This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the Fuller Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller from October 8, 1888, through July 4, 1910.
Case nameCitationSummary Kidd v. Pearson Scope of the Commerce Clause Dent v. West Virginia state licensing of doctors Botiller v. Dominguez validity of Spanish and Mexican land grants within the Mexican Cession Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago Smith v. Bolles Davis v. Beason United States federal courts have jurisdiction to hear charges related to polygamy even though it be part of a religious belief Hans v. Louisiana sovereign immunity of states, interpreting the Eleventh Amendment Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad v. Minnesota states and railway fees In re Neagle authority of the U.S. Attorney General to appoint U.S. Marshals as bodyguards to Supreme Court Justices LDS Church v. United States upheld revocation of LDS Church charter and confiscation of church property Jones v. United States (1890) upheld the Guano Islands Act In re Ross application of U.S. law to foreign sailors on U.S. flagged ships while in another country Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Botsford right to Bodily integrity Marshall v. Holmes unconscionability as grounds for equitable relief where fraud on the court is alleged Counselman v. Hitchcock Holy Trinity Church v. United States contracts with foreign citizens, religion United States v. Ballin Lau Ow Bew v. United States Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hillmon Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois railroad land dispute, public trust doctrine Kohn v. McNulta Fleitas v. Richardson Virginia v. Tennessee Nix v. Hedden status of the tomato as fruit or vegetable under Tariff Act of 1883 Fong Yue Ting v. United States Wharton v. Wise McKane v. Durston Schillinger v. United States sovereign immunity forbids suit against the Federal government for patent infringement United States v. E. C. Knight Co. antitrust action; “Sugar Trust Case” Sparf v. United States jury instructions Coffin v. United States the presumption of innocence In re Debs strikes and interstate commerce Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. income tax and tariffs Hilton v. Guyot doctrine of comity United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co. Rosen v. United States defendant's ability to inspect evidence at obscenity trial overcame objection that indictment was too vague Geer v. Connecticut states owned the wild animals within their borders and can strictly regulate their management and harvest Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway Co. Graver v. Faurot Judiciary Act of 1891 bars Court from considering entire case without questions that can be separately resolved; cert denied and question of resolving two earlier cases reverts to Seventh Circuit Talton v. Mayes individual rights in U.S. Constitution not applicable to tribal governments Ward v. Race Horse Plessy v. Ferguson segregation; "separate but equal" United States v. Ball double jeopardy Allen v. United States (1896) Allgeyer v. Louisiana Freedom of contract Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association railroads and rate fixing Davis v. Massachusetts Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co. powers of an administrative agency Barrett v. United States South Carolina had not been subdivided into separate federal judicial districts Holden v. Hardy working hours of miners United States v. Wong Kim Ark citizenship and race Hawker v. New York character and doctor's licenses Williams v. Mississippi literacy tests Smyth v. Ames City of Walla Walla v. Walla Walla Water Co. Andersen v. Treat United States v. Johnson (1899) Morris v. United States Brown v. New Jersey use of a struck jury Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United States Malony v. Adsit trial judge must authenticate bill of exceptions Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education segregation in public schools The Paquete Habana prize in admiralty law and customary international law Maxwell v. Dow Utah court procedure Bad Elk v. United States unlawful arrest Taylor v. Beckham Kentucky gubernatorial election of 1899 Austin v. Tennessee restricting or prohibiting the sale of tobacco Marks v. Shoup Property issuesInsular Cases DeLima v. Bidwell constitutional status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines Goetze v. United States Armstrong v. United States Downes v. Bidwell Huus v. New York & Porto Rico S.S. Co. Dooley v. United States Fourteen Diamond Rings v. United States Montoya v. United States legal definition of Native American tribes Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health Constitutionality of state quarantine laws Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock power of Congress to abrogate treaties with Native American tribes Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. copyright protection of illustrations made for advertisements Champion v. Ames Congressional Commerce Clause regulation of lottery tickets Yamataya v. Fisher Giles v. Harris voting rights, Eleventh Amendment Hawaii v. Manikichi sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases Ex parte Joins Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Co. of Texas v. May 14th Amendment permits law which penalizes railroads for allowing weeds to grow Kepner v. United States sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases Dorr v. United States sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases Gonzales v. Williams Puerto Ricans and illegal aliens Northern Securities Co. v. United States Antitrust, application of the Sherman Antitrust Act Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co. Burton v. United States (1905)’’ Swift & Co. v. United States Commerce Clause, to regulate monopolies Jacobson v. Massachusetts Police power supersedes freedom of religion in matters of public health; vaccination requirements are constitutional Rasmussen v. United States sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases Lochner v. New York freedom of contract, substantive due process Harris v. Balk quasi in rem jurisdiction Chicago Board of Trade v. Christie Grain upholding power of Chicago Board of Trade to regulate futures contracts United States v. Ju Toy United States v. Winans Rogers v. Peck United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. Hale v. Henkel witness testimony in antitrust cases Burton v. United States (1906)’’ Hodges v. United States Northwestern National Life Ins. Co. v. Riggs upheld power of states to regulate insurance contracts against Fourteenth Amendment challenge United States v. Shipp Only criminal trial in the court's history. Lynching. Seneca Nation of Indians v. Christy Tinsley v. Treat Kessler v. Treat Halter v. Nebraska Citizens' Savings & Trust Co. v. Illinois Central Railway Co. Wilmington Star Mining Co. v. Fulton United States ex rel. West v. Hitchcock Pearcy v. Stranahan Patterson v. Colorado Kessler v. Eldred Hunter v. City of Pittsburgh Winters v. United States Adair v. United States "Yellow Dog contract" Loewe v. Lawlor Sherman Antitrust Act applied against labor union boycott Muller v. Oregon protective labor laws, protection of women White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co. manufacturers of player pianos need not pay royalties to copyright holders of music Ex parte Young exception to sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment Ware & Leland v. Mobile County contracts for the sales of cotton for future delivery that do not oblige interstate shipments are not subjects of interstate commerce, and are taxable by states Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus First-sale doctrine, copyright holder cannot control resale prices by use of licenses Londoner v. City and County of Denver role of due process in administrative rulemaking Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co. patent and antitrust Berea College v. Kentucky state laws and segregation of educational facilities Twining v. New Jersey Fifth Amendment does not apply to state trials Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley federal question jurisdiction, the "well-pleaded complaint rule" North American Cold Storage Co. v. City of Chicago Moyer v. Peabody citizens' rights during insurrection Welch v. Swasey Massachusetts' statute restricting building heights is constitutional Maryland v. West Virginia Weems v. United States
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