List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 190

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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 41 cases reported in volume 190 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1903.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 190 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 190 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)
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)
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)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr circa 1930-edit.jpg Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray December 4, 1902
(Acclamation)
December 8, 1902

January 12, 1932
(Retired)
Justice William R. Day.jpg William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. February 23, 1903
(Acclamation)
March 2, 1903

November 13, 1922
(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 190 U.S.[]

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition of case
In re Watts 1 (1903) Fuller Harlan none D. Ind. habeas corpus granted
O'Neal v. United States 36 (1903) Fuller none none N.D. Fla. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Tubman v. Baltimore & O.R.R. Co. 38 (1903) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Wright v. Henkel 40 (1903) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Tennessee v. Virginia 64 (1903) Fuller none none original jurisdiction state boundary set
Montgomery v. City of Portland 89 (1903) Harlan none none Or. affirmed
Wilkes Cnty. v. W.N. Coler Co. 107 (1903) Harlan none none 4th Cir. affirmed
Bockfinger v. Foster 116 (1903) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed
James v. Bowman 127 (1903) Brewer none none W.D. Ky. affirmed
Swan & Finch Co. v. United States 143 (1903) Brewer none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Mutual Res. Fund Life Ass'n v. Phelps 147 (1903) Brewer none none 6th Cir. affirmed
Atlantic & Pac. Tel. Co. v. City of Philadelphia 160 (1903) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Patterson v. Bark Eudora 169 (1903) Brewer none none 3d Cir. remanded to divided lower court
Johanson v. Washington 179 (1903) Brewer none none Wash. affirmed
Oregon & C.R.R. Co. v. United States 186 (1903) Brown none none 9th Cir. reversed
Hawaii v. Mankichi 197 (1903) Brown White Fuller, Harlan D. Haw. reversed
Snyder v. Bettman 249 (1903) Brown none White C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Mifflin v. R.H. White Co. 260 (1903) Brown none none 1st Cir. affirmed
Mifflin v. Dutton 265 (1903) Brown none none 1st Cir. affirmed
Northern P. Ry. Co. v. Townsend 267 (1903) White none none Minn. reversed
ICC v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. 273 (1903) White none none 5th Cir. affirmed
Texas P. Ry. Co. v. Watson 287 (1903) White none none 5th Cir. affirmed
Lockwood v. Exchange Bank 294 (1903) White none none 5th Cir. reversed
Cosmos Exploration Co. v. Gray Eagle Oil Co. 301 (1903) Peckham none none 9th Cir. affirmed
United States ex rel. Riverside Oil Co. v. Hitchcock 316 (1903) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Southern Ry. Co. v. Allison 326 (1903) Peckham none none N.C. reversed
Dunbar v. Dunbar 340 (1903) Peckham none none Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
Buchanan v. Patterson 353 (1903) Peckham none none Md. affirmed
Blackfeather v. United States 368 (1903) Peckham none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Michigan 379 (1903) Peckham none none original jurisdiction Michigan's demurrer overruled
Conley v. Mathieson Alkali Works 406 (1903) McKenna none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Western Union Tel. Co. v. Missouri ex rel. Gottlieb 412 (1903) McKenna none none Mo. affirmed
Geer v. Mathieson Alkali Works 428 (1903) McKenna none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Stanly Cnty. v. W.N. Coler Co. 437 (1903) McKenna none none 4th Cir. affirmed
Kean v. Calumet Canal & Impr. Co. 452 (1903) Holmes none White Ind. affirmed
Hardin v. Shedd 508 (1903) Holmes none White Ill. affirmed
Colombia v. Cauca Co. 524 (1903) Holmes none none 4th Cir. reversed
Randolph v. Scruggs 533 (1903) Holmes none none 6th Cir. remanded to divided lower court
Globe Refin. Co. v. Landa Cotton Oil Co. 540 (1903) Holmes none none C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed
Queenan v. Oklahoma 548 (1903) Holmes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed
Hutchinson v. Otis 552 (1903) Holmes none none 1st Cir. 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.

See also[]

  • Certificate of division

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