Supreme Court of the United States
38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Established	March 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
Location	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition method	Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized by	Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term length	life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions	9 (by statute)
Website	supremecourt.gov

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 156 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1895.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 156 U.S.[edit]

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 156 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	July 20, 1888 (41–20)	October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910 (Died)
	Stephen Johnson Field	Associate Justice	California	newly-created seat	March 10, 1863 (Acclamation)	May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired)
	John Marshall Harlan	Associate Justice	Kentucky	David Davis	November 29, 1877 (Acclamation)	December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died)
	Horace Gray	Associate Justice	Massachusetts	Nathan Clifford	December 20, 1881 (51–5)	January 9, 1882 – September 15, 1902 (Died)
	David Josiah Brewer	Associate Justice	Kansas	Stanley Matthews	December 18, 1889 (53–11)	January 6, 1890 – March 28, 1910 (Died)
	Henry Billings Brown	Associate Justice	Michigan	Samuel Freeman Miller	December 29, 1890 (Acclamation)	January 5, 1891 – May 28, 1906 (Retired)
	George Shiras Jr.	Associate Justice	Pennsylvania	Joseph P. Bradley	July 26, 1892 (Acclamation)	October 10, 1892 – February 23, 1903 (Retired)
	Howell Edmunds Jackson	Associate Justice	Tennessee	Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar	February 18, 1893 (Acclamation)	March 4, 1893 – August 8, 1895 (Died)
	Edward Douglass White	Associate Justice	Louisiana	Samuel Blatchford	February 19, 1894 (Acclamation)	March 12, 1894 – December 18, 1910 (Continued as chief justice)

Notable Cases in 156 U.S.[edit]

United States v. E.C. Knight Co.[edit]

United States v. E.C. Knight Co., 156 U.S. 1 (1895), also known as the "Sugar Trust Case," is an antitrust decision that severely limited the federal government's power to pursue antitrust actions under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Supreme Court held that Congress could not regulate manufacturing, thus giving state governments the sole power to take legal action against manufacturing monopolies. The case has never been overruled, but in Swift & Co. v. United States and subsequent cases the Court has held that Congress can regulate manufacturing when it affects interstate commerce.

Sparf v. United States[edit]

Sparf v. United States, 156 U.S. 51 (1895), is a criminal law decision by the Supreme Court. The Court held that if one of two persons accused of having together committed the crime of murder makes a voluntary confession in the presence of the other, without threat or coercion, then the confession is admissible in evidence against both. In addition, the Court clarified several questions relating to the duty of federal criminal juries, and of federal courts when instructing them.

Coffin v. United States[edit]

In Coffin v. United States, 156 U.S. 432 (1895), the Supreme Court confirmed the presumption of innocence of persons accused of crimes.

Citation style[edit]

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 156 U.S.[edit]

Case Name	Page & year	Opinion of the Court	Concurring opinion(s)	Dissenting opinion(s)	Lower Court	Disposition
United States v. E.C. Knight Co.	1 (1895)	Fuller	none	Harlan	3d Cir.	affirmed
Stuart v. City of Easton	46 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.E.D. Pa.	reversed
Rouse v. Letcher	47 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	8th Cir.	dismissed
Sparf v. United States	51 (1895)	Harlan	none	Brewer	C.C.N.D. Cal.	multiple
In re Robertson	183 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	Va.	dismissed
Dunbar v. United States	185 (1895)	Brewer	none	none	D. Or.	affirmed
Delaware et al. Co. v. Pennsylvania	200 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	Pa.	reversed
Lazarus v. Phelps	202 (1895)	Brown	none	none	C.C.N.D. Tex.	affirmed
In re Streep	207 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	mandamus denied
Lindsay v. Burgess	208 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.E.D. Tenn.	affirmed
Postal T.C. Co. v. City of Baltimore	210 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	Md.	affirmed
In Re Chapman	211 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	habeas corpus denied
McGahan v. Bank of Rondout	218 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.D.S.C.	affirmed
Mattox v. United States	237 (1895)	Brown	none	Shiras	D. Kan.	affirmed
Roller Mill Patent	261 (1895)	Brown	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Andrews v. Swartz	272 (1895)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.D.N.J.	affirmed
Hudson v. Parker	277 (1895)	Gray	none	Brewer	W.D. Ark.	mandamus granted
Emert v. Missouri	296 (1895)	Gray	none	none	Mo.	affirmed
In re Lehigh M. & M. Co.	322 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.W.D. Va.	mandamus denied
Brown v. Webster	328 (1895)	White	none	none	C.C.D. Neb.	affirmed
Bank of Rondout v. Smith	330 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.D.S.C.	dismissed
Connell v. Smiley	335 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.D. Neb.	affirmed
Palmer v. Village of Corning	342 (1895)	White	none	none	C.C.N.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Maricopa & P.R.R. Co. v. Arizona	347 (1895)	White	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz.	affirmed
United States ex rel. Siegel v. Thoman	353 (1895)	White	none	none	C.C.E.D. La.	affirmed
Waldron v. Waldron	361 (1895)	White	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	reversed
Winter v. City of Montgomery	385 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	Ala.	dismissed
Illinois C.R.R. Co. v. Brown	386 (1895)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.W.D. Tenn.	dismissed
Hays v. Steiger	387 (1895)	Field	none	none	Cal.	affirmed
Mather v. Rillston	391 (1895)	Field	none	none	C.C.W.D. Mich.	affirmed
Cunningham v. Mason & B.R.R. Co.	400 (1895)	White	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ga.	affirmed
Batchelor v. United States	426 (1895)	Gray	none	none	C.C.D. Mont.	reversed
Coffin v. United States	432 (1895)	White	none	none	D. Ind.	reversed
Bannon v. United States	464 (1895)	Brown	none	none	D. Or.	affirmed
Bell S. & C.M. Co. v. First Nat'l Bank	470 (1895)	Field	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont.	affirmed
St. Louis et al. Ry. Co. v. Missouri ex rel. Merriam	478 (1895)	Shiras	none	none	Mo.	dismissed
Lindsay v. First Nat'l Bank	485 (1895)	Shiras	none	none	C.C.W.D. La.	reversed
Carr v. Fife	494 (1895)	Shiras	none	none	C.C.D. Wash.	affirmed
National C.R. Co. v. Boston C.I.R. Co.	502 (1895)	Brown	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
Goldey v. Morning News	518 (1895)	Gray	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Evers v. Watson	527 (1895)	Brown	none	none	C.C.N.D. Miss.	affirmed
Ard v. Brandon	537 (1895)	Brewer	none	none	Kan.	reversed
Maddox v. Burnham	544 (1895)	Brewer	none	none	Kan.	affirmed
Wood v. Beach	548 (1895)	Brewer	none	none	Kan.	affirmed
United States v. Berdan F. Mfg. Co.	552 (1895)	Brewer	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Corinne Mill C. & S. Co. v. Johnson	574 (1895)	Brewer	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah	affirmed
Pittsburgh & S.C. Co. v. Bates	577 (1895)	Field	none	none	La.	affirmed
Pittsburgh & S.C. Co. v. Louisiana	590 (1895)	Field	none	none	La.	affirmed
Saltonstall v. Weibusch	601 (1895)	Brown	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
Grimm v. United States	604 (1895)	Brewer	none	none	E.D. Mo.	affirmed
Black Diamond C.M. Co. v. Excelsior C. Co.	611 (1895)	Brown	none	none	C.C.N.D. Cal.	reversed
Johnson v. Atlantic et al. Co.	618 (1895)	Shiras	none	none	C.C.N.D. Fla.	affirmed
St. Louis et al. Ry. Co. v. Gill	649 (1895)	Shiras	none	none	Ark.	affirmed
Norfolk & W.R.R. Co. v. Pendleton	667 (1895)	Shiras	none	none	Va.	affirmed
Fox v. Haarstick	674 (1895)	Shiras	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah	affirmed
Davis v. Wakelee	680 (1895)	Brown	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Citizens' S. & L. Ass'n v. Perry Cnty.	692 (1895)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	reversed

Notes and references[edit]

See also[edit]

• Certificate of division

External links[edit]

• [1] Case reports in volume 156 from Library of Congress
• [2] Case reports in volume 156 from Court Listener
• [3] Case reports in volume 156 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
• [4] Case reports in volume 156 from Google Scholar
• [5] Case reports in volume 156 from Justia
• [6] Case reports in volume 156 from Open Jurist
• Website of the United States Supreme Court
• United States Courts website about the Supreme Court
• National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States
• American Bar Association, How Does the Supreme Court Work?
• The Supreme Court Historical Society