This is a list of cases reported in volume 148 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1893.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 148 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 148 U.S. 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 (41–20) –July 4, 1910(Died) Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat (Acclamation)–December 1, 1897(Retired) John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis (Acclamation) –October 14, 1911(Died) Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford (51–5) –September 15, 1902(Died) Samuel Blatchford Associate Justice New York Ward Hunt (Acclamation) –July 7, 1893(Died) David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews (53–11) –March 28, 1910(Died) Henry Billings Brown Associate Justice Michigan Samuel Freeman Miller (Acclamation) –May 28, 1906(Retired) George Shiras Jr. Associate Justice Pennsylvania Joseph P. Bradley (Acclamation) –February 23, 1903(Retired) Howell Edmunds Jackson Associate Justice Tennessee Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Acclamation) –August 8, 1895(Died)
Notable Cases in 148 U.S. Pettibone v. United States In Pettibone v. United States, 148 U.S. 197 (1893), the Supreme Court considered a criminal case involving the knowledge requirement in an obstruction of justice charge. It was the first Supreme Court case involving interpretation of obstruction of federal justice statutes. In the Court's opinion, Chief Justice Fuller wrote, "a person is not sufficiently charged with obstructing or impeding the due administration of justice in a court unless it appears that he knew of had notice that justice was being administered in such court".Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ,
Virginia v. Tennessee Virginia v. Tennessee, 148 U.S. 503 (1893), is a case under the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction. The Court decided that if an agreement between two states sets the boundary between them, both states ratify that agreement, and one state later discovers that the boundary was wrong (such as the other state received a larger share of territory than originally planned), unless the other state agrees to change it, the original agreement nevertheless stands. In this particular instance, the Supreme Court rejected Virginia's contention that the intent of the original "charters of the English sovereigns" should take precedent over a 1803 compromise, which sought to address the situation initially and was agreed upon by both states. The Court also decided that because the states informed Congress of the original survey that both states hired people to establish carefully and then enacted as legislation by the two states, the agreement was implicitly approved by Congress, and the border between the two states had been set forth in the survey.
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. "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time. e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
List of cases in volume 148 U.S.
Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition The J.E. Rumbell 1 (1893) Gray none none 7th Cir. certification Moelle v. Sherwood 21 (1893) Field none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed United States v. California and Oregon Land Company 31 (1893) Brewer none none 9th Cir. affirmed United States v. Dalles Military Road Company 49 (1893) Brewer none none 9th Cir. affirmed Commercial National Bank v. Armstrong 50 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed May v. Tenney 60 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed Lehnen v. Dickson 71 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Astiazaran v. Santa Rita Land and Mining Company 80 (1893) Gray none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed United States v. Fletcher 84 (1893) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. reversed City of St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Company 92 (1893) Brewer none Brown C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed Virginia v. Paul 107 (1893) Gray none none C.C.W.D. Va. mandamus granted United States v. Post 124 (1893) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed United States v. Gates 134 (1893) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Bier v. McGehee 137 (1893) Brown none none La. Ct. App. dismissed Rosenthal v. Coates 142 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed Indiana v. United States 148 (1893) Gray none none Ct. Cl. affirmed In Re Schneider I 157 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed In Re Schneider II 162 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed Roget v. United States 167 (1893) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Marx v. Hanthorn 172 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.D. Or. affirmed United States v. Alexander 186 (1893) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. affirmed United States v. Truesdell 196 (1893) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Pettibone v. United States 197 (1893) Fuller none Brewer D. Idaho reversed Passavant v. United States 214 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed In re Sanborn 222 (1893) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. mandamus denied Gaines v. Rugg 228 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Ark. mandamus granted Hume v. Bowie 245 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed Pennsylvania Company v. Bender 255 (1893) Brewer none none Ohio dismissed Hohorst v. Hamburg American Packet Company 262 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed Columbus Watch Company v. Robbins 266 (1893) Fuller none none 6th Cir. dismissed Huber v. Nelson Manufacturing Company 270 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Wasatch Mining Company v. Crescent Mining Company 293 (1893) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Cameron v. United States 301 (1893) Brown none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. reversed Monongahela Navigation Company v. United States 312 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Pa. reversed Ankeny v. Clark 345 (1893) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. affirmed Johnston v. Standard Mining Company 360 (1893) Brown none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed American Construction Company v. Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company 372 (1893) Gray none none 5th Cir. mandamus denied Wolfe v. Hartford Life Annuity Insurance Company 389 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Ogden v. United States 390 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. La. dismissed Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Walker 391 (1893) Fuller none none 8th Cir. reversed Barnum v. Town of Okolona 393 (1893) Shiras none none N.D. Miss. affirmed People ex rel. Schurz v. Cook 397 (1893) Jackson none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Manhattan Company v. Blake 412 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed United States v. Old Settlers 427 (1893) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed National Hat Pouncing Machine Company v. Hedden 482 (1893) Brown none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed Smith v. Townsend 490 (1893) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed Bender v. Pennsylvania Company 502 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ohio dismissed Virginia v. Tennessee 503 (1893) Field none none original boundary set Chicot County v. Sherwood 529 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Lascelles v. Georgia 537 (1893) Jackson none none Ga. affirmed Grant v. Walter 547 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Krementz v. S. Cottle Company 556 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed United States v. Union Pacific Railway Company 562 (1893) Brown none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed German Bank of Memphis v. United States 573 (1893) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Lonergan v. Buford 581 (1893) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Atchison Board of Education v. De Kay 591 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed Swan Land and Cattle Company v. Frank 603 (1893) Jackson none Brown C.C.N.D. Ill. decree modified Casement v. Brown 615 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Humphreys v. Perry 627 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Isaacs v. Jonas 648 (1893) Gray none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed United States v. Isaacs 654 (1893) Gray none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Giozza v. Tiernan 657 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed Martin v. Snyder 663 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Mexia v. Oliver 664 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed Smith v. Whitman Saddle Company 674 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.D. Conn. reversed Bushnell v. Crooke Mining and Smelting Company 682 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.D. Colo. dismissed Pam-to-Pee v. United States 691 (1893) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
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