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; 234 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 217 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1910.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 217 U.S.

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

See also: List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition

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 217 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members (although Justice Brewer died while the cases in this volume were being adjudicated):

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)
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)
Horace Harmon Lurton Associate Justice Tennessee Rufus W. Peckham December 20, 1909
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1910

July 12, 1914
(Died)

Citation style

See also: United States district court

See also: United States circuit court

See also: United States court of appeals

See also: United States federal courts

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 217 U.S.

See also: Fuller Court

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Maryland v. West Virginia I 1 (1910) Day none none original decree for Md.
Will v. Tornabells 47 (1910) White none none D.P.R. affirmed
Frellsen & Co. v. Crandell 71 (1910) Fuller none none La. affirmed
Williams v. Arkansas 79 (1910) Fuller none none Ark. affirmed
International T. Co. v. Pigg 91 (1910) Harlan none none Kan. reversed
Southwestern O. Co. v. Texas 114 (1910) Harlan none none Tex. affirmed
Unity et al. Co. v. Bettman 127 (1910) Harlan none none 6th Cir. affirmed
St. Louis S.R.R. Co. v. Arkansas 136 (1910) White none none Ark. reversed
Todd v. Romeu 150 (1910) White none none D.P.R. affirmed
Davis v. Cleveland et al. R.R. Co. 157 (1910) McKenna none none C.C.N.D. Iowa reversed
Chicago et al. R.R. Co. v. United States 180 (1910) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Boston C. of C. v. City of Boston 189 (1910) Holmes none none Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
Missouri P.R.R. Co. v. Nebraska 196 (1910) Holmes none none Neb. reversed
Southern R.R. Co. v. Miller 209 (1910) Day none none Ga. Ct. App. affirmed
Los Angeles et al. Co. v. City of Los Angeles 217 (1910) Day none none Cal. dismissed
Wynne v. United States 234 (1910) Lurton none none D. Haw. affirmed
St. Louis et al. R.R. Co. v. Wabash R.R. Co. 247 (1910) Fuller none none multiple multiple
Lutcher et al. Co. v. Knight 257 (1910) White none none 5th Cir. reversed
McClellan v. Carland 268 (1910) Day none none 8th Cir. reversed
Brantley v. Georgia 284 (1910) per curiam none none Ga. affirmed
United States v. Carter 286 (1910) Lurton none none 7th Cir. affirmed
Stewart v. Griffith 323 (1910) Holmes none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
United States v. Welch 333 (1910) Holmes none none C.C.E.D. Ky. affirmed
Lord & H. v. United States 340 (1910) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Weems v. United States 349 (1910) McKenna none White Phil. reversed
Standard O. Co. v. Tennessee 413 (1910) Holmes none none Tenn. affirmed
Heike v. United States 423 (1910) Day none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed
Grenada L. Co. v. Mississippi 433 (1910) Lurton none none Miss. affirmed
Citizens Nat'l Bank v. Kentucky ex rel. Boyle Cnty. 443 (1910) Lurton none White Ky. affirmed
Fay v. Crozer 455 (1910) per curiam none none C.C.S.D.W. Va. dismissed
Hutchinson P. & Co. v. Loewy 457 (1910) Fuller none none 2d Cir. dismissed
Kidd et al. Co. v. Musselman G. Co. 461 (1910) White none none Mich. affirmed
Souffront v. Compagnie des S. 475 (1910) White none none D.P.R. affirmed
Owen v. Dudley & M. 488 (1910) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
H.C. Cook Co. v. Beecher 497 (1910) Holmes none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed
Stoffela v. Nugent 499 (1910) Holmes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. reversed
Javierre v. Central Altagracia 502 (1910) Holmes none none D.P.R. reversed
Holmgren v. United States 509 (1910) Day none none 9th Cir. affirmed
Southern R.R. Co. v. King 524 (1910) Day none Holmes 5th Cir. affirmed
Freeman v. United States 539 (1910) Day none none Phil. affirmed
Columbia H.R. Co. v. Rudolph 547 (1910) Lurton none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Wallach v. Rudolph 561 (1910) Lurton none none D.C. Cir. dismissed
Brown F. Co. v. Kentucky 563 (1910) Lurton none none Ky. affirmed
Maryland v. West Virginia II 577 (1910) Day none none original boundary set
Ex parte Gruetter 586 (1910) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Tenn. mandamus denied

Notes and references

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

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