List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 104

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 104
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Authorized by Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Website supremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 104 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1881 and 1882. [1]

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 104 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 104 U.S. were decided the Court comprised nine of the following eleven members at one time (Nathan Clifford died in July 1881 and was replaced by Horace Gray in January 1882; Ward Hunt retired in January 1882 and was replaced by Samuel Blatchford in April 1882):

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Chief Justice Morrison Waite.jpg Morrison Waite Chief Justice Ohio Salmon P. Chase January 21, 1874
(63–0)
March 4, 1874

March 23, 1888
(Died)
NClifford.jpg Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis January 12, 1858
(26–23)
January 21, 1858

July 25, 1881
(Died)
Samuel Freeman Miller - Brady-Handy.jpg Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel July 16, 1862
(Acclamation)
July 21, 1862

October 13, 1890
(Died)
Stephen Johnson Field, photo half length seated, 1875.jpg Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seatMarch 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(Retired)
Joseph Philo Bradley - Brady-Handy.jpg Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seatMarch 21, 1870
(46–9)
March 23, 1870

January 22, 1892
(Died)
Ward Hunt - Brady-Handy.jpg Ward Hunt Associate Justice New York Samuel Nelson December 11, 1872
(Acclamation)
January 9, 1873

January 27, 1882
(Retired)
JudgeJMHarlan.jpg John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(Died)
William Burnham Woods.jpg William Burnham Woods Associate Justice Georgia William Strong December 21, 1880
(39–8)
January 5, 1881

May 14, 1887
(Died)
Thomas Stanley Matthews - Brady-Handy.jpg Stanley Matthews Associate Justice Ohio Noah Haynes Swayne May 12, 1881
(24–23)
May 17, 1881

March 22, 1889
(Died)
Horacegrayphoto.jpg Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford December 20, 1881
(51–5)
January 9, 1882

September 15, 1902
(Died)
Samuel Blatchford, US Supreme Court Justice.png 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.

List of cases in volume 104 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
New Haven and Northampton Company v. Hamersley 1 (1881) Waitenonenone Conn. affirmed
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. Koontz 5 (1881) Waitenonenone Va. reversed
Shanks v. Klein 18 (1881) Millernonenone C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Smith v. McCullough 25 (1881) Harlannonenone C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Martin v. Cole 30 (1881) Matthewsnonenone Colo. affirmed
United States v. Jackson 41 (1881) Millernonenone C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed
King v. Worthington 44 (1881) Woodsnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Driesbach v. Second National Bank 52 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
Central National Bank v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford 54 (1881) Matthewsnonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Kelly v. City of Pittsburgh 78 (1881) Millernonenone Pa. affirmed
Davis v. Speiden 83 (1881) Waitenonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Klein v. New York Life Insurance Company 88 (1881) Woodsnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Metcalf v. Williams 93 (1881) Bradleynonenone C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed
Dudley v. Easton 99 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Koon v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company 106 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Jones v. Randolph 108 (1881) Waitenonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Nevada Bank v. Sedgwick 111 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company v. Mellon 112 (1881) Woodsnonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
City of Chicago v. Tebbetts 120 (1881) Bradleynonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Barton v. Barbour 126 (1881) WoodsnoneMiller Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Fort v. Roush 142 (1881) Waitenonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. reversed
St. Louis Insurance Company v. St. Louis, Vandalia, Terre Haute, and Indianapolis Railroad Company 146 (1881) Harlannonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Davis v. Wells, Fargo and Company 159 (1881) Matthewsnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Porter v. Graves 171 (1881) Millernonenone C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Flagstaff Silver Mining Company of Utah v. Cullins 176 (1881) Woodsnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
The Woodland 180 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Steamship Osborne 183 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.N.D. Ohio certiorari denied
The Annie Lindsley 185 (1881) Woodsnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Mahoney Mining Company v. Anglo-Californian Bank 192 (1881) Harlannonenone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company v. Trefz 197 (1881) Matthewsnonenone C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Williams v. Nottawa Township 209 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.W.D. Mich. reversed
Morrison v. Stalnaker 213 (1881) Millernonenone Neb. affirmed
United States v. Taylor 216 (1881) Woodsnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Loring v. Frue 223 (1881) Millernonenone C.C.E.D. Mich. reversed
Conner v. Long 228 (1881) Matthewsnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Walker v. Powers 245 (1881) Millernonenone C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Thompson v. Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company 252 (1881) Bradleynonenone C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Hale v. Finch 261 (1881) Harlannonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. affirmed
National Bank v. Johnson 271 (1881) Matthewsnonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Belk v. Meagher 279 (1881) Waitenonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed
Giles v. Little 291 (1881) Woodsnonenone C.C.D. Neb. reversed
Ex parte Woollen 300 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.D. Ind. mandamus denied
Libby v. Hopkins 303 (1881) Woodsnonenone Ohio affirmed
Pickering v. McCullough 310 (1881) Matthewsnonenone C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
Sage v. Wyncoop 319 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Collins v. Riley 322 (1881) Harlannonenone D.W. Va. affirmed
Wood v. Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company 329 (1881) Fieldnonenone C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
Egbert v. Lippmann 333 (1881) WoodsnoneMiller C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Worley v. Tobacco Company 340 (1882) Woodsnonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Gautier v. Arthur 345 (1881) Fieldnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Draper v. Davis 347 (1882) Bradleynonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
E. Miller and Company v. Bridgeport Brass Company 350 (1882) Bradleynonenone C.C.D. Conn. affirmed
James v. Campbell 356 (1882) BradleynoneMiller C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Davis v. Gaines 386 (1881) Woodsnonenone C.C.D. La. reversed
Hyde v. Ruble 407 (1882) Waitenonenone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Bronson v. Schulten 410 (1882) Millernonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Cummings v. Jones 419 (1882) Waitenonenone Ill. dismissed
Quinby v. Conlan 420 (1882) Fieldnonenone Cal. affirmed
Boughton v. American Exchange National Bank 427 (1881) Waitenonenone Pa. dismissed
Neslin v. Wells Fargo and Company 428 (1882) Matthewsnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Vigel v. Hopp 441 (1881) Waitenonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Bradley v. United States 442 (1882) Waitenonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Wells v. Nickles 444 (1882) Millernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
Hawes v. City of Oakland 450 (1882) Millernonenone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Rosenblatt v. Johnston 462 (1882) Waitenonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Murphy v. United States 464 (1882) Waitenonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Lamar v. Micou 465 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed
People ex rel. Hanemann v. City of New York 466 (1881) Harlannonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Village of Louisville v. Portsmouth Savings Bank 469 (1881) Harlannonenone C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
United States v. Pacific Mail Steamship Company Company 480 (1882) Millernonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Huntington v. Palmer 482 (1882) Millernonenone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Vinton v. Hamilton 485 (1882) Woodsnonenone C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Bank of Commerce v. Tennessee 493 (1882) Fieldnonenone Tenn. affirmed
Vietor v. Arthur 498 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Draper v. Town of Springport 501 (1882) Bradleynonenone C.C.N.D.N.Y. reversed
Stewart v. Town of Lansing 505 (1882) Waitenonenone C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Strong v. Willey 512 (1881) Waitenonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Ex parte Gordon 515 (1882) Waitenonenone D. Md. prohibition denied
Ex parte Detroit River Ferry Company 519 (1882) Waitenonenone E.D. Mich. prohibition denied
Ex parte Hagar 520 (1882) Waitenonenone D. Del. prohibition denied
Gottfried v. Miller 521 (1882) Woodsnonenone C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
Micou v. First National Bank 530 (1882) Matthewsnonenone C.C.M.D. Ala. reversed
Stow v. City of Chicago 547 (1882) Woodsnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Griggs v. Houston 553 (1882) Waitenonenone C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed
Jones v. Buckell 554 (1882) Waitenonenone C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed
Micas v. Williams 556 (1882) Waitenonenone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Merrell v. Tice 557 (1882) Bradleynonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
Elwood v. Flannigan 562 (1882) Waitenonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Davis v. Friedlander, Stich and Company 570 (1882) Harlannonenone C.C.W.D. Tenn. reversed
Ex parte Cockcroft 578 (1882) Waitenonenone C.C.D.S.C. mandamus denied
Clay County v. Society for Savings 579 (1882) Woodsnonenone C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Bonaparte v. Tax Court 592 (1882) Waitenonenone Md. affirmed
Dugger v. Bocock 596 (1882) Waitenonenone Ala. dismissed
Ex parte Rowland 604 (1882) Waitenonenone C.C.M.D. Ala. habeas corpus granted
Davis v. Fredericks 618 (1882) Waitenonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed
United States v. McBratney 621 (1882) Graynonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. certification
Moores v. Citizens' National Bank 625 (1882) Graynonenone C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed
Hopt v. Utah 631 (1882) Graynonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company v. Kemp 636 (1882) Fieldnonenone C.C.D. Colo. reversed
St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company v. Ray 657 (1882) Fieldnonenone C.C.D. Colo. reversed
City of St. Louis v. Knapp, Stout and Company 658 (1882) Harlannonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United States 662 (1882) Matthewsnonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Town of Koshkonong v. Burton 668 (1882) Harlannonenone C.C.W.D. Wis. reversed
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company v. United States 680 (1882) Matthewsnonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. United States 687 (1882) Matthewsnonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Mason v. Sargent 689 (1882) Matthewsnonenone C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Merritt v. S. and W. Welsh 694 (1882) BradleynoneMatthews C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Savings Bank v. Archbold 708 (1882) Fieldnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
American Printing House for the Blind (Kentucky) v. American Printing House for the Blind (Louisiana) 711 (1882) Bradleynonenone C.C.D. La. affirmed
United States v. Real Estate Savings Bank of Pittsburg 728 (1882) Waitenonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Pott v. Arthur 735 (1882) Bradleynonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Heald v. Rice 737 (1882) Matthewsnonenone C.C.D. Cal. reversed
Britton v. Niccolls 757 (1882) Fieldnonenone C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
United States v. Babbitt 767 (1882) Waitenonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Blair v. Gray 769 (1882) Waitenonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Poppe v. Langford 770 (1882) Waitenonenone Cal. dismissed
Loudon v. City of Memphis 771 (1882) Waitenonenone C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed
Warnock v. Davis 775 (1882) Fieldnonenone C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed
Fox v. City of Cincinnati 783 (1882) Waitenonenone Ohio affirmed
Wood v. Weimar 786 (1881) Waitenonenone C.C.W.D. Mich. reversed

Notes and references

    1. Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.
    2. "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.