List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 157

Summary

This is a list of cases reported in volume 157 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1895.

Supreme Court of the United States
Map
38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°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

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 157 U.S. edit

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).[1] 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 157 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 Fuller Chief Justice Illinois Morrison Waite July 20, 1888
(41–20)
October 8, 1888

July 4, 1910
(Died)
  Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly-created seat March 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(Retired)
  John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

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

September 15, 1902
(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)
  Howell Edmunds Jackson Associate Justice Tennessee Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar February 18, 1893
(Acclamation)
March 4, 1893

August 8, 1895
(Died)
  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 157 U.S. edit

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. edit

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., 157 U.S. 429, affirmed on rehearing, 158 U.S. 601 (1895), was a landmark case of the Supreme Court of the United States. In a 5-to-4 decision, the Court struck down the income tax imposed by the Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act for being an unapportioned direct tax. The decision was superseded in 1913 by the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which allows Congress to levy income taxes without apportioning them among the states.

Citation style edit

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.

List of cases in volume 157 U.S. edit

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Bate Refrigerating Co. v. Sulzberger 1 (1895) Harlan none none 2d Cir. certification
Frost v. Wenie 46 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
The Ludvig Holberg 60 (1895) Brown none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Baltimore & P.R.R. Co. v. MacKey 72 (1895) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Pullman P.C. Co. v. Metropolitan St. Ry. Co. 94 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed
United States v. Piatt 113 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
United States v. Salisbury 121 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
The Caledonia 124 (1895) Fuller none Brown C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Cooper v. Dobson 148 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Neel v. Pennsylvania Co. 153 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ohio reversed
Beuttell v. Magone 154 (1895) White none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Frisbie v. United States 160 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Shields v. Coleman 168 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. continued
Seeberger v. Wright et al. Co. 183 (1895) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Stokes v. United States 187 (1895) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Morgan v. Potter 195 (1895) Gray none none 8th Cir. certification
Michels v. Olmstead 198 (1895) Gray none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Mexican N.R.R. Co. v. Davidson 201 (1895) Fuller none none 2d Cir. certification
Chicago et al. R.R. Co. v. Pontius 209 (1895) Fuller none none Kan. affirmed
Baker v. Wood 212 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed
New Orleans et al. R.R. Co. v. Louisiana ex rel. City of New Orleans 219 (1895) Harlan none none La. affirmed
Pennsylvania R.R. Co. v. Wabash et al. Ry. Co. 225 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
California v. Southern P. Co. 229 (1895) Fuller Field Harlan original dismissed
Wailes v. Smith 271 (1895) White none none Md. dismissed
Statler v. United States 277 (1895) White none none W.D. Pa. affirmed
United States v. Sweeny 281 (1895) Brown none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Cochran v. United States 286 (1895) Brown none none D. Colo. reversed
Reagan v. United States 301 (1895) Brewer none none W.D. Tex. affirmed
Sanford F. & T. Co. v. Howe Brown & Co. 312 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed
Johnson v. United States 320 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Ark. affirmed
Bardon v. Land & R.I. Co. 327 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
Walton v. Marietta C. Co. 342 (1895) Gray none none C.C.S.D. Ohio amendment granted
Gulf et al. Ry. Co. v. Shane 348 (1895) White none none Ct. Indian Terr. reversed
Barney v. Rickard 352 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Colvin v. City of Jacksonville 368 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.S.D. Fla. dismissed
Stevens' Adm'r v. Nichols 370 (1895) Brewer none none Mo. affirmed
Orchard v. Alexander 372 (1895) Brewer none none Wash. affirmed
Ralli v. Troop 386 (1895) Gray none Brown C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Lutcher v. United States 427 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tex. dismissed
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. 429 (1895) Fuller Field White; Harlan C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Hyde v. Continental T. Co. 654 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Bergemann v. Backer 655 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Keeler v. Standard F.B. Co. 659 (1895) Shiras none Brown C.C.D. Mass. reversed
D. Rankin B. Mfg. Co. v. Barber 673 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D. Ind. dismissed
Treat Mfg. Co. v. Standard S.I. Co. 674 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ill. dismissed
Allen v. United States 675 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed
Jones v. East Tennessee et al. R.R. Co. 682 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed
Last Chance M. Co. v. Tyler M. Co. 683 (1895) Brewer none none 9th Cir. reversed
Lambert v. Barrett 697 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D.N.J. dismissed

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

See also edit

External links edit

  • [1] Case reports in volume 157 from Library of Congress
  • [2] Case reports in volume 157 from Court Listener
  • [3] Case reports in volume 157 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
  • [4] Case reports in volume 157 from Google Scholar
  • [5] Case reports in volume 157 from Justia
  • [6] Case reports in volume 157 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