List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 187
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This is a list of the 62 cases reported in volume 187 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1902 and 1903.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 187 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 187 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) | |
John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | November 29, 1877 (Acclamation) |
December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died) | |
David Josiah Brewer | Associate Justice | Kansas | Stanley Matthews | December 18, 1889 (53–11) |
January 6, 1890 – March 28, 1910 (Died) | |
Henry Billings Brown | Associate Justice | Michigan | Samuel Freeman Miller | December 29, 1890 (Acclamation) |
January 5, 1891 – May 28, 1906 (Retired) | |
George Shiras Jr. | Associate Justice | Pennsylvania | Joseph P. Bradley | July 26, 1892 (Acclamation) |
October 10, 1892 – February 23, 1903 (Retired) | |
Edward Douglass White | Associate Justice | Louisiana | Samuel Blatchford | February 19, 1894 (Acclamation) |
March 12, 1894 – December 18, 1910 (Continued as chief justice) | |
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) | |
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Horace Gray | December 4, 1902 (Acclamation) |
December 8, 1902 – January 12, 1932 (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 187 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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Ambrosini v. United States | 1 (1902) | Fuller | none | none | N.D. Ill. | reversed |
Schwartz v. Duss | 8 (1902) | McKenna | none | Fuller | 3d Cir. | affirmed |
Robinson Co. v. Belt | 41 (1902) | Brown | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
Turpin v. Lemon | 51 (1902) | Brown | none | none | C.C.D.W. Va. | affirmed |
Baker v. Baldwin | 61 (1902) | Fuller | none | none | Mich. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Kansas City S.B. Ry. Co. v. Herman | 63 (1902) | Fuller | none | none | Kan. | affirmed |
Dreyer v. Illinois | 71 (1902) | Harlan | none | none | Ill. | affirmed |
Iowa v. Rood | 87 (1902) | Brown | none | none | Iowa | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
American School of Magnetic Healing v. McAnnulty | 94 (1902) | Peckham | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | reversed |
Romig v. Gillett | 111 (1902) | Brewer | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. | reversed |
Bird v. United States | 118 (1902) | McKenna | none | none | D. Alaska | affirmed |
Jacobi v. Alabama | 133 (1902) | Fuller | none | none | Ala. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Reid v. Colorado | 137 (1902) | Harlan | none | none | Colo. | affirmed |
Reid v. Jones | 153 (1902) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
Home for Incurables v. City of New York | 155 (1902) | Harlan | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Raub v. Carpenter | 159 (1902) | Fuller | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
Metcalf Bros. Co. v. Barker | 165 (1902) | Fuller | none | none | 2d Cir. | remanded to divided lower court |
Pickens v. Roy | 177 (1902) | Fuller | none | none | 4th Cir. | affirmed |
Grin v. Shine | 181 (1902) | Brown | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
Knights Templars' & Masons' Life Indem. Co. v. Jarman | 197 (1902) | Brown | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
Security Tr. Co. v. Black River Nat'l Bank | 211 (1902) | Shiras | none | none | 8th Cir. | reversed |
Security Tr. Co. v. Dent | 237 (1902) | Shiras | none | none | 8th Cir. | reversed |
Macfarland v. Brown | 239 (1902) | Shiras | none | none | D.C. Cir. | dismissed |
Macfarland v. Byrnes | 246 (1902) | Shiras | none | none | D.C. Cir. | dismissed |
Mencke v. Cargo of Java Sugar | 248 (1902) | Shiras | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
North Cent. Ry. Co. v. Maryland | 258 (1902) | White | none | none | Md. | affirmed |
Evans v. Nellis | 271 (1902) | White | none | none | 2d Cir. | remanded to divided lower court |
Lawder v. Stone | 281 (1902) | White | none | none | 4th Cir. | reversed |
Cherokee Nation v. Hitchcock | 294 (1902) | White | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
Equitable Life Assur. Soc'y v. Brown | 308 (1902) | White | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. | dismissed |
Fidelity Deposit Co.v. United States ex rel. Smoot | 315 (1902) | McKenna | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
United States v. Moseley | 322 (1902) | McKenna | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Elliott Co. v. Toeppner | 327 (1902) | Fuller | none | none | 6th Cir. | remanded to divided lower court |
Iowa Life Ins. Co. v. Lewis | 335 (1902) | McKenna | none | none | C.C.N.D. Tex. | reversed |
Layton v. Missouri | 356 (1902) | Fuller | none | none | Mo. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Burt v. Union Cen. Life Ins. Co. | 362 (1902) | Brewer | none | none | 5th Cir. | affirmed |
Pam-to-Pee v. United States | 371 (1902) | Brewer | none | White | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Young Women's Christian Home v. French | 401 (1903) | Fuller | none | none | D.C. Cir. | reversed |
Western Union Tel. Co. v. Borough of New Hope | 419 (1903) | Fuller | none | none | Pa. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
Cary Mfg. Co. v. Acme Flexible Clasp Co. | 427 (1903) | Fuller | none | none | 2d Cir. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Mexican Cent. Ry. Co. v. Eckman | 429 (1903) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | affirmed |
United States v. Sampson | 436 (1903) | Fuller | none | none | D.C. Cir. | substitute party permitted |
Oshkosh Waterworks Co. v. City of Oshkosh | 437 (1903) | Harlan | none | none | Wis. | affirmed |
Pacific Steam Whaling Co. v. United States | 447 (1903) | Brewer | none | none | D. Alaska | affirmed |
Pacific Coast S.S. Co. v. United States | 454 (1903) | Brewer | none | none | D. Alaska | affirmed |
Corbus v. Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Co. | 455 (1903) | Brewer | none | none | D. Alaska | affirmed |
Stewart v. Washington & Alaska S.S. Co. | 466 (1902) | Brewer | none | none | D. Alaska | affirmed |
Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Wilson | 467 (1903) | Brewer | none | none | D.C. Cir. | reversed |
Mobile Transp. Co. v. City of Mobile | 479 (1903) | Brown | none | none | Ala. | affirmed |
Johnson v. New York Life Ins. Co. | 491 (1903) | Brown | none | none | Iowa | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Downs v. United States | 496 (1903) | Brown | none | none | 4th Cir. | affirmed |
Clinton Worden Co. v. California Fig Syrup Co. | 516 (1903) | Shiras | none | none | 9th Cir. | reversed |
Chadwick v. Kelly | 540 (1903) | Shiras | none | none | La. | affirmed |
Manley v. Park | 547 (1903) | White | none | none | Kan. | affirmed |
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock | 553 (1903) | White | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
Telluride Power Transmission Co. v. Rio Grande W. Ry. Co. | 569 (1903) | McKenna | none | none | Utah | dismissed |
Ayres v. Polsdorfer | 585 (1903) | McKenna | none | none | 6th Cir. | dismissed |
Page v. Edmunds | 596 (1903) | McKenna | none | none | 3d Cir. | affirmed |
Otis v. Parker | 606 (1903) | Holmes | none | none | Cal. | affirmed |
Diamond Glue Co. v. U.S. Glue Co. | 611 (1903) | Holmes | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
Hanley v. Kansas City S. Ry. Co. | 617 (1903) | Holmes | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
Caldwell v. North Carolina | 622 (1903) | Shiras | none | none | N.C. | reversed |
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.
See also[]
- Certificate of division
External links[]
- [1] Case reports in volume 187 from Library of Congress
- [2] Case reports in volume 187 from Court Listener
- [3] Case reports in volume 187 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
- [4] Case reports in volume 187 from Google Scholar
- [5] Case reports in volume 187 from Justia
- [6] Case reports in volume 187 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
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