List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 135

This is a list of cases reported in volume 135 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1890.

Supreme Court of the United States
Map
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
Authorized byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 135 U.S. edit

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 135 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)
  Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel July 16, 1862
(Acclamation)
July 21, 1862

October 13, 1890
(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)

Notable Case in 135 U.S. edit

In re Neagle edit

In re Neagle, 135 U.S. 1 (1890), concerned the legal immunity of federal officers from state prosecution when acting within the scope of their federal authority. A U.S. Marshal, Neagle, was appointed by the United States Attorney General to serve as Justice Stephen J. Field's bodyguard while Field rode circuit in California. In 1889, on a train in California, a man known to have threatened Field with death due to an adverse legal decision struck Field with his fists. Knowing that the man had previously carried a knife and threatened Field with it, Neagle fatally shot the attacker, and was later arrested by a state sheriff. A federal court ordered that Neagle be released. On appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, as the source of all Executive authority, the President could act in the absence of specific statutory authority since there were no laws that provided for protection of federal judges by the Executive branch. Constitutionally, the decision determined that the Executive branch, like Congress, exercised its own "necessary and proper" authority.

Citation style edit

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.

List of cases in volume 135 U.S. edit

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition
In re Neagle 1 (1890) Miller none Lamar C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
G. Leisy & Co. v. Hardin 100 (1890) Fuller none Gray Iowa reversed
Lyng v. Michigan 161 (1890) Fuller none none Mich. reversed
Mackall v. Mackall 167 (1890) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Commercial Mfg. Co. v. Fairbank C. Co. 176 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Vicksburg, et al. Ry. Co. v. Smith 195 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.W.D. La. dismissed
United States ex rel. Miller v. Raum 200 (1890) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Central T. Co. v. Grant Locomotive Works 207 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Ohio multiple
St. Germain v. Brunswick 227 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.D. Cal. multiple
Lodge v. Twell 232 (1890) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. dismissed
Hartranft v. Meyer & Dickinson 237 (1890) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Eckloff v. District of Columbia 240 (1890) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Beatty v. Benton 244 (1890) Blatchford none none Ga. dismissed
United States v. Chase 255 (1890) Lamar none none C.C.D. Mass. certification
In re Mills 263 (1890) Harlan none none W.D. Ark. habeas corpus granted
United States v. Sanborn 271 (1890) Harlan none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Iron S.M. Co. v. Campbell 286 (1890) Miller none Brewer C.C.D. Colo. reversed
Societe F. et A. v. Milliken 304 (1890) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
Willard v. Wood 309 (1890) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Austin 315 (1890) Fuller none none Minn. dismissed
Royer v. Schultz B. Co. 319 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
Mansfield v. Excelsior R. Co. 326 (1890) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Yale L. Mfg. Co. v. Berkshire Nat'l Bank 342 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Mass. multiple
In re Baiz 403 (1890) Fuller none none S.D.N.Y. prohibition denied
New York E.R.R. Co. v. Fifth Nat'l Bank 432 (1890) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
In re Lane 443 (1890) Miller none none D. Kan. habeas corpus denied
Burns & Co. v. Rosenstein Bros. 449 (1890) Harlan none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Randolph's Ex'r v. Quidnick Co. 457 (1890) Brewer none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
Upshur Cnty. v. Rich 467 (1890) Bradley none none C.C.D.W. Va. reversed
Freiburg v. Dreyfus 478 (1890) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Anderson v. Carkins 483 (1890) Brewer none none Neb. reversed
City of Detroit v. Osborne 492 (1890) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Mich. reversed
Norman v. Buckner 500 (1890) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. La. affirmed
West v. Camden 507 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Robinson v. Iron Ry. Co. 522 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Glenn v. Liggett 533 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
United States v. Voorhees 550 (1890) Lamar none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
Washington & G.R.R. Co. v. McDade 554 (1890) Lamar none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Des Moines et al. R.R. Co. v. Wabash, et al. Ry. Co. 576 (1890) Miller none none C.C.S.D. Iowa affirmed
Haines v. McLaughlin 584 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
The Eclipse 599 (1890) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota affirmed
Farrar v. Churchill 609 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Riddle v. Whitehill 621 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed
Cherokee Nation v. Southern K. Ry. Co. 641 (1890) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed
McGahey v. Virginia 662 (1890) Bradley none none Va. affirmed

Notes and references edit

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

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