UNITED STATES REPORTS VOLUME 314 CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT AT OCTOBER TERM, 1941 FROM OCTOBER 6, 1941, TO AND INCLUDING JANUARY 5, 1942 ERNEST KNAEBEL REPORTER LAW LIBRARY 01983 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Î UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1942 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. - JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS HARLAN FISKE STONE, CHIEF JUSTICE.' RETIRED CHARLES EVANS HUGHES, CHIEF JUSTICE. FRANCIS BIDDLE, ATTORNEY GENERAL.5 *Notes on p. IV. III NOTES 'Mr. Justice Stone was nominated by President Roosevelt on June 12, 1941, to be Chief Justice; the nomination was confirmed by the Senate on June 27, 1941; he was commissioned July 3, 1941, took the oath of office on that day, and took his seat October 6, 1941. 'Senator James F. Byrnes, of South Carolina, was nominated by President Roosevelt on June 12, 1941, to be Associate Justice; the nomination was confirmed by the Senate the same day; he was commissioned June 25, 1941, took the oath of office July 8, 1941, and took his seat October 6, 1941. 'Attorney General Robert H. Jackson was nominated by President Roosevelt on June 12, 1941, to be Associate Justice; the nomination was confirmed by the Senate on July 7, 1941; he was commissioned July 11, 1941, took the oath of office the same day, and took his seat October 6, 1941. *Mr. Justice Brandeis, who retired from active service February 13, 1939 (306 U. S. II), died in Washington, D. C., October 5, 1941. See post, p. VII. "Solicitor General Biddle was nominated by President Roosevelt on August 25, 1941, to be Attorney General; the nomination was confirmed by the Senate on September 5, 1941; he was commissioned and took the oath September 5, 1941. 'Mr. Charles Fahy, of New Mexico, was nominated by President Roosevelt on October 29, 1941, to be Solicitor General; the nomination was confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 1941; he was commissioned November 15, 1941, and took the oath on November 17, 1941. IV SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ALLOTMENT OF JUSTICES It is ordered that the following allotment be made of -he Chief Justice and Associate Justices of this Court among the Circuits, agreeably to the Acts of Congress in such case made and provided, and that such allotment be entered of record, viz: For the First Circuit, FELIX FRANKFURTER, Associate Justice. For the Second Circuit, ROBERT H. JACKSON, Associate Justice. For the Third Circuit, OWEN J. ROBERTS, Associate Justice. For the Fourth Circuit, HARLAN F. STONE, Chief Justice. For the Fifth Circuit, HUGO L. BLACK, Associate Justice. For the Sixth Circuit, STANLEY REED, Associate Justice. For the Seventh Circuit, JAMES FRANCIS BYRNES, Associate Justice. For the Eighth Circuit, FRANK MURPHY, Associate Justice. For the Ninth Circuit, WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS, Associate Justice. For the Tenth Circuit, FRANK MURPHY, Associate Justice. For the District of Columbia, HARLAN F. STONE, Chief Justice. October 14, 1941. (For next previous allotment, see 313 U. S. p. IV.) V |