List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 137

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 137
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;235 years ago (1789-03-04)
Location Washington, D.C.
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Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized 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 137 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1890 and 1891.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 137 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 137 U.S. 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)
Stephen Johnson Field, photo half length seated, 1875.jpg Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seatMarch 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(Retired)
Joseph Philo Bradley - Brady-Handy.jpg Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seatMarch 21, 1870
(46–9)
March 23, 1870

January 22, 1892
(Died)
JudgeJMHarlan.jpg John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

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

September 15, 1902
(Died)
Samuel Blatchford, US Supreme Court Justice.png Samuel Blatchford Associate Justice New York Ward Hunt March 22, 1882
(Acclamation)
April 3, 1882

July 7, 1893
(Died)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II - Brady-Handy.jpg Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Associate Justice Mississippi William Burnham Woods January 16, 1888
(32–28)
January 18, 1888

January 23, 1893
(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)

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. The change resulted in an immediate reduction in the Supreme Court's workload (from 623 cases filed in 1890 to 379 in 1891 and 275 in 1892).

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

List of cases in volume 137 U.S.

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
The Max Morris 1 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
York v. Texas 15 (1890) Brewernonenone Tex. affirmed
Butler v. Steckel 21 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Hostetter v. Park 30 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
Dable G.S. Co. v. Flint 41 (1890) Graynonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Harding v. Woodcock 43 (1890) Fieldnonenone C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed
Texas et al. Ry. Co. v. Southern P. Co. 48 (1890) Fullernonenone La. affirmed
Shenfield v. Nashawannuck Mfg. Co. 56 (1890) Fullernonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Fishburn v. Chicago et al. Ry. Co. 60 (1890) Fullernonenone C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
La Confiance Compagnie v. Hall 61 (1890) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
Washington M. Co. v. District of Columbia 62 (1890) per curiam nonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
In re Huntington 63 (1890) per curiam nonenone C.C.D. Colo. habeas corpus denied
Florsheim v. Schilling 64 (1890) Lamarnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Hennessy v. Bacon 78 (1890) Harlannonenone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Crowley v. Christensen 86 (1890) Fieldnonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
Seeberger v. Cahn 95 (1890) Graynonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Fitzgerald & M.C. Co. v. Fitzgerald 98 (1890) Fullernonenone C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
Williams v. United States 113 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Lawrence v. Rector 139 (1890) Brewernonenone C.C.E.D. Ark. decree modified
Gurnee v. Patrick Cnty. 141 (1890) Fullernonenone C.C.W.D. Va. dismissed
The S.S. Haverton 145 (1890) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. La. dismissed
United States v. Grimley 147 (1890) Brewernonenone C.C.D. Mass. reversed
In re Morrissey 157 (1890) Brewernonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
United States v. Trinidad C. & C. Co. 160 (1890) Harlannonenone C.C.D. Colo. reversed
Morgan's et al. Co. v. Texas C. Ry. Co. 171 (1890) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
Jones v. United States 202 (1890) Graynonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Falk v. Robertson 225 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Fourth Nat'l Bank v. American M. Co. 234 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
French v. Carter 239 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Wheeler v. Jackson 245 (1890) Harlannonenone Sup Ct. N.Y. affirmed
Dobson v. Lees 258 (1890) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
MacFarland v. Jackson 258 (1890) Harlannonenone Sup Ct. N.Y. affirmed
Broom v. Armstrong 266 (1890) Lamarnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
United States v. Lynch 280 (1890) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
Grover et al. Co. v. Radcliffe 287 (1890) Fullernonenone Md. affirmed
Johnson v. Risk 300 (1890) Fullernonenone Tenn. dismissed
C.A. Auffmordt & Co. v. Hedden 310 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Nacoochee 330 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Solomons v. United States 342 (1890) Brewernonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Montana Ry. Co. v. Warren 348 (1890) Brewernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed
Central Nat'l Bank v. United States 355 (1890) Harlannonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Handley v. Stutz 366 (1890) Graynonenone C.C.M.D. Tenn. dismissal denied
Hamilton v. Home Ins. Co. 370 (1890) Graynonenone C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed
The Propeller Burlington 386 (1890) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
In re Lancaster 393 (1890) Fullernonenone C.C.S.D. Ga. habeas corpus denied
Fond du Lac Cnty. v. May 395 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.E.D. Wis. reversed
May v. Juneau Cnty. 408 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
Union et al. Bank v. Gillespie 411 (1890) Brewernonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Busell T. Co. v. Stevens 423 (1890) Lamarnonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Robertson v. Oelschlaeger 436 (1890) Bradleynonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Texas et al. Co. v. Scott 436 (1890) per curiam nonenone C.C.W.D. Tex. dismissed
New York et al. Co. v. New Jersey et al. Co. 445 (1890) Bradleynonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
In re Pennsylvania Co. 451 (1890) Bradleynonenone C.C.D. Conn. mandamus denied
Ex parte Pennsylvania Co. 457 (1890) Bradleynonenone C.C.D. Conn. mandamus denied
Bass v. Taft 458 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Hoffman et al. Co. v. Overbey 465 (1890) Harlannonenone C.C.W.D. Va. affirmed
Bank of B.N.A. v. Cooper 473 (1890) Brewernonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Ambler v. Eppinger 480 (1890) Fieldnonenone C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed
Holden v. Minnesota 483 (1890) Harlannonenone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Bassett v. United States 496 (1890) Brewernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
Chicago et al. Ry. Co. v. Artery 507 (1890) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.N.D. Iowa reversed
Wellford v. Snyder 521 (1890) Graynonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
St. Paul et al. Ry. Co. v. Phelps 528 (1890) Lamarnonenone C.C.D. Minn. reversed
Merritt v. Cameron & Co. 542 (1890) LamarnoneBrewer C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Cadwalader v. Partridge 553 (1890) Lamarnonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Mackall v. Casilear 556 (1890) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Baltimore & P.R.R. Co. v. Fifth B.C. 568 (1891) Graynonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Lloyd v. McWilliams 576 (1890) Fullernonenone C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
Smith v. Gale 577 (1891) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota dismissal denied
Sire v. Ellithorpe A.B. Co. 579 (1891) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Ayers v. Watson 584 (1891) Bradleynonenone C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
Preston v. Prather 604 (1891) Fieldnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Green v. Elbert 615 (1891) Fullernonenone C.C.D. Colo. dismissed
In re Converse 624 (1891) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
Red River C. Co. v. Needham 632 (1891) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Tex. dismissed
United States ex rel. Redfield v. Windom 636 (1891) Lamarnonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Duncan v. Navassa P. Co. 647 (1891) Graynonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Egan v. Clasbey 654 (1891) Lamarnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Packer v. Bird 661 (1891) Fieldnonenone Cal. affirmed
United States v. Page 673 (1891) Fullernonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Cope v. Cope 682 (1891) Brownnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
Massachusetts B. Ass'n v. Miles 689 (1891) Brownnonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. dismissal denied
Caldwell v. Texas 692 (1891) Fullernonenone Tex. Civ. App. dismissed

Notes and references

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