List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 140

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 140
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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 140 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1891.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 140 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 140 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)

Notable Case in 140 U.S.

In re Ross

In In re Ross , 140 U.S. 453 (1891), the Supreme Court held that, in countries in which the United States exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction, U.S. law is properly applied by U.S. consular courts to non-U.S.-citizen sailors on American-flagged ships.

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 140 U.S.

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower courtDisposition
Pennoyer v. McConnaughy 1 (1891) Lamarnonenone C.C.D. Or. affirmed
Henderson v. Carbondale C. & C. Co. 25 (1891) Brewernonenone C.C.S.D. Ill. multiple
Scotland Cnty. v. United States ex rel. Hill 41 (1891) Harlannonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Stevenson v. Barbour 48 (1891) Fullernonenonenot indicatedaffirmed
Hill v. Chicago & E.R.R. Co. 52 (1891) Fieldnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
International T.C. Co. v. Gaylord 55 (1891) Brownnonenone C.C.D. Conn. affirmed
Illinois G.T. Ry Co. v. Wade 65 (1891) Brewernonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Harper Cnty. v. Rose 71 (1891) Lamarnonenone C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Ward 76 (1891) Lamarnonenone C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
In re Washington & G.R.R. Co. 91 (1891) Blatchfordnonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. mandamus granted
Hughes v. Dundee Mortg. Co. 98 (1891) Graynonenone C.C.D. Or. affirmed
Scott v. Neely 106 (1891) Fieldnonenone N.D. Miss. reversed
Birdseye v. Shaeffer 117 (1891) per curiam nonenone C.C.W.D. Tex. dismissed
Ball v. United States 118 (1891) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Tex. reversed
Manning v. Amy 137 (1891) Lamarnonenone Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
United States v. Ewing 142 (1891) Brownnonenone E.D. Tenn. vacated
United States v. McDermott 151 (1891) Brownnonenone C.C.D. Ky. vacated
United States v. Poinier 160 (1891) Brownnonenone D.S.C. vacated
United States v. Van Duzee I 169 (1891) Brownnonenone N.D. Iowa reversed
United States v. Barber 177 (1891) Brownnonenone M.D. Ala. reversed
Cluett v. Claflin 180 (1891) Brownnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Cluett v. McNeany 183 (1891) per curiam nonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
St. Paul P.W. v. Starling 184 (1891) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
United States v. Van Duzee II 199 (1891) Brownnonenone N.D. Iowa reversed
In re Claasen 200 (1891) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. mandamus denied
Kneeland v. Lawrence 209 (1891) Lamarnonenone C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
Dwight v. Merritt 213 (1891) Lamarnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Uniontown Bank v. Mackey 220 (1891) Graynonenone C.C.D. Ind. reversed
Equitable L.A. Soc'y v. Clements 226 (1891) Graynonenone C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Block v. Darling 234 (1891) Harlannonenone C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Mullan v. United States 240 (1891) Harlannonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Woodward v. Jewell 247 (1891) Brewernonenone C.C.S.D. Ga. multiple
Reynolds v. Stockton 254 (1891) Brewernonenone N.J. Chan. affirmed
Halsted v. Buster 273 (1891) Brewernonenone D.W. Va. affirmed
In re Wood 278 (1891) HarlanFieldnone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
In re Shibuya Jugiro 291 (1891) Harlannonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Rogers v. Durant 298 (1891) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Humphreys v. McKissock 304 (1891) Fieldnonenone C.C.S.D. Iowa reversed
Lent v. Tillson 316 (1891) Harlannonenone Cal. affirmed
Essex Pub. Road Bd. v. Skinkle 334 (1891) Fullernonenone N.J. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Marsh v. Nichols, Shepard & Co. 344 (1891) Fullernonenone Mich. Cir. Ct. dismissed
The E.A. Packer 360 (1891) Brownnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Hardin v. Jordan 371 (1891) BradleynoneBrewer C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Mitchell v. Smale 406 (1891) BradleynoneBrewer C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Quock Ting v. United States 417 (1891) FieldnoneBrewer C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Wan Shing v. United States 424 (1891) Fieldnonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Higgins v. Keuffel 428 (1891) Fieldnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Gleeson v. Virginia Midland Ry. Co. 435 (1891) LamarnoneBrewer Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Lewisburg Bank v. Sheffey 445 (1891) Fullernonenone D.W. Va. affirmed
In re Ross 453 (1891) Fieldnonenone C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Clark Thread Co. v. Willimantic Linen Co. 481 (1891) Bradleynonenone C.C.D.N.J. reversed
Albright v. Oyster 493 (1891) Lamarnonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Marchand v. Griffon 516 (1891) Lamarnonenone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Williams v. Heard 529 (1891) Lamarnonenone Mass. reversed
In re Rahrer 545 (1891) Fullernonenone C.C.D. Kan. reversed
Insurance Co. of N.A. v. Hibernia Ins. Co. 565 (1891) Graynonenone C.C.E.D. La. reversed
In re Wilson 575 (1891) BrewernonenoneDist. Ct. Terr. Ariz. habeas corpus denied
In re Delgado 586 (1891) Brewernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed
Kneeland v. Bass Foundry M.W. 592 (1891) Lamarnonenone C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
United States v. Dalles Mil. Road Co. 599 (1891) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.D. Or. reversed
Martin v. Barbour 634 (1891) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed
Chicago Distilling Co. v. Stone 647 (1891) Bradleynonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
City of New Orleans v. Louisiana Constr. Co. 654 (1891) Graynonenone C.C.E.D. La. reversed
Church of J.C. of L.D.S. v. United States 665 (1891) Bradleynonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed as modified

Notes and references

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