# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 158

This is a list of cases reported in volume 158 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1895.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 158 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). 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 158 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Howell Edmunds Jackson | Associate Justice | Tennessee | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar | February 18, 1893 (Acclamation) | March 4, 1893 – August 8, 1895 (Died) |
| Edward Douglass White | Associate Justice | Louisiana | Samuel Blatchford | February 19, 1894 (Acclamation) | March 12, 1894 – December 18, 1910 (Continued as chief justice) |

## Notable Case in 158 U.S.
### In re Debs

In re Debs, 158 U.S. 564 (1895), is a US labor law case. Eugene V. Debs, president of the American Railway Union, had been involved in the Pullman Strike earlier in 1894 and challenged the federal injunction ordering the strikers back to work where they would face being fired. The injunction had been issued because of the violent nature of the strike. However, Debs refused to end the strike and was cited for contempt of court; he appealed the decision. The main question was whether the federal government had a right to issue the injunction, which dealt with both interstate and intrastate commerce and shipping on rail cars. The Court held that the U.S. government had a right to regulate interstate commerce and ensure the operations of the Postal Service, along with a responsibility to "ensure the general welfare of the public."

## 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.
* "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals
** e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
* "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . .
** e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
* "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . .
** e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
* "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western
** e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
** e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
* "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
* The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time.
** e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
** e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

## List of cases in volume 158 U.S.

| Case Name | Page & year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| Roberts v. Northern P.R.R. Co. | 1 (1895) | Shiras | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| In re Buchanan | 31 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | N.Y. | dismissed |
| Newport et al. Co. v. Pace | 36 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
| Koenigsberger v. Richmond S.M. Co. | 41 (1895) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D.S.D. | affirmed |
| Mattingly v. Northwestern Va. R.R. Co. | 53 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.D.W. Va. | reversed |
| Du Bois v. Kirk | 58 (1895) | Brown | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Risdon I.L. Works v. Medart | 68 (1895) | Brown | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Whitney v. Taylor | 85 (1895) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Gulf et al. Ry. Co. v. Hefley | 98 (1895) | Brewer | none | none | Milam Cnty. Ct. | reversed |
| Ellenwood v. Marietta C. Co. | 105 (1895) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Johnson v. Sayre | 109 (1895) | Gray | none | none | C.C.E.D. Va. | reversed |
| Pacific R.R. Co. v. United States | 118 (1895) | Shiras | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Beardsley v. Arkansas & L. Ry. Co. | 123 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | dismissed |
| White v. Joyce | 128 (1895) | Shiras | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Keyes v. Eureka C.M. Co. | 150 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Catholic Bishop v. Gibbon | 155 (1895) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.D. Wash. | affirmed |
| Teall v. Schroder | 172 (1895) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Sayward v. Denny | 180 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | Wash. | dismissed |
| The Oregon | 186 (1895) | Brown | none | none | C.C.D. Or. | reversed |
| Kennedy v. Magone | 212 (1895) | White | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| De Sollar v. Hanscome | 216 (1895) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
| Episcopal C.M. v. Brown | 222 (1895) | White | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Wright v. United States | 232 (1895) | White | none | none | C.C.E.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Stoneroad v. Stoneroad | 240 (1895) | White | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. | reversed |
| Russell v. Maxwell L.G. Co. | 253 (1895) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
| Boyd v. Janesville H.T. Co. | 260 (1895) | Shiras | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Virginia v. Tennessee | 267 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | original | case stricken |
| Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Urlin | 271 (1895) | Shiras | none | none | C.C.D. Mont. | affirmed |
| Todd v. United States | 278 (1895) | Brewer | none | none | N.D. Ala. | reversed |
| Union P. Ry. Co. v. Wyler | 285 (1895) | White | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | reversed |
| Richards v. Chase E. Co. | 299 (1895) | Brown | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| The Beaconsfield | 303 (1895) | Brown | none | none | 2d Cir. | certification |
| Town of Andes v. Ely | 312 (1895) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Union P. Ry. Co. v. Harris | 326 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | 8th Cir. | affirmed |
| Boston & A.R.R. Co. v. O'Reilly | 334 (1895) | Shiras | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
| National Park Bank v. Remsen | 337 (1895) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| United States v. Smith | 346 (1895) | Brown | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Shipman v. Straitsville C.M. Co. | 356 (1895) | Brown | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | reversed |
| Eby v. King | 366 (1895) | Brown | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Rich v. Braxton | 375 (1895) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D.W. Va. | affirmed |
| Connors v. United States | 408 (1895) | Harlan | none | none | D. Colo. | affirmed |
| Abraham v. Ordway | 416 (1895) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Cutler v. Huston | 423 (1895) | Harlan | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| New York et al. R.R. Co. v. Pennsylvania | 431 (1895) | Shiras | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| Tioga R.R. Co. v. Pennsylvania | 440 (1895) | Shiras | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| Bennett v. Harkrader | 441 (1895) | Brewer | none | none | D. Alaska | affirmed |
| Harter v. Twohig | 448 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
| Colvin v. City of Jacksonville | 456 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.S.D. Fla. | affirmed |
| Lehigh V.R.R. Co. v. Kearney | 461 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | reversed |
| Green v. Bogue | 478 (1895) | Shiras | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Clark v. Reeder | 505 (1895) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.D.W. Va. | affirmed |
| In re Quarles | 532 (1895) | Gray | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ga. | habeas corpus denied |
| Lem Moon Sing v. United States | 538 (1895) | Harlan | none | none | N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Beard v. United States | 550 (1895) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.W.D. Ark. | reversed |
| In re Debs | 564 (1895) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | habeas corpus denied |
| Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. | 601 (1895) | Fuller | none | Harlan; Brown; Jackson; White | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |