Willis Van Devanter
1859–1941 · Marion, IN
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit | Judge | Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) | Feb 18, 1903 | Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Dec 16, 1910 |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Judge | Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) | Feb 18, 1903 | Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Dec 16, 1910 |
| Supreme Court of the United States | Associate Justice | William H. Taft (Republican) | Dec 16, 1910 | Death, Feb 8, 1941 |
Education
- Cincinnati Law School (now University of Cincinnati College of Law), LL.B., 1881
Professional Career
Private practice, Marion, Indiana, 1881-1884; Private practice, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, 1884-1887; Member, commission to revise the statutes of Wyoming Territory, 1886; City attorney, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, 1887-1888; Territorial representative, Wyoming Territory, 1888; Chief justice, Wyoming Supreme Court, 1890; Private practice, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1890-1897; Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1896-1903; Professor, Columbian University School of Law, 1897-1903
Other Federal Judicial Service
- Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Wyoming Territory, 1889-1890
Opinions on This Site
Showing 100 of 426 opinions from 1911 to 1974
- Perrin v. United States 1974
- Chippewa Indians v. United States 1937
- Senn v. Tile Layers Protective Union 1937
- Steward MacHine Co. v. Davis 1937
- Chippewa Indians of Minn. v. United States 1937
- Alaska Packers Assn. v. Pillsbury 1937
- Smith v. Hall 1937
- Herndon v. Lowry 1937
- National Labor Relations Board v. Friedman-Harry Marks Clothing Co. 1937
- Associated Press v. National Labor Relations Board 1937
- West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish 1937
- Dugas v. American Surety Co. 1937
- Highland Farms Dairy, Inc. v. Agnew 1937
- Holyoke Water Power Co. v. American Writing Paper Co. 1937
- United States Ex Rel. Wilhelm v. Chain 1937
- United States v. Hudson 1937
- Employers Reinsurance Corp. v. Bryant 1937
- British-American Oil Producing Co. v. Board of Equalization of Mont. 1936
- Pick Manufacturing Co. v. General Motors Corp. 1936
- Wyoming v. Colorado 1936
- United States v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance 1936
- United States v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance 1936
- Compagnie Generale Transatlantique v. Elting 1936
- Duplate Corp. v. Triplex Safety Glass Co. 1936
- Whitfield v. Ohio 1936
- BORDEN’S FARM PRODUCTS CO., INC. v. TEN EYCK, COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE & MARKETS OF NEW YORK, Et Al. 1936
- Duparquet Huot & Moneuse Co. v. Evans 1936
- Tuttle v. Harris 1936
- Helvering v. City Bank Farmers Trust Co. 1935
- Baltimore & Carolina Line, Inc. v. Redman 1935
- United States v. Creek Nation 1935
- United States v. Creek Nation 1935
- Metropolitan Casualty Insurance v. Brownell 1935
- Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 1935
- Nortz v. United States 1935
- Perry v. United States 1935
- Fox v. Standard Oil Co. of NJ 1935
- Concordia Fire Insurance Co. v. Illinois 1934
- New Colonial Ice Co. v. Helvering 1934
- Elliot v. Lombard 1934
- Puget Sound Power & Light Co. v. Seattle 1934
- Seattle Gas Co. v. Seattle 1934
- Nebbia v. New York 1934
- Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tenn. v. McCray 1934
- United States v. Jefferson Electric Manufacturing Co. 1934
- United States v. Jefferson Electric Manufacturing Co. 1934
- Alexander v. Cosden Pipe Line Co. 1934
- United States v. Chavez 1933
- Bullard v. City of Cisco 1933
- United States v. Reily 1933
- Burnet v. Wells 1933
- DuPont v. Commissioner 1933
- Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp. v. Railroad Commission 1933
- Edelman v. Boeing Air Transport, Inc. 1933
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad 1932
- Wyoming v. Colorado 1932
- Nixon v. Condon 1932
- United States v. Swift & Co. 1932
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Maxwell 1931
- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson 1931
- United States v. Equitable Trust Co. of NY 1931
- Mott v. United States 1931
- Halbert v. United States 1931
- State Bd. of Tax Commr's of Ind. v. Jackson 1931
- Indian Motocycle Co. v. United States 1931
- Memphis & Charleston Railway Co. v. Pace 1931
- O'Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. 1931
- Broad River Power Co. v. South Carolina Ex Rel. Daniel 1930
- Surplus Trading Co. v. Cook 1930
- Ann Arbor Railroad v. United States 1930
- Panama Mail Steamship Co. v. Vargas 1930
- Wheeler Lumber Bridge & Supply Co. v. United States 1930
- Universal Battery Co. v. United States and Four Other Cases 1930
- Universal Battery Co. v. United States 1930
- Wheeler Lumber Bridge & Supply Co. v. United States 1930
- Universal Battery Co. v. United States Vesta Battery Corp. 1930
- Federal Radio Commission v. General Electric Co. 1930
- Grubb v. Public Util. Comm'n of Ohio 1930
- Wilbur v. United States Ex Rel. Kadrie 1930
- Davis v. Preston 1930
- Luckenbach Steamship Co. v. United States 1930
- United States v. Jackson 1930
- Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine v. Michaux 1929
- White River Lumber Co. v. Arkansas Ex Rel. Applegate 1929
- Ex Parte Bakelite Corp'n. 1929
- Gilchrist v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co. 1929
- Commercial Casualty Insurance v. Consolidated Stone Co. 1929
- New York Ex Rel. Bryant v. Zimmerman 1928
- Marlin v. Lewallen 1928
- Kinney-Coastal Oil Co. v. Kieffer 1928
- King Manufacturing Co. v. City Council of Augusta 1928
- Sultan Railway & Timber Co. v. Department of Labor & Industries 1928
- Larkin v. Paugh 1928
- Fairbanks, Morse & Co. v. American Valve & Meter Co. 1928
- Longest v. Langford 1928
- Barber Asphalt Paying Co. v. Standard Asphalt & Rubber Co. 1928
- New York v. Illinois & Sanitary District of Chicago 1927
- Power Manufacturing Co. v. Saunders 1927
- Longest v. Langford 1927
- Maul v. United States 1927