List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 112
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This is a list of the 86 cases reported in volume 112 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1884 and 1885.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 112 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).[2] 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 112 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
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) | |
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) | |
Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly-created seat | March 21, 1870 (46–9) |
March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died) | |
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) | |
Stanley Matthews | Associate Justice | Ohio | Noah Haynes Swayne | May 12, 1881 (24–23) |
May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889 (Died) | |
Horace Gray | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | December 20, 1881 (51–5) |
January 9, 1882 – September 15, 1902 (Died) | |
Samuel Blatchford | Associate Justice | New York | Ward Hunt | March 22, 1882 (Acclamation) |
April 3, 1882 – July 7, 1893 (Died) |
Notable Cases in 112 U.S.[]
Elk v. Wilkins[]
Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court[3][4] respecting the citizenship status of Indians. John Elk, a Winnebago Indian, was born on an Indian reservation and later resided with whites on the non-reservation US territory in Omaha, Nebraska, where he renounced his former tribal allegiance and claimed citizenship by virtue of the Citizenship Clause. The case came about after Elk tried to register to vote in 1880 and was denied by Charles Wilkins, the named defendant, who was registrar of voters of the Fifth ward of the City of Omaha.
The Court decided that even though Elk was born in the United States, he was not a citizen because he owed allegiance to his tribe when he was born rather than to the United States and therefore was not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States when he was born.
Head Money Cases[]
The Head Money Cases, 112 U.S. 580 (1884), relate to the legal status of treaties. Under the Immigration Act of 1882, officers from the customhouse in the Port of New York began collecting a tax from ships of fifty cents for each immigrant aboard. Multiple ship owners sued because they were transporting Dutch immigrants, and the Netherlands had a treaty with the United States that they claimed prohibited the tax. The decision established that treaties, which are described in the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution as "the supreme law of the land" equal to any domestic federal law, do not hold a privileged position above other acts of Congress. So, other laws affecting the "enforcement, modification, or repeal" of treaties are legitimate.
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 112 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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United States v. Morton | 1 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Woodworth v. Blair | 8 (1884) | Gray | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
New Orleans, M. & T. Ry. v. Mississippi ex rel. Dist. Att'y | 12 (1884) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | affirmed |
Moffat v. United States | 24 (1884) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
Skidmore v. Pittsburgh, C. & S.L. Ry. Co. | 33 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Davies v. Corbin | 36 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | dismissal denied |
Mellen v. Wallach | 41 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
Butterworth v. United States ex rel. Hoe | 50 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
Moran v. City of New Orleans | 69 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | La. | reversed |
United States v. Waddell | 76 (1884) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | remanded to divided lower court |
Wilson v. Arrick | 83 (1884) | Woods | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
United States v. Flanders | 88 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Elk v. Wilkins | 94 (1884) | Gray | none | Harlan | C.C.D. Neb. | affirmed |
Adams Cnty. v. Burlington & M.R.R.R. Co. | 123 (1884) | Waite | none | none | Iowa | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Nix v. Allen | 129 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
Mersman v. Werges | 139 (1884) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | reversed |
Horbach v. Hill | 144 (1884) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
City of Ft. Scott v. Hickman | 150 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | reversed |
Buena Vista Cnty. v. Iowa Falls & S.C.R.R. Co. | 165 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | Iowa | affirmed |
Ex parte Virginia Comm'rs | 177 (1884) | Waite | none | none | original jurisdiction | mandamus denied |
Ex parte Crouch | 178 (1884) | Waite | none | none | original jurisdiction | habeas corpus denied |
Ex parte Royall | 181 (1884) | Waite | none | none | original jurisdiction | habeas corpus denied |
Scotland Cnty. v. Hill | 183 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | reversed |
Ayres v. Wiswall | 187 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
Great Western Ins. Co. v. United States | 193 (1884) | Miller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Foster v. Kansas ex rel. Johnston I | 201 (1884) | Waite | none | none | Kan. | affirmed |
Foster v. Kansas ex rel. Johnston II | 205 (1884) | Waite | none | none | Kan. | affirmed |
Ranney v. Barlow | 207 (1884) | Woods | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | reversed |
Snyder v. United States | 216 (1884) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
Labette Cnty. v. United States ex rel. Moulton | 217 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
Bradstreet Co. v. Higgins | 227 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Hancock v. Holbrook | 229 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
California ex rel. Hastings v. Jackson | 233 (1884) | Waite | none | none | Cal. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Pugh v. Fairmount G. & S. Mining Co. | 238 (1884) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
Morris v. McMillin | 244 (1884) | Woods | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | reversed |
Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Union Tr. Co. | 250 (1884) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Grenada Cnty. v. Brogden | 261 (1884) | Harlan | none | none | N.D. Miss. | affirmed |
Grame v. Mutual Assurance Co. | 273 (1884) | Waite | none | none | Va. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Exchange Nat'l Bank v. Third Nat'l Bank | 276 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | reversed |
Tradesman's Nat'l Bank v. Third Nat'l Bank | 293 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | reversed |
Heidritter v. Elizabeth Oil-Cloth Co. | 294 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | affirmed |
East Tenn., V. & G.R.R. Co. v. Southern Tel. Co. | 306 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.M.D. Ala. | dismissal denied |
Ogdensburgh & L.C.R.R. Co. v. Nashua & L.R.R. Co. | 311 (1884) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D.N.H. | affirmed |
Bates Cnty. v. Winters | 325 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Hart v. Pennsylvania R.R. Co. | 331 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Brandies v. Cochrane | 344 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Mahn v. Harwood | 354 (1884) | Bradley | none | Miller | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Mackall v. Richards | 369 (1884) | Harlan | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
Chicago, M. & S.P. Ry. Co. v. Ross | 377 (1884) | Field | none | Matthews | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
Batchelor v. Brereton | 396 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
Reynolds v. Crawfordsville First Nat'l Bank | 405 (1884) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
Kansas P. Ry. Co. v. Atchison, T. & S.F.R.R. Co. | 414 (1884) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | reversed |
Richardson v. Traver | 423 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Middleton v. Mullica Twp. | 433 (1884) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | reversed |
Fortier v. New Orleans Nat'l Bank | 439 (1884) | Woods | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Lámar v. Micou | 452 (1884) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
Carter v. Carusi | 478 (1884) | Woods | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
Birdsell v. Shaliol | 485 (1884) | Gray | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | reversed |
Maryland ex rel. Markley v. Baldwin | 490 (1884) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | reversed |
Arthur v. Morgan | 495 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
England v. Gebhardt | 502 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.J. | affirmed |
New Orleans Ins. Co. v. Albro Co. | 506 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
United States v. North | 510 (1884) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
The Elizabeth Jones | 514 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Britton v. Thornton | 526 (1884) | Gray | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
Chew Heong v. United States | 536 (1884) | Harlan | none | Field, Bradley | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
Head Money Cases | 580 (1884) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Matthews v. Warner | 600 (1884) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Bond v. Dustin | 604 (1884) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Memphis & L.R.R.R. Co. v. Arkansas R.R. Comm'rs | 609 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | Ark. | affirmed |
Union Metallic Cartridge Co. v. U.S. Cartridge Co. | 624 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
United States v. Great Falls Mfg. Co. | 645 (1884) | Harlan | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Torrent Arms Lumber Co. v. Rodgers | 659 (1884) | Woods | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | reversed |
Town of Martinton v. Fairbanks | 670 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Streeper v. Victor Sewing-Mach. Co. | 676 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
Murphy v. Victor Sewing-Mach. Co. | 688 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
Whitney v. Morrow | 693 (1885) | Field | none | none | Wis. | affirmed |
Knickerbocker Life Ins. Co. v. Pendleton | 696 (1885) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | reversed |
Power v. Baker | 710 (1884) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | vacation of supersedeas denied |
Scharff v. Levy | 711 (1885) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Halferty v. Wilmering | 713 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | reversed |
Mattoon v. McGrew | 713 (1884) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
Thayer v. Life Ass'n | 717 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D.W. Va. | reversed |
St. Paul & S.C.R.R. Co. v. Winona & S.P.R.R. Co. | 720 (1885) | Miller | none | none | Minn. | affirmed |
St. Paul & D.R.R. Co. v. United States | 733 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Peugh v. Porter | 737 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
Notes and references[]
- ^ Lawson, Gary; Seidman, Guy (2001). "When Did the Constitution Become Law?". Notre Dame Law Review. 77: 1–37.
- ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ Rudolph C. Ryser (2012). Indigenous Nations and Modern States: The Political Emergence of Nations Challenging State Power. Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-415-80853-8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ Bryan H. Wildenthal (2003). Native American Sovereignty on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents. Santa Barbara, California, United States of America; Denver, Colorado, United States of America; Oxford, Englang, Great Britain: ABC-CLIO. p. 28. ISBN 1-57607-624-5. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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