Rufus Wheeler Peckham
1838–1909 · Albany, NY
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Court of the United States | Associate Justice | Grover Cleveland (Democratic) | Dec 9, 1895 | Death, Oct 24, 1909 |
Education
- Read law, 1859
Professional Career
Private practice, Albany, New York, 1859-1883; District attorney, Albany County, New York, 1869-1872; Corporation counsel, Albany, New York, 1881-1883; Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1883-1886; Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, 1886-1895
Opinions on This Site
Showing 100 of 356 opinions from 1891 to 1909
- Weems Steamboat Co. of Baltimore v. People's Steamboat Co. 1909
- Gray v. Noholoa 1909
- Collins v. O'NEIL 1909
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Eastin & Knox 1909
- Strong v. Repide 1909
- Siler v. Illinois Central R. Co. 1909
- Hammond Packing Co. v. Arkansas 1909
- Matter of Dunn 1909
- Bradford v. Morrison 1909
- Railroad Commission v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. 1909
- Crawford v. United States 1909
- Continental Wall Paper Co. v. Louis Voight & Sons Co. 1909
- North Shore Boom and Driving Company v. Nicomen Boom Company 1908
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. Gokey 1908
- Sanderson v. United States 1908
- In Re Wood and Henderson 1908
- Sanderson v. United States 1908
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Struthers Wells Co. 1908
- National Life Insurance Co. of the United States v. National Life Insurance 1908
- Allemannia Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh v. Firemen's Ins. Co. of Baltimore Ex Rel. Wolfe 1908
- United States v. Cerecedo Hermanos Y Compañia 1908
- Phillips v. City of Mobile 1908
- Richard v. City of Mobile 1908
- Jetton v. University of the South 1908
- United States v. A. Graf Distilling Co. 1908
- The Employers'liability Cases 1908
- Earle v. Myers 1907
- Ozan Lumber Co. v. Union County Nat. Bank of Liberty 1907
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Seegers 1907
- Raymond v. Chicago Edison Co. 1907
- Goat & Sheepskin Import Co. v. United States 1907
- Stewart v. United States 1907
- Home Savings Bank v. City of Des Moines 1907
- Johnson v. Browne 1907
- Moore v. McGuire 1907
- Halter v. Nebraska 1907
- Iglehart v. Iglehart 1907
- Clark v. Gerstley 1907
- Arthur v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. 1907
- Doyle v. London Guarantee & Accident Co. 1907
- Bown v. Walling 1907
- Merchants Heat & Light Co. v. J. B. Clow & Sons 1907
- Armstrong v. Ashley 1907
- J. B. Orcutt Co. v. Green 1907
- Cleveland Electric Railway Co v. Cleveland & the Forest City Railway Co. 1907
- Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co. v. Lyon 1906
- National Live Stock Bank v. First National Bank 1906
- Mercantile Trust & Deposit Co. v. City of Columbus 1906
- Mississippi Railroad Commission v. Illinois Central Railroad 1906
- Allen v. Riley 1906
- John Woods & Sons v. Carl 1906
- Security Mutual Life Insurance v. Prewitt 1906
- Pearson v. Williams 1906
- Sawyer v. United States 1906
- McHarg v. Staake 1906
- York Manufacturing Co. v. Cassell 1906
- Felts v. Murphy 1906
- Valentina v. Mercer 1906
- Knoxville Water Co. v. Knoxville 1906
- Montana Catholic Missions v. Missoula County 1906
- South Carolina v. United States 1905
- Gardner v. Michigan 1905
- Jack v. Kansas 1905
- Nederland Life Insurance v. Meinert 1905
- Kendall v. American Automatic Loom Co. 1905
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. West Coast Naval Stores Co. 1905
- Ah Sin v. Wittman 1905
- Harris v. Balk 1905
- Harley v. United States 1905
- United States v. Ju Toy 1905
- Lochner v. New York 1905
- Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance v. Meyer 1905
- Dallemagne v. Moisan 1905
- San Francisco National Bank v. Dodge 1905
- Thompson v. Fairbanks 1905
- Oklahoma City v. McMaster 1905
- McCaffrey v. Manogue 1905
- Jacobson v. Massachusetts 1905
- Thompson v. Fairbanks 1905
- Munsey v. Clough 1905
- Madisonville Traction Company v. Saint Bernard Mining Company 1905
- Cook v. Marshall County 1905
- Hodge v. Muscatine County 1905
- Cliff v. United States 1904
- International Postal Supply Co. v. Bruce 1904
- Schick v. United States 1904
- Hooker v. Burr 1904
- Elder v. Horseshoe Mining & Milling Co. 1904
- Mutual Life Insurnace v. Hill 1904
- Platt v. Wilmot 1904
- Sloan v. United States 1904
- Tinker v. Colwell 1904
- Benziger v. United States 1904
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Taylor 1904
- Czarnikow, MacDougall & Co. v. Bidwell 1903
- Warner, Barnes & Co. v. Stranahan 1903
- Hibben v. Smith 1903
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. Holloway 1903
- Hubbert v. Campbellsville Lumber Co. 1903
- The Robert W. Parsons 1903