List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 206

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Supreme Court of the United States
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 206
38°53′26″N77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;235 years ago (1789-03-04)
Location Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′26″N77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorised by Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Website supremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 206 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1907.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 206 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). [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 206 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate 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)
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)
Justice McKenna.jpg 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)
WHMoody.jpg William Henry Moody Associate Justice Massachusetts Henry Billings Brown December 12, 1906
(Acclamation)
December 17, 1906

November 20, 1910
(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.

List of cases in volume 206 U.S.

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Atlantic et al. R.R. Co. v. North Carolina Corp. Comm'n 1 (1907) Whitenonenone N.C. affirmed
Hiscock v. Varick Bank 28 (1907) Fullernonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Chapman et al. Co. v. Bigelow 41 (1907) Fullernonenone Ark. dismissed
Kansas v. Colorado 46 (1907) Brewernonenone original dismissed
United States v. Cramp et al. Co. 118 (1907) Brewernonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Adams E. Co. v. Kentucky I 129 (1907) Brewernonenone Ky. reversed
Adams E. Co. v. Kentucky II 138 (1907) Brewernonenone Ky. reversed
American Express Co. v. Kentucky 139 (1907) BrewernoneHarlan Ky. reversed
Cincinnati et al. R.R. Co. v. ICC 142 (1907) Whitenonenone C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Yates v. Jones Nat'l Bank 158 (1907) Whitenonenone Neb. multiple
Yates v. Utica Bank 181 (1907) Whitenonenone Neb. reversed
Stewart v. United States 185 (1907) Peckhamnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Goat & S.I. Co. v. United States 194 (1907) Peckhamnonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Lowrey v. Hawaii 206 (1907) McKennanonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. reversed
H.E. Frankenberg Co. v. United States 224 (1907) McKennanonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
United States v. Farenholt 226 (1907) McKennanonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Georgia v. Tennessee C. Co. 230 (1907) HolmesHarlannone original injunction issued
United States v. Brown 240 (1907) Holmesnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Ellis v. United States 246 (1907) HolmesnoneMoody D. Mass. multiple
Stone v. Southern I. & M.B. Co. 267 (1907) Daynonenone Mo. affirmed
Smith v. Jennings 276 (1907) Moodynonenone S.C. dismissed
Wyoming ex rel. Wyoming A. Coll. v. Irvine 278 (1907) Moodynonenone Wyo. affirmed
Kessler v. Eldred 285 (1907) Moodynonenone 7th Cir. certification
Virginia v. West Virginia 290 (1907) Fullernonenone original demurrer overruled
In re Pollitz 323 (1907) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. mandamus denied
Grafton v. United States 333 (1907) Harlannonenone Phil. reversed
Love v. Flahive 356 (1907) Brewernonenone Mont. rehearing denied
Romeu v. Todd 358 (1907) Whitenonenone D.P.R. reversed
United States v. Heinszen & Co. 370 (1907) WhiteHarlannone Ct. Cl. reversed
Buck v. Beach 392 (1907) PeckhamnoneDay Ind. reversed
Security W. Co. v. Hand 415 (1907) Peckhamnonenone 7th Cir. affirmed
Southern R.R. Co. v. Tift 428 (1907) McKennanonenone 5th Cir. affirmed
Illinois C.R.R. Co. v. ICC 441 (1907) McKennanonenone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
United States v. Paine L. Co. 467 (1907) McKennanonenone C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
Copper Queen C.M. Co. v. Territorial Bd. 474 (1907) Holmesnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Iowa R.R.L. Co. v. Blumer 482 (1907) Daynonenone Iowa affirmed
City of Vicksburg v. Vicksburg W. Co. 496 (1907) Daynonenone C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Bernheimer v. Converse 516 (1907) DaynoneHolmes C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Sauer v. City of New York 536 (1907) MoodynoneMcKenna N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed

Notes and references

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

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