This is a list of cases reported in volume 176 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1899 and 1900.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 176 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 176 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) 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) Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field (Acclamation) –January 5, 1925(Retired)

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 176 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Louisiana v. Texas 1 (1900) Fuller Harlan; Brown none original dismissed United States v. Oregon and California Railroad Company 28 (1900) Harlan none none 9th Cir. affirmed Wilcox v. Eastern Oregon Land Company 51 (1900) Harlan none none 9th Cir. affirmed Messinger v. Eastern Oregon Land Company 58 (1900) Harlan none none 9th Cir. affirmed Blake v. McClung 59 (1900) Harlan none none Tenn. reversed Holt v. Indiana Manufacturing Company 68 (1900) Fuller none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed Cruickshank v. Bidwell 73 (1900) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Bolln v. Nebraska 83 (1900) Brown none none Neb. affirmed City of New Orleans v. Warner 92 (1900) Brown none none 5th Cir. affirmed The Newfoundland 97 (1900) McKenna none none D.S.C. reversed Clark v. City of Kansas City 114 (1900) McKenna none none Kan. affirmed Rae v. Homestead Loan Guaranty Company 121 (1900) Fuller none none Ill. dismissed Lindsay and Phelps Company v. Mullen 126 (1900) Brewer none Peckham C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Chew Hing Lung Company v. Wise 156 (1900) Peckham none none 9th Cir. reversed Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. Tompkins 167 (1900) Brewer none none C.C.D.S.D. reversed Dickerman v. Northern Trust Company 181 (1900) Brown none none 7th Cir. affirmed Glass v. Concordia Parish 207 (1900) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed United States v. Bellingham Bay Boom Company 211 (1900) Peckham none none 9th Cir. reversed Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad Company v. Continental Trust Company 219 (1900) Fuller none none 6th Cir. certiorari denied Roberts v. United States 221 (1900) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company v. Cumberland 232 (1900) Brown none none D.C. Cir. affirmed United States v. Tennessee and Coosa Railroad Company 242 (1900) McKenna none none 5th Cir. reversed Southern Railway Company v. Carnegie Steel Company 257 (1900) Harlan none White 4th Cir. affirmed Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company 298 (1900) Harlan none none 5th Cir. affirmed United States v. Parkhurst-Davis Mercantile Company 317 (1900) Brewer none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company v. Bell 321 (1900) Shiras none none 5th Cir. reversed Adirondack Railway Company v. New York 335 (1900) Fuller none none N.Y. affirmed Thormann v. Frame 350 (1900) Fuller none none Wis. Cir. Ct. affirmed Benedict v. United States 357 (1900) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed The Adula 361 (1900) Brown none Shiras S.D. Ga. affirmed Roller v. Holly 398 (1900) Brown none none Tex. Civ. App. reversed Moss v. Dowman 413 (1900) Brewer none none 8th Cir. affirmed United States v. Ortiz 422 (1900) White none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. reversed Guaranty Savings Bank v. Bladow 448 (1900) Peckham none none N.D. Dist. Ct. affirmed United States v. Gue Lim 459 (1900) Peckham none none D. Wash. affirmed Walsh v. Columbus, Hocking Valley and Athens Railroad Company 469 (1900) Brown none none Ohio affirmed Wright v. Columbus, Hocking Valley and Athens Railroad Company 481 (1900) Brown none none Ohio affirmed Warburton v. White 484 (1900) White none none Wash. affirmed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. Voigt 498 (1900) Shiras none Harlan 6th Cir. certification Matteson v. Dent 521 (1900) White none none Minn. affirmed Jackson v. Emmons 532 (1900) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. reversed The Panama 535 (1900) Gray none none S.D. Fla. affirmed Weyerhaueser v. Minnesota 550 (1900) McKenna none none Minn. affirmed Whitman v. Oxford National Bank 559 (1900) Brewer none none 2d Cir. affirmed The Benito Estenger 568 (1900) Fuller none none S.D. Fla. affirmed Maxwell v. Dow 581 (1900) Peckham none Harlan Utah affirmed Aldrich v. Chemical National Bank 618 (1900) Harlan none none 6th Cir. affirmed Hancock National Bank v. Farnum 640 (1900) Brewer none none R.I. reversed Illinois Central Railroad Company v. City of Chicago 646 (1900) Brown none none Ill. affirmed Huntington v. Laidley 668 (1900) Gray none Brewer C.C.D.W. Va. reversed

Notes and references

See also Certificate of division

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