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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 188

Coordinates: 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
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Supreme Court of the United States
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38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorised byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 188 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1903.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 188 U.S.

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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 188 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)
John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(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)
Edward Douglass White Associate Justice Louisiana Samuel Blatchford February 19, 1894
(Acclamation)
March 12, 1894

December 18, 1910
(Continued as chief justice)
Rufus W. Peckham Associate Justice New York Howell Edmunds Jackson December 9, 1895
(Acclamation)
January 6, 1896

October 24, 1909
(Died)
Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field January 21, 1898
(Acclamation)
January 26, 1898

January 5, 1925
(Retired)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray December 4, 1902
(Acclamation)
December 8, 1902

January 12, 1932
(Retired)

Notable Case in 188 U.S.

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Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.

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The Supreme Court in Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., 188 U.S. 239 (1903), via an opinion written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., held that advertisements were protected by copyright. The case is now cited for the proposition that commercial speech can be protected by copyright.

Citation style

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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.

List of cases in volume 188 U.S.

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Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Kelley v. Rhoads 1 (1903) Brown none none Wyo. reversed
Weber v. Rogan 10 (1903) Brown none none Tex. dismissed
Andrews v. Andrews 14 (1903) White none none Mass. affirmed
Earle v. Carson 42 (1903) White none none 3d Cir. affirmed
Hale v. Allinson 56 (1903) Peckham none none Cir. affirmed
Diamond M. Co. v. Village of Ontonagon 82 (1903) McKenna none none C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed
Billings v. Illinois 97 (1903) McKenna none none Ill. affirmed
American C. Co. v. Continental C. Co. 104 (1903) Holmes none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Nelson v. Northern P. Ry. Co. 108 (1903) Harlan none Brewer Wash. reversed
Smythe v. United States 156 (1903) Harlan none Peckham 5th Cir. affirmed
Beals v. Cone 184 (1903) Brewer none none Colo. dismissed
Blackstone v. Miller 189 (1903) Holmes none none N.Y. Cnty. Sur. Ct. affirmed
Connecticut M.L. Ins. Co. v. Hillmon 208 (1903) Brown none none 8th Cir. reversed
Easton v. Iowa 220 (1903) Shiras none none Iowa reversed
Bleistein v. Donaldson L. Co. 239 (1903) Holmes none Harlan 6th Cir. reversed
The Manila Prize Cases 254 (1903) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. multiple
The Infanta Maria Teresa 283 (1903) Fuller none Brown Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Mutual L. Ins. Co. v. McGrew 291 (1903) Fuller none none Cal. dismissed
Hooker v. City of Los Angeles 314 (1903) Fuller none none Cal. dismissed
Lottery Case 321 (1903) Harlan none Fuller C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Francis v. United States 375 (1903) Holmes none Harlan 6th Cir. reversed
Louisville et al. Co. v. Kentucky I 385 (1903) Harlan none none Ky. reversed
Louisville et al. Co. v. Kentucky II 399 (1903) Harlan none none Ky. reversed
Bigby v. United States 400 (1903) Harlan none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
Cummings v. City of Chicago 410 (1903) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Calumet G.E. Co. v. City of Chicago 431 (1903) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
United States v. Rickert 432 (1903) Harlan none none 8th Cir. certification
United States v. Lynah 445 (1903) Brewer Brown White C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
United States v. Williams 485 (1903) Brewer none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Clarke v. Larremore 486 (1903) Brewer none none 2d Cir. affirmed
Williams v. Parker 491 (1903) Brewer none none Mass. affirmed
Reetz v. Michigan 505 (1903) Brewer none none Mich. affirmed
Leach v. Burr 510 (1903) Brewer none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Schaefer v. Werling 516 (1903) Brewer none none Ind. affirmed
Tarrance v. Florida 519 (1903) Brewer none none Fla. affirmed
Northern P. Ry. Co. v. Soderberg 526 (1903) Brown none none 9th Cir. affirmed
Prout v. Starr 537 (1903) Shiras none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
Gutierres v. Albuquerque L. & I. Co. 545 (1903) White none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed
Rankin v. Chase Nat'l Bank 557 (1903) White none none 2d Cir. reversed
Commercial P. Co. v. Beckwith 567 (1903) White none none Sup. Ct. N.Y. affirmed
United States v. Barringer 577 (1903) White none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Waggoner v. Flack 595 (1903) Peckham none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
Helwig v. United States 605 (1903) Peckham none none 2d Cir. certification
Jaquith v. Rowley 620 (1903) Peckham none none D. Mass. affirmed
American I. Co. v. Eastern T. & B. Co. 626 (1903) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Boston et al. Co. v. Montana O.P. Co. 632 (1903) Peckham none none C.C.D. Mont. affirmed
Winslow v. Baltimore & O.R.R. Co. 646 (1903) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. reversed
Chicago T.S. v. Illinois 662 (1903) Peckham none White Ill. affirmed
Indiana Mfg. Co. v. Koehne 681 (1903) Peckham none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
Hyatt v. People ex rel. Corkran 691 (1903) Peckham none none N.Y. affirmed
The Mangrove Prize Money 720 (1903) Holmes none none S.D. Fla. affirmed
Home L. Ins. Co. v. Fisher 726 (1903) Holmes none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed
Kidd v. Alabama 730 (1903) Holmes none none Ala. affirmed
Fourth Nat'l Bank v. Albaugh 734 (1903) Holmes none none 8th Cir. affirmed

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

See also

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