List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 200

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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
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 200 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1906.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 200 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 200 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)

Notable Case in 200 U.S.

United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.

In United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. , 200 U.S. 321 (1906), the primary issue to the parties was ownership of 44 tracts of timberland, however, the case has become the standard reference to warn attorneys not to rely on the syllabus of a reported case as opposed to the text of the decision itself, since the syllabus is not written by the Supreme Court but by its Reporter of Decisions.

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 200 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
United States ex rel. Drury v. Lewis 1 (1906) Fullernonenone C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
Albright v. New Mexico ex rel. Sandoval 9 (1906) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed
Nutt v. Knut 12 (1906) Harlannonenone Miss. affirmed
Knoxville Water Company v. City of Knoxville 22 (1906) Harlannonenone C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed
Owensboro Waterworks Company v. City of Owensboro 38 (1906) Harlannonenone C.C.W.D. Ky. affirmed
Peoria Gas and Electric Company v. City of Peoria 48 (1906) Brewernonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Guaranty Trust and Deposit Company v. Fisher 57 (1906) Brewernonenone 4th Cir. affirmed
Howard v. Perrin 71 (1906) Brewernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Kolze v. Hoadley 76 (1906) Brownnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Campbell v. California 87 (1906) Whitenonenone Cal. affirmed
Herrick v. Boquillas Land and Cattle Company 96 (1906) Whitenonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Serralles Succession v. Esbri 103 (1906) Peckhamnonenone P.R. reversed
Montana Catholic Missions v. Missoula County 118 (1906) Peckhamnonenone C.C.D. Mont. affirmed
Speer v. Colbert 130 (1906) Peckhamnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Mead v. City of Portland 148 (1906) McKennanonenone Or. affirmed
Howard v. Kentucky 164 (1906) McKennaHarlannone Ky. affirmed
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Deer 176 (1906) Holmesnonenone Ala. reversed
Cincinnati et al. Company v. Bay 179 (1906) Holmesnonenone Ohio affirmed
Ballmann v. Fagin 186 (1906) Holmesnonenone C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
United States ex rel. Hill v. American Surety Company of New York 197 (1906) Daynonenone Wash. Super. Ct. reversed
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company v. Thompson 206 (1906) Daynonenone 6th Cir. certification
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company v. Bohon 221 (1906) Daynonenone Ky. affirmed
Armour Packing Company v. Lacy 226 (1906) FullernoneBrown N.C. affirmed
Hallenborg v. Cobre Grande Copper Company 239 (1906) McKennanonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Graham v. Folsom 248 (1906) McKennanonenone C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Carter v. Hawaii 255 (1906) Holmesnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. reversed
Warner v. Grayson 257 (1906) Daynonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Gunter v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company 273 (1906) Whitenonenone C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Carfer v. Caldwell 293 (1906) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D.W. Va. reversed
Guss v. Nelson 298 (1906) Brewernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed
San Antonio Traction Company v. Altgelt 304 (1906) Brownnonenone Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
Hibernia Savings and Loan Society v. City of San Francisco 310 (1906) Brownnonenone Cal. affirmed
Martin v. Texas 316 (1906) Harlannonenone Tex. Crim. App. affirmed
United States v. Detroit Timber and Lumber Company 321 (1906) Brewernonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. United States I 341 (1906) Brewernonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. United States II 354 (1906) Brewernonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission 361 (1906) Whitenonenone C.C.W.D. Va. affirmed
Rector v. City Deposit Bank Company 405 (1906) Whitenonenone Ohio reversed
Rector v. Commercial National Bank 420 (1906) Whitenonenone Ohio reversed
First National Bank v. Converse 425 (1906) WhiteHarlanBrewer C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Security Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Prewitt 446 (1906) Peckhamnonenone Ky. dismissed
Travelers Insurance Company v. Prewitt 450 (1906) Peckhamnonenone Ky. dismissed
United States v. Bitter Root Development Company 451 (1906) Peckhamnonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Looney v. Metropolitan Railroad Company 480 (1906) McKennanonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
United States v. New York et al. Company 488 (1906) McKennanonenone S.D.N.Y. reversed
Missouri v. Illinois 496 (1906) Holmesnonenone original dismissed
Strickley v. Highland Boy Gold Mining Company 527 (1906) Holmesnonenone Utah affirmed
Whitney v. Dresser 532 (1906) Holmesnonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission 536 (1906) Peckhamnonenone C.C.S.D. Cal. reversed
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. Illinois ex rel. Commissioners 561 (1906) HarlanHolmesBrewer Ill. affirmed
United States v. Clark 601 (1906) HolmesMcKennanone 9th Cir. affirmed

Notes and references

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

    See also