List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 185

Summary

This is a list of cases reported in volume 185 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1902.

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 185 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 185 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)
  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)
  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)

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 185 U.S. edit

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Tulare Irr. Dist. v. Shepard 1 (1902) Peckham none none C.C.S.D. Cal. affirmed
Stockard v. Morgan 27 (1902) Peckham none none Tenn. reversed
Sweringen v. City of St Louis 38 (1902) Peckham none none Mo. dismissed
French G.L.S. Co. v. Springer 47 (1902) Shiras none none Or. affirmed
French G.L.S. Co. v. Colwell 54 (1902) Shiras none none Or. affirmed
Wilson v. Iseminger 55 (1902) Shiras none none Pa. affirmed
Vicksburg W. Co. v. City of Vicksburg 65 (1902) Shiras none none C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Rodgers v. United States 83 (1902) Brewer none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
City of New York v. Pine 93 (1902) Brewer none none 2d Cir. reversed
Filhiol v. Maurice 108 (1902) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed
Michigan S. Co. v. Dix 112 (1902) Fuller none none Mich. dismissed
Eastern B. & L. Ass'n v. Ebaugh 114 (1902) McKenna none none S.C. affirmed
McIntosh v. Aubrey 122 (1902) McKenna none none Pa. affirmed
Kansas v. Colorado 125 (1902) Fuller none none original continued
Erie R.R. v. Purdy 148 (1902) Harlan none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed
Hitz v. Jenks 155 (1902) Harlan none none D.C. Cir. reversed
Talbot v. Sioux City F.N.B. 172 (1902) McKenna none none Iowa affirmed
Talbot v. Sioux Nat'l Bank 182 (1902) McKenna none none Iowa affirmed
United States v. Pendell 189 (1902) Peckham none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
St. Louis C.C. Co. v. Illinois 203 (1902) Brown none none Ill. affirmed
United States v. Lee Yen Tai 213 (1902) Harlan none none 2d Cir. certification
United States v. Borcherling 223 (1902) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Finnell 236 (1902) Harlan none Brown Ct. Cl. affirmed
Washington v. Northern S. Co. 254 (1902) Fuller none none original leave to file granted
United States v. Green 256 (1902) White none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
City of Covington v. Covington F. Nat'l Bank 270 (1902) White none none Ct. Cl. dismissed
United States v. Van Duzee 278 (1902) White none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Excelsior W.P. Co. v. Pacific Bridge Co. 282 (1902) Brown none none C.C.D. Wash. reversed
Fok Young Yo v. United States 296 (1902) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Lee Gon Yung v. United States 306 (1902) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Fidelity M.L. Ass'n v. Mettler 308 (1902) Fuller none Harlan C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
New Orleans W. Co. v. Louisiana 336 (1902) Peckham none none La. dismissed
Woodworth v. Northwestern Mutual L. Ins. Co. 354 (1902) White none none 8th Cir. certification
Travelers' Ins. Co. v. Connecticut 364 (1902) Brewer none none Conn. affirmed
Minnesota v. Hitchcock 373 (1902) Brewer none none original dismissed
Carnegie Steel Co. v. Cambria Iron Co. 403 (1902) Brown none White 3d Cir. reversed
Swafford v. Templeton 487 (1902) White none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. reversed
United States v. Copper Queen C.M. Co. 495 (1902) Peckham none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Southwestern C. & I. Co. v. McBride 499 (1902) White none none 8th Cir. affirmed
McFaddin v. Evans S.B. Co. 505 (1902) Shiras none none 8th Cir. affirmed

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 185 from Library of Congress
  • [2] Case reports in volume 185 from Court Listener
  • [3] Case reports in volume 185 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
  • [4] Case reports in volume 185 from Google Scholar
  • [5] Case reports in volume 185 from Justia
  • [6] Case reports in volume 185 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