List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 142

Supreme Court of the United States
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38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorised byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 142 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1891 and 1892.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 142 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).[1] 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 142 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 July 20, 1888
(41–20)
October 8, 1888

July 4, 1910
(Died)
Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat March 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(Retired)
Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seat March 21, 1870
(46–9)
March 23, 1870

January 22, 1892
(Died)
John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(Died)
Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford December 20, 1881
(51–5)
January 9, 1882

September 15, 1902
(Died)
Samuel Blatchford Associate Justice New York Ward Hunt March 22, 1882
(Acclamation)
April 3, 1882

July 7, 1893
(Died)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Associate Justice Mississippi William Burnham Woods January 16, 1888
(32–28)
January 18, 1888

January 23, 1893
(Died)
David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews December 18, 1889
(53–11)
January 6, 1890

March 28, 1910
(Died)
Henry Billings Brown Associate Justice Michigan Samuel Freeman Miller December 29, 1890
(Acclamation)
January 5, 1891

May 28, 1906
(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. The change resulted in an immediate reduction in the Supreme Court's workload (from 623 cases filed in 1890 to 379 in 1891 and 275 in 1892).

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

List of cases in volume 142 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Sparhawk v. Yerkes 1 (1891) Fuller none Brewer C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company v. Jopes 18 (1891) Brewer none none C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Pearce v. Rice 28 (1891) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Farnsworth v. Duffner 43 (1891) Brewer none none D.W. Va. reversed
Finn v. Brown 56 (1891) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Hammond v. Johnston 73 (1891) Fuller none none Mo. dismissed
City of New Orleans v. New Orleans Water Works Company 79 (1891) Brown none Harlan La. dismissed
Franklin County v. German Savings Bank 93 (1891) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Coghlan v. South Carolina Railroad Company 101 (1891) Harlan none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Hall v. Cordell 116 (1891) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Chever v. Horner 122 (1891) Fuller none none Colo. dismissed
Van Stone v. Stillwell Bierce Manufacturing Company 128 (1891) Lamar none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Wauton v. De Wolf 138 (1891) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Cal. dismissed
Claassen v. United States 140 (1891) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Simmons v. United States 148 (1891) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
McElvaine v. Brush 155 (1891) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Trezza v. Brush 160 (1891) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Knight v. United States Land Association 161 (1891) Lamar Field none Cal. reversed
Maine v. Grand Trunk Railway Company 217 (1891) Field none Bradley C.C.D. Me. reversed
Martin v. Gray 236 (1891) Brewer none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Deseret Salt Company v. Tarpey 241 (1891) Field none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Kaukauna Water Power Company v. Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company 254 (1891) Brown none none Wis. Cir. Ct. affirmed
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company v. Todd County 282 (1892) Fuller none none Minn. dismissed
Tyler v. Cass County 288 (1892) Fuller none none N.D. dismissed
Stutsman County v. Wallace 293 (1892) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota reversed
Sunflower Oil Company v. Wilson 313 (1892) Brown none none N.D. Miss. affirmed
Gisborn v. Charter Oak Life Insurance Company 326 (1892) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Pacific Express Company v. Seibert 339 (1892) Lamar none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Chaffee County v. Potter 355 (1892) Lamar none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Doon Township v. Cummins 366 (1892) Gray none Brown C.C.N.D. Iowa reversed
Scott v. Ellery 381 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Iowa affirmed
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company v. Gibbes 386 (1892) Field none none S.C. affirmed
Wiggins Ferry Company v. Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company 396 (1892) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Ill. reversed
Simmons Creek Coal Company v. Doran 417 (1892) Fuller none none D.W. Va. affirmed
Boyd v. United States 450 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed
Fisk v. Henarie 459 (1892) Fuller none Harlan C.C.D. Or. reversed
Thompson v. United States 471 (1892) Brown none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Ex parte Fassett 479 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. prohibition denied
Eames v. Kaiser 488 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed
Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Washington ex rel. Dustin 492 (1892) Gray none Brewer Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. reversed
United States v. Des Moines Navigation and Railway Company 510 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Iowa affirmed
Counselman v. Hitchcock 547 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
McNee v. Donahue 587 (1892) Field none none Cal. affirmed
Phelps v. Siegfried 602 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
Magone v. Rosenstein 604 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Kennedy v. KcKee 606 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
United States v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company 615 (1892) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
South Branch Lumber Company v. Ott 622 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.S.D. Iowa affirmed
Delaware City, Salem & Philadelphia Steamboat Navigation Company v. Reybold 636 (1892) Lamar none none Del. dismissed
Petri v. Commercial National Bank 644 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
Nishimura Ekiu v. United States 651 (1892) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Bird v. Benlisa 664 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed
Convers v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company 671 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Hedden v. Iselin 676 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Clark v. Sidway 682 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Home Benefit Association v. Sargent 691 (1892) Blatchford none Brown C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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