List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 213

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Supreme Court of the United States
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 213
38°53′26″N77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
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 213 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1909.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 213 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 213 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)
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)
WHMoody.jpg William Henry Moody Associate Justice Massachusetts Henry Billings Brown December 12, 1906
(Acclamation)
December 17, 1906

November 20, 1910
(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 213 U.S.

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Atchison et al. Co. v. Calhoun 1 (1909) Moodynonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. reversed
Davidson Bros. M. Co. v. United States ex rel. Gibson 10 (1909) Moodynonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
Martinez v. La Asociacion 20 (1909) Moodynonenone D.P.R. reversed
Equitable L.A. Soc'y v. Brown 25 (1909) Peckhamnonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Western Union T. Co. v. Wilson 52 (1909) HolmesnonenoneVa. Corp. Ct.dismissed
Atchison et al. Ry. Co. v. Sowers 55 (1909) DaynoneHolmes Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
Mammoth M. Co. v. Grand C.M. Co. 72 (1909) Holmesnonenone Utah dismissed
Missouri v. Kansas 78 (1909) Holmesnonenone original decree for Kan.
Bonner v. Gorman 86 (1909) Fullernonenone Ark. dismissed
United States v. Dickinson 92 (1909) Fullernonenone 1st Cir. dismissed
Hepner v. United States 103 (1909) Harlannonenone 2d Cir. certification
United States v. Mason 115 (1909) Harlannonenone D. Colo. affirmed
Hurley v. Atchison et al. Ry. Co. 126 (1909) Brewernonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Keerl v. Montana 135 (1909) Brewernonenone Mont. affirmed
Keller v. United States 138 (1909) BrewernoneHolmes N.D. Ill. reversed
Murray v. Wilson D. Co. 151 (1909) Whitenonenone 4th Cir. reversed
Murray v. South Carolina ex rel. Ray 174 (1909) Whitenonenone S.C. affirmed
Siler v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. 175 (1909) Peckhamnonenone C.C.E.D. Ky. affirmed
Siler v. Illinois C.R.R. Co. 199 (1909) Peckhamnonenone C.C.E.D. Ky. affirmed
Selliger v. Kentucky 200 (1909) Holmesnonenone Ky. App. reversed
Chesapeake & O.R.R. Co. v. McCabe 207 (1909) Daynonenone Ky. App. reversed
Coder v. Arts 223 (1909) Daynonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Commercial M.A. Co. v. Davis 245 (1909) Daynonenone C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Turner v. American S. & T. Co. 257 (1909) Moodynonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Maiorano v. Baltimore & O.R.R. Co. 268 (1909) Moodynonenone Pa. affirmed
Boise et al. Co. v. City of Boise City 276 (1909) Moodynonenone C.C.D. Idaho affirmed
MacFadden v. United States 288 (1909) Moodynonenone 3d Cir. dismissed
United States v. Evans 297 (1909) Fullernonenone D.C. Cir. certiorari quashed
Leeds & C. Co. v. Victor T.M. Co. I 301 (1909) McKennanonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Leeds & C. Co. v. Victor T.M. Co. II 325 (1909) McKennanonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Van Gieson v. Maile 338 (1909) Holmesnonenonenot indicatedaffirmed
Boquillas L. & C. Co. v. Curtis 339 (1909) Holmesnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
American B. Co. v. United F. Co. 347 (1909) Holmesnonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Sand F. Corp. v. Cowardin 360 (1909) Daynonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
United States ex rel. Att’y Gen. v. Delaware & H. Co. 366 (1909) WhitenoneHarlan C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Strong v. Repide 419 (1909) Peckhamnonenone Phil. reversed
Delaware & H. Co. v. Albany & S.R.R. Co. 435 (1909) McKennanonenone 2d Cir. certification
Manson v. Williams 453 (1909) Holmesnonenone 1st Cir. affirmed
In re Winn 458 (1909) Moodynonenone C.C.S.D. Iowa mandamus granted

Notes and references

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

    See also