List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 186

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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 39 cases reported in volume 186 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1902.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 186 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 186 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)
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)
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)
Rufus Wheeler Peckham cph.3b30513.jpg Rufus W. Peckham Associate Justice New York Howell Edmunds Jackson December 9, 1895
(Acclamation)
January 6, 1896

October 24, 1909
(Died)
Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field January 21, 1898
(Acclamation)
January 26, 1898

January 5, 1925
(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.

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 186 U.S.[]

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition of case
The S.S. Styria 1 (1902) Shiras none none 2d Cir. reversed
Montana Mining Co. v. St. Louis Mining & Milling Co. 24 (1902) Fuller none none 9th Cir. dismissed
Emsheimer v. City of New Orleans 33 (1902) Fuller none none 5th Cir. remanded to divided lower court
McClaughry v. Deming 49 (1902) Peckham none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Bement & Sons v. National Harrow Co. 70 (1902) Peckham none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Murphy v. Utter 95 (1902) Brown none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Beyer v. LeFevre 114 (1902) Brewer none none D.C. Cir. reversed
Felsenheld v. United States 126 (1902) Brewer none none 4th Cir. remanded to divided lower court
Bowker v. United States 135 (1902) Fuller none none D.N.J. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Ward v. Joslin 142 (1902) Fuller none none 1st Cir. affirmed
Nesbitt v. United States 153 (1902) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Williams v. Gaylord 157 (1902) McKenna none none 9th Cir. affirmed
Lee Lung v. Patterson 168 (1902) McKenna none none D. Or. affirmed
Gallaway v. Fort Worth Bank 177 (1902) Fuller none none not indicated waiver of appeal bond denied
Hatfield v. King 178 (1902) Fuller none none C.C.D.W. Va. revision of decree denied
Hanover Nat'l Bank v. Moyses 181 (1902) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed
Chin Bak Kan v. United States 193 (1902) Fuller none none N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Denver First Nat'l Bank v. Klug 202 (1902) Fuller none none D. Colo. dismissed
Clark v. Herington 206 (1902) Brewer none none Kan. affirmed
Bienville Water Supply Co. v. City of Mobile 212 (1902) Brewer none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Hardy v. United States 224 (1902) Brewer none none D. Alaska affirmed
Jenkins v. Neff 230 (1902) Brewer none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Chesapeake & P. Tel. Co. v. Manning 238 (1902) Brewer none White D.C. Cir. reversed
Minneapolis & S.L.R.R. Co. v. Minnesota R.R.W.C. 257 (1902) Brown none none Minn. affirmed
New York C. & H.R.R.R. Co. v. City of New York 269 (1902) Brown none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Hoffeld v. United States 273 (1902) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Pine River Logging Co. v. United States 279 (1902) Brown none none 8th Cir. affirmed
United States v. Austin Nicholls Co. 298 (1902) Brown none none 2d Cir. remanded to divided lower court
Kennard v. Nebraska 304 (1902) Shiras none none Neb. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
United States v. Freel 309 (1902) Shiras none none 2d Cir. affirmed
ICC v. Chicago, B. & Q.R.R. Co. 320 (1902) White none none 7th Cir. affirmed
Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Courtney 342 (1902) White none none 6th Cir. affirmed
Warner v. Godfrey 365 (1902) White none none D.C. Cir. reversed
Compagnie Francaise v. Louisiana Bd. of Health 380 (1902) White none Brown La. affirmed
Capital City Light Fuel Co. v. City of Tallahassee 401 (1902) Peckham none none Fla. affirmed
Hotema v. United States 413 (1902) Peckham none none E.D. Tex. affirmed
Hagan v. Scottish Union Nat'l Ins. Co. 423 (1902) Peckham none none 3d Cir. reversed
Farmers' Loan & Tr. v. Pennsylvania Plate Glass 434 (1902) Peckham none none 3d Cir. affirmed
Lander v. Mercantile Nat'l Bank 458 (1902) McKenna none none 6th Cir. reversed

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.

See also[]

  • Certificate of division

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