Supreme Court of the United States, 1914

The Court held that the Commerce Court had jurisdiction to review the Commission's order because the order was affirmative rather than merely negative. It further held that the tap lines were common carriers, including as to proprietary traffic, and that the Commission therefore could not categorically prohibit their…

The Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment imposes limitations and restraints on federal courts and federal officers, and that a federal court may not retain, over the accused's timely application for return, letters seized from his home by a United States Marshal without a search warrant, nor admit them in…