List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 192

This is a list of cases reported in volume 192 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1904.

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

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 192 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 192 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)
  Henry Billings Brown Associate Justice Michigan Samuel Freeman Miller December 29, 1890
(Acclamation)
January 5, 1891

May 28, 1906
(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)
  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)

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.

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

List of cases in volume 192 U.S.

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Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Gonzales v. Williams 1 (1904) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Sinclair v. District of Columbia 16 (1904) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. dismissed
New York ex rel. Pennsylvania R.R. Co. v. Knight 21 (1904) Brewer none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Wabash R.R. Co. v. Flannigan 29 (1904) White none none Mo. Ct. App. dismissed
Benziger v. United States 38 (1904) Peckham none none 2d Cir. reversed
Postal T.C. Co. v. Borough of New Hope 55 (1904) Peckham none none Pa. reversed
Postal T.C. Co. v. Borough of Taylor 64 (1904) Peckham none none Pa. reversed
Citizens' Bank v. Parker 73 (1904) McKenna none Brewer La. reversed
Joplin v. Chachere 94 (1904) McKenna none none La. affirmed
Cronin v. Adams 108 (1904) McKenna none none Colo. affirmed
Cronin v. City of Denver 115 (1904) McKenna none none Colo. affirmed
McIntire v. McIntire 116 (1904) Holmes none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
German et al. Soc'y v. Dormitzer 125 (1904) Holmes none none Wash. affirmed
James v. Appel 129 (1904) Holmes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
New York et al. Bank v. Massey 138 (1904) Day none none 2d Cir. reversed
Royal Ins. Co. v. Martin 149 (1904) Harlan none none D.P.R. reversed
Ward v. Sherman 168 (1904) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. reversed
Wabash R.R. Co. v. Pearce 179 (1904) Brewer none none Mo. Ct. App. reversed
Crossman v. Lurman 189 (1904) White none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Stanislaus Cnty. v. San Joaquin et al. Co. 201 (1904) Peckham none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
Bedford v. United States 217 (1904) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Rogers v. Alabama 226 (1904) Holmes none none Ala. reversed
Shappirio v. Goldberg 232 (1904) Day none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Commercial Nat'l Bank v. Weinhard 243 (1904) Day none none Or. affirmed
Chesebrough v. United States 253 (1904) Fuller none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Singer Mfg. Co. v. Cramer 265 (1904) White none none 9th Cir. reversed
South Dakota v. North Carolina 286 (1904) Brewer none White original judgment for S.D.
United States v. California et al. Co. 355 (1904) Holmes none Fuller C.C.D. Or. reversed
Thomas v. United States 363 (1904) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Bankers' M.C. Co. v. Minneapolis et al. Ry. Co. 371 (1904) Fuller none none 8th Cir. dismissed
Brunswick T. Co. v. National Bank 386 (1904) Fuller none none 4th Cir. affirmed
Spreckels S.R. Co. v. McClain 397 (1904) Harlan none none 3d Cir. reversed
Cornell v. Coyne 418 (1904) Brewer none Harlan C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Northern P. Ry. Co. v. Adams 440 (1904) Brewer none none 9th Cir. reversed
St. Clair Cnty. v. Interstate et al. Co. 454 (1904) White none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Buttfield v. Stranahan 470 (1904) White none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Buttfield v. Bidwell 498 (1904) White none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Buttfield v. United States 499 (1904) White none none E.D.N.Y. affirmed
American S. & W. Co. v. Speed 500 (1904) White none none Tenn. affirmed
United States v. St. Anthony R.R. Co. 524 (1904) Peckham none none 9th Cir. reversed
United States ex rel. Steinmetz v. Allen 543 (1904) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. reversed
Ex parte Frasch 566 (1904) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. mandamus denied
Central S.Y. Co. v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. 568 (1904) Holmes none none 6th Cir. affirmed
Wedding v. Meyler 573 (1904) Holmes none none Ky. Cir. Ct. reversed
Adams v. New York 585 (1904) Day none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed

Notes and references

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

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