List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Fuller Court

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 name Citation Summary
Kidd v. Pearson 128 U.S. 1 (1888) Scope of the Commerce Clause
Dent v. West Virginia 129 U.S. 114 (1889) state licensing of doctors
Botiller v. Dominguez 130 U.S. 238 (1889) validity of Spanish and Mexican land grants within the Mexican Cession
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago 130 U.S. 581 (1889)
Smith v. Bolles 132 U.S. 125 (1889)
Davis v. Beason 133 U.S. 333 (1890) United States federal courts have jurisdiction to hear charges related to polygamy even though it be part of a religious belief
Hans v. Louisiana 134 U.S. 1 (1890) sovereign immunity of states, interpreting the Eleventh Amendment
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad v. Minnesota 134 U.S. 418 (1890) states and railway fees
In re Neagle 135 U.S. 1 (1890) authority of the U.S. Attorney General to appoint U.S. Marshals as bodyguards to Supreme Court Justices
LDS Church v. United States 136 U.S. 1 (1890) upheld revocation of LDS Church charter and confiscation of church property
In re Ross 140 U.S. 453 (1891) application of U.S. law to foreign sailors on U.S. flagged ships while in another country
Smith v. Bolles 132 U.S. 125 (1889)
Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Botsford 141 U.S. 250 (1891)
Counselman v. Hitchcock 142 U.S. 547 (1892)
Holy Trinity Church v. United States 143 U.S. 457 (1892) contracts with foreign citizens, religion
United States v. Ballin 144 U.S. 1 (1892)
Lau Ow Bew v. United States 144 U.S. 47 (1892)
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hillmon 145 U.S. 285 (1892)
Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois 146 U.S. 387 (1892) railroad land dispute, public trust doctrine
Kohn v. McNulta 147 U.S. 238 (1893)
Fleitas v. Richardson 147 U.S. 550 (1893)
Virginia v. Tennessee 148 U.S. 503 (1893)
Nix v. Hedden 149 U.S. 304 (1893) status of the tomato as fruit or vegetable under Tariff Act of 1883
Fong Yue Ting v. United States 149 U.S. 698 (1893)
Wharton v. Wise 153 U.S. 155 (1894)
McKane v. Durston 153 U.S. 684 (1894)
Schillinger v. United States 155 U.S. 163 (1894) sovereign immunity forbids suit against the Federal government for patent infringement
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. 156 U.S. 1 (1895) antitrust action; “Sugar Trust Case”
Sparf v. United States 156 U.S. 51 (1895) jury instructions
Coffin v. United States 156 U.S. 432 (1895) the presumption of innocence
In re Debs 158 U.S. 564 (1895) strikes and interstate commerce
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. 158 U.S. 601 (1895) income tax and tariffs
Hilton v. Guyot 159 U.S. 113 (1895) doctrine of comity
United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co. 160 U.S. 668 (1896)
Rosen v. United States 161 U.S. 29 (1896) defendant's ability to inspect evidence at obscenity trial overcame objection that indictment was too vague
Geer v. Connecticut 161 U.S. 519 (1896) states owned the wild animals within their borders and can strictly regulate their management and harvest
Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway Co. 162 U.S. 283 (1896)
Talton v. Mayes 163 U.S. 376 (1896) individual rights in U.S. Constitution not applicable to tribal governments
Ward v. Race Horse 163 U.S. 504 (1896)
Plessy v. Ferguson 163 U.S. 537 (1896) segregation; "separate but equal"
United States v. Ball 163 U.S. 662 (1896) double jeopardy
Allen v. United States (1896) 164 U.S. 492 (1896)
Allgeyer v. Louisiana 165 U.S. 578 (1897) Freedom of contract
Chae Chan Ping v. United States 166 U.S. 226 (1897)
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association 166 U.S. 290 (1897) railroads and rate fixing
Davis v. Massachusetts 167 U.S. 43 (1897)
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co. 167 U.S. 479 (1897) powers of an administrative agency
Barrett v. United States 169 U.S. 218 (1898) South Carolina had not been subdivided into separate federal judicial districts
Holden v. Hardy 169 U.S. 366 (1898) working hours of miners
United States v. Wong Kim Ark 169 U.S. 649 (1898) citizenship and race
Hawker v. New York 170 U.S. 189 (1898) character and doctor’s licenses
Williams v. Mississippi 170 U.S. 213 (1898) literacy tests
Smyth v. Ames 171 U.S. 361 (1898)
City of Walla Walla v. Walla Walla Water Co. 172 U.S. 1 (1898)
Andersen v. Treat 172 U.S. 24 (1898)
United States v. Johnson (1899) 173 U.S. 363 (1899)
Morris v. United States 174 U.S. 196 (1899)
Brown v. New Jersey 175 U.S. 172 (1899) use of a struck jury
Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United States 175 U.S. 211 (1899)
Malony v. Adsit 175 U.S. 281 (1899) trial judge must authenticate bill of exceptions
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education 175 U.S. 528 (1899) segregation in public schools
The Paquete Habana 175 U.S. 677 (1900) prize in admiralty law and customary international law
Maxwell v. Dow 176 U.S. 581 (1900) Utah court procedure
Bad Elk v. United States 177 U.S. 529 (1900) unlawful arrest
Taylor v. Beckham 178 U.S. 548 (1900) Kentucky gubernatorial election of 1899
Austin v. Tennessee 179 U.S. 343 (1900) restricting or prohibiting the sale of tobacco
Marks v. Shoup 181 U.S. 562 (1901) Property issues
Insular Cases
   DeLima v. Bidwell 182 U.S. 1 (1901) constitutional status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines
   Goetze v. United States 182 U.S. 221 (1901)
   Armstrong v. United States 182 U.S. 243 (1901)
   Downes v. Bidwell 182 U.S. 244 (1901)
   Huus v. New York & Porto Rico S.S. Co. 182 U.S. 392 (1901)
   Dooley v. United States 183 U.S. 151 (1901)
   Fourteen Diamond Rings v. United States 183 U.S. 176 (1901)
Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health 186 U.S. 380 (1902) Constitutionality of state quarantine laws
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock 187 U.S. 553 (1903) power of Congress to abrogate treaties with Native American tribes
Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Company 188 U.S. 239 (1903) copyright protection of illustrations made for advertisements
Champion v. Ames 188 U.S. 321 (1903) Congressional Commerce Clause regulation of lottery tickets
Yamataya v. Fisher 189 U.S. 86 (1903)
Giles v. Harris 189 U.S. 475 (1903) voting rights, Eleventh Amendment
Hawaii v. Manikichi 190 U.S. 197 (1903) sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
Ex parte Joins 191 U.S. 93 (1903)
Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Company of Texas v. Clay May 194 U.S. 267 (1904) 14th Amendment permits law which penalizes railroads for allowing weeds to grow
Kepner v. United States 195 U.S. 100 (1904) sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
Dorr v. United States 195 U.S. 138 (1904) sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
Gonzales v. Williams 192 U.S. 1 (1904) Puerto Ricans and illegal aliens
Northern Securities Co. v. United States 193 U.S. 197 (1904) Antitrust, application of the Sherman Antitrust Act
Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co. 196 U.S. 1 (1904)
Burton v. United States (1905)’’ 196 U.S. 283 (1905)
Swift & Co. v. United States 196 U.S. 375 (1905) Commerce Clause, to regulate monopolies
Jacobson v. Massachusetts 197 U.S. 11 (1905)
Rasmussen v. United States 197 U.S. 516 (1905) sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
Lochner v. New York 198 U.S. 45 (1905) freedom of contract, substantive due process
Harris v. Balk 198 U.S. 215 (1905) quasi in rem jurisdiction
Chicago Board of Trade v. Christie Grain 198 U.S. 236 (1905) upholding power of Chicago Board of Trade to regulate futures contracts
United States v. Ju Toy 198 U.S. 253 (1905)
United States v. Winans 198 U.S. 371 (1905)
Rogers v. Peck 199 U.S. 425 (1905)
United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
Hale v. Henkel 201 U.S. 43 (1906) witness testimony in antitrust cases
Burton v. United States (1906)’’ 202 U.S. 344 (1906)
Hodges v. United States 203 U.S. 1 (1906)
Northwestern National Life Insurance Co. v. Riggs 203 U.S. 243 (1906) upheld power of states to regulate insurance contracts against Fourteenth Amendment challenge
United States v. Shipp 203 U.S. 563 (1906) Only criminal trial in the court's history. Lynching.
Seneca Nation of Indians v. Christy 205 U.S. 1 (1907)
Tinsley v. Treat 205 U.S. 20 (1907)
Kessler v. Treat 205 U.S. 33 (1907)
Halter v. Nebraska 205 U.S. 34 (1907)
Citizens' Savings & Trust Co. v. Illinois Central Railway Co. 205 U.S. 46 (1907)
Wilmington Star Mining Co. v. Fulton 205 U.S. 60 (1907)
United States ex rel. West v. Hitchcock 205 U.S. 80 (1907)
Pearcy v. Stranahan 205 U.S. 257 (1907)
Patterson v. Colorado 205 U.S. 454 (1907)
Kessler v. Eldred 206 U.S. 285 (1907)
Hunter v. City of Pittsburgh 207 U.S. 161 (1907)
Winters v. United States 207 U.S. 564 (1908)
Adair v. United States 208 U.S. 161 (1908) "Yellow Dog contract"
Loewe v. Lawlor 208 U.S. 274 (1908) Sherman Antitrust Act applied against labor union boycott
Muller v. Oregon 208 U.S. 412 (1908) protective labor laws, protection of women
White-Smith Music Publishing Company v. Apollo Company 209 U.S. 1 (1908) manufacturers of player pianos need not pay royalties to copyright holders of music
Ex parte Young 209 U.S. 123 (1908) exception to sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment
Ware & Leland v. Mobile County 209 U.S. 405 (1908) 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 210 U.S. 339 (1908) First-sale doctrine, copyright holder cannot control resale prices by use of licenses
Londoner v. City and County of Denver 210 U.S. 373 (1908) role of due process in administrative rulemaking
Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co. 210 U.S. 405 (1908) patent and antitrust
Berea College v. Kentucky 211 U.S. 45 (1908) state laws and segregation of educational facilities
Twining v. New Jersey 211 U.S. 78 (1908) Fifth Amendment does not apply to state trials
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley 211 U.S. 149 (1908) federal question jurisdiction, the "well-pleaded complaint rule"
North American Cold Storage Co. v. City of Chicago 211 U.S. 306 (1908)
Moyer v. Peabody 212 U.S. 78 (1909) citizens' rights during insurrection
Welch v. Swasey 214 U.S. 91 (1909) Massachusetts' statute restricting building heights is constitutional
Maryland v. West Virginia 217 U.S. 1 (1910)
Weems v. United States 217 U.S. 349 (1910)
Supreme Court of the United States
Fuller Court
October 10, 1888 – July 4, 1910
(21 years, 267 days)
SeatOld Senate Chamber
Washington, D.C.
No. of positions9
Fuller Court decisions

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