This is a list of cases reported in volume 151 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1894.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 151 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 151 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following eight members, after the death of Justice Samuel Blatchford in July 1893:

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) Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat (Acclamation)–December 1, 1897(Retired) John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis (Acclamation) –October 14, 1911(Died) Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford (51–5) –September 15, 1902(Died) David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews (53–11) –March 28, 1910(Died) Henry Billings Brown Associate Justice Michigan Samuel Freeman Miller (Acclamation) –May 28, 1906(Retired) George Shiras Jr. Associate Justice Pennsylvania Joseph P. Bradley (Acclamation) –February 23, 1903(Retired) Howell Edmunds Jackson Associate Justice Tennessee Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Acclamation) –August 8, 1895(Died)

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 151 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Angle v. Chicago et al. Ry. Co.1 (1894) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Wis. reversed Smith v. United States50 (1894) Brown none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed Wilson v. Oswego Twp.56 (1894) Jackson none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed Inglehart v. Stansbury68 (1894) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Volk73 (1894) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed Aztec M. Co. v. Ripley79 (1894) Fuller none none 8th Cir. affirmed Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Johnson81 (1894) Fuller none none Tex. affirmed Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Saunders105 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tex. dismissed Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Horn110 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tex. dismissed Hardenbergh v. Ray112 (1894) Jackson none none C.C.D. Or. affirmed Central T. Co. v. McGeorge129 (1894) Shiras none none C.C.W.D. Va. reversed Vorhees v. Noye Mfg. Co.135 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.D. Neb. dismissed Baltimore T. Co. v. Baltimore B.R.R. Co.137 (1894) Fuller none none Balt. City Ct. dismissed Keystone Mfg. Co. v. Adams139 (1894) Shiras none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Bates v. Preble149 (1894) Brown none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Tucker v. United States164 (1894) Gray none none C.C.W.D. Ark. affirmed Cadwalader v. Zeh171 (1894) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Southworth v. United States179 (1894) Brewer none none Ct. Cl. reversed Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co.186 (1894) Jackson none none C.C.S.D. Iowa reversed Chicago et al. Ry. Co. v. Lowell209 (1894) Brown Gray; Shiras none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Wollensak v. Sargent221 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed Halliday v. Stuart229 (1894) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed Iowa v. Illinois238 (1894) Fuller none none original order vacated In re Bonner242 (1894) Field none none U.S. Ct. Indian Terr. habeas corpus granted Davis v. Utah262 (1894) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Gottlieb v. Thatcher271 (1894) Jackson none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Haughey v. Lee282 (1894) Shiras none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Sheffield et al. Co. v. Gordon285 (1894) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Ala. affirmed Ft. Worth C. Co. v. Smith B. Co.294 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed Hickory v. United States303 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed Crescent M. Co. v. Wasatch M. Co.317 (1894) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Maynard v. Hecht324 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.D. Neb. dismissed Moran v. Hagerman329 (1894) Fuller none none C.C.D. Nev. dismissed Meddaugh v. Wilson333 (1894) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Werner v. City of Charleston360 (1894) Fuller none none S.C. dismissed United States v. Alger362 (1894) Gray none none Ct. Cl. reversed United States v. Stahl366 (1894) Gray none none Ct. Cl. reversed Merchants' C.P.S. Co. v. Insurance Co. N. Am.368 (1894) Jackson none none Tenn. affirmed California P. Works v. Davis389 (1894) Fuller none none Cal. dismissed Pointer v. United States396 (1894) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Ark. affirmed Garner v. Second Nat'l Bank420 (1894) Harlan none none C.C.D.R.I. reversed City of Lincoln v. Power436 (1894) Shiras none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Chapman v. Handley443 (1894) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah dismissed Mammoth M. Co. v. Salt Lake F.M. Co.447 (1894) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Imperial F. Ins. Co. v. Coos Cnty.452 (1894) Jackson none none C.C.D.N.H. reversed Columbus S. Ry. Co. v. Wright470 (1894) Jackson none none Ga. affirmed De Arnaud v. United States483 (1894) Shiras none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Galveston et al. Ry. Co. v. Gonzales496 (1894) Brown none Jackson C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed Hedden v. Robertson520 (1894) Jackson none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Newport L. Co. v. City of Newport527 (1894) Jackson none none Ky. dismissed United States v. Hutchins542 (1894) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Lewis v. Monson545 (1894) Brewer none none C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed Lewis v. Wilson551 (1894) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed New York et al. R.R. Co. v. Town of Bristol556 (1894) Fuller none none Conn. affirmed United States v. La Tourrette572 (1894) Gray none none Ct. Cl. affirmed United States v. Thomas577 (1894) Field none none C.C.W.D. Wis. certification Maxwell L.G. Co. v. Dawson586 (1894) Brown none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. reversed Shauer v. Alterton607 (1894) Harlan none none S.D. affirmed Buckstaff v. Russell Co.626 (1894) Harlan none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed Bryan v. Board of Educ.639 (1894) Harlan none none Ky. affirmed Dower v. Richards658 (1894) Gray none none Cal. affirmed Martin's Adm'r v. Baltimore & O.R.R. Co.673 (1894) Gray none Harlan C.C.D.W. Va. dismissed

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