VOLUME 249

CASES ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

AT

OCTOBER TERM, 1918

FROM MARCH 3, 1919, TO MAY 19, 1919

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JUSTICES

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DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS."

EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE, CHIEF JUSTICE.
JOSEPH MCKENNA, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
WILLIAM R. DAY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
WILLIS VAN DEVANTER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
MAHLON PITNEY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
JAMESCURKMCREYNOLDS, Associate JUSTICE.
LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
JOHN H. CLARKE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

THOMAS WATT GREGORY, ATTORNEY GENERAL.:
A. MITCHELL PALMER, ATTORNEY GENERAL.'
ALEXANDER C. KING, SOLICITOR GENERAL.
JAMES D. MAIIER, CLERK.
FRANK KEY GREEN, MARSHAL.

1 For allotment of The Chief Justice and Associate Justices among the several circuits see next page.

: Resigned January 9, 1919, to take effect March 4, 1919.

• On March 5, 1919, A. Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania, took the outh of office as Attorney General, under a recess appointment.