| Case name | Citation | Summary |
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| Kidd v. Pearson | 128 U.S. 1 (1888) | Scope of the Commerce Clause |
| Dent v. West Virginia | 129 U.S. 114 (1889) | state licensing of doctors |
| Botiller v. Dominguez | 130 U.S. 238 (1889) | validity of Spanish and Mexican land grants within the Mexican Cession |
| Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago | 130 U.S. 581 (1889) | |
| Smith v. Bolles | 132 U.S. 125 (1889) | |
| Davis v. Beason | 133 U.S. 333 (1890) | United States federal courts have jurisdiction to hear charges related to polygamy even though it be part of a religious belief |
| Hans v. Louisiana | 134 U.S. 1 (1890) | sovereign immunity of states, interpreting the Eleventh Amendment |
| Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad v. Minnesota | 134 U.S. 418 (1890) | states and railway fees |
| In re Neagle | 135 U.S. 1 (1890) | authority of the U.S. Attorney General to appoint U.S. Marshals as bodyguards to Supreme Court Justices |
| LDS Church v. United States | 136 U.S. 1 (1890) | upheld revocation of LDS Church charter and confiscation of church property |
| Jones v. United States (1890) | 137 U.S. 202 (1890) | upheld the Guano Islands Act |
| In re Ross | 140 U.S. 453 (1891) | application of U.S. law to foreign sailors on U.S. flagged ships while in another country |
| Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Botsford | 141 U.S. 250 (1891) | right to Bodily integrity |
| Marshall v. Holmes | 141 U.S. 589 (1891) | unconscionability as grounds for equitable relief where fraud on the court is alleged |
| Counselman v. Hitchcock | 142 U.S. 547 (1892) | |
| Holy Trinity Church v. United States | 143 U.S. 457 (1892) | contracts with foreign citizens, religion |
| United States v. Ballin | 144 U.S. 1 (1892) | |
| Lau Ow Bew v. United States | 144 U.S. 47 (1892) | |
| Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hillmon | 145 U.S. 285 (1892) | |
| Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois | 146 U.S. 387 (1892) | railroad land dispute, public trust doctrine |
| Kohn v. McNulta | 147 U.S. 238 (1893) | |
| Fleitas v. Richardson | 147 U.S. 550 (1893) | |
| Virginia v. Tennessee | 148 U.S. 503 (1893) | |
| Nix v. Hedden | 149 U.S. 304 (1893) | status of the tomato as fruit or vegetable under Tariff Act of 1883 |
| Fong Yue Ting v. United States | 149 U.S. 698 (1893) | |
| Wharton v. Wise | 153 U.S. 155 (1894) | |
| McKane v. Durston | 153 U.S. 684 (1894) | |
| Schillinger v. United States | 155 U.S. 163 (1894) | sovereign immunity forbids suit against the Federal government for patent infringement |
| United States v. E. C. Knight Co. | 156 U.S. 1 (1895) | antitrust action; “Sugar Trust Case” |
| Sparf v. United States | 156 U.S. 51 (1895) | jury instructions |
| Coffin v. United States | 156 U.S. 432 (1895) | the presumption of innocence |
| In re Debs | 158 U.S. 564 (1895) | strikes and interstate commerce |
| Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. | 158 U.S. 601 (1895) | income tax and tariffs |
| Hilton v. Guyot | 159 U.S. 113 (1895) | doctrine of comity |
| United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co. | 160 U.S. 668 (1896) | |
| Rosen v. United States | 161 U.S. 29 (1896) | defendant's ability to inspect evidence at obscenity trial overcame objection that indictment was too vague |
| Geer v. Connecticut | 161 U.S. 519 (1896) | states owned the wild animals within their borders and can strictly regulate their management and harvest |
| Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway Co. | 162 U.S. 283 (1896) | |
| Graver v. Faurot | 162 U.S. 435 (1896) | Judiciary Act of 1891 bars Court from considering entire case without questions that can be separately resolved; cert denied and question of resolving two earlier cases reverts to Seventh Circuit |
| Talton v. Mayes | 163 U.S. 376 (1896) | individual rights in U.S. Constitution not applicable to tribal governments |
| Ward v. Race Horse | 163 U.S. 504 (1896) | |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | 163 U.S. 537 (1896) | segregation; "separate but equal" |
| United States v. Ball | 163 U.S. 662 (1896) | double jeopardy |
| Allen v. United States (1896) | 164 U.S. 492 (1896) | |
| Allgeyer v. Louisiana | 165 U.S. 578 (1897) | Freedom of contract |
| Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago | 166 U.S. 226 (1897) | |
| United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association | 166 U.S. 290 (1897) | railroads and rate fixing |
| Davis v. Massachusetts | 167 U.S. 43 (1897) | |
| Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co. | 167 U.S. 479 (1897) | powers of an administrative agency |
| Barrett v. United States | 169 U.S. 218 (1898) | South Carolina had not been subdivided into separate federal judicial districts |
| Holden v. Hardy | 169 U.S. 366 (1898) | working hours of miners |
| United States v. Wong Kim Ark | 169 U.S. 649 (1898) | citizenship and race |
| Hawker v. New York | 170 U.S. 189 (1898) | character and doctor's licenses |
| Williams v. Mississippi | 170 U.S. 213 (1898) | literacy tests |
| Smyth v. Ames | 171 U.S. 361 (1898) | |
| City of Walla Walla v. Walla Walla Water Co. | 172 U.S. 1 (1898) | |
| Andersen v. Treat | 172 U.S. 24 (1898) | |
| United States v. Johnson (1899) | 173 U.S. 363 (1899) | |
| Morris v. United States | 174 U.S. 196 (1899) | |
| Brown v. New Jersey | 175 U.S. 172 (1899) | use of a struck jury |
| Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United States | 175 U.S. 211 (1899) | |
| Malony v. Adsit | 175 U.S. 281 (1899) | trial judge must authenticate bill of exceptions |
| Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education | 175 U.S. 528 (1899) | segregation in public schools |
| The Paquete Habana | 175 U.S. 677 (1900) | prize in admiralty law and customary international law |
| Maxwell v. Dow | 176 U.S. 581 (1900) | Utah court procedure |
| Bad Elk v. United States | 177 U.S. 529 (1900) | unlawful arrest |
| Taylor v. Beckham | 178 U.S. 548 (1900) | Kentucky gubernatorial election of 1899 |
| Austin v. Tennessee | 179 U.S. 343 (1900) | restricting or prohibiting the sale of tobacco |
| Marks v. Shoup | 181 U.S. 562 (1901) | Property issues |
| Insular Cases |
| DeLima v. Bidwell | 182 U.S. 1 (1901) | constitutional status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines |
| Goetze v. United States | 182 U.S. 221 (1901) |
| Armstrong v. United States | 182 U.S. 243 (1901) |
| Downes v. Bidwell | 182 U.S. 244 (1901) |
| Huus v. New York & Porto Rico S.S. Co. | 182 U.S. 392 (1901) |
| Dooley v. United States | 183 U.S. 151 (1901) |
| Fourteen Diamond Rings v. United States | 183 U.S. 176 (1901) |
| Montoya v. United States | 180 U.S. 261 (1901) | legal definition of Native American tribes |
| Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health | 186 U.S. 380 (1902) | Constitutionality of state quarantine laws |
| Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock | 187 U.S. 553 (1903) | power of Congress to abrogate treaties with Native American tribes |
| Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. | 188 U.S. 239 (1903) | copyright protection of illustrations made for advertisements |
| Champion v. Ames | 188 U.S. 321 (1903) | Congressional Commerce Clause regulation of lottery tickets |
| Yamataya v. Fisher | 189 U.S. 86 (1903) | |
| Giles v. Harris | 189 U.S. 475 (1903) | voting rights, Eleventh Amendment |
| Hawaii v. Manikichi | 190 U.S. 197 (1903) | sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases |
| Ex parte Joins | 191 U.S. 93 (1903) | |
| Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Co. of Texas v. May | 194 U.S. 267 (1904) | 14th Amendment permits law which penalizes railroads for allowing weeds to grow |
| Kepner v. United States | 195 U.S. 100 (1904) | sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases |
| Dorr v. United States | 195 U.S. 138 (1904) | sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases |
| Gonzales v. Williams | 192 U.S. 1 (1904) | Puerto Ricans and illegal aliens |
| Northern Securities Co. v. United States | 193 U.S. 197 (1904) | Antitrust, application of the Sherman Antitrust Act |
| Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co. | 196 U.S. 1 (1904) | |
| Burton v. United States (1905)’’ | 196 U.S. 283 (1905) | |
| Swift & Co. v. United States | 196 U.S. 375 (1905) | Commerce Clause, to regulate monopolies |
| Jacobson v. Massachusetts | 197 U.S. 11 (1905) | Police power supersedes freedom of religion in matters of public health; vaccination requirements are constitutional |
| Rasmussen v. United States | 197 U.S. 516 (1905) | sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases |
| Lochner v. New York | 198 U.S. 45 (1905) | freedom of contract, substantive due process |
| Harris v. Balk | 198 U.S. 215 (1905) | quasi in rem jurisdiction |
| Chicago Board of Trade v. Christie Grain | 198 U.S. 236 (1905) | upholding power of Chicago Board of Trade to regulate futures contracts |
| United States v. Ju Toy | 198 U.S. 253 (1905) | |
| United States v. Winans | 198 U.S. 371 (1905) | |
| Rogers v. Peck | 199 U.S. 425 (1905) | |
| United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. | 200 U.S. 321 (1906) | |
| Hale v. Henkel | 201 U.S. 43 (1906) | witness testimony in antitrust cases |
| Burton v. United States (1906)’’ | 202 U.S. 344 (1906) | |
| Hodges v. United States | 203 U.S. 1 (1906) | |
| Northwestern National Life Ins. Co. v. Riggs | 203 U.S. 243 (1906) | upheld power of states to regulate insurance contracts against Fourteenth Amendment challenge |
| United States v. Shipp | 203 U.S. 563 (1906) | Only criminal trial in the court's history. Lynching. |
| Seneca Nation of Indians v. Christy | 205 U.S. 1 (1907) | |
| Tinsley v. Treat | 205 U.S. 20 (1907) | |
| Kessler v. Treat | 205 U.S. 33 (1907) | |
| Halter v. Nebraska | 205 U.S. 34 (1907) | |
| Citizens' Savings & Trust Co. v. Illinois Central Railway Co. | 205 U.S. 46 (1907) | |
| Wilmington Star Mining Co. v. Fulton | 205 U.S. 60 (1907) | |
| United States ex rel. West v. Hitchcock | 205 U.S. 80 (1907) | |
| Pearcy v. Stranahan | 205 U.S. 257 (1907) | |
| Patterson v. Colorado | 205 U.S. 454 (1907) | |
| Kessler v. Eldred | 206 U.S. 285 (1907) | |
| Hunter v. City of Pittsburgh | 207 U.S. 161 (1907) | |
| Winters v. United States | 207 U.S. 564 (1908) | |
| Adair v. United States | 208 U.S. 161 (1908) | "Yellow Dog contract" |
| Loewe v. Lawlor | 208 U.S. 274 (1908) | Sherman Antitrust Act applied against labor union boycott |
| Muller v. Oregon | 208 U.S. 412 (1908) | protective labor laws, protection of women |
| White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co. | 209 U.S. 1 (1908) | manufacturers of player pianos need not pay royalties to copyright holders of music |
| Ex parte Young | 209 U.S. 123 (1908) | exception to sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment |
| Ware & Leland v. Mobile County | 209 U.S. 405 (1908) | contracts for the sales of cotton for future delivery that do not oblige interstate shipments are not subjects of interstate commerce, and are taxable by states |
| Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus | 210 U.S. 339 (1908) | First-sale doctrine, copyright holder cannot control resale prices by use of licenses |
| Londoner v. City and County of Denver | 210 U.S. 373 (1908) | role of due process in administrative rulemaking |
| Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co. | 210 U.S. 405 (1908) | patent and antitrust |
| Berea College v. Kentucky | 211 U.S. 45 (1908) | state laws and segregation of educational facilities |
| Twining v. New Jersey | 211 U.S. 78 (1908) | Fifth Amendment does not apply to state trials |
| Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley | 211 U.S. 149 (1908) | federal question jurisdiction, the "well-pleaded complaint rule" |
| North American Cold Storage Co. v. City of Chicago | 211 U.S. 306 (1908) | |
| Moyer v. Peabody | 212 U.S. 78 (1909) | citizens' rights during insurrection |
| Welch v. Swasey | 214 U.S. 91 (1909) | Massachusetts' statute restricting building heights is constitutional |
| Maryland v. West Virginia | 217 U.S. 1 (1910) | |
| Weems v. United States | 217 U.S. 349 (1910) | |
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