List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 137
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This is a list of the 84 cases reported in volume 137 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1890 and 1891.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 137 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 137 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 |
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Melville Fuller | Chief Justice | Illinois | Morrison Waite | July 20, 1888 (41–20) |
October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910 (Died) |
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Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly-created seat | March 10, 1863 (Acclamation) |
May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired) |
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Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly-created seat | March 21, 1870 (46–9) |
March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died) |
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John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | November 29, 1877 (Acclamation) |
December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died) |
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Horace Gray | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | December 20, 1881 (51–5) |
January 9, 1882 – September 15, 1902 (Died) |
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Samuel Blatchford | Associate Justice | New York | Ward Hunt | March 22, 1882 (Acclamation) |
April 3, 1882 – July 7, 1893 (Died) |
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar | Associate Justice | Mississippi | William Burnham Woods | January 16, 1888 (32–28) |
January 18, 1888 – January 23, 1893 (Died) |
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David Josiah Brewer | Associate Justice | Kansas | Stanley Matthews | December 18, 1889 (53–11) |
January 6, 1890 – March 28, 1910 (Died) |
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Henry Billings Brown | Associate Justice | Michigan | Samuel Freeman Miller | December 29, 1890 (Acclamation) |
January 5, 1891 – May 28, 1906 (Retired) |
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.
The Judiciary Act of 1891 created the United States Courts of Appeals and reassigned the jurisdiction of most routine appeals from the district and circuit courts to these appellate courts. The Act created nine new courts that were originally known as the "United States Circuit Courts of Appeals." The new courts had jurisdiction over most appeals of lower court decisions. The Supreme Court could review either legal issues that a court of appeals certified or decisions of court of appeals by writ of certiorari. The change resulted in an immediate reduction in the Supreme Court's workload (from 623 cases filed in 1890 to 379 in 1891 and 275 in 1892).
Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.
- "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals
- e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- "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
- "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
- 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 137 U.S.[]
Case Name | Page & year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower court | Disposition of case |
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The Max Morris | 1 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
York v. Texas | 15 (1890) | Brewer | none | none | Tex. | affirmed |
Butler v. Steckel | 21 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Hostetter & Smith v. Park | 30 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
Dable Grain Shovel Co. v. Flint | 41 (1890) | Gray | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Harding v. Woodcock | 43 (1890) | Field | none | none | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Southern Pac. Co. | 48 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | La. | affirmed |
Shenfield v. Nashawannuck Mfg. Co. | 56 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Fishburn v. Chicago, M. & S.P. Ry. Co. | 60 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
La Confiance Compagnie v. Hall | 61 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | reversed |
Washington Market Co. v. District of Columbia | 62 (1890) | per curiam | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
In re Huntington | 63 (1890) | per curiam | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | habeas corpus denied |
Florsheim v. Schilling | 64 (1890) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Hennessy v. Bacon | 78 (1890) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
Crowley v. Christensen | 86 (1890) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | reversed |
Seeberger v. Cahn | 95 (1890) | Gray | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Fitzgerald & Mallory Const. Co. v. Fitzgerald | 98 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | affirmed |
Williams v. United States | 113 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Lawrence v. Rector | 139 (1890) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | decree below modified |
Gurnee v. Patrick Cnty. | 141 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.W.D. Va. | dismissed |
The S.S. Haverton | 145 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | dismissed |
United States v. Grimley | 147 (1890) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
In re Morrissey | 157 (1890) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
United States v. Trinidad Coal & Coking Co. | 160 (1890) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
Morgan's L. & T.R.R. & S.S. Co. v. Texas Cent. Ry. Co. | 171 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Tex. | affirmed |
Jones v. United States | 202 (1890) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
Smith v. United States | 224 (1890) | per curiam | none | none | not indicated | affirmed |
Falk v. Robertson | 225 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Fourth Nat'l Bank v. American Mills Co. | 234 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
French v. Carter | 239 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Wheeler v. Jackson | 245 (1890) | Harlan | none | none | Sup Ct. N.Y. | affirmed |
Dobson v. Lees | 258 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
MacFarland v. Jackson | 258 (1890) | Harlan | none | none | Sup Ct. N.Y. | affirmed |
Broom v. Armstrong | 266 (1890) | Lamar | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
United States v. Lynch | 280 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
Grover & Baker Sewing Mach. Co. v. Radcliffe | 287 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | Md. | affirmed |
Johnson v. Risk | 300 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | Tenn. | dismissed |
C.A. Auffmordt & Co. v. Hedden | 310 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
The Nacoochee | 330 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
Solomons v. United States | 342 (1890) | Brewer | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Montana Ry. Co. v. Warren | 348 (1890) | Brewer | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. | affirmed |
Central Nat'l Bank v. United States | 355 (1890) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Handley v. Stutz | 366 (1890) | Gray | none | none | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | dismissal denied |
Hamilton v. Home Ins. Co. | 370 (1890) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | reversed |
The Propeller Burlington | 386 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
In re Lancaster | 393 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | habeas corpus denied |
Fond du Lac Cnty. v. May | 395 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | reversed |
May v. Juneau Cnty. | 408 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
Union Stock-Yards Nat'l Bank v. Gillespie | 411 (1890) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Busell Trimmer Co. v. Stevens | 423 (1890) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Robertson v. Oelschlaeger | 436 (1890) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Texas Land & Cattle Co. v. Scott | 436 (1890) | per curiam | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | dismissed |
N.Y. Belting & P. Co. v. N.J. Car-Spring & R. Co. | 445 (1890) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
In re Pennsylvania Co. | 451 (1890) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | mandamus denied |
Ex parte Pennsylvania Co. | 457 (1890) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | mandamus denied |
Bass v. Taft | 458 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | reversed |
Hoffman, Lee & Co. v. Overbey | 465 (1890) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.W.D. Va. | affirmed |
Bank of British N. Am. v. Cooper | 473 (1890) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Ambler v. Eppinger | 480 (1890) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Fla. | affirmed |
Holden v. Minnesota | 483 (1890) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
Bassett v. United States | 496 (1890) | Brewer | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
Chicago, M. & S.P. Ry. Co. v. Artery | 507 (1890) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Iowa | reversed |
Wellford v. Snyder | 521 (1890) | Gray | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
St. Paul, M. & M. Ry. Co. v. Phelps | 528 (1890) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
Merritt v. Cameron & Co. | 542 (1890) | Lamar | none | Brewer | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
Cadwalader v. Partridge & Richardson | 553 (1890) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | reversed |
Mackall v. Casilear | 556 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
Baltimore & P.R.R. Co. v. Fifth Baptist Church | 568 (1891) | Gray | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
Lloyd v. McWilliams | 576 (1890) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.D.R.I. | affirmed |
Smith v. Gale | 577 (1891) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota | dismissal denied |
Sire v. Ellithorpe Air-Brake Co. | 579 (1891) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Ayers v. Watson | 584 (1891) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.N.D. Tex. | affirmed |
Preston v. Prather | 604 (1891) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Green v. Elbert | 615 (1891) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | dismissed |
In re Converse | 624 (1891) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
Red River Cattle Co. v. Needham | 632 (1891) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Tex. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
United States ex rel. Redfield v. Windom | 636 (1891) | Lamar | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
Duncan v. Navassa Phosphate Co. | 647 (1891) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
Egan v. Clasbey | 654 (1891) | Lamar | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
Packer v. Bird | 661 (1891) | Field | none | none | Cal. | affirmed |
United States v. Page | 673 (1891) | Fuller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
Cope v. Cope | 682 (1891) | Brown | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
Massachusetts Benevolent Ass'n v. Miles | 689 (1891) | Brown | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | dismissal denied |
Caldwell v. Texas | 692 (1891) | Fuller | none | none | Tex. Ct. App. | dismissed |
Notes and references[]
- ^ Lawson, Gary; Seidman, Guy (2001). "When Did the Constitution Become Law?". Notre Dame Law Review. 77: 1–37.
- ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
External links[]
- [1] Case reports in volume 137 from Library of Congress
- [2] Case reports in volume 137 from Court Listener
- [3] Case reports in volume 137 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
- [4] Case reports in volume 137 from Google Scholar
- [5] Case reports in volume 137 from Justia
- [6] Case reports in volume 137 from Open Jurist
- Website of the United States Supreme Court
- United States Courts website about the Supreme Court
- National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States
- American Bar Association, How Does the Supreme Court Work?
- The Supreme Court Historical Society
- Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume
- 1890 in United States case law
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