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THE

SUPREME COURT REPORTER

VOLUME 45

PERMANENT EDITION

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
OCTOBER TERM, 1924

WITH KEY-NUMBER ANNOTATIONS

NOVEMBER, 1924 - JULY, 1925

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1926

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(45 S.CT.)

ALLOTMENT OF THE JUSTICES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FIRST CIRCUIT.

Comprising Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and

Porto Rico.

JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, of Massachusetts.
cember 4, 1902, by President Roosevelt.

SECOND CIRCUIT.

Comprising Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.

Appointed De

JUSTICE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, of Massachusetts. Appointed June 1, 1916, by
President Wilson; assigned to Third Circuit April 24, 1925.

JUSTICE HARLAN FISKE STONE, of New York. Appointed February 5,
1925, by President Coolidge; transferred from Ninth Circuit, April 24,
1925.

THIRD CIRCUIT.

Comprising Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

JUSTICE PIERCE BUTLER, of Minnesota. Appointed December 21, 1922, by
President Harding; assigned to Seventh Circuit April 24, 1925.

JUSTICE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, of Massachusetts. Appointed June 1, 1916,
by President Wilson; transferred from Second Circuit April 24, 1925.

FOURTH CIRCUIT.

Comprising Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and

West Virginia.

JUSTICE WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, of Connecticut. Appointed June 30, 1921,
by President Harding.

FIFTH CIRCUIT.

Comprising Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and
Canal Zone.

JUSTICE EDWARD T. SANFORD, of Tennessee. Appointed January 29, 1923, by
President Harding.

SIXTH CIRCUIT.

Comprising Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.

JUSTICE JAMES C. McREYNOLDS, of Tennessee.

Appointed August 29, 1914,

by President Wilson.

SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

Comprising Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

JUSTICE GEORGE SUTHERLAND, of Utah. Appointed September 18, 1922, by
President Harding; assigned to Ninth Circuit April 24, 1925.

JUSTICE PIERCE BUTLER, of Minnesota. Appointed December 21, 1922,
by President Harding; transferred from Third Circuit, April 24, 1925.

EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

Comprising Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne-
braska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota,

Utah, and Wyoming.

JUSTICE WILLIS VAN DEVANTER, of Wyoming. Appointed December 16,
1910, by President Taft.