List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 156

This is a list of cases reported in volume 156 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1895.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 156 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 156 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 Cases in 156 U.S. United States v. E.C. Knight Co. United States v. E.C. Knight Co., 156 U.S. 1 (1895), also known as the "Sugar Trust Case," is an antitrust decision that severely limited the federal government's power to pursue antitrust actions under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Supreme Court held that Congress could not regulate manufacturing, thus giving state governments the sole power to take legal action against manufacturing monopolies. The case has never been overruled, but in Swift & Co. v. United States and subsequent cases the Court has held that Congress can regulate manufacturing when it affects interstate commerce.

Sparf v. United States Sparf v. United States, 156 U.S. 51 (1895), is a criminal law decision by the Supreme Court. The Court held that if one of two persons accused of having together committed the crime of murder makes a voluntary confession in the presence of the other, without threat or coercion, then the confession is admissible in evidence against both. In addition, the Court clarified several questions relating to the duty of federal criminal juries, and of federal courts when instructing them.

Coffin v. United States In Coffin v. United States, 156 U.S. 432 (1895), the Supreme Court confirmed the presumption of innocence of persons accused of crimes.

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 156 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition United States v. E.C. Knight Co.1 (1895) Fuller none Harlan 3d Cir. affirmed Stuart v. City of Easton46 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed Rouse v. Letcher47 (1895) Fuller none none 8th Cir. dismissed Sparf v. United States51 (1895) Harlan none Brewer C.C.N.D. Cal. multiple In re Robertson183 (1895) Fuller none none Va. dismissed Dunbar v. United States185 (1895) Brewer none none D. Or. affirmed Delaware et al. Co. v. Pennsylvania200 (1895) Fuller none none Pa. reversed Lazarus v. Phelps202 (1895) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed In re Streep207 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. mandamus denied Lindsay v. Burgess208 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed Postal T.C. Co. v. City of Baltimore210 (1895) Fuller none none Md. affirmed In Re Chapman211 (1895) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. habeas corpus denied McGahan v. Bank of Rondout218 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed Mattox v. United States237 (1895) Brown none Shiras D. Kan. affirmed Roller Mill Patent261 (1895) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Andrews v. Swartz272 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed Hudson v. Parker277 (1895) Gray none Brewer W.D. Ark. mandamus granted Emert v. Missouri296 (1895) Gray none none Mo. affirmed In re Lehigh M. & M. Co.322 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Va. mandamus denied Brown v. Webster328 (1895) White none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Bank of Rondout v. Smith330 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D.S.C. dismissed Connell v. Smiley335 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Palmer v. Village of Corning342 (1895) White none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Maricopa & P.R.R. Co. v. Arizona347 (1895) White none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed United States ex rel. Siegel v. Thoman353 (1895) White none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Waldron v. Waldron361 (1895) White none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Winter v. City of Montgomery385 (1895) Fuller none none Ala. dismissed Illinois C.R.R. Co. v. Brown386 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. dismissed Hays v. Steiger387 (1895) Field none none Cal. affirmed Mather v. Rillston391 (1895) Field none none C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed Cunningham v. Mason & B.R.R. Co.400 (1895) White none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed Batchelor v. United States426 (1895) Gray none none C.C.D. Mont. reversed Coffin v. United States432 (1895) White none none D. Ind. reversed Bannon v. United States464 (1895) Brown none none D. Or. affirmed Bell S. & C.M. Co. v. First Nat'l Bank470 (1895) Field none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed St. Louis et al. Ry. Co. v. Missouri ex rel. Merriam478 (1895) Shiras none none Mo. dismissed Lindsay v. First Nat'l Bank485 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.W.D. La. reversed Carr v. Fife494 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.D. Wash. affirmed National C.R. Co. v. Boston C.I.R. Co.502 (1895) Brown none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Goldey v. Morning News518 (1895) Gray none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed Evers v. Watson527 (1895) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Miss. affirmed Ard v. Brandon 537 (1895) Brewer none none Kan. reversed Maddox v. Burnham544 (1895) Brewer none none Kan. affirmed Wood v. Beach548 (1895) Brewer none none Kan. affirmed United States v. Berdan F. Mfg. Co.552 (1895) Brewer none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Corinne Mill C. & S. Co. v. Johnson574 (1895) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Pittsburgh & S.C. Co. v. Bates577 (1895) Field none none La. affirmed Pittsburgh & S.C. Co. v. Louisiana590 (1895) Field none none La. affirmed Saltonstall v. Weibusch601 (1895) Brown none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Grimm v. United States604 (1895) Brewer none none E.D. Mo. affirmed Black Diamond C.M. Co. v. Excelsior C. Co.611 (1895) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed Johnson v. Atlantic et al. Co.618 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed St. Louis et al. Ry. Co. v. Gill649 (1895) Shiras none none Ark. affirmed Norfolk & W.R.R. Co. v. Pendleton667 (1895) Shiras none none Va. affirmed Fox v. Haarstick674 (1895) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Davis v. Wakelee680 (1895) Brown none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Citizens' S. & L. Ass'n v. Perry Cnty.692 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ill. reversed

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 156

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