federal question jurisdiction in state corporate law matter
Newberry v. United StatesCongress lacks the power to regulate primary elections
Dillon v. GlossConstitutional amendment process