List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 130

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Supreme Court of the United States
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 233 years ago (1789-03-04)[1]
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444Coordinates: 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

This is a list of the 81 cases reported in volume 130 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1889.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 130 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).[2] 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 130 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Melville Weston Fuller Chief Justice 1908.jpg Melville Fuller Chief Justice Illinois Morrison Waite July 20, 1888
(41–20)
October 8, 1888

July 4, 1910
(Died)
Samuel Freeman Miller - Brady-Handy.jpg Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel July 16, 1862
(Acclamation)
July 21, 1862

October 13, 1890
(Died)
Stephen Johnson Field, photo half length seated, 1875.jpg Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly-created seat March 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(Retired)
Joseph Philo Bradley - Brady-Handy.jpg Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly-created seat March 21, 1870
(46–9)
March 23, 1870

January 22, 1892
(Died)
JudgeJMHarlan.jpg John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(Died)
Thomas Stanley Matthews - Brady-Handy.jpg Stanley Matthews Associate Justice Ohio Noah Haynes Swayne May 12, 1881
(24–23)
May 17, 1881

March 22, 1889
(Died)
Horacegrayphoto.jpg Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford December 20, 1881
(51–5)
January 9, 1882

September 15, 1902
(Died)
Samuel Blatchford, US Supreme Court Justice.png Samuel Blatchford Associate Justice New York Ward Hunt March 22, 1882
(Acclamation)
April 3, 1882

July 7, 1893
(Died)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II - Brady-Handy.jpg Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Associate Justice Mississippi William Burnham Woods January 16, 1888
(32–28)
January 18, 1888

January 23, 1893
(Died)

Notable Case in 130 U.S.[]

Chae Chan Ping v. United States[]

Chae Chan Ping v. United States, 130 U.S. 581 (1889), also known as the Chinese Exclusion Case, was a challenge to the Scott Act of 1888, an addendum to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. One ground of challenge was conflict with the Burlingame Treaty of 1868 between the United States and China. The Supreme Court rejected the challenge and upheld the authority of the US federal government to set immigration policy and pass new legislation even if it overrode the terms of existing treaties. The decision was an important precedent for judicial deference to the plenary power of the legislative branch in immigration law, and federal authority to overturn the terms of international treaties.

Citation style[]

Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 the federal court structure at the time comprised District Courts, which had general trial jurisdiction; Circuit Courts, which had mixed trial and appellate (from the US District Courts) jurisdiction; and the United States Supreme Court, which had appellate jurisdiction over the federal District and Circuit courts—and for certain issues over state courts. The Supreme Court also had limited original jurisdiction (i.e., in which cases could be filed directly with the Supreme Court without first having been heard by a lower federal or state court). There were one or more federal District Courts and/or Circuit Courts in each state, territory, or other geographical region.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

  • "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . .
    • e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
  • "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . .
    • e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western
    • e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
    • e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
  • "Adm." = Admiralty Court (a federal court)
  • "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
  • "Ct. Com. Pl." = Court of Common Pleas (a state court)
  • The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time.
    • e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

List of cases in volume 130 U.S.[]

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition of case
Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co. v. Oregonian Ry. Co., Ltd. 1 (1889) Miller none Field C.C.D. Or. reversed
Badger v. Cusimano 39 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Parker v. Dacres 43 (1889) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. affirmed
Ballard v. Searls 50 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Mich. remanded
Collins Co. v. Coes 56 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Arkansas Valley Land & Cattle Co. v. Mann 69 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
United States v. Watson 80 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.D. affirmed
Calton v. Utah 83 (1889) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
Brown v. District of Columbia 87 (1889) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Richardson v. Green 104 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.W.D. Mich. dismissed
Thompson v. Hall 117 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
Moore v. Crawford 122 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed
Bullitt Cnty. v. Washer 142 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Rude v. Westcott 152 (1889) Field none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed
Smith v. Adams 167 (1889) Field none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Lyon v. Alley 177 (1889) Lamar none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Williamson v. New Jersey 189 (1889) Blatchford none none N.J. Sup. Ct. affirmed
The Alaska 201 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Baltimore & P.R.R. Co. v. Hopkins 210 (1889) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
District of Columbia v. Gannon 227 (1889) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
District of Columbia v. Emerson 229 (1889) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Stevens v. Nichols 230 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed
Buxton v. Traver 232 (1889) Field none none Cal. affirmed
Botiller v. Dominguez 238 (1889) Miller none none Cal. reversed
Parley's Park Silver Mining Co. v. Kerr 256 (1889) Lamar none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
United States v. Insley 263 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed
Manhattan Bank v. Walker 267 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. reversed
United States v. Pile 280 (1889) Miller none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Davies v. Miller 284 (1889) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Hammer v. Garfield Mining Milling Co. 291 (1889) Field none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed
Amy v. City of Watertown I 301 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
Amy v. City of Watertown II 320 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
Knowlton v. City of Watertown I 327 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
Knowlton v. City of Watertown II 334 (1889) per curiam none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
United States v. Averill 335 (1889) Blatchford none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
Brock v. Northwestern Fuel Co. 341 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Iowa reversed
In re Gon-Shay-Ee 343 (1889) Miller none none D. Terr. Ariz. habeas corpus granted
In re Captain Jack 353 (1889) Miller none none not indicated habeas corpus granted
Reynes v. F. Dumont & Co. 354 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Gibbs v. Consolidated Gas Co. 396 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Robertson v. Salomon 412 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Friedlander & Co. v. Texas & P. Ry. Co. 416 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed
Shepherd v. Baltimore & O.R.R. Co. 426 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed
Town of Andes v. Slauson 435 (1889) Gray none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Badeau v. United States 439 (1889) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Cumming 452 (1889) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Hurlbut v. Schillinger 456 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Wilson v. Edmonds 472 (1889) Blatchford none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Central Trust Co. v. Seasongood 482 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Hassall v. Wilcox 493 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed
Kilbourn v. Sunderland 505 (1889) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed (part); reversed (part)
Stillwell & Bierce Mfg. Co. v. Phelps 520 (1889) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
Butler v. Boston & S.S.S. Co. 527 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Huling v. Kaw Valley Ry. & Impr. Co. 559 (1889) Miller none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Union Trust Co. v. Southern Inland Nav. & Impr. Co. 565 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed
Synnott v. Shaughnessy 572 (1889) Lamar none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho affirmed
Chae Chan Ping v. United States 581 (1889) Field none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
N.Y. & Colo. Mining Syndicate & Co. v. Fraser 611 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Redfield v. Parks 623 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Ark. certiorari issued
Peters v. Active Mfg. Co. 626 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
McKinley v. Wheeler 630 (1889) Field none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed
Pickard v. East Tenn., V. & G.R.R. Co. 637 (1889) Field none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. reversed
Andrus v. St. Louis Smelting & Refining Co. 643 (1889) Field none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Dunlap v. Northeastern R.R. Co. 649 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ga. reversed
United States v. Haynes 653 (1889) Gray none none C.C.W.D. Tex. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
District of Columbia v. Cornell 655 (1889) Gray none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Lake Cnty. v. Rollins 662 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed
Lake Cnty. v. Graham 674 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed
Jones v. Van Doren 684 (1889) Gray none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed
Michigan Ins. Bank v. Eldred 693 (1889) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Wis. reversed
Hill v. Harding 699 (1889) Gray none none Ill. affirmed

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Lawson, Gary; Seidman, Guy (2001). "When Did the Constitution Become Law?". Notre Dame Law Review. 77: 1–37.
  2. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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