List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 120
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This is a list of the 86 cases reported in volume 120 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1887.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 120 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 120 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) |
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Samuel Freeman Miller | Associate Justice | Iowa | Peter Vivian Daniel | July 16, 1862 (Acclamation) |
July 21, 1862 – October 13, 1890 (Died) |
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Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly-created seat | March 10, 1863 (Acclamation) |
May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired) |
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Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly-created seat | March 21, 1870 (46–9) |
March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died) |
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John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | November 29, 1877 (Acclamation) |
December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died) |
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William Burnham Woods | Associate Justice | Georgia | William Strong | December 21, 1880 (39–8) |
January 5, 1881 – May 14, 1887 (Died) |
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Stanley Matthews | Associate Justice | Ohio | Noah Haynes Swayne | May 12, 1881 (24–23) |
May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889 (Died) |
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Horace Gray | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | December 20, 1881 (51–5) |
January 9, 1882 – September 15, 1902 (Died) |
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Samuel Blatchford | Associate Justice | New York | Ward Hunt | March 22, 1882 (Acclamation) |
April 3, 1882 – July 7, 1893 (Died) |
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 120 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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Wildenhus's Case | 1 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.D.N.J. | affirmed |
Allen v. St. Louis Nat'l Bank | 20 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.S.D. Iowa | reversed |
Nehmaha Cnty. v. Frank | 41 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.D. Neb. | affirmed |
United States v. Symonds | 46 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
United States v. Bishop | 51(1887) | Harlan | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
United States v. Philbrick | 52 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
United States v. Rockwell | 60 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
St. Tammany Water-Works v. N.O. Water-Works | 64 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Hayes v. Missouri | 68 (1887) | Field | None | None | Mo. | affirmed |
Forsyth v. Doolittle | 73 (1887) | Field | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Huntington v. Saunders | 78 (1887) | Miller | None | None | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Heinemann, Payson & Morgan v. Arthur's Ex'rs | 82 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Roberts v. Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co. | 86 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
United States v. Parker | 89 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.D. Nev. | affirmed |
Little Rock & F.S. Ry. v. Worthen | 97 (1887) | Field | None | None | Ark. | affirmed (#1); dismissed (#2) |
Kansas Endowment Ass'n v. Kansas | 103 (1887) | Waite | None | None | Kan. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Gibbs v. Crandall | 105 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.W.D. La. | affirmed |
United States v. Schlesinger | 109 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
United States v. Otis | 115 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
United States v. Cooper | 124 (1887) | Field | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
United States v. Saunders | 126 (1887) | Miller | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Kirby v. Lake Shore & M.S.R.R. Co. | 130 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Crescent City L.S. Co. v. Butchers' Union S.H. Co. | 141 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | La. | affirmed (part), reversed (part) |
Little Rock & F.S. Ry. v. Huntington | 160 (1887) | Field | None | None | C.C.E.D. Ark. | reversed |
Hibernia Ins. Co. v. St. Louis & N.O. Trans. Co. | 166 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
United States v. Hill | 169 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Raddin | 183 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Boffinger v. Tuyes | 198 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Meyers & L.L.G. & Co. v. Block Bros. | 206 (1887) | Bradley | None | None | La. | affirmed |
United States v. Ramsay | 214 (1887) | Waite | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Everhart v. Huntsville Coll. | 223 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ala. | reversed |
King Iron Bridge Mfg. Co. v. Otoe County | 225 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
United States v. Pacific R.R. | 227 (1887) | Field | None | None | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
City of Quincy v. Steel | 241 (1887) | Miller | None | None | C.C.S.D. Ill. | reversed |
United States v. Dunn | 249 (1887) | Miller | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Indianapolis R.M. Co. v. St. Louis, F.S. & W.R.R. Co. | 256 (1887) | Miller | None | None | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
Beard v. Nichols | 260 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Schlesinger v. Beard | 264 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed (both cases) |
Bank of Maysville v. Claypool | 268 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.D.W. Va. | affirmed |
Grant v. Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co. | 271 (1887) | Waite | None | None | Sup. Ct. D.C. | receiver to pay certain costs |
Winchester v. Heiskell, Scott & Heiskell | 273 (1887) | Waite | None | None | Tenn. | rehearing denied |
In re Snow | 274 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | Dist. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
Memphis & L.R.R.R. v. Dow | 287 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed (part); reversed (part) |
Farley v. Kittson | 303 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
Pensacola Ice Co. v. Perry | 318 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.N.D. Fla. | reversed |
Sherman v. Jerome | 319 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mich. | reversed |
United States v. Northway | 327 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ohio. | remanded to divided lower court |
The L.P. Dayton | 337 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Meriwether v. Muhlenburg [sic] Cnty. | 354 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.D. Ky. | reversed |
Harmon v. Adams | 363 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Durand v. Martin | 366 (1887) | Waite | None | None | Cal. | affirmed |
Martin v. Thompson | 376 (1887) | Waite | None | None | Cal. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Speidel v. Henrici | 377 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
Rolston v. Missouri Fund Comm'rs | 390 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed (part); reversed (part) |
Grier v. Wilt | 412 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Del. | reversed |
Hopt v. Utah | 430 (1887) | Field | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
Plummer v. Sargent | 442 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
Rosenbaum v. Bauer | 450 (1887) | Blatchford | None | Bradley | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
Herron v. Dater | 464 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
United States v. Arjona | 479 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | remanded to divided lower court |
Robbins v. Shelby Cnty. | 489 (1887) | Bradley | None | Waite | Tenn. | reversed |
Corson v. Maryland | 502 (1887) | Bradley | Waite | None | Md. | reversed |
Schuler v. Israel | 506 (1887) | Miller | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Laclede Bank v. Schuler | 511 (1887) | Miller | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mo. | reversed |
Carter Cnty. v. Sinton | 517 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
Accident Ins. Co. v. Crandal | 527 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Fletcher v. Fuller | 534 (1887) | Field | None | None | C.C.D.R.I. | reversed |
People's Sav. Bank v. Bates, Reed & Cooley | 556 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
Chicago, B. & K.C.R.R. v. Guffey | 569 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | Mo. | affirmed |
Schley v. Pullman's Palace Car Co. | 575 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Gilmer v. Stone | 586 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Marsh v. Nichols | 595 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mich. | dismissal denied |
Marsh v. Shepard | 595 (1887) | Waite | None | None | Mich. | dismissal denied |
City of E. St. Louis v. H. Amy & Co. | 600 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Gonzales v. Ross | 605 (1887) | Bradley | None | None | C.C.W.D. Tex. | reversed |
Dushane v. Benedict | 630 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.W.D. Pa. | reversed |
Porter v. Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Co. | 649 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Ind. | reversed |
678 (1887) | Waite | None | Harlan, Field | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed | |
Viterbo v. Friedlander | 707 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
Ex parte Parker | 737 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. | mandamus granted |
Fourth Nat'l Bank v. Francklyn | 747 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Bolles v. Town of Brimfield | 759 (1887) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
New Orleans Nat'l Banking Ass'n v. le Breton | 765 (1887) | Bradley | None | None | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Goodwin v. Fox | 775 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | dismissal denied |
Leather Mfgs' Nat'l Bank v. Cooper | 778 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Ex parte Harding | 782 (1887) | Waite | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. | habeas corpus denied |
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 120 from Library of Congress
- [2] Case reports in volume 120 from Court Listener
- [3] Case reports in volume 120 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
- [4] Case reports in volume 120 from Google Scholar
- [5] Case reports in volume 120 from Justia
- [6] Case reports in volume 120 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
- Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume
- 1887 in United States case law