This is a list of cases reported in volume 132 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1889 and 1890.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 132 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 132 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 (41–20) –July 4, 1910(Died) Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel (Acclamation) –October 13, 1890(Died) Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat (Acclamation)–December 1, 1897(Retired) Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seat (46–9) –January 22, 1892(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) Samuel Blatchford Associate Justice New York Ward Hunt (Acclamation) –July 7, 1893(Died) Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Associate Justice Mississippi William Burnham Woods (32–28) –January 23, 1893(Died) David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews (53–11) –March 28, 1910(Died)
Notable Case in 132 U.S. Smith v. Bolles Smith v. Bolles, 132 U.S. 125 (1889), was an action to recover out-of-pocket damages for alleged fraudulent representations in the sale of shares of mining stock. The case is important in contract law, as to legal remedies and compensating expectancies. The Supreme Court held that the measure of damages is not the difference between the contract price and the fair market value if the property had been properly represented, but rather what the plaintiff had lost by being deceived into making the purchase.
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List of cases in volume 132 U.S.
Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Metropolitan R.R. Co. v. District of Columbia 1 (1889) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Knox Cnty. v. Harshman 14 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. supersedeas denied Robertson v. Frank Bros. Co. 17 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Jackson v. Allen 27 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Campbell v. Wade 34 (1889) Field none none Tex. affirmed Brush v. Condit 39 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Dent v. Ferguson 50 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. reversed Thompson v. White W.V.R.R. Co. 68 (1889) Field none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Pennsylvania R.R. Co. v. Miller 75 (1889) Blatchford none none Phila. Cnty. Ct. Com. Pl. affirmed Aron v. Manhattan Ry. Co. 84 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Keystone M.I. Co. v. Martin 91 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Ark. dismissed Day v. Fair Haven & W. Ry. Co. 98 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed Roemer v. Neumann 103 (1889) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Scotland Cnty. v. Hill 107 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Hill v. Sumner 118 (1889) Miller none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Smith v. Bolles 125 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ohio reversed Cross v. North Carolina 131 (1889) Harlan none none N.C. affirmed First Nat'l Bank v. Morgan 141 (1889) Harlan none none N.C. affirmed Boylan v. Hot Springs R.R. Co. 146 (1889) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Glenn v. Sumner 152 (1889) Gray none none C.C.W.D.N.C. affirmed Robertson v. Glendinning 158 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Watson v. Cincinnati et al. Ry. Co. 161 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Merritt v. Tiffany 167 (1889) Field none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Anthony v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. 172 (1889) Field none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Yazoo et al. R.R. Co. v. Thomas 174 (1889) Fuller none none Miss. affirmed Yazoo et al. R.R. Co. v. Commissioners 190 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed Missouri P. Ry. Co. v. Chicago et al. R.R. Co. 191 (1889) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Raimond v. Terrebonne Parish 192 (1889) Gray none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Marchand v. Emken 195 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Royer v. Roth 201 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Winters v. Ethell 207 (1889) Blatchford none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho dismissed City of Chanute v. Trader 210 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed Oregon I. Co. v. Excelsior C. Co. 215 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed Brown v. Rank 216 (1889) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. affirmed Vane v. Newcombe 220 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Redfield v. Parks 239 (1889) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed Pickhardt v. Merritt 252 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Dahl v. Raunheim 260 (1889) Field none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed Dahl v. Montana C. Co. 264 (1889) Field none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed Young v. Parker's Adm'r 267 (1889) Fuller none none D.W. Va. reversed United States v. Barlow 271 (1889) Field none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed Fritts v. Palmer 282 (1889) Harlan none Miller C.C.D. Colo. reversed City of Cleveland v. King 295 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed Continental L. Ins. Co. v. Chamberlain 304 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Iowa affirmed Roemer v. Peddie 313 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Cleaveland v. G.C. Richardson & Co. 318 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed United States v. Davis 334 (1889) Lamar none none D. Md. affirmed Bachrack v. Norton 337 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed Young v. Clarendon Twp. 340 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed Hastings et al. Co. v. Whitney 357 (1889) Lamar none none Minn. affirmed Klein v. Hoffheimer Bros. 367 (1889) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed Bradley v. H.B. Claflin & Co. 379 (1889) Miller none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Ayers v. Watson 394 (1889) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed Hume v. United States 406 (1889) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Greene v. Taylor 415 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed McGillin v. Bennett 445 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Robertson v. Gerdan 454 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Robertson v. Rosenthal 460 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Pennie v. Reis 464 (1889) Field none none Cal. affirmed Western Union T. Co. v. Alabama Bd. As'ment 472 (1889) Miller none none Ala. reversed Rio Grande R.R. Co. v. Gomila 478 (1889) Field none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Dravo v. Fabel 487 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed Robertson v. Bradbury 491 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Muller v. Norton 501 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed Idaho et al. Co. v. Bradbury 509 (1889) Gray none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho affirmed Singer Mfg. Co. v. Rahn 518 (1889) Gray none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Sugg v. Thornton 524 (1889) Fuller none none Tex. affirmed Pacific E. Co. v. Malin 531 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed Paul v. Cullum 539 (1889) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Hale v. Akers 554 (1889) Blatchford none none Cal. dismissed Rio Grande R.R. Co. v. Vinet 565 (1889) Miller none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Graves v. Corbin 571 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Richmond v. Blake 592 (1890) Harlan none Field C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Louisville & N.R.R. Co. v. Wangelin 599 (1890) Gray none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed Avery v. Cleary 604 (1890) Harlan none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Cleary v. Ellis F. Co. 612 (1890) Harlan none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Robertson v. Edelhoff 614 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Patrick v. Graham 627 (1890) Miller none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Clayton v. Utah 632 (1890) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Jack v. Utah ex rel. Dickson 643 (1890) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed United States v. Carr 644 (1890) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. reversed Forbes L. Mfg. Co. v. Worthington 655 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Miller v. Texas & P. Ry. Co. 662 (1890) Bradley none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed Hill v. Wooster 693 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Vt. reversed
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