List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 151

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 151
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;235 years ago (1789-03-04)
Location Washington, D.C.
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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 151 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1894.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 151 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 151 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following eight members, after the death of Justice Samuel Blatchford in July 1893:

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)
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)

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 151 U.S.

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Angle v. Chicago et al. Ry. Co. 1 (1894) Brewernonenone C.C.W.D. Wis. reversed
Smith v. United States 50 (1894) Brownnonenone C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed
Wilson v. Oswego Twp. 56 (1894) Jacksonnonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
Inglehart v. Stansbury 68 (1894) Graynonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Volk 73 (1894) Graynonenone C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
Aztec M. Co. v. Ripley 79 (1894) Fullernonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Johnson 81 (1894) Fullernonenone Tex. affirmed
Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Saunders 105 (1894) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Tex. dismissed
Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Horn 110 (1894) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Tex. dismissed
Hardenbergh v. Ray 112 (1894) Jacksonnonenone C.C.D. Or. affirmed
Central T. Co. v. McGeorge 129 (1894) Shirasnonenone C.C.W.D. Va. reversed
Vorhees v. Noye Mfg. Co. 135 (1894) Fullernonenone C.C.D. Neb. dismissed
Baltimore T. Co. v. Baltimore B.R.R. Co. 137 (1894) FullernonenoneBalt. City Ct.dismissed
Keystone Mfg. Co. v. Adams 139 (1894) Shirasnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Bates v. Preble 149 (1894) Brownnonenone C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Tucker v. United States 164 (1894) Graynonenone C.C.W.D. Ark. affirmed
Cadwalader v. Zeh 171 (1894) Graynonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Southworth v. United States 179 (1894) Brewernonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co. 186 (1894) Jacksonnonenone C.C.S.D. Iowa reversed
Chicago et al. Ry. Co. v. Lowell 209 (1894) BrownGray; Shirasnone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Wollensak v. Sargent 221 (1894) Fullernonenone C.C.D. Conn. affirmed
Halliday v. Stuart 229 (1894) Harlannonenone C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed
Iowa v. Illinois 238 (1894) Fullernonenone original order vacated
In re Bonner 242 (1894) FieldnonenoneU.S. Ct. Indian Terr. habeas corpus granted
Davis v. Utah 262 (1894) Harlannonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Gottlieb v. Thatcher 271 (1894) Jacksonnonenone C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Haughey v. Lee 282 (1894) Shirasnonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Sheffield et al. Co. v. Gordon 285 (1894) Brownnonenone C.C.N.D. Ala. affirmed
Ft. Worth C. Co. v. Smith B. Co. 294 (1894) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
Hickory v. United States 303 (1894) Fullernonenone C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed
Crescent M. Co. v. Wasatch M. Co. 317 (1894) Shirasnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Maynard v. Hecht 324 (1894) Fullernonenone C.C.D. Neb. dismissed
Moran v. Hagerman 329 (1894) Fullernonenone C.C.D. Nev. dismissed
Meddaugh v. Wilson 333 (1894) Brewernonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Werner v. City of Charleston 360 (1894) Fullernonenone S.C. dismissed
United States v. Alger 362 (1894) Graynonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
United States v. Stahl 366 (1894) Graynonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Merchants' C.P.S. Co. v. Insurance Co. N. Am. 368 (1894) Jacksonnonenone Tenn. affirmed
California P. Works v. Davis 389 (1894) Fullernonenone Cal. dismissed
Pointer v. United States 396 (1894) Harlannonenone C.C.W.D. Ark. affirmed
Garner v. Second Nat'l Bank 420 (1894) Harlannonenone C.C.D.R.I. reversed
City of Lincoln v. Power 436 (1894) Shirasnonenone C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
Chapman v. Handley 443 (1894) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah dismissed
Mammoth M. Co. v. Salt Lake F.M. Co. 447 (1894) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Imperial F. Ins. Co. v. Coos Cnty. 452 (1894) Jacksonnonenone C.C.D.N.H. reversed
Columbus S. Ry. Co. v. Wright 470 (1894) Jacksonnonenone Ga. affirmed
De Arnaud v. United States 483 (1894) Shirasnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Galveston et al. Ry. Co. v. Gonzales 496 (1894) BrownnoneJackson C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed
Hedden v. Robertson 520 (1894) Jacksonnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Newport L. Co. v. City of Newport 527 (1894) Jacksonnonenone Ky. dismissed
United States v. Hutchins 542 (1894) Brownnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Lewis v. Monson 545 (1894) Brewernonenone C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Lewis v. Wilson 551 (1894) Brewernonenone C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed
New York et al. R.R. Co. v. Town of Bristol 556 (1894) Fullernonenone Conn. affirmed
United States v. La Tourrette 572 (1894) Graynonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Thomas 577 (1894) Fieldnonenone C.C.W.D. Wis. certification
Maxwell L.G. Co. v. Dawson 586 (1894) Brownnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. reversed
Shauer v. Alterton 607 (1894) Harlannonenone S.D. affirmed
Buckstaff v. Russell Co. 626 (1894) Harlannonenone C.C.D. Neb. reversed
Bryan v. Board of Educ. 639 (1894) Harlannonenone Ky. affirmed
Dower v. Richards 658 (1894) Graynonenone Cal. affirmed
Martin's Adm'r v. Baltimore & O.R.R. Co. 673 (1894) GraynoneHarlan C.C.D.W. Va. dismissed

Notes and references

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