List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 185

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Supreme Court of the United States
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;234 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 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 185 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1902.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 185 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 185 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)
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)
Justice McKenna.jpg Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field January 21, 1898
(Acclamation)
January 26, 1898

January 5, 1925
(Retired)

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 185 U.S.

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Tulare Irr. Dist. v. Shepard 1 (1902) Peckhamnonenone C.C.S.D. Cal. affirmed
Stockard v. Morgan 27 (1902) Peckhamnonenone Tenn. reversed
Sweringen v. City of St Louis 38 (1902) Peckhamnonenone Mo. dismissed
French G.L.S. Co. v. Springer 47 (1902) Shirasnonenone Or. affirmed
French G.L.S. Co. v. Colwell 54 (1902) Shirasnonenone Or. affirmed
Wilson v. Iseminger 55 (1902) Shirasnonenone Pa. affirmed
Vicksburg W. Co. v. City of Vicksburg 65 (1902) Shirasnonenone C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Rodgers v. United States 83 (1902) Brewernonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
City of New York v. Pine 93 (1902) Brewernonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Filhiol v. Maurice 108 (1902) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed
Michigan S. Co. v. Dix 112 (1902) Fullernonenone Mich. dismissed
Eastern B. & L. Ass'n v. Ebaugh 114 (1902) McKennanonenone S.C. affirmed
McIntosh v. Aubrey 122 (1902) McKennanonenone Pa. affirmed
Kansas v. Colorado 125 (1902) Fullernonenone original continued
Erie R.R. v. Purdy 148 (1902) Harlannonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed
Hitz v. Jenks 155 (1902) Harlannonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
Talbot v. Sioux City F.N.B. 172 (1902) McKennanonenone Iowa affirmed
Talbot v. Sioux Nat'l Bank 182 (1902) McKennanonenone Iowa affirmed
United States v. Pendell 189 (1902) Peckhamnonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
St. Louis C.C. Co. v. Illinois 203 (1902) Brownnonenone Ill. affirmed
United States v. Lee Yen Tai 213 (1902) Harlannonenone 2d Cir. certification
United States v. Borcherling 223 (1902) Shirasnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Finnell 236 (1902) HarlannoneBrown Ct. Cl. affirmed
Washington v. Northern S. Co. 254 (1902) Fullernonenone original leave to file granted
United States v. Green 256 (1902) Whitenonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
City of Covington v. Covington F. Nat'l Bank 270 (1902) Whitenonenone Ct. Cl. dismissed
United States v. Van Duzee 278 (1902) Whitenonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Excelsior W.P. Co. v. Pacific Bridge Co. 282 (1902) Brownnonenone C.C.D. Wash. reversed
Fok Young Yo v. United States 296 (1902) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Lee Gon Yung v. United States 306 (1902) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Fidelity M.L. Ass'n v. Mettler 308 (1902) FullernoneHarlan C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
New Orleans W. Co. v. Louisiana 336 (1902) Peckhamnonenone La. dismissed
Woodworth v. Northwestern Mutual L. Ins. Co. 354 (1902) Whitenonenone 8th Cir. certification
Travelers' Ins. Co. v. Connecticut 364 (1902) Brewernonenone Conn. affirmed
Minnesota v. Hitchcock 373 (1902) Brewernonenone original dismissed
Carnegie Steel Co. v. Cambria Iron Co. 403 (1902) BrownnoneWhite 3d Cir. reversed
Swafford v. Templeton 487 (1902) Whitenonenone C.C.E.D. Tenn. reversed
United States v. Copper Queen C.M. Co. 495 (1902) Peckhamnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Southwestern C. & I. Co. v. McBride 499 (1902) Whitenonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
McFaddin v. Evans S.B. Co. 505 (1902) Shirasnonenone 8th Cir. affirmed

Notes and references

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

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