List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 300
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 300 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1937.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 300 U.S.
The Supreme Court is established by Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which says: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court . . .". The size of the Court is not specified; the Constitution leaves it to Congress to set the number of justices. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 Congress originally fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices). Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices (always including one chief justice).
When the cases in volume 300 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
Notable case in 300 U.S.
West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish
In West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937), the Supreme Court upheld state minimum wage legislation. The Court's decision overturned an earlier holding in Adkins v.
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