List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 177

This is a list of cases reported in volume 177 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1900.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 177 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 177 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 177 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Jellenik v. Huron Copper Mining Company 1 (1900) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Mich. reversed Thorp v. Bonnifield 15 (1900) Peckham none none 9th Cir. dismissed Quackenbush v. United States 20 (1900) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Waters Pierce Oil Company v. Texas 28 (1900) McKenna none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed In re Grossmayer 48 (1900) Gray none none E.D. Tex. mandamus denied Farmers' Loan and Trust Company v. Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company 51 (1900) Shiras none none Ill. reversed Carmichael v. Eberle 63 (1900) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. dismissed Houston and Texas Central Railway Company v. Texas 66 (1900) Peckham Brown none Tex. Civ. App. reversed Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company v. Texas 103 (1900) per curiam none none Tex. Civ. App. reversed United States v. Elder 104 (1900) White none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. reversed Jamestown and Northern Railroad Company v. Jones 125 (1900) McKenna none none N.D. reversed Bristol v. Washington County 133 (1900) Fuller none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed Union Refrigerator Transit Line Company v. Lynch 149 (1900) Fuller none none Utah affirmed Murphy v. Massachusetts 155 (1900) Fuller none none Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed Petit v. Minnesota 164 (1900) Fuller none none Minn. affirmed Crystal Springs Land and Water Company v. City of Los Angeles 169 (1900) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Cal. affirmed Camden and Suburban Railway Company v. Stetson 172 (1900) Peckham none none 3d Cir. certification Forsyth v. Vehmeyer 177 (1900) Peckham none none Ill. affirmed Gundling v. City of Chicago 183 (1900) Peckham none none Ill. affirmed Ohio Oil Company v. Indiana I 190 (1900) White none none Ind. affirmed Ohio Oil Company v. Indiana II 212 (1900) White none none Ind. affirmed Ohio Oil Company v. Indiana III 213 (1900) White none none Ind. affirmed Overby v. Gordon 214 (1900) White none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Schmidt 230 (1900) White none none Ky. affirmed The Albert Dumois 240 (1900) Brown none none 5th Cir. affirmed Knights of Pythias v. Withers 260 (1900) Brown none none 5th Cir. affirmed Arnold v. Hatch 276 (1900) Brown none none 7th Cir. affirmed Hyde v. Bishop Iron Company 281 (1900) Brewer none none Minn. affirmed Keim v. United States 290 (1900) Brewer none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Consolidated Canal Company v. Mesa Canal Company 296 (1900) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed United States v. Harris 305 (1900) Shiras none none 3d Cir. affirmed Credits Commutation Company v. United States 311 (1900) Shiras none none 8th Cir. affirmed Saranac Land and Timber Company v. Comptroller 318 (1900) McKenna none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company v. Gardner 332 (1900) McKenna none none Minn. affirmed Caffrey v. Oklahoma 346 (1900) McKenna none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. dismissed Black v. Jackson 349 (1900) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. reversed Potts v. Hollon 365 (1900) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. reversed Wesley v. Eells 370 (1900) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed Ex parte Baez 378 (1900) Fuller none none Provisional Ct. P.R. habeas corpus denied Werlein v. City of New Orleans 390 (1900) Peckham none none La. reversed American Express Company v. Michigan 404 (1900) White none Harlan Mich. reversed Crawford v. Hubbell 419 (1900) White none none 2d Cir. certification Doherty v. Northern Pacific Railroad Company 421 (1900) Shiras none none Wis. affirmed United States v. Northern Pacific Railroad Company 435 (1900) Shiras none none 8th Cir. affirmed Carter v. Texas 442 (1900) Gray none none Tex. Crim. App. reversed Great Southern Fire Proof Hotel Company v. Jones 449 (1900) Harlan none none 6th Cir. reversed Boske v. Comingore 459 (1900) Harlan none none D. Ky. affirmed Adams v. Cowen 471 (1900) Brewer none none 6th Cir. affirmed Mast Foos and Company v. Stover Manufacturing Company 485 (1900) Brown none none 7th Cir. affirmed Carter v. Roberts 496 (1900) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed Tennessee v. Virginia 501 (1900) Fuller none none original boundary set Shoshone Mining Company v. Rutter 505 (1900) Brewer none none 9th Cir. reversed Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company v. Illinois 514 (1900) Brown Brewer none Ill. reversed De Lamar's Nevada Gold Mining Company v. Nesbitt 523 (1900) Brown none none Nev. dismissed Bad Elk v. United States 529 (1900) Peckham none none C.C.D.S.D. reversed Apache County v. Barth 538 (1900) Peckham none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. reversed Daggs v. Phoenix National Bank 549 (1900) McKenna none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed City of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles City Water Company 558 (1900) McKenna none none C.C.S.D. Cal. affirmed Erb v. Morasch 584 (1900) Brewer none none Kan. affirmed L'Hote v. City of New Orleans 587 (1900) Brewer none none La. affirmed Williams v. Wingo 601 (1900) Brewer none none Va. affirmed Chamberlin v. Browning 605 (1900) White none none D.C. Cir. dismissed Howard v. De Cordova 609 (1900) White none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway Company v. Thiebaud 615 (1900) Fuller none none 6th Cir. certification Leovy v. United States 621 (1900) Shiras none none 5th Cir. reversed Knapp Stout and Company v. McCaffrey 638 (1900) Brown none none Ill. affirmed Bryar v. Campbell 649 (1900) Brown none none 3d Cir. affirmed The Carlos F. Roses 655 (1900) Fuller none Shiras S.D. Fla. reversed

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