List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 175

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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 175 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1899 and 1900.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 175 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 175 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)
Horacegrayphoto.jpg Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford December 20, 1881
(51–5)
January 9, 1882

September 15, 1902
(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)
George Shiras Jr.jpg George Shiras Jr. Associate Justice Pennsylvania Joseph P. Bradley July 26, 1892
(Acclamation)
October 10, 1892

February 23, 1903
(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)

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 175 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition of case
Jones v. Meehan 1 (1899) Graynonenone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Scudder v. Comptroller 32 (1899) Graynonenone N.Y. County Sur. Ct. dismissed
Anglo-Californian Bank v. United States 37 (1899) Fullernonenone 9th Cir. dismissed
De la Vergne Refrigerating Machine Company v. German Savings Institution 40 (1899) Brownnonenone 8th Cir. reversed
United States v. Conway 60 (1899) Brownnonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. reversed
Real de Dolores v. United States 71 (1899) Brownnonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
Ainsa v. New Mexico and Arizona Railroad Company 76 (1899) Graynonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. reversed
Hartford Fire Insurance Company v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company 91 (1899) Graynonenone 8th Cir. affirmed
Bienville Water Supply Company v. City of Mobile 109 (1899) Fullernonenone C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
In re Blake 114 (1899) Fullernonenone Tenn. mandamus denied
City of New Orleans v. Warner 120 (1899) Brownnonenone 5th Cir. affirmed
Brady v. Daly 148 (1899) Peckhamnonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Simms v. Simms 162 (1899) Graynonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Brown v. New Jersey 172 (1899) Brewernonenone N.J.O. and T. affirmed
Coudert v. United States 178 (1899) McKennanonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Markuson v. Boucher 184 (1899) McKennanonenone D.N.D. affirmed
The New York 187 (1899) Brownnonenone 6th Cir. reversed
Addyston Pipe and Steel Company v. United States 211 (1899) Peckhamnonenone 6th Cir. affirmed
Hays v. United States 248 (1899) Brownnonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
Bolles v. Outing Company 262 (1899) Brownnonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Arkansas Building and Loan Association v. Madden 269 (1899) Fullernonenone C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed
Seeberger v. McCormick 274 (1899) Shirasnonenone Ill. dismissed
Malony v. Adsit 281 (1899) Shirasnonenone D. Alaska affirmed
Bradfield v. Roberts 291 (1899) Peckhamnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Niles v. Cedar Point Club 300 (1899) Brewernonenone 6th Cir. affirmed
City of New Orleans v. Stemple 309 (1899) Brewernonenone C.C.E.D. La. reversed
New York and New England Railroad Company v. Conroy 323 (1899) ShirasnoneHarlan 1st Cir. certification
Tullis v. Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company 348 (1899) Fullernonenone 7th Cir. certification
The Pedro 354 (1899) FullernoneWhite S.D. Fla. affirmed
The Guido 382 (1899) Fullernonenone S.D. Fla. affirmed
The Steamship Buena Ventura 384 (1899) Peckhamnonenone S.D. Fla. reversed
King v. Cross 396 (1899) Whitenonenone R.I. affirmed
Abbott v. Tacoma Bank 409 (1899) Harlannonenone Wash. affirmed
Hamilton v. Rathbone 414 (1899) Brownnonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
La Abra Silver Mining Company v. United States 423 (1899) Harlannonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Pena 500 (1899) Brewernonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. reversed
United States v. Chavez 509 (1899) McKennanonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
Bardes v. Hawarden First National Bank 526 (1899) Fullernonenone N.D. Iowa dismissed
Cumming v. Richmond County 528 (1899) Harlannonenone Ga. Super. Ct. affirmed
Peabody v. United States 546 (1899) Peckhamnonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
Chavez v. United States 552 (1900) Peckhamnonenone Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Amacker 564 (1900) Brewernonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Blackburn v. Portland Gold Mining Company 571 (1900) Shirasnonenone C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
United States v. Gleason 588 (1900) Shirasnonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Canada Sugar Refining Company v. Insurance Company of North America 609 (1900) Shirasnonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company v. Illinois 626 (1900) Fullernonenone Ill. affirmed
Whitcomb v. Smithson 635 (1900) Fullernonenone Minn. affirmed
Telluride Power Transmission Company v. Rio Grande Western Railway Company 639 (1900) Brownnonenone Utah dismissed
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Behlmer 648 (1900) Whitenonenone 4th Cir. reversed
The Paquete Habana 677 (1899) GraynoneFuller S.D. Fla. reversed

Notes and references

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

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