List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Stone Court
| Stone Court | |
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| July 3, 1941 – April 22, 1946 (4 years, 293 days) | |
| Seat | Supreme Court Building Washington, D.C. |
| No. of positions | 9 |
| Stone Court decisions | |
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This is a partial chronological Stone Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone from July 3, 1941 through April 22, 1946.
| Case name | Citation | Summary |
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| Edwards v. California | 314 U.S. 160 (1941) | Commerce Clause, privileges and immunities clause of the 14th Amendment |
Lisenba v. People of State of California
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314 U.S. 219 (1941) | death penalty
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| Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire | 315 U.S. 568 (1942) | fighting words |
| Valentine v. Chrestensen | 316 U.S. 52 (1942) | holding that commercial speech is unprotected by the 1st Amendment; overruled by Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council |
| United States v. Univis Lens Co. | 316 U.S. 241 (1942) | exhaustion doctrine under U.S. patent law and its relation to price fixing |
| Betts v. Brady | 316 U.S. 455 (1942) | due process, incorporation
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| Skinner v. Oklahoma | 316 U.S. 535 (1942) | compulsory sterilization, eugenics |
Jones v. City of Opelika I
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316 U.S. 584 (1942) | holding a statute prohibiting the sale of books without a license was constitutional |
| Ex parte Quirin | 317 U.S. 1 (1942) | military tribunals for enemy spies
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| Wickard v. Filburn | 317 U.S. 111 (1942) | Commerce Clause |
Williams et al. v. State of North Carolina
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317 U.S. 287 (1942) | Divorce and marriage recognition between states |
| Parker v. Brown | 317 U.S. 341 (1943) | Parker immunity doctrine in United States antitrust law |
| Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States | 318 U.S. 363 (1943) | Negotiable instruments, Federal common law
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Largent v. State of Texas
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318 U.S. 418 (1943) | city ordinance requiring permits in order to solicit orders for books is unconstitutional as applied to the distribution of religious publications |
Jones v. City of Opelika II
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319 U.S. 103 (1943) | Overruling Jones v. City of Opelika I on rehearing |
Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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319 U.S. 105 (1943) | licensing fee for door-to-door solicitors was an unconstitutional tax on the Jehovah's Witnesses' right to freely exercise their religion—decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II |
Martin v. Struthers
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319 U.S. 141 (1943) | law prohibiting the distribution of Jehovah's Witness —decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II
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| Douglas v. City of Jeannette | 319 U.S. 157 (1943) | restraint of criminal prosecution for violation of ordinance disputed in Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II |
National Broadcasting Co. Inc. v. United States
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319 U.S. 190 (1943) | regulation of broadcasting networks |
| Burford v. Sun Oil Co. | 319 U.S. 315 (1943) | Abstention doctrine |
| Altvater v. Freeman | 319 U.S. 359 (1943) | justiciability and declaratory judgments |
| Galloway v. United States | 319 U.S. 372 (1943) | directed verdict, 7th Amendment
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| Oklahoma Tax Commission v. United States | 319 U.S. 598 (1943) | restricted Indian land is exempt from state estate taxes |
| West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette | 319 U.S. 624 (1943) | Pledge of Allegiance )
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| Hirabayashi v. United States | 320 U.S. 81 (1943) | curfews against members of a minority group during a war with their country of origin |
| Yasui v. United States | 320 U.S. 115 (1943) | validity of curfews against U.S. citizens of a minority group during war |
| Prince v. Massachusetts | 321 U.S. 158 (1944) | religious liberty and child labor
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| Follett v. Town of McCormick | 321 U.S. 573 (1944) | licensing fees for distribution of religious materials violates freedom of religion |
| Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. v. Muscoda Local No. 123 | 321 U.S. 590 (1944) | miners' travel time was "work" under the Fair Labor Standards Act
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| Smith v. Allwright | 321 U.S. 649 (1944) | voting rights, segregation |
| United States v. Ballard | 322 U.S. 78 (1944) | religious fraud |
| NLRB v. Hearst Publications | 322 U.S. 111 (1944) | determining whether newsboys are employees or National Labor Relations Act
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| Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. | 322 U.S. 238 (1944) | intrinsic fraud can justify equitable relief when committed by officers of the court |
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association
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322 U.S. 533 (1944) | applying Sherman Antitrust Act to insurance contracts |
| Skidmore v. Swift & Co. | 323 U.S. 134 (1944) | early standard for government agencies
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| Korematsu v. United States | 323 U.S. 214 (1944) | Japanese Internment camps
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| Ex parte Endo | 323 U.S. 283 (1944) | Japanese-American internment and loyalty, decided same day as Korematsu |
| United States v. Willow River Power Co. | 324 U.S. 499 (1945) | nature of property rights which constitute a compensable taking |
| Cramer v. United States | 325 U.S. 1 (1945) | conviction for treason |
| Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America | 325 U.S. 161 (1945) | underground travel time of coal miners was considered compensable work time under the Fair Labor Standards Act
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Southern Pacific Company v. Arizona
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325 U.S. 761 (1945) | Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Guaranty Trust Co. v. York | 326 U.S. 99 (1945) | Interpretation of the Erie Doctrine
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United States v. Detroit & Cleveland Nav. Co.
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326 U.S. 236 (1945) | regulation of common carrier capacity under the Interstate Commerce Act
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| International Shoe Co. v. Washington | 326 U.S. 310 (1945) | personal jurisdiction of states over corporations in other states |
| Commissioner v. Flowers | 326 U.S. 465 (1946) | tax deduction for travel expenses under the Internal Revenue Code |
| Marsh v. Alabama | 326 U.S. 501 (1946) | First and Fourteenth Amendments still applicable against a company town |
| Tucker v. Texas | 326 U.S. 517 (1946) | Local ordinance prohibiting distribution of religious literature violated Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment |
| Estep v. United States | 327 U.S. 114 (1946) | judicial review of draft board determinations |
| Duncan v. Kahanamoku | 327 U.S. 304 (1946) | constitutionality of military tribunals under the Hawaiian Organic Act |
| Commissioner v. Wilcox | 327 U.S. 404 (1946) | embezzled funds not considered taxable income, later overruled by James v. United States |
| Lavender v. Kurn | 327 U.S. 645 (1946) | sufficiency of evidence to send a case to a jury |
North American Co. v. Securities and Exchange Commission
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327 U.S. 686 (1946) | utility divestiture under the Public Utility Holding Company Act
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| Girouard v. United States | 328 U.S. 61 (1946) | pacifism is not a reason to deny an immigrant citizenship. Overturned United States v. Schwimmer (1929). |
| United States v. Causby | 328 U.S. 256 (1946) | the ancient ad coelum has no legal effect "in the modern world."
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Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.
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328 U.S. 293 (1946) | definition of "investment contract" under the Securities Act of 1933 |
| Colegrove v. Green | 328 U.S. 549 (1946) | federal courts had no power to become involved in state legislative apportionment—later overruled by Baker v. Carr |
| Pinkerton v. United States | 328 U.S. 640 (1946) | the doctrine of Pinkerton Liability
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| Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. | 328 U.S. 680 (1946) Girouard v. United States, 328 U.S. 61 (1946) | Preliminary work activities are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act
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