| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Type: | Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation |
| Authority: | Constitution of the United States, Art. III, §1 |
| Terms: | life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal |
| Positions: | 9 (by statute) |
This is a list of cases reported in volume 130 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1889.
See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
See also: List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office.
See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition.
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 130 U.S. 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) | |
| Samuel Freeman Miller | Associate Justice | Iowa | Peter Vivian Daniel | (Acclamation) | – October 13, 1890 (Died) | |
| Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly created seat | (Acclamation) | – December 1, 1897 (Retired) | |
| Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly created seat | (46–9) | – January 22, 1892 (Died) | |
| John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | (Acclamation) | – October 14, 1911 (Died) | |
| Stanley Matthews | Associate Justice | Ohio | Noah Haynes Swayne | (24–23) | – March 22, 1889 (Died) | |
| Horace Gray | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | (51–5) | – September 15, 1902 (Died) | |
| Samuel Blatchford | Associate Justice | New York | Ward Hunt | (Acclamation) | – July 7, 1893 (Died) | |
| Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar | Associate Justice | Mississippi | William Burnham Woods | (32–28) | – January 23, 1893 (Died) | |
Chae Chan Ping v. United States, 130 U.S. 581 (1889), also known as the Chinese Exclusion Case, was a challenge to the Scott Act of 1888, an addendum to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. One ground of challenge was conflict with the Burlingame Treaty of 1868 between the United States and China. The Supreme Court rejected the challenge and upheld the authority of the US federal government to set immigration policy and pass new legislation even if it overrode the terms of existing treaties. The decision was an important precedent for judicial deference to the plenary power of the legislative branch in immigration law, and federal authority to overturn the terms of international treaties.
See also: United States district court.
See also: United States circuit court.
See also: United States federal courts. 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.
Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.
See also: Fuller Court.
| Case Name | Page & year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower court | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company v. Oregonian Railway Company, Ltd. | 1 (1889) | Miller | none | Field | C.C.D. Or. | reversed |
| Badger v. Cusimano | 39 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Parker v. Dacres | 43 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. | affirmed |
| Ballard v. Searls | 50 (1889) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | remanded |
| Collins Company v. Coes | 56 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| Arkansas Valley Land and Cattle Company v. Mann | 69 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
| United States v. Watson | 80 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.D. | affirmed |
| Calton v. Utah | 83 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
| Brown v. District of Columbia | 87 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Richardson v. Green | 104 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | dismissed |
| Thompson v. Hall | 117 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Moore v. Crawford | 122 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Bullitt County v. Washer | 142 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
| Rude v. Westcott | 152 (1889) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | reversed |
| Smith v. Adams | 167 (1889) | Field | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota | dismissed |
| Lyon v. Alley | 177 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Williamson v. New Jersey | 189 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | N.J. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| The Alaska | 201 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company v. Hopkins | 210 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| District of Columbia v. Gannon | 227 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| District of Columbia v. Emerson | 229 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Stevens v. Nichols | 230 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | reversed |
| Buxton v. Traver | 232 (1889) | Field | none | none | Cal. | affirmed |
| Botiller v. Dominguez | 238 (1889) | Miller | none | none | Cal. | reversed |
| Parley's Park Silver Mining Company v. Kerr | 256 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
| United States v. Insley | 263 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | reversed |
| Manhattan Bank v. Walker | 267 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | reversed |
| United States v. Pile | 280 (1889) | Miller | none | none | dismissed | |
| Davies v. Miller | 284 (1889) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Hammer v. Garfield Mining and Milling Company | 291 (1889) | Field | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. | affirmed |
| Amy v. City of Watertown I | 301 (1889) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Amy v. City of Watertown II | 320 (1889) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Knowlton v. City of Watertown I | 327 (1889) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Knowlton v. City of Watertown II | 334 (1889) | per curiam | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| United States v. Averill | 335 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
| Brock v. Northwestern Fuel Company | 341 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.N.D. Iowa | reversed |
| In re Gon-Shay-Ee | 343 (1889) | Miller | none | none | D. Terr. Ariz. | habeas corpus granted |
| In re Captain Jack | 353 (1889) | Miller | none | none | not indicated | habeas corpus granted |
| Reynes v. F. Dumont and Company | 354 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Gibbs v. Consolidated Gas Company | 396 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| Robertson v. Salomon | 412 (1889) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Friedlander and Company v. Texas and Pacific Railway Company | 416 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Shepherd v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company | 426 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | reversed |
| Town of Andes v. Slauson | 435 (1889) | Gray | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Badeau v. United States | 439 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| United States v. Cumming | 452 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Hurlbut v. Schillinger | 456 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Wilson v. Edmonds | 472 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Central Trust Company v. Seasongood | 482 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Hassall v. Wilcox | 493 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | reversed |
| Kilbourn v. Sunderland | 505 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | multiple |
| Stillwell and Bierce Manufacturing Company v. Phelps | 520 (1889) | Gray | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Butler v. Boston and Savannah Steamship Company | 527 (1889) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| Huling v. Kaw Valley Railway and Improvement Company | 559 (1889) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Union Trust Company v. Southern Inland Navigation and Improvement Company | 565 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.N.D. Fla. | affirmed |
| Synnott v. Shaughnessy | 572 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho | affirmed |
| Chae Chan Ping v. United States | 581 (1889) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| New York and Colorado Mining Syndicate and Company v. Fraser | 611 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
| Redfield v. Parks | 623 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | certiorari issued |
| Peters v. Active Manufacturing Company | 626 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| McKinley v. Wheeler | 630 (1889) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
| Pickard v. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company | 637 (1889) | Field | none | none | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | reversed |
| Andrus v. St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company | 643 (1889) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
| Dunlap v. Northeastern Railroad Company | 649 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ga. | reversed |
| United States v. Haynes | 653 (1889) | Gray | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | dismissed |
| District of Columbia v. Cornell | 655 (1889) | Gray | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Lake County v. Rollins | 662 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
| Lake County v. Graham | 674 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
| Jones v. Van Doren | 684 (1889) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
| Michigan Ins. Bank v. Eldred | 693 (1889) | Gray | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | reversed |
| Hill v. Harding | 699 (1889) | Gray | none | none | Ill. | affirmed |