This is a list of cases reported in volume 129 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1889.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 129 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 129 U.S. 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 Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seat John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis Stanley Matthews Associate Justice Ohio Noah Haynes Swayne Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford Samuel Blatchford Associate Justice New York Ward Hunt Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Associate Justice Mississippi William Burnham Woods

Notable Case in 129 U.S. Dent v. West Virginia In Dent v. West Virginia, 129 U.S. 114 (1889), the Supreme Court upheld a state physician licensing law. A practitioner with insufficient credentials to obtain a medical license sued West Virginia, claiming a violation of his rights under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. The Supreme Court upheld the statute noting that, while each citizen had a right to follow any lawful calling, they were subject to reasonable state restrictions. Because of the nature of medical training, the large amount of knowledge required, and the life-and-death circumstances with which physicians dealt, patients needed to rely on the assurance of a license requiring physicians to meet a minimum set of standards.

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.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions. "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 129 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition McCormick v. Graham's Adm'r 1 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Sargent v. Burgess 19 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Minneapolis et al. Ry. Co. v. Beckwith 26 (1889) Field none none Kossuth Cnty. Cir. Ct. affirmed City of Shreveport v. Cole 36 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. La. reversed City of Shreveport v. United States ex rel. Jacobs 44 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. La. reversed City of New Orleans v. Louisiana C. Co. 45 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. La. dismissal denied Rosenwasser v. Spieth 47 (1889) Gray none none C.C.D. Me. affirmed Baldwin v. Kansas 52 (1889) Blatchford none Harlan Kan. dismissed Wallace v. Johnstone 58 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.S.D. Iowa affirmed Noble v. Hammond & B. 65 (1889) Lamar none none Vt. reversed Anderson v. H.T. Miller & Co. 70 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed Camden v. Mayhew 73 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.D.W. Va. affirmed Arrowsmith v. Gleason 86 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ohio reversed Tillson v. United States 101 (1889) Gray none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Farnsworth v. Montana 104 (1889) Blatchford none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. dismissed Dent v. West Virginia 114 (1889) Field none none W. Va. affirmed Inman S. & Co. v. South Carolina Ry. Co. 128 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.D.S.C. reversed Stoutenburgh v. Hennick 141 (1889) Fuller none Miller Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Bate R. Co. v. G.H. Hammond Co. 151 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Hill v. Chicago & E.R.R. Co. 170 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. dismissal denied Hanover F. Ins. Co. v. Kinneard 176 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.D. Kan. dismissed Marrow v. Brinkley 178 (1889) Fuller none none Va. dismissed Probst v. Domestic Missions 182 (1889) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. reversed Seibert v. United States ex rel. Harshman 192 (1889) Field none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Galigher v. Jones 193 (1889) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed Wade v. Metcalf 202 (1889) Gray none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed In re Farmers' L. & T. Co. 206 (1889) Miller Bradley none C.C.N.D. Tex. mandamus granted Kimmish v. Ball 217 (1889) Field none none C.C.S.D. Iowa reversed National S. Bank v. Butler 223 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Robertson v. Perkins 233 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Brown v. Sutton 238 (1889) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Barton v. United States 249 (1889) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Carr v. Hamilton 252 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.W.D. La. affirmed Morley S.M. Co v. Lancaster 263 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Ely v. New Mexico et al. R.R. Co. 291 (1889) Gray none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. reversed Pattee P. Co. v. Kingman 294 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Union P. Ry. Co. v. McAlpine 305 (1889) Field none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed Morris v. Gilmer 315 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.M.D. Ala. reversed White v. Cotzhausen 329 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Pinkerton v. Ledoux 346 (1889) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed Walworth v. J.L. Harris & Co. 355 (1889) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Harris v. Barber 366 (1889) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Bank of Ft. Madison v. Alden 372 (1889) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed United States v. Corwin 381 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed Ruckman v. Cory 387 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed Eastern R.R. Co. v. United States 391 (1889) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Liverpool et al. Co. v. Phenix Ins. Co. 397 (1889) Gray none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed Liverpool et al. Co. v. Insurance Co. 464 (1889) per curiam none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed Allen v. Smith 465 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed United States ex rel. Levey v. Stockslager 470 (1889) Blatchford none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Norton v. City of Brownsville I 479 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed City of Brownsville v. Loague 493 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. reversed Norton v. City of Brownsville II 505 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. dismissed McKenna v. Simpson 506 (1889) Field none none Tenn. dismissed Kimberly v. Arms 512 (1889) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ohio reversed Peters v. Active Mfg. Co. 530 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Peters v. Hanson 541 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed City Nat'l Bank v. Hunter et al. Co. 557 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed United States v. Marshall S.M. Co. 579 (1889) Miller none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Shotwell v. Moore 590 (1889) Miller none none Ohio affirmed Goodwin v. Fox 601 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Insurance Co. v. Guardiola 642 (1889) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Woodstock I. Co. v. Richmond et al. Co. 643 (1889) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ala. reversed Ralston v. Turpin 663 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed Chapman v. Barney 677 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Béné v. Jeantet 683 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Schraeder et al. Co. v. Packer 688 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed

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