List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 212

Summary

This is a list of cases reported in volume 212 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1909.

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 212 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 212 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)
  David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews December 18, 1889
(53–11)
January 6, 1890

March 28, 1910
(Died)
  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)
  William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. February 23, 1903
(Acclamation)
March 2, 1903

November 13, 1922
(Retired)
  William Henry Moody Associate Justice Massachusetts Henry Billings Brown December 12, 1906
(Acclamation)
December 17, 1906

November 20, 1910
(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 212 U.S. edit

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Company 1 (1909) Moody none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. reversed
Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Company 19 (1909) Peckham none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Rakes v. United States 55 (1909) Fuller none none W.D. Va. dismissed
Presidio County v. Noel Young Bond and Stock Company 58 (1909) Harlan none none 5th Cir. affirmed
Moyer v. Peabody 78 (1909) Holmes none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Waters Pierce Oil Company v. Texas I 86 (1909) Day none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
Waters Pierce Oil Company v. Texas II 112 (1909) Day none none Tex. Civ. App. dismissed
Palmer v. Texas 118 (1909) Day none none 5th Cir. affirmed
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Central Stock Yards Company 132 (1909) Holmes none McKenna Ky. reversed
Ontario Land Company v. Yordy 152 (1909) Brewer none none Wash. affirmed
Waters Pierce Oil Company v. Deselms 159 (1909) White none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed
Crawford v. United States 183 (1909) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. reversed
Spreckels v. Brown 208 (1909) Holmes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. affirmed
Standard Oil Company v. Anderson 215 (1909) Moody none none 2d Cir. affirmed
Continental Wall Paper Company v. L. Voight and Sons Company 227 (1909) Harlan none Holmes; Brewer 6th Cir. affirmed
United States v. Marvin 275 (1909) per curiam none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Thomas v. Texas 278 (1909) Fuller none none Tex. Crim. App. affirmed
Johnson v. Mueser 283 (1909) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. dismissed
E.C. Atkins and Company v. Moore 285 (1909) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. dismissed
Laurel Oil and Gas Company v. Morrison 291 (1909) Fuller none none 8th Cir. dismissed
Juragua Iron Company v. United States 297 (1909) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
American Express Company v. Mullins 311 (1909) Brewer none none Ky. Cir. Ct. reversed
Nielsen v. Oregon 315 (1909) Brewer none none Or. reversed
Hammond Packing Company v. Arkansas 322 (1909) White none none Ark. affirmed
The Folmina 354 (1909) White none none 2d Cir. certification
Fritzlen v. Boatmen's Bank 364 (1909) White none none Kan. affirmed
In re Dunn 374 (1909) Peckham none none C.C.N.D. Tex. mandamus denied
Bradford v. Morrison 389 (1909) Peckham none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Harten v. Löffler 397 (1909) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
North Shore Boom and Driving Company v. Nicomen Boom Company 406 (1909) Peckham none none Wash. dismissed
Louisiana Railroad Commission v. Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company 414 (1909) Peckham none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed
McDaniel v. Traylor 428 (1909) McKenna none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed
Greenameyer v. Coate 434 (1909) McKenna none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed
Grant Shoe Company v. W.M. Laird Company 445 (1909) Holmes none none W.D.N.Y. affirmed
Cariño v. Philippines 449 (1909) Holmes none none Phil. reversed
Santos v. Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church 463 (1909) Holmes none none Phil. affirmed
The Eugene F. Moran 466 (1909) Holmes none none 2d Cir. certification
Bagley v. General Fire Extinguisher Company 477 (1909) Holmes none none 2d Cir. dismissed
New York Central Railroad Company v. United States I 481 (1909) Day none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
New York Central Railroad Company v. United States II 500 (1909) Day none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
United States v. New York Central Railroad Company 509 (1909) Day none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Mullan v. United States 516 (1909) Day none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
American Express Company v. United States 522 (1909) Day none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company v. Bourman 536 (1909) Moody none none 5th Cir. reversed
Toy Toy v. Hopkins 542 (1909) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Wash. 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 212 from Library of Congress
  • [2] Case reports in volume 212 from Court Listener
  • [3] Case reports in volume 212 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
  • [4] Case reports in volume 212 from Google Scholar
  • [5] Case reports in volume 212 from Justia
  • [6] Case reports in volume 212 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