List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 167

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Supreme Court of the United States
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 167
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
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 167 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1897.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 167 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 167 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)
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)
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)

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 167 U.S.

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Compton v. Jesup 1 (1897) Shirasnonenone 6th Cir. certification
In re Hall 38 (1897) Peckhamnonenone Ct. Cl. mandamus denied
Davis v. Massachusetts 43 (1897) Whitenonenone Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Poirier 48 (1897) Shirasnonenone 9th Cir. reversed
Walker v. Collins 57 (1897) Whitenonenone 8th Cir. reversed
Cross v. Evans 60 (1897) Whitenonenone 5th Cir. dismissed
Spokane Falls et al. Ry. Co. v. Ziegler 65 (1897) Shirasnonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Willis v. Eastern T. & B. Co. 76 (1897) Fullernonenone D.C. Cir. dismissed
Latta v. Granger 81 (1897) Fullernonenone 8th Cir. reversed
Latta v. Neubert 87 (1897) Fullernonenone 8th Cir. reversed
Wabash R.R. Co. v. City of Defiance 88 (1897) Brownnonenone Ohio affirmed
Bryant v. United States 104 (1897) Brownnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Enterprise M. Co. v. Rico A.C.M. Co. 108 (1897) Brewernonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Campbell v. Ellet 116 (1897) Brewernonenone Colo. affirmed
In re Johnson 120 (1897) BrownnonenoneS.D. Ind. Terr. habeas corpus denied
Burdon C.S.R. Co. v. Payne 127 (1897) Fullernonenone 5th Cir. certification
London A. v. Companhia de Moagens 149 (1897) Peckhamnonenone 3d Cir. affirmed
Levy v. Superior Ct. 175 (1897) Harlannonenone Cal. dismissed
Stone v. United States 178 (1897) Harlannonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Twin City Nat'l Bank v. Nebecker 196 (1897) Harlannonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Lumberman's Nat'l Bank v. Huston 203 (1897) Harlannonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Tindal v. Wesley 204 (1897) Harlannonenone 4th Cir. affirmed
United States v. American B.T. Co. 224 (1897) Brewernonenone 1st Cir. affirmed
Indiana v. Kentucky 270 (1897) Fullernonenone original border set
Tla-Koo-Yel-Lee v. United States 274 (1897) Peckhamnonenone D. Alaska reversed
United States v. Sandoval 278 (1897) Fullernonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. multiple
Rio Arriba L. & C. Co. v. United States 298 (1897) Fullernonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
May v. May 310 (1897) Graynonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Parsons v. United States 324 (1897) Peckhamnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Yardley v. Philler 344 (1897) Whitenonenone 3d Cir. reversed
California Nat'l Bank v. Kennedy 362 (1897) Whitenonenone Cal. reversed
City of New Orleans v. Citizens' Bank 371 (1897) Whitenonenone C.C.E.D. La. reversed
Louisiana ex rel. Citizens' Bank v. Parish of Orleans 407 (1897) Whitenonenone La. affirmed
Louisiana v. City of New Orleans 407 (1897) Whitenonenone La. affirmed
Hovey v. Elliott 409 (1897) Whitenonenone N.Y. affirmed
Parsons v. Chicago et al. Ry. Co. 447 (1897) Brewernonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Merchants' & M. Nat'l Bank v. Pennsylvania 461 (1897) Brewernonenone Pa. affirmed
Warner v. City of New Orleans 467 (1897) Brewernonenone 5th Cir. certification
ICC v. Cincinnati et al. R.R. Co. 479 (1897) Brewernonenone 6th Cir. certification
Wight v. United States 512 (1897) Brewernonenone W.D. Pa. affirmed
Savannah et al. Ry. Co. v. Florida F.E. 512 (1897) Brewernonenonenot indicatedreversed
Camfield v. United States 518 (1897) Brownnonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Whitney v. United States 529 (1897) Brownnonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. reversed
Bauman v. Ross 548 (1897) Graynonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
The J.P. Donaldson 599 (1897) Graynonenone 6th Cir. certification
The Glide 606 (1897) Graynonenone Mass. Super. Ct. reversed
Peck v. Heurich 624 (1897) Graynonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
ICC v. Detroit et al. Ry. Co. 633 (1897) Shirasnonenone 6th Cir. affirmed
Shapleigh v. City of San Angelo 646 (1897) Shirasnonenone C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed
St. Joseph et al. R.R. Co. v. Steele 659 (1897) Shirasnonenone 8th Cir. reversed
United States v. Reed 664 (1897) Shirasnonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Hedrick v. Atchison et al. R.R. Co. 673 (1897) Shirasnonenone Mo. affirmed
Mackall v. Willoughby 681 (1897) Shirasnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
MacGreal v. Taylor 688 (1897) Harlannonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
Menotti v. Dillon 703 (1897) Harlannonenone Cal. reversed
De Guyer v. Banning 723 (1897) Harlannonenone Cal. affirmed

Notes and references

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

    See also