List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 102

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Supreme Court of the United States
Seal of the United States Supreme Court.svg
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 233 years ago (1789-03-04)[1]
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444Coordinates: 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

This is a list of the 89 cases reported in volume 102 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States from November 1879 to January 1881.[2]

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 102 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).[3] 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 102 U.S. were decided the Court comprised nine of the following ten members at one time (William Burnham Woods replaced William Strong in January 1881):

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Chief Justice Morrison Waite.jpg Morrison Waite Chief Justice Ohio Salmon P. Chase January 21, 1874
(63–0)
March 4, 1874

March 23, 1888
(Died)
NClifford.jpg Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis January 12, 1858
(26–23)
January 21, 1858

July 25, 1881
(Died)
Noah Haynes Swayne, photo, head and shoulders, seated.jpg Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean January 24, 1862
(38–1)
January 27, 1862

January 24, 1881
(Retired)
Samuel Freeman Miller - Brady-Handy.jpg Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel July 16, 1862
(Acclamation)
July 21, 1862

October 13, 1890
(Died)
Stephen Johnson Field, photo half length seated, 1875.jpg Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly-created seat March 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(Retired)
William Strong judge - Brady-Handy.jpg William Strong Associate Justice Pennsylvania Robert Cooper Grier February 18, 1870
(No vote recorded)
March 14, 1870

December 14, 1880
(Retired)
Joseph Philo Bradley - Brady-Handy.jpg Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly-created seat March 21, 1870
(46–9)
March 23, 1870

January 22, 1892
(Died)
Ward Hunt - Brady-Handy.jpg Ward Hunt Associate Justice New York Samuel Nelson December 11, 1872
(Acclamation)
January 9, 1873

January 27, 1882
(Retired)
JudgeJMHarlan.jpg John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(Died)
William Burnham Woods.jpg William Burnham Woods Associate Justice Georgia William Strong December 21, 1880
(39–8)
January 5, 1881

May 14, 1887
(Died)

Notable Case in 102 U.S.[]

Springer v. United States[]

In Springer v. United States, 102 U.S. 586 (1881), the Supreme Court upheld the federal income tax imposed under the Revenue Act of 1864. The Court rejected Springer's argument that the income tax imposed by the 1864 statute was a direct tax not apportioned among the states according to the population of each state, as required under Article One of the United States Constitution; it held that "direct taxes, within the meaning of the Constitution, are only capitation taxes, as expressed in that instrument, and taxes on real estate; and that the tax of which [Springer] complains is within the category of an excise or duty".

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.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

  • "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
  • "Adm." = Admiralty Court (a federal court)
  • "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
  • "Ct. Com. Pl." = Court of Common Pleas (a state court)
  • 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 102 U.S.[]

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition of case
Myer v. Western Car Co. 1 (1880) Waite none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
Brooklyn City & N.R.R. Co. v. National Bank 14 (1880) Harlan Bradley none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Wyoming Nat'l Bank v. Dayton 59 (1880) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. reversed
United States v. Peck 64 (1880) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Casey v. Adams 66 (1880) Waite none none La. affirmed
Kirk v. Hamilton 68 (1880) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Gay v. Alter 79 (1880) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Menasha v. Hazard 81 (1880) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
Parks v. Booth 96 (1880) Clifford none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Brooks v. Burlington & S. Ry. Co. 107 (1880) Waite none none C.C.D. Iowa rehearing denied
Giddings v. Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. 108 (1880) Swayne none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Pearce v. Mulford 112 (1880) Strong none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Schoonmaker v. Gilmore 118 (1880) Waite none none Pa. affirmed
Railway Co. v. Heck 120 (1880) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Banking Ass'n v. Insurance Ass'n 121 (1880) Waite none none C.C.D. La. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Hayes v. Fischer 121 (1880) Waite none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Tiernan v. Rinker 123 (1880) Field none none Tex. affirmed
Ball v. Langles 128 (1880) Strong none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
French v. Wade 132 (1880) Waite none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
New Orleans, M. & T.R.R. Co. v. Mississippi 135 (1880) Harlan none Miller Miss. reversed
Langford v. Monteith 145 (1880) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho affirmed
Graham v. La Crosse & M.R.R. Co. 148 (1880) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
Seward v. Corneau 161 (1880) Waite none none C.C.D. La. conditional dismissal
Potter v. Third Nat'l Bank 163 (1880) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Ivanhoe Mining Co. v. Keystone Consol. Mining Co. 167 (1880) Miller none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Jifkins v. Sweetzer 177 (1880) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
Davenport & N. Ry. Co. v. Renwick 180 (1880) Waite none none Iowa affirmed
Ex parte Perry 183 (1879) Waite none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. mandamus denied
Greene Cnty. v. Daniel 187 (1880) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Recknagel v. Murphy 197 (1880) Swayne none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Clara 200 (1880) Swayne none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
Louisiana v. City of New Orleans 203 (1880) Field none none La. affirmed
Solomon v. Arthur 208 (1880) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Benefactor 214 (1880) Waite none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
Hentig v. Page 219 (1880) Waite none none C.C.D. Kan. dismissed
Goodyear D.V. Co. v. Davis 222 (1880) Strong none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Garneau v. Dozier 230 (1880) Strong none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Heryford v. Davis 235 (1880) Strong none Bradley C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed
Williams v. Bruffy 248 (1880) Field none none Va. reversed
People's Bank v. Calhoun 256 (1880) Miller none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Rogers v. Palmer 263 (1880) Miller none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed
Finch v. United States 269 (1880) Swayne none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Cincinnati, C.G. & C.R.R. Co. v. Hamblen Cnty. 273 (1880) Waite none none Tenn. affirmed
Buchanan v. City of Litchfield 278 (1880) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
City of Louisiana v. Wood 294 (1880) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Sims v. Everhardt 300 (1880) Strong none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed
Hawley v. Upton 314 (1880) Waite none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
Lanahan v. Sears 318 (1880) Field none none C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed
Clark v. United States 322 (1880) Waite none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Hunnicutt v. Peyton 333 (1880) Strong none none C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed
Draper v. Davis 370 (1880) Waite none none Sup. Ct. D.C. supersedeas confirmed
United States v. Atherton 372 (1880) Miller none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Densmore v. Scofield 375 (1880) Swayne none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
United States v. Schurz 378 (1880) Miller none Waite Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Swain Turbine & Mfg. Co. v. Ladd 408 (1880) Bradley none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Daniels v. Tearney 415 (1880) Swayne none none Va. Cir. Ct. affirmed
United States v. Knox 422 (1880) Swayne none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
McElrath v. United States 426 (1880) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Swift v. Smith 442 (1880) Strong none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Pennsylvania Co. v. Roy 451 (1880) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Hall v. Law 461 (1880) Field none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
Walker v. Reister 467 (1881) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Meriwether v. Garrett 472 (1880) Waite Field Strong C.C.W.D. Tenn. reversed
Wadsworth v. Eau Claire Cnty. 534 (1881) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
Lord v. Goodall, N. & P.S.S. Co. 541 (1881) Waite none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co. v. Eldredge 545 (1881) Field none none not indicated affirmed
United States v. Pinson 548 (1881) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed
Goodman v. Niblack 556 (1881) Miller none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed
George v. Tate 564 (1881) Swayne none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Wilson v. McNamee 572 (1881) Swayne none none N.Y. affirmed
Edwards v. United States 575 (1880) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Mich. dismissal denied
Bennett v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. 577 (1881) Harlan none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Springer v. United States 586 (1881) Swayne none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
United States v. Chouteau 603 (1881) Field none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Cramer v. Arthur 612 (1881) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Auffm'ordt v. Rasin 620 (1881) Miller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
United States v. Goldback 623 (1881) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed
Wells v. Pontotoc Cnty. 625 (1880) Waite none none N.D. Miss. affirmed
Ogden v. Daviess Cnty. 634 (1881) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Kahn v. Central Smelting Co. 641 (1881) Field none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
Trimble v. Woodhead 647 (1881) Miller none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Barrett v. Holmes 651 (1881) Woods none none Iowa affirmed
White v. Miner's Nat'l Bank 658 (1881) Miller none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed
Third Nat'l Bank v. National Bank 663 (1881) Miller none none not indicated reversed
Page v. Burnstine 664 (1881) Harlan Bradley (part) Bradley (part) Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Hartman v. Greenhow 672 (1881) Field none Miller Va. reversed
Sharpe v. Doyle 686 (1881) Miller none none N.Y. Super. Ct. reversed
Mobile Cnty. v. Kimball 691 (1881) Field none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Tilghman v. Proctor 707 (1881) Bradley none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Lawson, Gary; Seidman, Guy (2001). "When Did the Constitution Become Law?". Notre Dame Law Review. 77: 1–37.
  2. ^ Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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