List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 103
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This is a list of the 129 cases reported in volume 103 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States from November 1880 to May 1881.[2]
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 103 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 volume 103 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 |
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Morrison Waite | Chief Justice | Ohio | Salmon P. Chase | January 21, 1874 (63–0) |
March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888 (Died) | |
Nathan Clifford | Associate Justice | Maine | Benjamin Robbins Curtis | January 12, 1858 (26–23) |
January 21, 1858 – July 25, 1881 (Died) | |
Noah Haynes Swayne | Associate Justice | Ohio | John McLean | January 24, 1862 (38–1) |
January 27, 1862 – January 24, 1881 (Retired) | |
Samuel Freeman Miller | Associate Justice | Iowa | Peter Vivian Daniel | July 16, 1862 (Acclamation) |
July 21, 1862 – October 13, 1890 (Died) | |
Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly-created seat | March 10, 1863 (Acclamation) |
May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired) | |
William Strong | Associate Justice | Pennsylvania | Robert Cooper Grier | February 18, 1870 (No vote recorded) |
March 14, 1870 – December 14, 1880 (Retired) | |
Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly-created seat | March 21, 1870 (46–9) |
March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died) | |
Ward Hunt | Associate Justice | New York | Samuel Nelson | December 11, 1872 (Acclamation) |
January 9, 1873 – January 27, 1882 (Retired) | |
John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | November 29, 1877 (Acclamation) |
December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died) | |
William Burnham Woods | Associate Justice | Georgia | William Strong | December 21, 1880 (39–8) |
January 5, 1881 – May 14, 1887 (Died) |
Notable Cases in volume 103 U.S.[]
Kilbourn v. Thompson[]
Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 U.S. 168 (1880) dealt with whether the United States House of Representatives may compel testimony. The Supreme Court held that the chamber has the power to punish persons for contempt if they refuse to obey a summons from the House.
Neal v. Delaware[]
In , 103 U.S. 370 (1881), the Supreme Court, with a majority opinion by Justice John Marshall Harlan, vacated the guilty verdict and death sentence on an African-American man accused of rape. In selecting persons to serve as jurors, no persons of color were in the jury pool, but rather were excluded because of their race though they were otherwise qualified. The Court held this to violate Neal's rights under the 14th Amendment. Neal was acquitted in a second trial that included black men in the jury pool but not on the trial jury.[4] Neal has been cited by appellate courts more than 200 times, most recently in 2019 by the U.S. Supreme Court in Flowers v. Mississippi.
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 volume 103 U.S.[]
Case Name | Page & year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower court | Disposition of case |
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Annapolis & E.R.R.R. Co. v. Commissioners | 1 (1881) | Waite | none | none | Md. | affirmed |
Hall v. Wisconsin | 5 (1880) | Swayne | none | none | Wis. | reversed |
Dennick v. Central R.R. | 11 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | reversed |
Prewit v. Wilson | 22 (1881) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ala. | reversed |
Insurance Co. v. Stinson | 25 (1881) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Folger v. United States | 30 (1881) | Harlan | none | Field | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Bamberger v. Terry | 40 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
Pennock v. Commissioners | 44 (1881) | Field | none | none | Kan. | affirmed |
Congress & Empire Spring Co. v. Knowlton | 49 (1881) | Woods | none | Harlan | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Mitchell v. Overman | 62 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
Stout v. Lye | 66 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
United States v. Hough | 71 (1880) | Miller | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
Wall v. Monroe Cnty. | 74 (1881) | Field | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
Allen v. Louisiana | 80 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Jones v. van Benthuysen | 87 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
Boogher v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co. | 90 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
National Bank v. Whitney | 99 (1881) | Field | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | rehearing denied |
Cucullu v. Hernandez | 105 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
Railroad Cos. v. Schutte | 118 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Fla. | affirmed |
City of Chicago v. Tilley | 146 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Tilley v. Cook Cnty. | 155 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Chicot Cnty. v. Lewis | 164 (1881) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
Kilbourn v. Thompson | 168 (1881) | Miller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed (part); reversed (part) |
Barney v. Latham | 205 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
Wilmot v. Mudge | 217 (1881) | Miller | none | none | Mass. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
Relfe v. Rundle | 222 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
Blake v. United States | 227 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Ex parte Burtis | 238 (1881) | Waite | none | none | E.D.N.Y. | mandamus denied |
The Benefactor | 239 (1881) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | reversed |
Sharp v. Dover Stamping Co. | 250 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
Weightman v. Clark | 256 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Oscanyan v. Winchester Repeating Arms Co. | 261 (1881) | Field | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Bondurant v. Watson I | 278 (1881) | Waite | none | none | La. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Bondurant v. Watson II | 281 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
Louisiana v. United States | 289 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Barbour v. Priest | 293 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | reversed |
The Illinois | 298 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
Moyer v. Dewey | 301 (1881) | Miller | none | none | N.Y. | affirmed |
Miles v. United States | 304 (1881) | Woods | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
Bartlett Land & Lumber Co. v. Saunders | 316 (1881) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D.N.H. | affirmed |
Ward v. Todd | 327 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
Bouldin v. Alexander | 330 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
Blake v. McKim | 336 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Weitzel v. Rabe | 340 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
Webber v. Virginia | 344 (1881) | Field | none | none | Va. | reversed |
Mechanics' & Traders' Ins. Co. v. Kiger | 352 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
Wolff v. City of New Orleans | 358 (1881) | Field | Harlan | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
370 (1881) | Harlan | none | Waite, Field | Del. Ct. Oyer & Terminer | reversed | |
Coddington v. Pensacola & G.R.R. Co. | 409 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Fla. | affirmed |
Lincoln Twp. v. Cambria Iron Co. | 412 (1881) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
Wilson v. Gaines | 417 (1881) | Waite | none | none | Tenn. | affirmed |
Seven Hickory Twp. v. Ellery | 423 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
St. Joseph & D.C.R.R. Co. v. Baldwin | 426 (1881) | Field | none | none | Neb. | reversed |
Fisk v. Arthur | 431 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
N.Y. Life Ins. Co. v. Bangs | 435 (1881) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
Terry v. McLure | 442 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | affirmed |
Jones v. Walker | 444 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
Unity Twp. v. Burrage | 447 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Wicke v. Ostrum | 461 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Edwards v. United States | 471 (1881) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
Thompson v. United States | 480 (1881) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
Kern v. Huidekoper | 485 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Dietzsch v. Huidekoper | 494 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Morgan Cnty. v. Allen | 498 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Allen v. Morgan Cnty. | 515 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Little Rock Waterworks Co. v. Barret | 516 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
Green v. Fisk | 518 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | dismissed |
Louisiana v. City of New Orleans | 521 (1880) | Waite | none | none | La. | acceleration of case denied |
Dennison v. Alexander | 522 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Tipton Cnty. v. Locomotive Works | 523 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
The Richmond | 540 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed; rehearing denied |
Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Nelson | 544 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | reversed |
Dubuclet v. Louisiana | 550 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
Wayne Cnty. v. Kennicott | 554 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | reversed |
Ouachita Cnty. v. Wolcott | 559 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | reversed |
Harter v. Kernochan | 562 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Ashburner v. California | 575 (1881) | Waite | none | none | Cal. | affirmed |
Jarrolt v. Town of Moberly | 580 (1881) | Field | none | Harlan | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Adam v. Norris | 591 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
United States v. Quigley | 595 (1881) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Swan v. Arthur | 597 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Kennedy v. City of Indianapolis | 599 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
Babbitt v. Clark | 606 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
Hoyt v. Sprague | 613 (1881) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D.R.I. | affirmed |
Williams v. Louisiana | 637 (1881) | Miller | none | none | La. | affirmed |
Durkee v. Louisiana | 646 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
Bonham v. Needles | 648 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Wardell v. Union P.R.R. Co. | 651 (1881) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | affirmed |
Peck v. Collins | 660 (1881) | Bradley | none | none | N.Y. | affirmed |
St. Louis Smelting & Refining Co. v. Kemp | 666 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | case restore to docket |
Schaumburg v. United States | 667 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
National Bank v. City Bank | 668 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | reversed |
McCarthy v. Provost | 673 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Yates v. National Home | 674 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
Arthur v. Jacoby | 677 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Thacher's Distilled Spirits | 679 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Walnut Twp. v. Wade | 683 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Ohio v. Frank | 697 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
The Civilta | 699 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Philadelphia & B.C.R.R. Co. v. United States | 703 (1881) | Miller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
District of Columbia v. Cluss | 705 (1881) | Field | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
School Dist. v. Insurance Co. | 707 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
The Connecticut | 710 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Penniman's Case | 714 (1881) | Woods | none | none | R.I. | affirmed |
Pacific Mail S.S. Co. v. United States | 721 (1881) | Miller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed (part); reversed (part) |
The Adriatic | 730 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | striking of testimony denied |
German Nat'l Bank v. Kimball | 732 (1881) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Humphrey v. Baker | 736 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | dismissed |
Folsom v. Dewey | 738 (1881) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
Grinnell v. Chicago, R.I. & P.R.R. Co. | 739 (1881) | Miller | none | none | Iowa | affirmed |
Jasper Cnty. v. Ballou | 745 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Williams v. Claflin | 753 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | supersedeas modified |
The Connemara | 754 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | dismissal denied |
Indiana & I.C. Ry. Co. v. Sprague | 756 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
Hinckley v. Morton | 764 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed; rehearing denied |
Clark v. Killian | 766 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
Whitsitt v. Railroad Co. | 770 (1881) | Waite | none | none | not indicated | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Wilson Cnty. v. National Bank | 770 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
N.Y. Life Ins. Co. v. Bangs | 780 (1881) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
Central Nat'l Bank v. Royal Ins. Co. | 783 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Hopkins & Dickinson Mfg. Co. v. Corbin | 786 (1881) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
Cook v. Lillo | 792 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
Ex parte Des Moines & M. Ry. Co. | 794 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | mandamus denied |
Crouch v. Roemer | 797 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | affirmed |
Johnston v. Laflin | 800 (1881) | Field | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Thompson v. Perrine | 806 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Buffalo & J.R.R. Co. v. Falconer | 821 (1881) | Bradley | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
Brown v. Slee | 828 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
Richmond Mining Co. v. Eureka Consol. Mining Co. | 839 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Nev. | affirmed |
Notes and references[]
- ^ Lawson, Gary; Seidman, Guy (2001). "When Did the Constitution Become Law?". Notre Dame Law Review. 77: 1–37.
- ^ Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ Brando Simeo Starkey. Criminal Procedure, Jury Discrimination & the Pre Davis Intent Doctrine: The Seeds of a Weak Equal Protection Clause. 38 Am. J. Crim. L. 1, 12 (2010)
External links[]
- [1] Case reports in volume 103 from Library of Congress
- [2] Case reports in volume 103 from Court Listener
- [3] Case reports in volume 103 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
- [4] Case reports in volume 103 from Google Scholar
- [5] Case reports in volume 103 from Justia
- [6] Case reports in volume 103 from Open Jurist
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- National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States
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- The Supreme Court Historical Society
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