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Constitutional Law in 1940–1941: The Constitutional Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States in the October Term, 1940

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Robert E. Cushman
Robert E. Cushman
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Cornell University
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The membership of the Supreme Court underwent but one change during the 1940 term. Mr. Justice McReynolds retired on February 1, 1941. Chief Justice Hughes retired on June 2, 1941, after the term had closed. The vacancies thus created were both filled during the summer recess. Mr. Justice McReynolds, a Tennessee Democrat, was Attorney-General in President Wilson's first cabinet, and was appointed to the Court in 1914. He has long been rated one of the most conservative of the justices and was a consistent and bitter opponent of the New Deal and all its works. Mr. Justice Van Devanter, who had retired in 1937, died on February 8, 1941.

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Research Article
Information
American Political Science Review , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 1942 , pp. 263 - 289
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1942

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References

1 312 U.S. 100, 1941.

2 247 U.S. 251, 1918. See Professor T. R. Powell's comment in this Review, Vol. 13, p. 47.

3 9 Wheaton 1, 1824.

4 Supra, note 2.

5 297 U.S. 1, 1936. See this Review, Vol. 31, p. 254.

6 312 U.S. 126, 1941.

7 311 U.S. 377, 1940.

8 10 Wallace 557, 1871.

9 313 U.S. 508, 1941.

10 312 U.S. 592, 1941.

11 313 U.S. 299, 1941.

12 256 U.S. 232, 1921. See Professor E. S. Corwin's comment in this Review, Vol. 16, p. 22.

13 295 U.S. 45, 1935. See this Review, Vol. 30, p. 85.

14 312 U.S. 19, 1941.

15 Bacardi Corporation of America v. Domenech, 311 U.S. 150, 1940, held that a treaty entered into by the United States cannot be overridden by a Puerto Rican statute.

16 Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Field, 311 U.S. 169, 1940; Six Companies of California v. Joint Highway Dist. No. 13, 311 U.S. 180, 1940; West v. American Teleph. & Teleg. Co., 311 U.S. 223, 1940; Stoner v. New York Life Insur. Co., 311 U.S. 464, 1940; Vandenbark v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co., 311 U.S. 538, 1941; Moore v. Illinois Central R. Co., 312 U.S. 630, 1941; Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Mfg. Co., 313 U.S. 487, 1941.

17 304 U.S. 64, 1938. See this Review, Vol. 33, p. 246.

18 16 Peters 1, 1842.

19 312 U.S. 45, 1941.

20 313 U.S. 387, 1941.

21 313 U.S. 406, 1941.

22 312 U.S. 1, 1941.

23 312 U.S. 584, 1941.

24 313 U.S. 33, 1941.

25 247 U.S. 402, 1918. See Professor T. R. Powell's comment in this Review, Vol. 13, p. 236.

26 305 U.S. 337, 1938. See this Review, Vol. 34, p. 275.

27 313 U.S. 80, 1941.

28 Walker v. Johnston, 312 U.S. 275, 1941, dealt with points of federal procedure in habeas corpus cases, and also held that due process is denied one convicted of crime upon a plea of guilty without the aid of counsel if he did not voluntarily waive his right of counsel, or if he was deceived or coerced by the prosecutor into pleading guilty. Holiday v. Johnston, 313 U.S. 342, 1941, held that the erroneous imposition of two sentences for a single offense does not constitute double jeopardy.

29 313 U.S. 177, 1941.

30 208 U.S. 161, 1906.

31 236 U.S. 1, 1915.

32 311 U.S. 7, 1940.

33 311 U.S. 514, 1941.

34 312 U.S. 426, 1941.

35 Three cases dealt with N.L.R.B. procedure, especially its handling of the evidence supporting its findings of fact. These were International Association, etc., v. N.L.R.B., 311 U.S. 72, 1940; N.L.R.B. v. Link-Belt Co., 311 U.S. 584, 1941; Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. N.L.R.B., 313 U.S. 146, 1941.

36 312 U.S. 219, 1941.

37 254 U.S. 443, 1921.

38 274 U.S. 37, 1927.

39 311 U.S. 91, 1940.

40 312 U.S. 349, 1941.

41 Houston, E. & W. Texas R. Co. v. United States, 234 U.S. 342, 1914.

42 312 U.S. 569, 1941.

43 310 U.S. 88, 1940. See this Review, Vol. 35, p. 268.

44 310 U.S. 106, 1940. See this Review, Vol. 35, p. 269.

45 312 U.S. 287, 1941.

46 312 U.S. 321, 1941.

47 312 U.S. 329, 1941.

48 312 U.S. 546, 1941.

49 313 U.S. 236, 1941.

50 291 U.S. 502, 1934. See this Review, Vol. 29, p. 45.

51 277 U.S. 350, 1928. See this Review, Vol. 23, p. 92.

52 311 U.S. 570, 1941.

53 310 U.S. 573, 1940. See this Review, Vol. 35, p. 275.

54 313 U.S. 69, 1941.

55 311 U.S. 435, 1940.

56 311 U.S. 5, 1940.

57 294 U.S. 587, 1935. See this Review, Vol. 30, p. 83.

58 311 U.S. 128, 1940.

59 312 U.S. 52, 1941.

60 313 U.S. 274, 1941.

61 117 U.S. 151, 1886.

62 312 U.S. 359, 1941.

63 306 U.S. 62, 1939. See this Review, Vol. 34, p. 280.

64 312 U.S. 373, 1941.

65 313 U.S. 117, 1941.

66 313 U.S. 252, 1941.

67 313 U.S. 62, 1941.

68 311 U.S. 454, 1940.

69 313 U.S. 109, 1941.

70 273 U.S. 34, 1927. See this Review, Vol. 22, p. 104.

71 313 U.S. 221, 1941. This case is similar in principle to Honeyman v. Jacobs, 306 U.S. 539, 1939. See this Review, Vol. 34, p. 277.

72 313 U.S. 362, 1941.

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