This is a list of cases reported in volume 155 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1894 and 1895.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 155 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 155 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) 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) Edward Douglass White Associate Justice Louisiana Samuel Blatchford (Acclamation) –December 18, 1910(Continued as chief justice)

Notable Case in 155 U.S. Schillinger v. United States In Schillinger v. United States, 155 U.S. 163 (1894), the Supreme Court held that a suit for patent infringement cannot be entertained against the United States, because patent infringement is a tort and the United States had not waived sovereign immunity for intentional torts.Durchslag, Melvyn R. "State Sovereign Immunity: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution", via Google Books, p. 133, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. . Accessed January 20, 2009. The United States subsequently waived sovereign immunity for torts committed negligently.

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 155 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson3 (1894) Harlan (see 154 U.S. 447) none Brewer C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Robb v. Vos13 (1894) Shiras none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Talbert v. United States45 (1894) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Wright v. Yuengling47 (1894) Brown none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Lewis v. Pima County54 (1894) Brown none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Greeley v. Lowe58 (1894) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Fla. reversed United States v. Coe76 (1894) Fuller none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. dismissal denied Sipperley v. Smith86 (1894) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah dismissed New York v. Eno89 (1894) Harlan none Field C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Pepke v. Cronan100 (1894) Fuller none none D.N.D. affirmed Chappell v. Waterworth102 (1894) Gray none none C.C.D. Md. reversed United States v. Jahn109 (1894) Fuller none none 2d Cir. certification Allis v. United States117 (1894) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Erhardt v. Schroeder124 (1894) Shiras none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Holmes137 (1894) Fuller none none Wash. dismissed Olin v. Timken141 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company v. Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company156 (1894) Gray none none 7th Cir. certification Schillinger v. United States163 (1894) Brewer none Harlan Ct. Cl. affirmed United States v. Blackfeather180 (1894) Brown none none Ct. Cl. reversed Cherokee Nation v. Journeycake196 (1894) Brewer none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Cherokee Nation v. Blackfeather218 (1894) Brewer none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Deland v. Platte County221 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Mo. dismissed Lloyd v. Matthews222 (1894) Fuller none none Ky. dismissed Origet v. Hedden228 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Muser v. Magone240 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed The Breakwater252 (1894) Brown none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed Warren v. Keep265 (1894) Shiras none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Thompson v. United States271 (1894) Shiras none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company v. Cane Creek Township283 (1894) Brewer none none C.C.D.S.C. reversed Deering v. Winona Harvester Works286 (1894) Brown none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed United States ex rel. International Contracting Company v. Lamont303 (1894) White none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Pearce v. Texas311 (1894) Fuller none none Tex. Crim. App. affirmed Wehrman v. Conklin314 (1894) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Iowa affirmed Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Jones 333 (1894) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railway and Iron Company v. Cunningham354 (1894) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railway and Iron Company v. Finan385 (1894) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Mich. reversed Donahue v. Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railway and Iron Company386 (1894) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Mich. reversed United States v. Gunnison389 (1894) White none none Ct. Cl. reversed Horne v. George H. Hammond Company393 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Swan v. Hill394 (1894) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed In re Rice396 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Pa. mandamus denied Dick v. Foraker404 (1894) White none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed Bobb v. Jamison416 (1894) Fuller none none Mo. dismissed Austin v. United States417 (1894) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Ingraham v. United States434 (1894) Harlan none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed Potter v. United States438 (1894) Brewer none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Alsop v. Riker448 (1894) Harlan none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Plumley v. Massachusetts461 (1894) Harlan none Fuller Mass. affirmed Postal Telegraph Cable Company v. Alabama482 (1894) Gray none none C.C.M.D. Ala. reversed East Lake Land Company v. Brown488 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ala. reversed Chase v. United States489 (1894) Harlan none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Linford v. Ellison503 (1895) Fuller none Harlan Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah dismissed Indiana ex rel. Stanton v. Glover513 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed In re New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company523 (1895) Fuller none none 2d Cir. prohibition denied Cooper v. Newell532 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tex. reversed Burke v. American Loan and Trust Company534 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed South Carolina v. Wesley542 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D.S.C. dismissed Westmoreland v. United States545 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed McCabe v. Matthews550 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed Evansville Bank v. German-American Bank556 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Coupe v. Royer565 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Interstate Transportation Company585 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed United States v. Allred591 (1895) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Potts v. Creager597 (1895) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed Campbell v. City of Haverhill610 (1895) Brown none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Market Street Cable Railway Company v. Rowley621 (1895) Shiras none Brown C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed Davis v. Schwartz631 (1895) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Iowa multiple Hooper v. California648 (1895) White none Harlan Cal. Super. Ct. affirmed Brown v. Spilman665 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.D.W. Va. reversed Sherman v. United States673 (1895) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed McKnight v. James685 (1895) Brown none none Ohio Cir. Ct. dismissed Postal Telegraph Company v. Adams688 (1895) Fuller none none Miss. affirmed

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See also Certificate of division

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