List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 159

This is a list of cases reported in volume 159 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 159 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 159 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 159 U.S. Hilton v. Guyot In Hilton v. Guyot, 159 U.S. 113 (1895), the Supreme Court ruled that the recognition and enforceability of a foreign judgment rested on the "comity of nations," namely whether there would be any reciprocity and mutual recognition by the foreign jurisdiction from which the judgment was issued. Hilton established the fundamental basis for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in the United States,David J. Levy, International Litigation: Defending and Suing Foreign Parties in U.S. Federal Courts (American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, 2003), p. 343, 346. remaining "the most detailed exposition of any American court" on this principle.Levy, p. 343 (quoting Willis L. M. Reese, The Status in this Country of Judgments Rendered Abroad, 50 Columbia Law Review 783, 790 (1950))). It is also viewed as the quintessential statement of comity in international law,International Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts:, 2d rev. ed., p. 355. and is one of the earliest decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court to assert that international law is part of U.S. law.

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 159 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court DispositionWhite v. Van Horn3 (1895) White none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmedTownsend v. St. Louis et al. Co.21 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmedWhite v. Ewing36 (1895) Brown none none 6th Cir. certificationHorne v. Smith40 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmedWisconsin C.R.R. Co. v. Forsythe46 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Wis. reversedSpencer v. McDougal62 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Wis. reversedTexas & P. Ry. Co. v. Smith66 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. La. reversedGray v. Connecticut74 (1895) Field none none Conn. affirmedUnited States v. Burr78 (1895) Fuller none none 2d Cir. certificationGrand Rapids & I.R.R. Co. v. Butler87 (1895) Fuller none none Mich. affirmedEx parte Belt95 (1895) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. habeas corpus denied Brown v. United States100 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversedCentral L. Co. v. Laidley103 (1895) Gray none none W. Va. dismissedHilton v. Guyot113 (1895) Gray none Fuller C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversedRitchie v. McMullen235 (1895) Gray Fuller none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmedIndiana v. Kentucky275 (1895) Fuller none none original commissionersSimmons v. Burlington et al. Ry. Co.278 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.S.D. Iowa reversedRichmond N. Co. v. Richmond293 (1895) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Ill. reversedGilfillan v. McKee303 (1895) Brown none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversedMcKee v. Lamon317 (1895) Brown none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversedMcKee v. Latrobe327 (1895) Brown none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmedMcCormick v. Hayes332 (1895) Harlan none none Iowa reversedSioux City et al. R.R. Co. v. United States349 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Iowa affirmedChicago et al. Ry. Co. v. United States372 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Iowa affirmedSioux City et al. R.R. Co. v. Countryman377 (1895) Harlan none none Iowa affirmedSweet v. Rechel380 (1895) Harlan none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmedBorgmeyer v. Idler408 (1895) Fuller none none 3d Cir. dismissedCalifornia v. Holladay415 (1895) Fuller none none Cal. dismissedSonn v. Magone417 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmedThorn W.H. Co. v. Washburn & M. Mfg. Co.423 (1895) Shiras none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmedUnited States v. Chaves452 (1895) Shiras none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmedIncandescent Lamp Patent465 (1895) Brown none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmedRichards v. Chase E. Co.477 (1895) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Ill. rehearing deniedIsaacs v. United States487 (1895) Brown none none C.C.W.D. Ark. affirmedShiver v. United States491 (1895) Brown none none 5th Cir. certificationPatton v. United States500 (1895) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmedThiede v. Utah510 (1895) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmedWheeler v. United States523 (1895) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmedWinona et al. Co. v. Minnesota I526 (1895) Brewer none none Minn. affirmedWinona et al. Co. v. Minnesota II540 (1895) Brewer none none Minn. dismissedWeeks v. Bridgman541 (1895) Fuller none none Minn. affirmedUnited States v. American B.T. Co.548 (1895) Fuller none none 1st Cir. dismissal deniedMagone v. Wiederer555 (1895) White none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmedDe Jonge v. Magone562 (1895) White none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmedCowley v. Northern P.R.R. Co.569 (1895) Brown none none C.C.D. Wash. reversedHilton's Adm'r v. Jones584 (1895) Brown none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmedClune v. United States590 (1895) Brewer none none S.D. Cal. affirmedMcDowell v. United States596 (1895) Brewer none none 4th Cir. certificationBaltimore & O.R.R. Co. v. Griffith603 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmedFolsom v. Township 96611 (1895) Gray none none 4th Cir. certificationRutland R.R. Co. v. Central Vt. R.R. Co.630 (1895) Gray none none Vt. Chan. dismissedStewart v. McHarry643 (1895) Field none none Cal. affirmedMills v. Green651 (1895) Gray none none 4th Cir. dismissedGillis v. Stinchfield658 (1895) Fuller none none Cal. dismissedLambert v. Barrett660 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmedGoode v. United States663 (1895) Brown none none D. Mass. affirmedMoore v. Missouri673 (1895) Fuller none none Mo. affirmedBucklin v. United States I680 (1895) Harlan none none D. Kan. dismissedBucklin v. United States II682 (1895) Harlan none none D. Kan. reversedThe Bayonne687 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissedAnsbro v. United States695 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissedLittle Rock et al. Co. v. East Tenn. et al. R.R. Co.698 (1895) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. dismissed

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 159

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