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haps not as great a justice as Samuel F. Miller, with whom 
he was associated, he was one of the greatest of the judges 
who have sat upon the supreme bench. One of his great 
opinions was rendered in the case of Munn v. Illinois 68 
Fuller (1833-1910). 64 The eighth chief justice was Melville 
W. Fuller. He was appointed by Cleveland and presided from 
1888 to 1910. He was pre-eminent at the bar of the Middle 
West, was fluent in speech, and ready with the pen, but was 
not eminent as a judge. He was born in Augusta, Me.; 
graduated from Bowdoin and Harvard Law School ; practiced 
for a short time in Augusta and thereafter in Chicago; was 
a member of the Venezuela Boundary Commission; and was 
one of the peace commissioners at The Hague. He wrote 
opinions in the case of Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust 
Co ., 65 in which the income tax law was nullified; in the 
Northern Securities Case , 66 where a railway merger was 
held to violate the Sherman Anti-Trust Law ; in the 
Danbury Hatters’ Case , 67 where a labor union was brought 
within the condemnation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law; in 
the case of Inman v. So. Car. Ry ., 68 where it was held that a 
railway cannot limit its liability for negligence; and in Leisy 
v. Hardin , 66 where the Iowa prohibition law was nullified under 
the original package doctrine. 
White (1845-1921). 70 Edward D. White was the ninth 
chief justice. He was appointed chief justice by Taft in 
1910 and held the office until 1921, but he had previously been 
appointed associate justice by Cleveland in 1894. He was 
born in La Fourche Parish, La.; was educated at Catholic 
colleges; served in the Confederate army; was justice on the 
Louisiana Supreme Court; and was United States senator at 
the time of his appointment by Cleveland. He dissented in the 
Northern Securities Case, but wrote the majority opinions 
in other trust cases. He was a man of simplicity and kind- 
ness. His legal knowledge was adequate. His judgments were 
wise and fearless. His commanding presence lent dignity to 
63 94 U.S. 113. 
G4 22 Green Bag 437, 526 ; 44 Am. L. Rev. 751. 
65 1 58 U.S. 601. 
66 193 U.S. 197. 
67 Loetve v. Laivler, 208 U.S. 274. 
68 1 29 U.S. 128. 
69 135 Z7„S. 100. 
70 2 3 Green Bag 102 ; 45 Am. L. Rev. 321. 
