List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 201

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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
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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 201 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 201 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 201 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 201 U.S.

Hale v. Henkel

Hale v. Henkel , 201 U.S. 43 (1906), is a major Supreme Court decision in which the Court established the power of a federal grand jury engaged in an investigation into corporate malfeasance to require the corporation in question to surrender its records.

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 201 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Kentucky v. Powers 1 (1906) Harlannonenone C.C.E.D. Ky. reversed
New Mexico v. Atchison et al. Ry. Company 41 (1906) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. dismissed
Hale v. Henkel 43 (1906) BrownHarlan; McKennaBrewer C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
McAlister v. Henkel 90 (1906) Brownnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Nelson v. United States 92 (1906) McKennanonenone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Alexander v. United States 117 (1906) McKennanonenone C.C.E.D. Wis. dismissed
Felts v. Murphy 123 (1906) Peckhamnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Valentina v. Mercer 131 (1906) Peckhamnonenone C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Otis Company v. Ludlow Manufacturing Company 140 (1906) Holmesnonenone Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
Ex parte National E. and S. Company 156 (1906) Brewernonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. mandamus denied
Leschen and Sons Rope Company v. Broderick and Bascom Rope Company 166 (1906) Brownnonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
St. Louis et al. Company v. Maryland Casualty Company 173 (1906) Holmesnonenone 8th Cir. certification
Brown v. Gurney 184 (1906) Fullernonenone Colo. affirmed
Amadeo v. Northern Assurance Company 194 (1906) Fullernonenone D.P.R. reversed
Wisconsin v. Hitchcock 202 (1906) Harlannonenone original dismissed
Christopher v. Norvell 216 (1906) Harlannonenone 5th Cir. affirmed
Wyman v. Wallace 230 (1906) Brewernonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Frenzer v. Wallace 244 (1906) Brewernonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Michigan Central Railroad Company v. Powers 245 (1906) Brewernonenone C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed
De la Rama v. De la Rama 303 (1906) Brownnonenone Phil. reversed
Keen v. Keen 319 (1906) Brownnonenone Mo. dismissed
Houston and Texas Central Railway Company v. Mayes 321 (1906) Brownnonenone Tex. App. reversed
Joy v. City of St. Louis 332 (1906) Peckhamnonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
York Manufacturing Company v. Cassell 344 (1906) Peckhamnonenone 6th Cir. reversed
United States v. Downing 354 (1906) McKennanonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Soper v. Lawrence Brothers Company 359 (1906) Holmesnonenone Me. affirmed
Rodriguez v. Vivoni 371 (1906) Holmesnonenone D.P.R. affirmed
The Wildcroft 378 (1906) Daynonenone 3d Cir. affirmed
United States v. Wickersham 390 (1906) Daynonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Blair v. City of Chicago 400 (1906) DaynoneMcKenna C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
West Chicago Street Railroad Company v. Illinois ex rel. City of Chicago 506 (1906) Harlannonenone Ill. affirmed
City of Cleveland v. Cleveland Electric Railway Company 529 (1906) McKennanonenone C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Powers v. Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway Company 543 (1906) Brewernonenone C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed
Haddock v. Haddock 562 (1906) WhitenoneBrown; Holmes N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
St. John v. New York 633 (1906) McKennanonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Rawlins v. Georgia 638 (1906) Holmesnonenone Ga. affirmed

Notes and references

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

    See also