| 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 |
| 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 |
| Holy Trinity Church v. United States |
143 U.S. 457 (1892) |
contracts with foreign citizens, religion |
| Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois |
146 U.S. 387 (1892) |
railroad land dispute, public trust doctrine |
| Nix v. Hedden |
149 U.S. 304 (1893) |
status of the tomato as fruit or vegetable under Tariff Act of 1883 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Talton v. Mayes |
163 U.S. 376 (1896) |
individual rights in U.S. Constitution not applicable to tribal governments |
| Plessy v. Ferguson |
163 U.S. 537 (1896) |
segregation; "separate but equal" |
| United States v. Ball |
163 U.S. 662 (1896) |
double jeopardy |
| United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association |
166 U.S. 290 (1897) |
railroads and rate fixing |
| 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 |
| Brown v. New Jersey |
175 U.S. 172 (1899) |
use of a struck jury |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hale v. Henkel |
201 U.S. 43 (1906) |
witness testimony in antitrust cases |
| 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. |
| 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" |
| Bailey v. Alabama |
211 U.S. 452 (1908) |
peonage laws and the Thirteenth Amendment |
| 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 |