List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 168

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Supreme Court of the United States
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 168
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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 168 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1897 and 1898.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 168 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 168 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 168 U.S.

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Southern P.R.R. Co. v. United States 1 (1897) Harlannonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Bergere v. United States 66 (1897) Peckhamnonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. reversed
Alaska T.G.M. Co. v. Whelan 86 (1897) Graynonenone 9th Cir. reversed
Turner v. New York 90 (1897) Graynonenone N.Y. affirmed
United States v. Goldenberg 95 (1897) Brewernonenone 2d Cir. certification
Compania de Navigacion v. Brauer 104 (1897) Graynonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Craemer v. Washington 124 (1897) Fullernonenone C.C.D. Wash. affirmed
Miller v. Cornwall R.R. Co. 131 (1897) Fullernonenone Pa. dismissed
Fletcher v. Baltimore & P.R.R. Co. 135 (1897) Peckhamnonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
ICC v. Alabama M. Ry. Co. 144 (1897) ShirasnoneHarlan 5th Cir. affirmed
Chaves v. United States 177 (1897) Fullernonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
Zia Pueblo v. United States 198 (1897) Brownnonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
Crespin v. United States 208 (1897) Brownnonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
Roff v. Burney 218 (1897) BrewernonenoneU.S. Ct. Ind. Terr.reversed
City of Ogden v. Armstrong 224 (1897) Shirasnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah multiple
Dennison v. United States 241 (1897) Brownnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Underhill v. Hernandez 250 (1897) Fullernonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Pratt v. Paris G.L. & C. Co. 255 (1897) Brownnonenone Ill. affirmed
Hodgson v. Vermont 262 (1897) Shirasnonenone Vt. affirmed
United States v. Wilson 273 (1897) Peckhamnonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Holtzman v. Douglas 278 (1897) Peckhamnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
O'Brien v. Miller 287 (1897) Whitenonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Harrison v. Perea 311 (1897) Peckhamnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. reversed
Karrick v. Hannaman 328 (1897) Graynonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Warner v. Baltimore & O.R.R. Co. 339 (1897) Whitenonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
St. Anthony F.W.P. Co. v. St. Paul W. Comm'rs 349 (1897) Peckhamnonenone Minn. affirmed
United States v. Crosthwaite 375 (1897) Harlannonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Williams v. United States 382 (1897) Harlannonenone N.D. Cal. reversed
Nobles v. Georgia 398 (1897) Whitenonenone Ga. affirmed
The Victory 410 (1897) Fullernonenone 4th Cir. reversed
Muse v. Arlington H. Co. 430 (1897) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Ark. dismissed
The Resolute 437 (1897) Brownnonenone C.C.D. Or. affirmed
The William M. Hoag 443 (1897) Brownnonenone C.C.D. Or. affirmed
Stewart v. Baltimore & O.R.R. Co. 445 (1897) Brewernonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
Thompson v. Maxwell L.G. & Ry. Co. 451 (1897) Brewernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed
Hyer v. Richmond T. Co. 471 (1897) BrewerHarlanBrown 4th Cir. decree modified
Douglas v. Kentucky 488 (1897) Harlannonenone Ky. affirmed
United States v. Union P. Ry. Co. 505 (1897) Fullernonenone 8th Cir. dismissed
Springer L. Ass'n v. Ford 513 (1897) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed
Bram v. United States 532 (1897) WhitenoneBrewer C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Adams v. Henderson 573 (1897) Harlannonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
In re Tampa S.R.R. Co. 583 (1897) Fullernonenone C.C.S.D. Fla. certiorari denied
Michigan L. & L. Co. v. Rust 589 (1897) Brewernonenone 6th Cir. affirmed
Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Musser S.L.L. & M. Co. 604 (1897) Brewernonenone 7th Cir. affirmed
Wilson v. Lambert 611 (1897) Shirasnonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
Shepard v. Adams 618 (1897) Shirasnonenone C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Highland A. & B.R.R. Co. v. Columbian E. Co. 627 (1897) Brewernonenone 5th Cir. certification
Hall v. United States 632 (1897) Peckhamnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Crossley v. California 640 (1897) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Conde v. York 642 (1897) Fullernonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed
McHenry v. Alford 651 (1898) Peckhamnonenone 8th Cir. certification
Castillo v. McConnico 674 (1898) Whitenonenone La. dismissed
Penn M.L. Ins. Co. v. City of Austin 685 (1898) Whitenonenone C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed

Notes and references

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

    See also