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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 162

Coordinates: 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
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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

This is a list of cases reported in volume 162 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1896.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 162 U.S.

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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 162 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)
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)
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)
George Shiras Jr. Associate Justice Pennsylvania Joseph P. Bradley July 26, 1892
(Acclamation)
October 10, 1892

February 23, 1903
(Retired)
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)

Citation style

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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.

List of cases in volume 162 U.S.

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Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
United States v. Texas 1 (1896) Harlan none none original boundary set
Central P.R.R. Co. v. California 91 (1896) Fuller none Field; Harlan Cal. affirmed
Southern P.R.R. Co. v. California 167 (1896) Fuller none Field Cal. affirmed
Telfener v. Russ 170 (1896) Field none none 5th Cir. reversed
Cincinnati et al. Ry. Co. v. ICC 184 (1896) Shiras none none 5th Cir. affirmed
Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. ICC 197 (1896) Shiras none Harlan; Fuller 2d Cir. reversed
Stanley v. Schwalby 255 (1896) Gray none none Tex. Civ. App. reversed
Seneca Nation v. Christy 283 (1896) Fuller none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed
Davis v. Geissler 290 (1896) Fuller none none C.C.D. Kan. dismissed
Woodruff v. Mississippi 291 (1896) Fuller Field Peckham Miss. reversed
Stevenson v. United States 313 (1896) Peckham none none C.C.E.D. Tex. reversed
United States v. Julian 324 (1896) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Hollander v. Fechheimer 326 (1896) Brown none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
Great W. Tel. Co. v. Purdy 329 (1896) Gray none none Iowa affirmed
Great W.T. Co. v. Burnham 339 (1896) Gray none none Wis. Cir. Ct. dismissed
Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Peterson 346 (1896) Peckham none none 8th Cir. reversed
Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Charless 359 (1896) Peckham none none 9th Cir. reversed
Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Lewis 366 (1896) Peckham none none 9th Cir. reversed
McIntire v. McIntire 383 (1896) White none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Palmer v. Barrett 399 (1896) White none none New York City Ct. affirmed
Kelsey v. Crowther 404 (1896) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Montgomery v. United States 410 (1896) Shiras none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed
Bryan v. Kales 411 (1896) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Bryan v. Brasius 415 (1896) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Bryan v. Pinney 419 (1896) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Andrews v. United States 420 (1896) Shiras none none S.D. Cal. affirmed
Dashiell v. Grosvenor 425 (1896) Brown none none 4th Cir. affirmed
Graver v. Faurot 435 (1896) Fuller none none 7th Cir. dismissed
Blagge v. Brooks 439 (1896) Fuller none none Conn. Super. Ct. reversed
Wallace v. United States 466 (1896) Fuller none none D. Kan. reversed
Campbell v. Porter 478 (1896) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Oregon et al. Ry. Co. v. Skottowe 490 (1896) Shiras none none Or. affirmed
Oregon et al. Ry. Co. v. Conlin 498 (1896) Shiras none none Or. affirmed
Alberty v. United States 499 (1896) Brown none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed
Central P.R.R. Co. v. Nevada 512 (1896) Brown none Field Nev. affirmed
Girard L. Ins. & T. Co. v. Cooper 529 (1896) Brown none none 8th Cir. affirmed
Harwood v. Wentworth 547 (1896) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Gibson v. Mississippi 565 (1896) Harlan none none Miss. affirmed
Smith v. Mississippi 592 (1896) Harlan none none Miss. affirmed
Fee v. Brown 602 (1896) Brown none none Colo. affirmed
Wilson v. United States 613 (1896) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Ark. affirmed
Crain v. United States 625 (1896) Harlan none Peckham D.W. Ark. reversed
Western Union T. Co. v. James 650 (1896) Peckham none none Ga. affirmed
Coffin v. United States 664 (1896) White none none D. Ind. affirmed
Putnam v. United States 687 (1896) White none Fuller C.C.D.N.H. multiple

Notes and references

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

See also

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