This is a list of cases reported in volume 200 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1906.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 200 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 200 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) 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) William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. (Acclamation) –November 13, 1922(Retired)

Notable Case in 200 U.S. United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. In United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 (1906), the primary issue to the parties was ownership of 44 tracts of timberland, however, the case has become the standard reference to warn attorneys not to rely on the syllabus of a reported case as opposed to the text of the decision itself, since the syllabus is not written by the Supreme Court but by its Reporter of Decisions.

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 200 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition United States ex rel. Drury v. Lewis 1 (1906) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed Albright v. New Mexico ex rel. Sandoval 9 (1906) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed Nutt v. Knut12 (1906) Harlan none none Miss. affirmed Knoxville Water Company v. City of Knoxville 22 (1906) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed Owensboro Waterworks Company v. City of Owensboro 38 (1906) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Ky. affirmed Peoria Gas and Electric Company v. City of Peoria 48 (1906) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Guaranty Trust and Deposit Company v. Fisher 57 (1906) Brewer none none 4th Cir. affirmed Howard v. Perrin 71 (1906) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Kolze v. Hoadley 76 (1906) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Campbell v. California 87 (1906) White none none Cal. affirmed Herrick v. Boquillas Land and Cattle Company 96 (1906) White none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Serralles Succession v. Esbri 103 (1906) Peckham none none P.R. reversed Montana Catholic Missions v. Missoula County 118 (1906) Peckham none none C.C.D. Mont. affirmed Speer v. Colbert 130 (1906) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Mead v. City of Portland 148 (1906) McKenna none none Or. affirmed Howard v. Kentucky 164 (1906) McKenna Harlan none Ky. affirmed Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Deer 176 (1906) Holmes none none Ala. reversed Cincinnati et al. Company v. Bay 179 (1906) Holmes none none Ohio affirmed Ballmann v. Fagin 186 (1906) Holmes none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed United States ex rel. Hill v. American Surety Company of New York 197 (1906) Day none none Wash. Super. Ct. reversed Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company v. Thompson 206 (1906) Day none none 6th Cir. certification Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company v. Bohon 221 (1906) Day none none Ky. affirmed Armour Packing Company v. Lacy 226 (1906) Fuller none Brown N.C. affirmed Hallenborg v. Cobre Grande Copper Company 239 (1906) McKenna none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Graham v. Folsom 248 (1906) McKenna none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed Carter v. Hawaii 255 (1906) Holmes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. reversed Warner v. Grayson 257 (1906) Day none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Gunter v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company 273 (1906) White none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed Carfer v. Caldwell 293 (1906) Fuller none none C.C.N.D.W. Va. reversed Guss v. Nelson 298 (1906) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed San Antonio Traction Company v. Altgelt 304 (1906) Brown none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed Hibernia Savings and Loan Society v. City of San Francisco 310 (1906) Brown none none Cal. affirmed Martin v. Texas 316 (1906) Harlan none none Tex. Crim. App. affirmed United States v. Detroit Timber and Lumber Company 321 (1906) Brewer none none 8th Cir. affirmed Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. United States I 341 (1906) Brewer none none 9th Cir. affirmed Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. United States II 354 (1906) Brewer none none 9th Cir. affirmed New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission 361 (1906) White none none C.C.W.D. Va. affirmed Rector v. City Deposit Bank Company 405 (1906) White none none Ohio reversed Rector v. Commercial National Bank 420 (1906) White none none Ohio reversed First National Bank v. Converse 425 (1906) White Harlan Brewer C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Security Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Prewitt 446 (1906) Peckham none none Ky. dismissed Travelers Insurance Company v. Prewitt 450 (1906) Peckham none none Ky. dismissed United States v. Bitter Root Development Company 451 (1906) Peckham none none 9th Cir. affirmed Looney v. Metropolitan Railroad Company 480 (1906) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. affirmed United States v. New York et al. Company 488 (1906) McKenna none none S.D.N.Y. reversed Missouri v. Illinois 496 (1906) Holmes none none original dismissed Strickley v. Highland Boy Gold Mining Company 527 (1906) Holmes none none Utah affirmed Whitney v. Dresser 532 (1906) Holmes none none 2d Cir. affirmed Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission 536 (1906) Peckham none none C.C.S.D. Cal. reversed Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. Illinois ex rel. Commissioners 561 (1906) Harlan Holmes Brewer Ill. affirmed United States v. Clark 601 (1906) Holmes McKenna none 9th Cir. affirmed

Notes and references

See also Certificate of division

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