This is a list of cases reported in volume 162 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1896.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 162 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 162 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) Edward Douglass White Associate Justice Louisiana Samuel Blatchford (Acclamation) –December 18, 1910(Continued as chief justice) Rufus W. Peckham Associate Justice New York Howell Edmunds Jackson (Acclamation) –October 24, 1909(Died)

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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.

"# 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 162 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition United States v. Texas1 (1896) Harlan none none original boundary set Central P.R.R. Co. v. California91 (1896) Fuller none Field; Harlan Cal. affirmed Southern P.R.R. Co. v. California167 (1896) Fuller none Field Cal. affirmed Telfener v. Russ170 (1896) Field none none 5th Cir. reversed Cincinnati et al. Ry. Co. v. ICC184 (1896) Shiras none none 5th Cir. affirmed Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. ICC197 (1896) Shiras none Harlan; Fuller 2d Cir. reversed Stanley v. Schwalby255 (1896) Gray none none Tex. Civ. App. reversed Seneca Nation v. Christy283 (1896) Fuller none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed Davis v. Geissler290 (1896) Fuller none none C.C.D. Kan. dismissed Woodruff v. Mississippi291 (1896) Fuller Field Peckham Miss. reversed Stevenson v. United States313 (1896) Peckham none none C.C.E.D. Tex. reversed United States v. Julian324 (1896) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Hollander v. Fechheimer326 (1896) Brown none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed Great W. Tel. Co. v. Purdy329 (1896) Gray none none Iowa affirmed Great W.T. Co. v. Burnham339 (1896) Gray none none Wis. Cir. Ct. dismissed Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Peterson346 (1896) Peckham none none 8th Cir. reversed Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Charless359 (1896) Peckham none none 9th Cir. reversed Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Lewis366 (1896) Peckham none none 9th Cir. reversed McIntire v. McIntire383 (1896) White none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Palmer v. Barrett399 (1896) White none none New York City Ct. affirmed Kelsey v. Crowther404 (1896) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Montgomery v. United States410 (1896) Shiras none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed Bryan v. Kales411 (1896) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Bryan v. Brasius415 (1896) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Bryan v. Pinney419 (1896) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Andrews v. United States420 (1896) Shiras none none S.D. Cal. affirmed Dashiell v. Grosvenor425 (1896) Brown none none 4th Cir. affirmed Graver v. Faurot435 (1896) Fuller none none 7th Cir. dismissed Blagge v. Brooks439 (1896) Fuller none none Conn. Super. Ct. reversed Wallace v. United States466 (1896) Fuller none none D. Kan. reversed Campbell v. Porter478 (1896) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Oregon et al. Ry. Co. v. Skottowe490 (1896) Shiras none none Or. affirmed Oregon et al. Ry. Co. v. Conlin498 (1896) Shiras none none Or. affirmed Alberty v. United States499 (1896) Brown none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed Central P.R.R. Co. v. Nevada512 (1896) Brown none Field Nev. affirmed Girard L. Ins. & T. Co. v. Cooper529 (1896) Brown none none 8th Cir. affirmed Harwood v. Wentworth547 (1896) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Gibson v. Mississippi565 (1896) Harlan none none Miss. affirmed Smith v. Mississippi592 (1896) Harlan none none Miss. affirmed Fee v. Brown602 (1896) Brown none none Colo. affirmed Wilson v. United States613 (1896) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Ark. affirmed Crain v. United States625 (1896) Harlan none Peckham D.W. Ark. reversed Western Union T. Co. v. James650 (1896) Peckham none none Ga. affirmed Coffin v. United States664 (1896) White none none D. Ind. affirmed Putnam v. United States687 (1896) White none Fuller C.C.D.N.H. multiple

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See also Certificate of division

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