This is a list of cases reported in volume 186 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1902.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 186 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 186 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 (41–20) –July 4, 1910(Died) 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) Edward Douglass White Associate Justice Louisiana Samuel Blatchford (Acclamation) –December 18, 1910(Continued as chief justice) Rufus W. Peckham Associate Justice New York Howell Edmunds Jackson (Acclamation) –October 24, 1909(Died) Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field (Acclamation) –January 5, 1925(Retired)

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 186 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition The S.S. Styria 1 (1902) Shiras none none 2d Cir. reversed Montana M. Co. v. St. Louis et al. Co. 24 (1902) Fuller none none 9th Cir. dismissed Emsheimer v. City of New Orleans 33 (1902) Fuller none none 5th Cir. certification McClaughry v. Deming 49 (1902) Peckham none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed Bement & Sons v. National H. Co. 70 (1902) Peckham none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Murphy v. Utter 95 (1902) Brown none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Beyer v. LeFevre 114 (1902) Brewer none none D.C. Cir. reversed Felsenheld v. United States 126 (1902) Brewer none none 4th Cir. certification Bowker v. United States 135 (1902) Fuller none none D.N.J. dismissed Ward v. Joslin 142 (1902) Fuller none none 1st Cir. affirmed Nesbitt v. United States 153 (1902) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Williams v. Gaylord 157 (1902) McKenna none none 9th Cir. affirmed Lee Lung v. Patterson 168 (1902) McKenna none none D. Or. affirmed Gallaway v. Fort W. Bank 177 (1902) Fuller none none not indicated bond waiver denied Hatfield v. King 178 (1902) Fuller none none C.C.D.W. Va. revision denied Hanover Nat'l Bank v. Moyses 181 (1902) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed Chin Bak Kan v. United States 193 (1902) Fuller none none N.D.N.Y. affirmed Denver 1st Nat'l Bank v. Klug 202 (1902) Fuller none none D. Colo. dismissed Clark v. Herington 206 (1902) Brewer none none Kan. affirmed Bienville W.S. Co. v. City of Mobile 212 (1902) Brewer none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed Hardy v. United States 224 (1902) Brewer none none D. Alaska affirmed Jenkins v. Neff 230 (1902) Brewer none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Chesapeake et al. Co. v. Manning 238 (1902) Brewer none White D.C. Cir. reversed Minneapolis et al. R.R. Co. v. Minnesota R.R.W.C. 257 (1902) Brown none none Minn. affirmed New York et al. R.R. Co. v. City of New York 269 (1902) Brown none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed Hoffeld v. United States 273 (1902) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Pine R.L. Co. v. United States 279 (1902) Brown none none 8th Cir. affirmed United States v. A. Nicholls Co. 298 (1902) Brown none none 2d Cir. certification Kennard v. Nebraska 304 (1902) Shiras none none Neb. dismissed United States v. Freel 309 (1902) Shiras none none 2d Cir. affirmed ICC v. Chicago et al. R.R. Co. 320 (1902) White none none 7th Cir. affirmed Fidelity & D. Co. v. Courtney 342 (1902) White none none 6th Cir. affirmed Warner v. Godfrey 365 (1902) White none none D.C. Cir. reversed Compagnie Francaise v. Louisiana Bd. of H. 380 (1902) White none Brown La. affirmed Capital City L.F. Co. v. City of Tallahassee 401 (1902) Peckham none none Fla. affirmed Hotema v. United States 413 (1902) Peckham none none E.D. Tex. affirmed Hagan v. Scottish U.N. Ins. Co. 423 (1902) Peckham none none 3d Cir. reversed Farmers' L. & T. Co. v. Pennsylvania P.G. Co. 434 (1902) Peckham none none 3d Cir. affirmed Lander v. Mercantile Nat'l Bank 458 (1902) McKenna none none 6th Cir. reversed

Notes and references

See also Certificate of division

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