This is a list of cases reported in volume 218 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 218 U.S.

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). 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 218 were decided the Court comprised the following members (although Chief Justice Fuller died, and Justice Moody retired, 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 (41–20) –July 4, 1910(Died) John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis (Acclamation) –October 14, 1911(Died) Edward Douglass White Associate Justice Louisiana Samuel Blatchford (Acclamation) –December 18, 1910(Continued as chief justice) Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field (Acclamation) –January 5, 1925(Retired) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray (Acclamation) –January 12, 1932(Retired) William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. (Acclamation) –November 13, 1922(Retired) William Henry Moody Associate Justice Massachusetts Henry Billings Brown (Acclamation) –November 20, 1910(Retired) Horace Harmon Lurton Associate Justice Tennessee Rufus W. Peckham (Acclamation) –July 12, 1914(Died) Charles Evans Hughes Associate Justice New York David Josiah Brewer (Acclamation) –June 10, 1916(Resigned)

Citation style

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. "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time. e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

List of cases in volume 218 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Sistare v. Sistare 1 (1910) White none none Conn. reversed Rankin v. Emigh 27 (1910) White none none Wis. affirmed Louisville & N.R.R. Co. v. Melton 36 (1910) White none none Ky. affirmed Shevlin-Carpenter Co. v. Minnesota 57 (1910) McKenna none none Minn. affirmed Chiles v. Chesapeake & O.R.R. Co. 71 (1910) McKenna none none Ky. affirmed Standard Oil Co. v. Brown 78 (1910) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. affirmed ICC v. Chicago et al. R.R. Co. 88 (1910) McKenna none White C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed ICC v. Chicago et al. R.R. Co. 113 (1910) McKenna none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed In re Cleland 120 (1910) Holmes none none C.C.E.D. Mich. mandamus denied Dozier v. Alabama 124 (1910) Holmes none none Ala. reversed Thomas v. Sugarman 129 (1910) Holmes none none 2d Cir. reversed Herndon v. Chicago et al. R.R. Co. 135 (1910) Day none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed Roach v. Atchison et al. R.R. Co. 159 (1910) Day none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed Franklin v. South Carolina 161 (1910) Day none none S.C. affirmed Watson v. Maryland 173 (1910) Day none none Md. affirmed City of Omaha v. Omaha W. Co. 180 (1910) Lurton none none 8th Cir. affirmed Hertz v. Woodman 205 (1910) Lurton none McKenna 7th Cir. certification United States v. Chicago et al. R.R. Co. 233 (1910) Harlan none none 8th Cir. affirmed Holt v. United States 245 (1910) Holmes none none C.C.W.D. Wash. affirmed Jennings v. Philadelphia et al. R.R. Co. 255 (1910) Lurton none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Rickey L. & C. Co. v. Miller 258 (1910) Holmes none none 9th Cir. affirmed The Ira M. Hedges 264 (1910) Holmes none none S.D.N.Y. reversed Ong Chang Wing v. United States 272 (1910) Day none none Phil. affirmed Kerfoot v. Farmers' & M. Bank 281 (1910) Hughes none none Mo. affirmed Richardson v. Ainsa 289 (1910) Holmes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Duryea P. Co. v. Sternbergh 299 (1910) Holmes none none 3d Cir. dismissed Ling Su Fan v. United States 302 (1910) Lurton none none Phil. affirmed In re Metropolitan T. Co. 312 (1910) Hughes none none 2d Cir. mandamus granted Hooe v. United States 322 (1910) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Cincinnati et al. R.R. Co. v. City of Connersville 336 (1910) Harlan none none Ind. affirmed National Bank v. Downie 345 (1910) Harlan none none 9th Cir. affirmed Ladew v. Tennessee C. Co. 357 (1910) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed Wetmore v. Tennessee C. Co. 369 (1910) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed Montezuma C. Co. v. Smithville C. Co. 371 (1910) White none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. reversed Roura v. Philippines 386 (1910) White none none Phil. affirmed Moffitt v. Kelly 400 (1910) White none none Cal. affirmed Western Union T. Co. v. Commercial M. Co. 406 (1910) McKenna none none Mich. affirmed Moore P.T. Co. v. National S. & T. Co. 422 (1910) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Arkansas S.R.R. Co. v. Louisiana & A.R.R. Co. 431 (1910) Holmes none none La. affirmed Fisher v. City of New Orleans 438 (1910) Holmes none none La. dismissed Harlan v. McGourin 442 (1910) Day none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed United States v. Ansonia B. & C. Co. 452 (1910) Day none none Va. multiple Chantangco v. Abaroa 476 (1910) Lurton none none Phil. affirmed Richardson v. McChesney 487 (1910) Lurton none none Ky. dismissed United States ex rel. Hine v. Morse 493 (1910) Lurton none none D.C. Cir. reversed Eagle M. & I. Co. v. Hamilton 513 (1910) Hughes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed United States v. Mason 517 (1910) Hughes none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed United States v. Heinze I 532 (1910) McKenna none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed United States v. Heinze II 547 (1910) McKenna none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Illinois C.R.R. Co. v. Kentucky 551 (1910) Hughes none none Ky. affirmed Griffith v. Connecticut I 563 (1910) White none none Conn. affirmed Griffith v. Connecticut II 572 (1910) White none none Conn. affirmed Hunter v. Mutual R.L. Ins. Co. 573 (1910) McKenna none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Calder v. Michigan ex rel. Att'y Gen. 591 (1910) Holmes none none Mich. affirmed United States v. Kissel 601 (1910) Holmes none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Thompson v. Thompson 611 (1910) Day none Harlan D.C. Cir. affirmed City of Memphis v. Cumberland T. & T. Co. 624 (1910) Day none White C.C.W.D. Tenn. dismissed City of Columbus v. Mercantile T. & D. Co. 645 (1910) Lurton none none C.C.N.D. Ga. reversed International T. Co. v. Peterson 664 (1910) per curiam none none multiple reversed

Notes and references

See also Certificate of division

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