List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 131
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This is a list of the 48 cases reported in volume 131 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1888 and 1889.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 131 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 131 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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Melville Fuller | Chief Justice | Illinois | Morrison Waite | July 20, 1888 (41–20) |
October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910 (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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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) |
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar | Associate Justice | Mississippi | William Burnham Woods | January 16, 1888 (32–28) |
January 18, 1888 – January 23, 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 131 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. Jones | 1 (1889) | Bradley | none | Miller | C.C.D. Or. | reversed |
United States v. Drew | 21 (1889) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.W.D. La. | reversed |
Kennon v. Gilmer | 22 (1889) | Gray | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. | reversed |
Allman v. United States | 31 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
United States v. Davis | 36 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | D. Md. | dismissal denied |
Terry v. Sharon | 40 (1889) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
United States v. Hall | 50 (1889) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | remanded to divided lower court |
United States v. Perrin | 55 (1889) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | remanded to divided lower court |
United States v. Reilly | 58 (1889) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | remanded to divided lower court |
Palmer v. Arthur | 60 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
Spalding v. Manasse | 65 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Abendroth v. Van Dolsen & Arnott | 66 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | N.Y. Ct. Com. Pl. | affirmed |
Douglass v. Lewis | 75 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. | affirmed |
Fowle v. Park | 88 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | reversed |
United States Mut. Accident Ass'n v. Barry | 100 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
Thompson v. Hubbard | 123 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | reversed |
Stewart v. Masterson | 151 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | reversed |
Cornely v. Marckwald | 159 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Coler v. City of Cleburne | 162 (1889) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Tex. | affirmed |
Ex Parte Nielsen | 176 (1889) | Bradley | none | none | D. Terr. Utah | reversed |
City of New Orleans v. Gaines's Adm'r | 191 (1889) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
City of New Orleans v. Christmas | 220 (1889) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
Ex Parte Parker | 221 (1889) | Field | none | none | Wash. | mandamus issued |
Stickney v. Stickney | 227 (1889) | Field | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
Crehore v. Ohio & M. Ry. Co. | 240 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | modification of reversal denied |
Morgan v. Struthers | 246 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | reversed |
Bacon v. Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. | 258 (1889) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
In re Savin | 267 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Cal. | affirmed |
In re Cuddy | 280 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Cal. | affirmed |
Segrist v. Crabtree | 287 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. | affirmed |
Veach v. Rice | 293 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ga. | reversed |
Hawkins v. Glenn | 319 (1889) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.C. | affirmed |
Embrey v. Jemison | 336 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. Va. | reversed |
Mellen v. Moline Malleable Iron Works | 352 (1889) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Pittsburgh, C. & S.L. Ry. Co. v. Keokuk & H. Bridge Co. | 371 (1889) | Gray | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Williams v. Conger | 390 (1888) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.N.D. Tex. | rehearing denied |
Marshall v. United States | 391 (1888) | Fuller | none | Harlan | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
Radford v. Folsom | 392 (1888) | per curiam | none | none | C.C.S.D. Iowa | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Pacific Express Co. v. Malin | 394 (1888) | per curiam | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Chicago, B. & Q. Ry. Co. v. Gray | 396 (1889) | per curiam | none | none | C.C.S.D. Iowa | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
List v. Pennsylvania | 396 (1888) | per curiam | none | none | Pa. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Dent v. Ferguson | 397 (1889) | per curiam | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | costs remitted |
Nichols, Shepard & Co. v. Marsh | 401 (1889) | per curiam | none | none | not indicated | costs recoverable |
Hunt v. Blackburn | 403 (1889) | per curiam | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | decree made absolute |
Freeland v. Williams | 405 (1889) | Miller | none | Harlan | W. Va. | affirmed |
Menken v. City of Atlanta | 405 (1889) | per curiam | none | none | Ga. | dismissed |
American Diamond Rock-Boring Co. v. Sheldon | 427 (1888) | no opinion | none | none | not indicated | dismissed |
Union Tubing Co. v. Patterson Co., Ltd. | 448 (1888) | no opinion | none | none | not indicated | dismissed |
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 131 from Library of Congress
- [2] Case reports in volume 131 from Court Listener
- [3] Case reports in volume 131 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
- [4] Case reports in volume 131 from Google Scholar
- [5] Case reports in volume 131 from Justia
- [6] Case reports in volume 131 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
- 1888 in United States case law
- 1889 in United States case law