This is a list of cases reported in volume 178 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 178 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 178 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 178 U.S.
Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition of case Roehm v. Horst 1 (1900) Fuller none none 3d Cir. affirmed Osborne v. San Diego Land and Town Company 22 (1900) McKenna none none C.C.S.D. Cal. affirmed Knowlton v. Moore 41 (1900) White none Harlan C.C.E.D.N.Y. reversed High v. Coyne 111 (1900) White none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Fidelity Insurance Trust and Safe Deposit Company v. McClain 113 (1900) White none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Plummer v. Coler 115 (1900) Shiras none none N.Y. County Sur. Ct. affirmed Murdock v. Ward 139 (1900) Shiras none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Sherman v. United States 150 (1900) Shiras none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. reversed Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Howard 153 (1900) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Castner v. Coffman 168 (1900) White none none 4th Cir. affirmed Clarke v. Clarke 186 (1900) White none none Conn. affirmed Browning v. De Ford 196 (1900) Brown none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed Moran v. Horsky 205 (1900) Brewer none none Mont. dismissed Tarpey v. Madsen 215 (1900) Brewer none none Utah reversed McDonnell v. Jordan 229 (1900) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ala. reversed Western Union Telegraph Company v. Ann Arbor Railroad Company 239 (1900) Fuller none none 6th Cir. reversed Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company v. Martin 245 (1900) Fuller none none Kan. affirmed Rider v. United States 251 (1900) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed North American Transportation and Trading Company v. Morrison 262 (1900) Shiras none none C.C.D. Wash. reversed Pittsburgh and Lake Angeline Iron Company v. Cleveland Iron Mining Company 270 (1900) McKenna none none Mich. dismissed Corralitos Company v. United States 280 (1900) Peckham none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Sully v. American National Bank 289 (1900) Peckham none none Tenn. multiple Fitzpatrick v. United States 304 (1900) Brown none none D. Alaska affirmed Ex parte Union Steamboat Company 317 (1900) Brown none none E.D. Mich. mandamus denied Wheeler v. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company 321 (1900) Brown none none Conn. affirmed Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York v. Phinney 327 (1900) Brewer none none 9th Cir. reversed Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York v. Sears 345 (1900) Brewer none none 9th Cir. reversed Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York v. Hill 347 (1900) Brewer none none 9th Cir. reversed Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York v. Allen 351 (1900) Brewer none none 9th Cir. reversed Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. Clark 353 (1900) Fuller none none 2d Cir. reversed Moffett, Hodgkins and Clarke Company v. City of Rochester 373 (1900) McKenna none none 2d Cir. affirmed New York Life Insurance Company v. Cravens 389 (1900) McKenna none none Mo. affirmed Banholzer v. New York Life Insurance Company 402 (1900) McKenna none none Minn. dismissed Deserant v. Cerillos Coal Railroad Company 409 (1900) McKenna none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. reversed In re Connaway 421 (1900) McKenna none none 9th Cir. mandamus granted Smith v. Reeves 436 (1900) Harlan none none 9th Cir. affirmed Earle v. Pennsylvania 449 (1900) Harlan none none Pa. reversed Earle v. Conway 456 (1900) Harlan none none Pa. affirmed Motes v. United States 458 (1900) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ala. multiple Hawley v. Diller 476 (1900) Harlan none none 9th Cir. affirmed May Company v. City of New Orleans 496 (1900) Harlan none none La. affirmed Dewey v. United States 510 (1900) Harlan none Fuller Ct. Cl. affirmed Bardes v. Hawarden Bank 524 (1900) Gray none none N.D. Iowa affirmed Mitchell v. McClure 539 (1900) Gray none none W.D. Pa. affirmed Hicks v. Knost 541 (1900) Gray none none 6th Cir. certification White v. Schloerb 542 (1900) Gray none none 7th Cir. certification Taylor v. Beckham 548 (1900) Fuller none Brewer; Harlan Ky. dismissed
Notes and references
See also Certificate of division
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