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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 148

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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
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 148 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1893.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 148 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 148 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)
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)
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)
Howell Edmunds Jackson Associate Justice Tennessee Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar February 18, 1893
(Acclamation)
March 4, 1893

August 8, 1895
(Died)

Notable Cases in 148 U.S.

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Pettibone v. United States

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In Pettibone v. United States, 148 U.S. 197 (1893), the Supreme Court considered a criminal case involving the knowledge requirement in an obstruction of justice charge. It was the first Supreme Court case involving interpretation of obstruction of federal justice statutes. In the Court's opinion, Chief Justice Fuller wrote, "a person is not sufficiently charged with obstructing or impeding the due administration of justice in a court unless it appears that he knew of had notice that justice was being administered in such court".[2]: 1022 

Virginia v. Tennessee

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Virginia v. Tennessee, 148 U.S. 503 (1893), is a case under the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction. The Court decided that if an agreement between two states sets the boundary between them, both states ratify that agreement, and one state later discovers that the boundary was wrong (such as the other state received a larger share of territory than originally planned), unless the other state agrees to change it, the original agreement nevertheless stands. In this particular instance, the Supreme Court rejected Virginia's contention that the intent of the original "charters of the English sovereigns" should take precedent over a 1803 compromise, which sought to address the situation initially and was agreed upon by both states. The Court also decided that because the states informed Congress of the original survey that both states hired people to establish carefully and then enacted as legislation by the two states, the agreement was implicitly approved by Congress, and the border between the two states had been set forth in the survey.

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 148 U.S.

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Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
The J.E. Rumbell 1 (1893) Gray none none 7th Cir. certification
Moelle v. Sherwood 21 (1893) Field none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
United States v. California and Oregon Land Company 31 (1893) Brewer none none 9th Cir. affirmed
United States v. Dalles Military Road Company 49 (1893) Brewer none none 9th Cir. affirmed
Commercial National Bank v. Armstrong 50 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
May v. Tenney 60 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed
Lehnen v. Dickson 71 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Astiazaran v. Santa Rita Land and Mining Company 80 (1893) Gray none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
United States v. Fletcher 84 (1893) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. reversed
City of St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Company 92 (1893) Brewer none Brown C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
Virginia v. Paul 107 (1893) Gray none none C.C.W.D. Va. mandamus granted
United States v. Post 124 (1893) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Gates 134 (1893) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Bier v. McGehee 137 (1893) Brown none none La. Ct. App. dismissed
Rosenthal v. Coates 142 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Indiana v. United States 148 (1893) Gray none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
In Re Schneider I 157 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
In Re Schneider II 162 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
Roget v. United States 167 (1893) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Marx v. Hanthorn 172 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.D. Or. affirmed
United States v. Alexander 186 (1893) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Truesdell 196 (1893) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Pettibone v. United States 197 (1893) Fuller none Brewer D. Idaho reversed
Passavant v. United States 214 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
In re Sanborn 222 (1893) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. mandamus denied
Gaines v. Rugg 228 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Ark. mandamus granted
Hume v. Bowie 245 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
Pennsylvania Company v. Bender 255 (1893) Brewer none none Ohio dismissed
Hohorst v. Hamburg American Packet Company 262 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed
Columbus Watch Company v. Robbins 266 (1893) Fuller none none 6th Cir. dismissed
Huber v. Nelson Manufacturing Company 270 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Wasatch Mining Company v. Crescent Mining Company 293 (1893) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Cameron v. United States 301 (1893) Brown none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. reversed
Monongahela Navigation Company v. United States 312 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Pa. reversed
Ankeny v. Clark 345 (1893) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. affirmed
Johnston v. Standard Mining Company 360 (1893) Brown none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
American Construction Company v. Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company 372 (1893) Gray none none 5th Cir. mandamus denied
Wolfe v. Hartford Life Annuity Insurance Company 389 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Ogden v. United States 390 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. La. dismissed
Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Walker 391 (1893) Fuller none none 8th Cir. reversed
Barnum v. Town of Okolona 393 (1893) Shiras none none N.D. Miss. affirmed
People ex rel. Schurz v. Cook 397 (1893) Jackson none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Manhattan Company v. Blake 412 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
United States v. Old Settlers 427 (1893) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
National Hat Pouncing Machine Company v. Hedden 482 (1893) Brown none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Smith v. Townsend 490 (1893) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed
Bender v. Pennsylvania Company 502 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ohio dismissed
Virginia v. Tennessee 503 (1893) Field none none original boundary set
Chicot County v. Sherwood 529 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed
Lascelles v. Georgia 537 (1893) Jackson none none Ga. affirmed
Grant v. Walter 547 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Krementz v. S. Cottle Company 556 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
United States v. Union Pacific Railway Company 562 (1893) Brown none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
German Bank of Memphis v. United States 573 (1893) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Lonergan v. Buford 581 (1893) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Atchison Board of Education v. De Kay 591 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Swan Land and Cattle Company v. Frank 603 (1893) Jackson none Brown C.C.N.D. Ill. decree modified
Casement v. Brown 615 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Humphreys v. Perry 627 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Isaacs v. Jonas 648 (1893) Gray none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
United States v. Isaacs 654 (1893) Gray none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed
Giozza v. Tiernan 657 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed
Martin v. Snyder 663 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Mexia v. Oliver 664 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed
Smith v. Whitman Saddle Company 674 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.D. Conn. reversed
Bushnell v. Crooke Mining and Smelting Company 682 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.D. Colo. dismissed
Pam-to-Pee v. United States 691 (1893) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. affirmed

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1, [1]
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