List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 118
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This is a list of the 69 cases reported in volume 118 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1886.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 118 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 118 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 118 U.S.[]
Yick Wo v. Hopkins[]
Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 356 (1886), was the first case in which the Supreme Court held that a law, race-neutral on its face but administered in a prejudicial manner, is an infringement of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. By the 1950s, the Warren Court used the principle established in Yick Wo to strike down several attempts by states and municipalities in the Deep South to limit the political rights of blacks. Yick Wo has been cited in more than 150 Supreme Court cases since it was decided.
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific R.R. Co.[]
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific R.R. Co., 394 (1886), is a corporate law case concerning taxation of railroad properties. The case is most notable for a headnote written by the Supreme Court's Reporter of Decisions, Bancroft Davis, stating that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment grants constitutional protections to corporations as it does to natural persons, although the text of the decision itself does not establish this principle.
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois[]
In Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois, 557 (1886), also known as the Wabash Case, the Supreme Court severely limited the rights of states to control or impede interstate commerce. The decision led to the creation of the federal Interstate Commerce Commission, the first modern regulatory agency in the United States.
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 118 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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Emerson v. Senter & Co. | 3 (1886) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.E.D. Ark. | reversed |
Dobson v. Dornan, Maybin & Co. | 10 (1886) | Blatchford | Field | None | C.C.E.D. Pa. | reversed |
Johnston v. District of Columbia | 19 (1886) | Gray | None | None | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
U.S. Rifle & Cartridge Co. v. Whitney Arms Co. | 22 (1886) | Gray | None | None | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
Keyes v. Grant | 25 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
South Boston Iron Co. v. United States | 37 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Oakley v. Goodnow | 43 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Iowa | affirmed |
Benjamin's Heirs v. Dubois | 46 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Mexican Nat'l Constr. Co. v. Reusens | 49 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | additional security denied |
Cambria Iron Co. v. Ashburn | 54 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
Cashman v. Amador & S. Canal Co. | 58 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
Hart v. United States | 62 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Cape Girardeau Cnty. v. United States | 68 (1886) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Cadman v. Peter | 73 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
United States v. Landram | 81 (1886) | Woods | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
United States v. Wilson | 86 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
Spraigue, Soullee & Co. v. Thompson | 90 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | Ga. | reversed |
Clay v. Freeman | 97 (1886) | Bradley | None | None | C.C.N.D. Miss. | reversed |
Southern P. Co. v. California | 109 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Cal. | reversed |
Ex parte Lothrop | 113 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Terr. Ariz. Cnty. Ct. | habeas corpus denied |
United States v. Nashville, C. & S.L. Ry. Co. | 120 (1886) | Gray | None | None | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | reversed |
Conley v. Nailor | 127 (1886) | Woods | None | None | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
Board of Liquidation v. Hart | 136 (1886) | Field | None | None | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Sun Mut. Ins. Co. v. United States ex rel. Hart | 147 (1886) | per curiam | None | None | not indicated | affirmed |
Hopper v. Town of Covington | 148 (1886) | Gray | None | None | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
Paine v. Central Vt. R.R. | 152 (1886) | Gray | None | None | C.C.D. Vt. | affirmed |
Graham v. Boston, H. & E.R.R. Co. | 161 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Gardner v. Herz | 180 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Arrowsmith v. Harmoning | 194 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Ohio | affirmed |
Iron Silver Mining Co. v. Elgin Mining & Smelting Co. | 196 (1886) | Field | None | Waite | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
Hunt v. Oliver | 211 (1886) | Woods | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mich. | reversed |
Hartranft v. du Pont | 223 (1886) | Woods | None | Bradley | C.C.E.D. Pa. | reversed |
Johnson v. Wilkins | 228 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.N.D. Fla. | reinstatement of case denied |
Wells v. Wilkins | 230 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.N.D. Fla. | reinstatement of cases denied |
Bohanan v. Nebraska | 231 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Neb. | dismissal denied |
United States v. Hailey | 233 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
United States v. Central P.R.R. Co. | 235 (1886) | Woods | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Evans v. Pike | 241 (1886) | Bradley | None | None | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Libby v. Clark | 250 (1886) | Miller | None | None | Kan. | affirmed |
Salt Lake City v. Hollister | 256 (1886) | Miller | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
Plymouth Consol. G.M. Co. v. Amador & S. Canal Co. | 264 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
Mullan v. United States | 271 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
Carson v. Hyatt | 279 (1886) | Waite | None | None | S.C. | reversed |
Pennsylvania R.R. Co. v. St. Louis, A. & T.H.R.R. Co. | 290 (1886) | Miller | None | Bradley | C.C.D. Ind. | reversed |
Loring v. Palmer | 321 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
Snow v. United States | 346 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Cannon v. United States | 355 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Yick Wo v. Hopkins | 356 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | Cal. & C.C.D. Cal. | both reversed |
United States v. Kagama | 375 (1886) | Miller | None | None | C.C.D. Cal. | remanded to divided lower court |
Francis v. Flinn | 385 (1886) | Field | None | None | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
United States v. Langston | 389 (1886) | Harlan | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Santa Clara Cnty. v. Southern P.R.R. Co. | 394 (1886) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
San Bernardino Cnty. v. Southern P.R.R. Co. | 417 (1886) | Harlan | Field | None | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
Norton v. Shelby Cnty. | 425 (1886) | Field | None | None | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
Morgan's Steamship Co. v. Board of Health | 455 (1886) | Miller | None | None | La. | affirmed |
The City of Norwich | 468 (1886) | Bradley | None | Matthews | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
The Scotland | 507 (1886) | Bradley | None | Matthews | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
The Great Western | 520 (1886) | Bradley | None | Matthews | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Vicksburg & M.R.R. Co. v. Putnam | 545 (1886) | Gray | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ga. | reversed |
Wabash, S.L. & P. Ry. Co. v. Illinois | 557 (1886) | Miller | None | Bradley | Ill. | reversed |
Little v. Giles | 596 (1886) | Bradley | None | None | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
N.Y. Elevated Ry. Co. v. Fifth Nat'l Bank | 608 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | dismissal denied |
Ex parte Phenix Ins. Co. | 610 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | E.D. Wis. | prohibition granted |
Jacksonville, P. & M.R.R. Co. v. United States | 626 (1886) | Field | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Pennsylvania R.R. Co. v. St. Louis, A. & T.H.R.R. Co. | 630 (1886) | Miller | None | None | C.C.D. Ind. | rehearing denied |
Delano v. Butler | 634 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Whitney v. Butler | 655 (1886) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
Harkness v. Russell & Co. | 663 (1886) | Bradley | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
Kansas City, L. & S.K.R.R. Co. v. Brewster | 682 (1886) | Miller | None | None | C.C.D. Ark. | 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.
External links[]
- [1] Case reports in volume 118 from Library of Congress
- [2] Case reports in volume 118 from Court Listener
- [3] Case reports in volume 118 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
- [4] Case reports in volume 118 from Google Scholar
- [5] Case reports in volume 118 from Justia
- [6] Case reports in volume 118 from Open Jurist
- Website of the United States Supreme Court
- United States Courts website about the Supreme Court
- National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States
- American Bar Association, How Does the Supreme Court Work?
- The Supreme Court Historical Society
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- 1886 in United States case law