# 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 |
| Jones v. United States (1890) | 137 U.S. 202 (1890) | upheld the Guano Islands Act |
| 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 |
| Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Botsford | 141 U.S. 250 (1891) | right to Bodily integrity |
| Marshall v. Holmes | 141 U.S. 589 (1891) | unconscionability as grounds for equitable relief where fraud on the court is alleged |
| 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) | |
| Graver v. Faurot | 162 U.S. 435 (1896) | Judiciary Act of 1891 bars Court from considering entire case without questions that can be separately resolved; cert denied and question of resolving two earlier cases reverts to Seventh Circuit |
| 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 |
| Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago | 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) | constitutional status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines |
| Armstrong v. United States | 182 U.S. 243 (1901) | constitutional status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines |
| Downes v. Bidwell | 182 U.S. 244 (1901) | constitutional status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines |
| Huus v. New York & Porto Rico S.S. Co. | 182 U.S. 392 (1901) | constitutional status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines |
| Dooley v. United States | 183 U.S. 151 (1901) | constitutional status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines |
| Fourteen Diamond Rings v. United States | 183 U.S. 176 (1901) | constitutional status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines |
| Montoya v. United States | 180 U.S. 261 (1901) | legal definition of Native American tribes |
| 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 Co. | 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 Co. of Texas v. 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) | Police power supersedes freedom of religion in matters of public health; vaccination requirements are constitutional |
| 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 Ins. 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 Co. v. Apollo Co. | 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) | |