THE

SUPREME COURT REPORTER

VOLUME 40

PERMANENT EDITION

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

OCTOBER TERM, 1919

COPYRIGHT, 1919

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ALLOTMENT OF THE JUSTICES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FIRST CIRCUIT.

Comprising Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HO IES, of Massachusetts. Appointed De

cember 4, 1902, by President Roosevelt.

SECOND CIRCUIT.

Comprising Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.
JUSTICE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, of Massachusetts. Appointed June 1, 1916, by

President Wilson.

THIRD CIRCUIT.
Comprising Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
JUSTICE MAHLON PITNEY, of New Jersey. Appointed March 13, 1912, by

President Taft.

FOURTH CIRCUIT.

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

West Virginia.
JUSTICE EDWARD D. WHITE, of Louisiana. Appointed February 19, 1894,

by President Cleveland; appointed Chief Justice December 12, 1910, by
President Taft.

FIFTH CIRCUIT.

Comprising Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
JUSTICE JAMES C. McREYNOLDS, of Tennessee. Appointed August 29, 1914,

by President Wilson.

SIXTH CIRCUIT.

Comprising Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.
JUSTICE WILLIAM R. DAY, of Ohio. Appointed February 25, 1903, by Pread.

dent Roosevelt.

SEVENTE CIRCUIT.

Comprising Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
JUSTICE JOHN H. CLARKE, of Ohio. Appointed July 24, 1916, by President
Wilson.

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 10,

1910, by President Taft.

NINTH CIRCUIT.

Comprising Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,

Oregon, and Washington.
JUSTICE JOSEPH MCKENNA, of California. Appointed January 21, 1898, by

President McKinley.