List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 205

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 205 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1907.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 205 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 205 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)
John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(Died)
David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews December 18, 1889
(53–11)
January 6, 1890

March 28, 1910
(Died)
Edward Douglass White Associate Justice Louisiana Samuel Blatchford February 19, 1894
(Acclamation)
March 12, 1894

December 18, 1910
(Continued as chief justice)
Rufus W. Peckham Associate Justice New York Howell Edmunds Jackson December 9, 1895
(Acclamation)
January 6, 1896

October 24, 1909
(Died)
Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field January 21, 1898
(Acclamation)
January 26, 1898

January 5, 1925
(Retired)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray December 4, 1902
(Acclamation)
December 8, 1902

January 12, 1932
(Retired)
William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. February 23, 1903
(Acclamation)
March 2, 1903

November 13, 1922
(Retired)
William Henry Moody Associate Justice Massachusetts Henry Billings Brown December 12, 1906
(Acclamation)
December 17, 1906

November 20, 1910
(Retired)

Notable Case in 205 U.S.

Halter v. Nebraska

Halter v. Nebraska, 205 U.S. 34 (1907), was a Supreme Court decision involving a Nebraska statute that prevented and punished desecration of the flag of the United States, and prohibited the sale of articles upon which there is a representation of the flag for advertising purposes. The court held that the statute was not unconstitutional either as depriving the owner of such articles of his property without due process of law, or as denying him the equal protection of the laws because of the exception from the operation of the statute of newspapers, periodicals, or books upon which the flag may be represented if disconnected from any advertisement.

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.

List of cases in volume 205 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company 1 (1907) Holmes none Brewer Pa. reversed
Tinsley v. Treat 20 (1907) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Va. reversed
Kessler v. Treat 33 (1907) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Va. reversed
Halter v. Nebraska 34 (1907) Harlan none none Neb. affirmed
Citizens' Savings and Trust Company v. Illinois Central Railroad Company 46 (1907) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Ill. reversed
Wilmington Star Mining Company v. Fulton 60 (1907) White none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
United States ex rel. West v. Hitchcock 80 (1907) Holmes none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Perovich v. United States 86 (1907) Brewer none none D. Alaska affirmed
Delamater v. South Dakota 93 (1907) White none none S.D. affirmed
United States v. Bethlehem Steel Company 105 (1907) Peckham none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Slaght I 122 (1907) McKenna none none Wash. affirmed
Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Slaght II 134 (1907) McKenna none none Wash. affirmed
Martin v. District of Columbia 135 (1907) Holmes none none D.C. Cir. reversed
Wetmore v. Karrick 141 (1907) Day none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
United States v. Mitchell 161 (1907) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Tracy v. Ginzberg 170 (1907) Harlan none none Mass. affirmed
Urquhart v. Brown 179 (1907) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Wash. reversed
Tindle v. Birkett 183 (1907) Fuller none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Davidson Steamship Company v. United States 187 (1907) Brewer none none 8th Cir. affirmed
Love v. Flahive 195 (1907) Brewer none none Mont. affirmed
Hiscock v. Mertens 202 (1907) McKenna none none 2d Cir. affirmed
Moore v. McGuire 214 (1907) Holmes none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed
Empire State-Idaho Mining and Developing Company v. Hanley 225 (1907) Day none none C.C.D. Idaho dismissed
Rochester Railroad Company v. City of Rochester 236 (1907) Moody none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Pearcy v. Stranahan 257 (1907) Fuller White none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Swing v. Weston Lumber Company 275 (1907) Fuller none none Mich. dismissed
Gila Bend Reservoir and Irrigation Company v. Gila Water Company 279 (1907) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. rehearing denied
Ballentyne v. Smith 285 (1907) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. affirmed
Fields v. United States 292 (1907) Brewer none none D.C. Cir. dismissed
Mercantile Trust Company v. Hensey 298 (1907) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Johnson v. Browne 309 (1907) Peckham none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Hunt v. New York Cotton Exchange 322 (1907) McKenna none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed
W.W. Bierce, Ltd. v. Hutchins 340 (1907) Holmes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. reversed
Kawananokoa v. Polyblank 349 (1907) Holmes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. affirmed
The Winnebago 354 (1907) Day none none Mich. affirmed
Peterson v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company 364 (1907) Day none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. City of New Orleans 395 (1907) Moody none none La. affirmed
Behn, Meyer and Company v. Campbell and Go Tauco 403 (1907) Moody none none Phil. affirmed
Quinlan v. Green County 410 (1907) Moody none none 6th Cir. certification
Travers v. Reinhardt 423 (1907) Harlan none Holmes D.C. Cir. affirmed
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. Williams 444 (1907) Harlan none none 8th Cir. dismissed
Patterson v. Colorado ex rel. Attorney General 454 (1907) Holmes none Harlan, Brewer Colo. dismissed
Chanler v. Kelsey 466 (1907) Day none Holmes N.Y. County Sur. Ct. affirmed
Barrington v. Missouri 483 (1907) Fuller none none Mo. dismissed
Whitfield v. Aetna Life Insurance Company 489 (1907) Harlan none none 8th Cir. reversed
Harrison v. Magoon 501 (1907) Holmes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. dismissed
Home Savings Bank v. City of Des Moines 503 (1907) Moody none none Iowa reversed
Frank v. Vollkommer 521 (1907) Fuller none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Green v. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company 530 (1907) Moody none none C.C.E.D. Pa.. affirmed

Notes and references

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

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