List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 159

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Supreme Court of the United States
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This is a list of the 62 cases reported in volume 159 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1895.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 159 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 159 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)
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)
JudgeJMHarlan.jpg John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(Died)
Horacegrayphoto.jpg Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford December 20, 1881
(51–5)
January 9, 1882

September 15, 1902
(Died)
DavidBrewer.jpg David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews December 18, 1889
(53–11)
January 6, 1890

March 28, 1910
(Died)
Portrait of Henry Billings Brown.jpg Henry Billings Brown Associate Justice Michigan Samuel Freeman Miller December 29, 1890
(Acclamation)
January 5, 1891

May 28, 1906
(Retired)
George Shiras Jr.jpg George Shiras Jr. Associate Justice Pennsylvania Joseph P. Bradley July 26, 1892
(Acclamation)
October 10, 1892

February 23, 1903
(Retired)
Justice Howell Jackson2.jpg Howell Edmunds Jackson Associate Justice Tennessee Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar February 18, 1893
(Acclamation)
March 4, 1893

August 8, 1895
(Died)
Edward White, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, 1905.jpg Edward Douglass White Associate Justice Louisiana Samuel Blatchford February 19, 1894
(Acclamation)
March 12, 1894

December 18, 1910
(Continued as chief justice)

Notable Case in 159 U.S.[]

Hilton v. Guyot[]

In Hilton v. Guyot, 159 U.S. 113 (1895), the Supreme Court ruled that the recognition and enforceability of a foreign judgment rested on the "comity of nations," namely whether there would be any reciprocity and mutual recognition by the foreign jurisdiction from which the judgment was issued.[3] Hilton established the fundamental basis for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in the United States,[4] remaining "the most detailed exposition of any American court" on this principle.[5] It is also viewed as the quintessential statement of comity in international law,[6] and is one of the earliest decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court to assert that international law is part of U.S. law.

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.

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
  • "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 159 U.S.[]

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition of case
White v. Van Horn 3 (1895) White none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
Townsend v. St. Louis & S.C. & M. Co. 21 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
White v. Ewing 36 (1895) Brown none none 6th Cir. remanded to divided lower court
Horne v. Smith 40 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed
Wisconsin Cent. R.R. Co. v. Forsythe 46 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Wis. reversed
Spencer v. McDougal 62 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Wis. reversed
Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Smith 66 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. La. reversed
Gray v. Connecticut 74 (1895) Field none none Conn. affirmed
United States v. Burr 78 (1895) Fuller none none 2d Cir. remanded to divided lower court
Grand Rapids & I.R.R. Co. v. Butler 87 (1895) Fuller none none Mich. affirmed
Ex parte Belt 95 (1895) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. habeas corpus denied
Brown v. United States 100 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed
Central Land Co. v. Laidley 103 (1895) Gray none none W. Va. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Hilton v. Guyot 113 (1895) Gray none Fuller C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Ritchie v. McMullen 235 (1895) Gray Fuller none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Indiana v. Kentucky 275 (1895) Fuller none none original jurisdiction commissioners appointed
Simmons v. Burlington, C.R. & N. Ry. Co. 278 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.S.D. Iowa reversed
Richmond Nervine Co. v. Richmond 293 (1895) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Ill. reversed
Gilfillan v. McKee 303 (1895) Brown none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
McKee v. Lamon 317 (1895) Brown none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
McKee v. Latrobe 327 (1895) Brown none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
McCormick v. Hayes 332 (1895) Harlan none none Iowa reversed
Sioux City & S.P.R.R. Co. v. United States 349 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Iowa affirmed
Chicago. M. & S.P. Ry. Co. v. United States 372 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Iowa affirmed
Sioux City & S.P.R.R. Co. v. Countryman 377 (1895) Harlan none none Iowa affirmed
Sweet v. Rechel 380 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Borgmeyer v. Idler 408 (1895) Fuller none none 3d Cir. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
California v. Holladay 415 (1895) Fuller none none Cal. dismissed
Sonn v. Magone 417 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Thorn Wire Hedge Co. v. Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. 423 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
United States v. Chaves 452 (1895) Shiras none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
The Incandescent Lamp Patent 465 (1895) Brown none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
Richards v. Chase Elevator Co. 477 (1895) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Ill. rehearing denied
Isaacs v. United States 487 (1895) Brown none none C.C.W.D. Ark. affirmed
Shiver v. United States 491 (1895) Brown none none 5th Cir. remanded to divided lower court
Patton v. United States 500 (1895) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Thiede v. Utah 510 (1895) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Wheeler v. United States 523 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed
Winona & S.P.L. Co. v. Minnesota I 526 (1895) Brewer none none Minn. affirmed
Winona & S.P.L. Co. v. Minnesota II 540 (1895) Brewer none none Minn. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Weeks v. Bridgman 541 (1895) Fuller none none Minn. affirmed
United States v. American Bell Tel. Co. 548 (1895) Fuller none none 1st Cir. dismissal denied
Magone v. Wiederer 555 (1895) White none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
De Jonge v. Magone 562 (1895) White none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Cowley v. Northern P.R.R. Co. 569 (1895) Brown none none C.C.D. Wash. reversed
Hilton's Administrator v. Jones 584 (1895) Brown none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
Clune v. United States 590 (1895) Brewer none none S.D. Cal. affirmed
McDowell v. United States 596 (1895) Brewer none none 4th Cir. remanded to divided lower court
Baltimore & O.R.R. Co. v. Griffith 603 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Folsom v. Township Ninety-Six 611 (1895) Gray none none 4th Cir. remanded to divided lower court
Rutland R.R. Co. v. Central Vt. R.R. Co. 630 (1895) Gray none none Vt. Ct. Chan. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Stewart v. McHarry 643 (1895) Field none none Cal. affirmed
Mills v. Green 651 (1895) Gray none none 4th Cir. dismissed
Gillis v. Stinchfield 658 (1895) Fuller none none Cal. dismissed
Lambert v. Barrett 660 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Goode v. United States 663 (1895) Brown none none D. Mass. affirmed
Moore v. Missouri 673 (1895) Fuller none none Mo. affirmed
Bucklin v. United States I 680 (1895) Harlan none none D. Kan. dismissed
Bucklin v. United States II 682 (1895) Harlan none none D. Kan. reversed
The Bayonne 687 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Ansbro v. United States 695 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Little Rock & M.R.R. Co. v. East Tenn., V. & G.R.R. Co. 698 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. dismissed

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.
  3. ^ "Overview of U.S. Law - Proskauer on International Litigation and Arbitration". www.proskauerguide.com. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  4. ^ David J. Levy, International Litigation: Defending and Suing Foreign Parties in U.S. Federal Courts (American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, 2003), p. 343, 346.
  5. ^ Levy, p. 343 (quoting Willis L. M. Reese, The Status in this Country of Judgments Rendered Abroad, 50 Columbia Law Review 783, 790 (1950))).
  6. ^ International Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts:, 2d rev. ed., p. 355.

See also[]

  • Certificate of division

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