List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 187

This is a list of cases reported in volume 187 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1902 and 1903.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 187 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 187 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) 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) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray (Acclamation) –January 12, 1932(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 187 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Ambrosini v. United States 1 (1902) Fuller none none N.D. Ill. reversed Schwartz v. Duss 8 (1902) McKenna none Fuller 3d Cir. affirmed Robinson Co. v. Belt 41 (1902) Brown none none 8th Cir. affirmed Turpin v. Lemon 51 (1902) Brown none none C.C.D.W. Va. affirmed Baker v. Baldwin 61 (1902) Fuller none none Mich. dismissed Kansas City S.B. Ry. Co. v. Herman 63 (1902) Fuller none none Kan. affirmed Dreyer v. Illinois 71 (1902) Harlan none none Ill. affirmed Iowa v. Rood 87 (1902) Brown none none Iowa dismissed American Sch. of M.H. v. McAnnulty 94 (1902) Peckham none none C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed Romig v. Gillett 111 (1902) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. reversed Bird v. United States 118 (1902) McKenna none none D. Alaska affirmed Jacobi v. Alabama 133 (1902) Fuller none none Ala. dismissed Reid v. Colorado137 (1902) Harlan none none Colo. affirmed Reid v. Jones 153 (1902) Harlan none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Home for Incur. v. City of New York 155 (1902) Harlan none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed Raub v. Carpenter 159 (1902) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Metcalf Bros. Co. v. Barker 165 (1902) Fuller none none 2d Cir. certification Pickens v. Roy 177 (1902) Fuller none none 4th Cir. affirmed Grin v. Shine 181 (1902) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed Knights et al. Co. v. Jarman 197 (1902) Brown none none 8th Cir. affirmed Security T. Co. v. Black River Nat'l Bank 211 (1902) Shiras none none 8th Cir. reversed Security T. Co. v. Dent 237 (1902) Shiras none none 8th Cir. reversed Macfarland v. Brown 239 (1902) Shiras none none D.C. Cir. dismissed Macfarland v. Byrnes 246 (1902) Shiras none none D.C. Cir. dismissed Mencke v. Cargo of J.S. 248 (1902) Shiras none none 2d Cir. reversed North C. Ry. Co. v. Maryland 258 (1902) White none none Md. affirmed Evans v. Nellis 271 (1902) White none none 2d Cir. certification Lawder v. Stone 281 (1902) White none none 4th Cir. reversed Cherokee Nation v. Hitchcock 294 (1902) White none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Equitable L.A. Soc'y v. Brown 308 (1902) White none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. dismissed Fidelity D. Co. v. United States ex rel. Smoot 315 (1902) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. affirmed United States v. Moseley 322 (1902) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Elliott Co. v. Toeppner 327 (1902) Fuller none none 6th Cir. certification Iowa L. Ins. Co. v. Lewis 335 (1902) McKenna none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed Layton v. Missouri 356 (1902) Fuller none none Mo. dismissed Burt v. Union C.L. Ins. Co. 362 (1902) Brewer none none 5th Cir. affirmed Pam-to-Pee v. United States 371 (1902) Brewer none White Ct. Cl. affirmed Young Women's C.H. v. French 401 (1903) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. reversed Western Union T. Co. v. Borough of New Hope 419 (1903) Fuller none none Pa. Super. Ct. affirmed Cary Mfg. Co. v. Acme F.C. Co. 427 (1903) Fuller none none 2d Cir. dismissed Mexican C. Ry. Co. v. Eckman 429 (1903) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed United States v. Sampson 436 (1903) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. substitution permitted Oshkosh W. Co. v. City of Oshkosh 437 (1903) Harlan none none Wis. affirmed Pacific S.W. Co. v. United States 447 (1903) Brewer none none D. Alaska affirmed Pacific C.S.S. Co. v. United States 454 (1903) Brewer none none D. Alaska affirmed Corbus v. Alaska T.G.M. Co. 455 (1903) Brewer none none D. Alaska affirmed Stewart v. Washington et al. Co. 466 (1902) Brewer none none D. Alaska affirmed Hartford F. Ins. Co. v. Wilson 467 (1903) Brewer none none D.C. Cir. reversed Mobile T. Co. v. City of Mobile 479 (1903) Brown none none Ala. affirmed Johnson v. New York L. Ins. Co. 491 (1903) Brown none none Iowa dismissed Downs v. United States 496 (1903) Brown none none 4th Cir. affirmed Clinton W. Co. v. California F.S. Co. 516 (1903) Shiras none none 9th Cir. reversed - style="background: white" colspan=7 A mark that itself is intended to deceive the public deprives its owner of equitable relief. In this case, the product called "Syrup of Figs" was more accurately "Syrup of Senna," so plaintiff had no right to enjoin defendant from calling its product "Fig Syrup". Chadwick v. Kelly 540 (1903) Shiras none none La. affirmed Manley v. Park 547 (1903) White none none Kan. affirmed Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock 553 (1903) White none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Telluride P.T. Co. v. Rio Grande W. Ry. Co. 569 (1903) McKenna none none Utah dismissed Ayres v. Polsdorfer 585 (1903) McKenna none none 6th Cir. dismissed Page v. Edmunds 596 (1903) McKenna none none 3d Cir. affirmed Otis v. Parker 606 (1903) Holmes none none Cal. affirmed Diamond G. Co. v. United States G. Co. 611 (1903) Holmes none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Hanley v. Kansas City S. Ry. Co. 617 (1903) Holmes none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Caldwell v. North Carolina 622 (1903) Shiras none none N.C. reversed

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