List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 158

This is a list of cases reported in volume 158 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 158 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 158 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 158 U.S.

In re Debs In re Debs, 158 U.S. 564 (1895), is a US labor law case. Eugene V. Debs, president of the American Railway Union, had been involved in the Pullman Strike earlier in 1894 and challenged the federal injunction ordering the strikers back to work where they would face being fired. The injunction had been issued because of the violent nature of the strike. However, Debs refused to end the strike and was cited for contempt of court; he appealed the decision. The main question was whether the federal government had a right to issue the injunction, which dealt with both interstate and intrastate commerce and shipping on rail cars. The Court held that the U.S. government had a right to regulate interstate commerce and ensure the operations of the Postal Service, along with a responsibility to "ensure the general welfare of the public."

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 158 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Roberts v. Northern P.R.R. Co.1 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed In re Buchanan31 (1895) Fuller none none N.Y. dismissed Newport et al. Co. v. Pace36 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed Koenigsberger v. Richmond S.M. Co.41 (1895) Gray none none C.C.D.S.D. affirmed Mattingly v. Northwestern Va. R.R. Co.53 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D.W. Va. reversed Du Bois v. Kirk58 (1895) Brown none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed Risdon I.L. Works v. Medart68 (1895) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed Whitney v. Taylor85 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed Gulf et al. Ry. Co. v. Hefley98 (1895) Brewer none none Milam Cnty. Ct. reversed Ellenwood v. Marietta C. Co.105 (1895) Gray none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Johnson v. Sayre109 (1895) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Va. reversed Pacific R.R. Co. v. United States118 (1895) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Beardsley v. Arkansas & L. Ry. Co.123 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Ark. dismissed White v. Joyce128 (1895) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Keyes v. Eureka C.M. Co.150 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed Catholic Bishop v. Gibbon155 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.D. Wash. affirmed Teall v. Schroder172 (1895) Field none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed Sayward v. Denny180 (1895) Fuller none none Wash. dismissed The Oregon186 (1895) Brown none none C.C.D. Or. reversed Kennedy v. Magone212 (1895) White none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed De Sollar v. Hanscome216 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Episcopal C.M. v. Brown222 (1895) White none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Wright v. United States232 (1895) White none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed Stoneroad v. Stoneroad240 (1895) White none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. reversed Russell v. Maxwell L.G. Co.253 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Boyd v. Janesville H.T. Co.260 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed Virginia v. Tennessee267 (1895) Fuller none none original case stricken Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Urlin271 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.D. Mont. affirmed Todd v. United States278 (1895) Brewer none none N.D. Ala. reversed Union P. Ry. Co. v. Wyler285 (1895) White none none C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed Richards v. Chase E. Co.299 (1895) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed The Beaconsfield303 (1895) Brown none none 2d Cir. certification Town of Andes v. Ely312 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Union P. Ry. Co. v. Harris326 (1895) Fuller none none 8th Cir. affirmed Boston & A.R.R. Co. v. O'Reilly334 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed National Park Bank v. Remsen337 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed United States v. Smith346 (1895) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Shipman v. Straitsville C.M. Co.356 (1895) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed Eby v. King366 (1895) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Rich v. Braxton375 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.D.W. Va. affirmed Connors v. United States408 (1895) Harlan none none D. Colo. affirmed Abraham v. Ordway416 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Cutler v. Huston423 (1895) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed New York et al. R.R. Co. v. Pennsylvania431 (1895) Shiras none none Pa. affirmed Tioga R.R. Co. v. Pennsylvania440 (1895) Shiras none none Pa. affirmed Bennett v. Harkrader441 (1895) Brewer none none D. Alaska affirmed Harter v. Twohig448 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed Colvin v. City of Jacksonville456 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Fla. affirmed Lehigh V.R.R. Co. v. Kearney461 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D.N.J. reversed Green v. Bogue478 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Clark v. Reeder505 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D.W. Va. affirmed In re Quarles532 (1895) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ga. habeas corpus denied Lem Moon Sing v. United States538 (1895) Harlan none none N.D. Cal. affirmed Beard v. United States550 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed In re Debs564 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Ill. habeas corpus denied Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.601 (1895) Fuller none Harlan; Brown; Jackson; White C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed

Notes and references

See also Certificate of division

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