List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 199

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Supreme Court of the United States
Seal of the United States Supreme Court.svg
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 199 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1905.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 199 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 199 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)
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)
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)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr circa 1930-edit.jpg Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray December 4, 1902
(Acclamation)
December 8, 1902

January 12, 1932
(Retired)
Justice William R. Day.jpg William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. February 23, 1903
(Acclamation)
March 2, 1903

November 13, 1922
(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 199 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
People ex rel. Metropolitan Street Railway Company v. New York State Board of Tax Commissioners 1 (1905) Brewernonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
People ex rel. Brooklyn City Railroad v. New York State Board of Tax Commissioners 48 (1905) Brewernonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
People ex rel. Twenty-Third Street Railway Company v. New York State Board of Tax Commissioners 53 (1905) Brewernonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Gleason v. White 54 (1905) Brewernonenone Fla. affirmed
Hyde v. Shine 62 (1905) BrownnonePeckham C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Dimond v. Shine 88 (1905) per curiam nonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Farrell v. O'Brien 89 (1905) Whitenonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
The Eliza Lines 119 (1905) HolmesnoneBrown 1st Cir. reversed
McGuire v. Blount 142 (1905) Daynonenone 5th Cir. affirmed
Guthrie v. Harkness 148 (1905) Daynonenone Utah affirmed
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad Company 160 (1905) Brewernonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Nederland Life Insurance Company, Ltd. v. Meinert 171 (1905) Peckhamnonenone 7th Cir. reversed
Corkran Oil and Development Company v. Arnaudet 182 (1905) Fullernonenone La. dismissed
Union Refrigerator Transit Company v. Kentucky 194 (1905) BrownnoneHolmes Ky. reversed
Marvin v. Trout 212 (1905) Peckhamnonenone Ohio affirmed
Rankin v. Barton 228 (1905) McKennanonenone Kan. reversed
Michigan ex rel. Kies v. Lowrey 233 (1905) McKennanonenone Mich. affirmed
Tampa Water Works Company v. City of Tampa 241 (1905) HolmesnoneBrown Fla. affirmed
Chesapeake Beach Railway Company v. Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad Company 247 (1905) Holmesnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Sweeney v. Carter Oil Company 252 (1905) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D.W. Va. reversed
Cochran v. Montgomery County 260 (1905) Fullernonenone 5th Cir. reversed
French v. Taylor 274 (1905) Fullernonenone Wash. dismissed
Donovan v. Pennsylvania Company 279 (1905) Harlannonenone 7th Cir. affirmed
California Reduction Company v. Sanitary Reduction Works 306 (1905) Harlannonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Gardner v. Michigan 325 (1905) Harlannonenone Mich. affirmed
Hartman v. Butterfield Lumber Company 335 (1905) BrewernoneWhite Miss. affirmed
Hafemann v. Gross 342 (1905) BrewernoneWhite Minn. affirmed
Royal Insurance Company v. Miller 353 (1905) Whitenonenone D.P.R. affirmed
Jack v. Kansas 372 (1905) Peckhamnonenone Kan. affirmed
McCune v. Essig 382 (1905) McKennanonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Estes v. Timmons 391 (1905) McKennanonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed
Simpson v. United States 397 (1905) Holmesnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Carroll v. Greenwich Insurance Company 401 (1905) HolmesHarlannone C.C.S.D. Iowa reversed
United States v. Utah, Nevada and California Stage Company 414 (1905) Daynonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Rogers v. Peck 425 (1905) Daynonenone D. Vt. affirmed
South Carolina v. United States 437 (1905) BrewernoneWhite Ct. Cl. affirmed
Manigault v. Springs 473 (1905) Brownnonenone C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Petri v. Creelman Lumber Company 487 (1905) Whitenonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Foppiano v. Speed 501 (1905) Peckhamnonenone Tenn. affirmed
Trono v. United States 521 (1905) PeckhamnoneHarlan; McKenna Phil. affirmed
Clark v. Roller 541 (1905) Holmesnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Riggins v. United States 547 (1905) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Ala. reversed
People ex rel. Lieberman v. Van de Carr 552 (1905) DayHolmesnone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Sjoli v. Dreschel 564 (1905) Harlannonenone Minn. reversed
Russian America Packing Company v. United States 570 (1905) Brownnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Royal Packing Company v. United States 579 (1905) per curiam nonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Alexander v. Crollott 580 (1905) Brownnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed
Eclipse Bicycle Company v. Farrow 581 (1905) Holmesnonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
Minnesota Iron Company v. Kline 593 (1905) Holmesnonenone Minn. affirmed

Notes and references

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

    See also