List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 149

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 149
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Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 149 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1893.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 149 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 149 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)
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)
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)
George Shiras Jr.jpg George Shiras Jr. Associate Justice Pennsylvania Joseph P. Bradley July 26, 1892
(Acclamation)
October 10, 1892

February 23, 1903
(Retired)
Justice Howell Jackson2.jpg Howell Edmunds Jackson Associate Justice Tennessee Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar February 18, 1893
(Acclamation)
March 4, 1893

August 8, 1895
(Died)

Notable Cases in 149 U.S.

Nix v. Hedden

In Nix v. Hedden , 149 U.S. 304 (1893), the Supreme Court held that under U.S. customs regulations, a tomato should be classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit; the Tariff Act of 1883 used the ordinary meaning of the words "fruit" and "vegetable," instead of the technical botanical meaning.

Fong Yue Ting v. United States

Fong Yue Ting v. United States , |149 U.S. 698 (1893), is a decision challenging provisions in Section 6 of the Geary Act of 1892 that extended and amended the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The provisions in question required Chinese in the United States to obtain certificates of residency, and allowed for the arrest and deportation of Chinese who had failed to obtain these certificates, even if they had not violated any other laws. The case involved writs of habeas corpus from Fong Yue Ting and two other Chinese citizens residing in New York City who were arrested and detained for not having certificates. The Supreme Court decided in favor of the United States government, upholding the Geary Act and denying the writs of habeas corpus.

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 149 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. Hoyt 1 (1893) Jacksonnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Bogk v. Gassert 17 (1893) Brownnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed
Paulsen v. City of Portland 30 (1893) Brewernonenone Or. affirmed
Richmond and Danville Railroad Company v. Powers 43 (1893) Brewernonenone C.C.N.D. Ga. affirmed
National Meter Company v. City of Yonkers 48 (1893) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Wilson v. United States 60 (1893) Fieldnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
In re Frederich 70 (1893) Jacksonnonenone C.C.D. Wash. affirmed
Chandler v. Calumet and Hecla Mining Company 79 (1893) Jacksonnonenone C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed
Thomas v. Western Car Company 95 (1893) Shirasnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Dobson v. Cubley 117 (1893) Shirasnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
City of Cairo v. Zane 122 (1893) Brewernonenone C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
The Servia 144 (1893) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Whalen 157 (1893) Graynonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. affirmed
In re Tyler 164 (1893) Fullernonenonenot indicated habeas corpus denied
In re Riser 191 (1893) Fullernonenonenot indicated habeas corpus denied
Ex parte Humes 192 (1893) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Ala. mandamus denied
Mexican Central Railway Company v. Pinkney 194 (1893) Jacksonnonenone C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed
United States v. Snyder 210 (1893) Shirasnonenone C.C.E.D. La. reversed
Duer v. Corbin Cabinet Lock Company 216 (1893) Brownnonenone C.C.D. Conn. affirmed
Underwood v. Gerber 224 (1893) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
Pearsall v. Smith 231 (1893) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Anderson 237 (1893) Fullernonenone 5th Cir. certification
Hager v. Swayne 242 (1893) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
Shaeffer v. Blair 248 (1893) Graynonenone C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company v. McKeen 259 (1893) Fullernonenone 7th Cir. dismissed
Abadie v. United States 261 (1893) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. dismissed
United States v. Jones 262 (1893) Fullernonenone C.C.W.D. La. affirmed
Nash v. Harshman 263 (1893) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Ohio dismissed
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company 264 (1893) Fullernonenone C.C.S.D. Cal. dismissed
Richmond and Danville Railroad Company v. Elliott 266 (1893) Brewernonenone C.C.N.D. Ga. reversed
United States v. Mock 273 (1893) Brewernonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
United States v. Humphries 277 (1893) Brewernonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
United States v. Dumas 278 (1893) Jacksonnonenone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Leggett v. Standard Oil Company 287 (1893) Jacksonnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Moses v. Lawrence County Bank 298 (1893) Graynonenone C.C.M.D. Ala. reversed
Nix v. Hedden 304 (1893) Graynonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
California v. San Pablo and Tulare Railroad Company 308 (1893) Graynonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. dismissed
Dalzell v. Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Company 315 (1893) Graynonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Wade v. Chicago, Springfield, and St. Louis Railroad Company 327 (1893) Jacksonnonenone C.C.S.D. Ill. reversed
Hedden v. Richard 346 (1893) Shirasnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Cadwalader v. Jessup and Moore Paper Company 350 (1893) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Hobbie v. Jennison 355 (1893) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company v. Emmons 364 (1893) Fieldnonenone Minn. affirmed
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. Baugh 368 (1893) BrewernoneField; Fuller C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company v. Nelson 368 (1893) Fieldnonenone C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Patrick v. Bowman 411 (1893) BrownnoneBrewer C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
Metropolitan National Bank v. St Louis Dispatch Company 436 (1893) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Cates v. Allen 451 (1893) FullernoneBrown N.D. Miss. reversed
City of St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Company 465 (1893) Brewernonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. rehearing denied
Porter v. Sabin 473 (1893) Graynonenone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Bibb v. Allen 481 (1893) Jacksonnonenone C.C.M.D. Ala. affirmed
Pickett v. Foster 505 (1893) Shirasnonenone C.C.W.D. La. affirmed
Cadwalader v. Wanamaker 532 (1893) Shirasnonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Walker v. Seeberger 541 (1893) Shirasnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Hartranft v. Meyer 544 (1893) ShirasnoneBrewer C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Ide v. Ball Engine Company 550 (1893) Brownnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Brigham v. Coffin 557 (1893) Brownnonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Coats v. Merrick Thread Company 562 (1893) Brownnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Sheffield Furnace Company v. Witherow 574 (1893) Brewernonenone C.C.N.D. Ala. affirmed
Loeber v. Schroeder 580 (1893) Jacksonnonenone Md. dismissed
Hollender v. Magone 586 (1893) Brewernonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Hill v. United States 593 (1893) GraynoneShiras C.C.D. Md. reversed
Evans v. Stettnisch 605 (1893) Brewernonenone C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
Byers v. McAuley 608 (1893) BrewernoneShiras C.C.W.D. Pa. reversed
McComb v. Frink 629 (1893) Brewernonenone C.C.D. Del. affirmed
McNulty v. California 645 (1893) Fullernonenone Cal. dismissed
Vincent v. California 648 (1893) Fullernonenone Cal. dismissed
Shute v. Keyser 649 (1893) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. dismissal denied
Carr v. Quigley 652 (1893) Fieldnonenone Cal. reversed
Curtner v. United States 662 (1893) FullernoneField C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Goodridge 680 (1893) Brownnonenone C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Fong Yue Ting v. United States 698 (1893) GraynoneBrewer; Field; Fuller C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed

Notes and references

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