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This is a list of cases reported in volume 145 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1892.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 145 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).[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 145 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following eight members (Justice Joseph P. Bradley had died in January 1892):

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)
Samuel Blatchford Associate Justice New York Ward Hunt March 22, 1882
(Acclamation)
April 3, 1882

July 7, 1893
(Died)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Associate Justice Mississippi William Burnham Woods January 16, 1888
(32–28)
January 18, 1888

January 23, 1893
(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)

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.

List of cases in volume 145 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Ficklen v. Shelby County 1 (1892) Fuller none Harlan Tenn. affirmed
Sessions v. Romadka 29 (1892) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Wis. reversed
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company v. Oregonian Railway Company 52 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.D. Or. reversed
Lewis v. Barnhart 56 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Quincy, Missouri and Pacific Railroad Company v. Humphreys 82 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
St. Joseph and St. Louis Railroad Company v. Humphreys 105 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Willard v. Willard 116 (1892) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
New England Mortgage Security Company v. Gay 123 (1892) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Ga. dismissed
Furrer v. Ferris 132 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Barnett v. City of Denison 135 (1892) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed
Goode v. Gaines 141 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed
Topliff v. Topliff 156 (1892) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
People ex rel. New York Electric Lines Company v. Squire 175 (1892) Lamar none none N.Y. Ct. Com. Pl. affirmed
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company v. Pennsylvania 192 (1892) Fuller none none Pa. affirmed
Culver v. Wilkinson 205 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Washington v. Opie 214 (1892) Harlan none none D.W. Va. reversed
City of Clay Center v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company 224 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.D. Kan. dismissed
Freeman v. Asmus 226 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Ryan v. Hard 241 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Earnshaw v. Cadwalader 247 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 263 (1892) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Hillmon 285 (1892) Gray none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed
South Spring Hill Gold Mining Company v. Amador Medean Gold Mining Company 300 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
Hoyt v. Horne 302 (1892) Brown none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Pickering v. Lomax 310 (1892) Brown none none Ill. reversed
Felix v. Patrick 317 (1892) Brown none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
The Corsair 335 (1892) Brown none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Pewabic Mining Company v. Marcus 349 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed
Galliher v. Cadwell 368 (1892) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. affirmed
Cox v. Hart 376 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad Company v. Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company 393 (1892) Gray none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Hancock v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company 409 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Aerkfetz v. Humphreys 418 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
Miller v. Ammon 421 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.S.D. Iowa reversed
Benson Mining and Smelting Company v. Alta Mining and Smelting Company 428 (1892) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed
Kissam v. Anderson 435 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Shaw v. Quincy Mining Company 444 (1892) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. mandamus denied
Brown v. Smart 454 (1892) Gray none none Md. affirmed
Franklin Telegraph Company v. Harrison 459 (1892) Harlan none Fuller C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Matthews v. Warner 475 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Baker's Executors v. Kilgore 487 (1892) Harlan none none Tenn. affirmed
McDonald v. Belding 492 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed
Glenn v. Marbury 499 (1892) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Dowling v. National Exchange Bank of Boston 512 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Mich. reversed
Nebraska v. Iowa 519 (1892) per curiam none none original boundary set
Telfener v. Russ 522 (1892) Field none none C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed
Bardon v. Northern Pacific Railroad Company 535 (1892) Field none none C.C.W.D. Wis. reversed
Jenkins v. Collard 546 (1892) Field none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Rossman v. Hedden 561 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Cross v. United States 571 (1892) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
Oteri v. Scalzo 578 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed
Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Cox 593 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed
Meagher v. Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Company 608 (1892) Fuller none none Minn. dismissed
Meehan v. Valentine 611 (1892) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed

Notes and references

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

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