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List Of United States Supreme Court Cases, Volume 189

This is a list of cases reported in volume 189 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1903.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 189 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). 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 189 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Melville Fuller Chief Justice Illinois Morrison Waite July 20, 1888
(41–20)
October 8, 1888

July 4, 1910
(Died)
John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(Died)
David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews December 18, 1889
(53–11)
January 6, 1890

March 28, 1910
(Died)
Henry Billings Brown Associate Justice Michigan Samuel Freeman Miller December 29, 1890
(Acclamation)
January 5, 1891

May 28, 1906
(Retired)
Edward Douglass White Associate Justice Louisiana Samuel Blatchford February 19, 1894
(Acclamation)
March 12, 1894

December 18, 1910
(Continued as chief justice)
Rufus W. Peckham Associate Justice New York Howell Edmunds Jackson December 9, 1895
(Acclamation)
January 6, 1896

October 24, 1909
(Died)
Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field January 21, 1898
(Acclamation)
January 26, 1898

January 5, 1925
(Retired)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray December 4, 1902
(Acclamation)
December 8, 1902

January 12, 1932
(Retired)
William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. February 23, 1903
(Acclamation)
March 2, 1903

November 13, 1922
(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 189 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition of case
Kennedy M. & M. Co. v. Argonaut M. Co. 1 (1903) Fuller none none Cal. affirmed
Kokomo F.M. Co. v. Kitselman 8 (1903) Fuller none none 7th Cir. reversed
Hennessy v. Richardson D. Co. 25 (1903) Fuller none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed
Kirwan v. Murphy 35 (1903) Fuller none none 8th Cir. reversed
Brill v. Peckham et al. Co. 57 (1903) Fuller none none 2d Cir. reversed
Tennessee v. Condon 64 (1903) Fuller none none Tenn. dismissed
Union & P. Bank v. City of Memphis 71 (1903) Fuller none none multiple multiple
Mexican C. Ry. Co., Ltd. v. Duthie 76 (1903) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed
Jaquith v. Alden 78 (1903) Fuller none none 1st Cir. affirmed
In re Key 84 (1903) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. mandamus denied
Japanese Imm. Case 86 (1903) Harlan none none C.C.D. Wash. affirmed
Oregon and California Railroad Co. v. United States I 103 (1903) Harlan none none 9th Cir. affirmed
Oregon and California Railroad Co. v. United States II 116 (1903) Harlan none none 9th Cir. affirmed
De Cambra v. Rogers 119 (1903) Brewer none none Cal. affirmed
Eastern et al. Ass'n v. Williamson 122 (1903) Brewer none none S.C. affirmed
Bell v. Commonwealth et al. Co. 131 (1903) Brewer none none 3d Cir. affirmed
Fidelity & D. Co. v. Bucki & Son L. Co. 135 (1903) Brewer none none 5th Cir. affirmed
McClung v. Penny 143 (1903) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. dismissed
Winebrenner v. Forney 148 (1903) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. dismissed
Sawyer v. Piper 154 (1903) Brewer none none Minn. dismissed
The Osceola 158 (1903) Brown none none 7th Cir. certification
San Jose et al. Co. v. San Jose R. Co. 177 (1903) Brown none none Cal. affirmed
The Roanoke 185 (1903) Brown none none D. Wash. reversed
United States v. Nix 199 (1903) Brown none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Davis & F. Mfg. Co. v. City of Los Angeles 207 (1903) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Cal. affirmed
Nashua S. Bank v. Anglo et al. Co. 221 (1903) Brown none none 1st Cir. affirmed
Sena v. United States I 233 (1903) Brown none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed
Rankin v. Fidelity et al. Co. 242 (1903) Brown none none 3d Cir. affirmed
Glidden v. Harrington 255 (1903) Brown none none Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
Wiser v. Lawler 260 (1903) Brown none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Missouri P. Ry. Co. v. United States 274 (1903) White none Brewer 8th Cir. reversed
Potter v. Hall 292 (1903) White none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. reversed
Farmers' & M. Ins. Co. v. Dobney 301 (1903) White none none Neb. affirmed
Onondaga Nation v. Thacher 306 (1903) White none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed
Shurtleff v. United States 311 (1903) Peckham none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Sexton v. California 319 (1903) Peckham none none Cal. affirmed
Foster v. Pryor 325 (1903) Peckham none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed
Finney v. Guy 335 (1903) Peckham none none Wis. affirmed
Thayer v. Spratt 346 (1903) Peckham none none Wash. affirmed
Texas P. Ry. Co. v. Carlin 354 (1903) Peckham none none 5th Cir. affirmed
The Conemaugh 363 (1903) McKenna none none 6th Cir. affirmed
Zane v. Hamilton Cnty. 370 (1903) McKenna none none 7th Cir. affirmed
Detroit et al. Ry. v. Osborn 383 (1903) McKenna none none Mich. affirmed
United States v. Mission R. Co. 391 (1903) McKenna none none 9th Cir. affirmed
Chattanooga et al. Ass'n v. Denson 408 (1903) McKenna none none 5th Cir. affirmed
Gordon ex rel. Roper v. Randle 417 (1903) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Pullman Co. v. Adams 420 (1903) Holmes none none Miss. affirmed
National B. & L. Co. v. Petrie 423 (1903) Holmes none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Brownfield v. South Carolina 426 (1903) Holmes none none S.C. affirmed
Pardee v. Aldridge 429 (1903) Holmes none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
Knoxville W. Co. v. City of Knoxville 434 (1903) Holmes none none Tenn. affirmed
San Diego L.T. Co. v. Jasper 439 (1903) Holmes none none C.C.S.D. Cal. affirmed
Southern P.R.R. Co. v. United States 447 (1903) Holmes none none 9th Cir. affirmed
The Paquete Habana 453 (1903) Holmes none none S.D. Fla. reversed
Texas P. Ry. Co. v. Behymer 468 (1903) Holmes none none 5th Cir. affirmed
United States v. Sweet 471 (1903) Holmes none none Ct. Cl. reversed
United States v. Barnett 474 (1903) Holmes none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Giles v. Harris 475 (1903) Holmes none Brewer; Harlan C.C.M.D. Ala. affirmed
Sena v. United States II 504 (1903) Brown none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmance modified

Notes and references

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

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