List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 116

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 116
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;235 years ago (1789-03-04)
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Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 116 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1885 and 1886.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 116 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). [1] 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 116 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

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)
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)
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)

Notable Cases in 116 U.S.

Presser v. Illinois

In Presser v. Illinois , 116 U.S. 252 (1886), the Supreme Court held "Unless restrained by their own constitutions, state legislatures may enact statutes to control and regulate all organizations, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations except those which are authorized by the militia laws of the United States". The Court decided that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution limited only the power of Congress and the national government to control firearms, not that of the states, and that the right to peaceably assemble stated in the First Amendment was not protected except to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Presser was overruled by the Supreme Court in 2010 via McDonald v. City of Chicago .

Boyd v. United States

Boyd v. United States , 116 U.S. 616 (1886), arose when 35 cases of plate glass were seized at the Port of New York for unpaid import duties. To prove the case, the government compelled E.A. Boyd & Sons to produce their invoice from the Union Plate Glass Company of Liverpool, England. Boyd complied, but claimed the order was a form of self-incrimination. On appeal, the Supreme Court held that "a search and seizure [was] equivalent [to] a compulsory production of a man's private papers" and the search was "an 'unreasonable search and seizure' within the meaning" of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Although never expressly overruled, some aspects of the Court's opinion in Boyd have been limited or negated by subsequent decisions.

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 116 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Hanley v. Donoghue 1 (1885) GrayNoneNone Md. reversed
Bridgewater Iron Company v. Lissberger 8 (1885) GrayNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Marvel v. Merritt 11 (1885) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Saxonville Mills v. Russell 13 (1885) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Miller v. Foree 22 (1885) BradleyNoneNone C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Utah and Northern Railway Company v. Fisher 28 (1885) FieldNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho affirmed
Holgate v. Eaton 33 (1885) MillerNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ohio reversed
United States v. Price 43 (1885) WaiteNoneNone N.D. Miss. affirmed
Mackall v. Richards 45 (1885) WaiteNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
Lee v. Johnson 48 (1885) FieldNoneNone Mich. reversed
Simmerman v. Nebraska 54 (1885) WaiteNoneNone Neb. dismissed
Cannon v. United States 55 (1885) BlatchfordNoneMiller Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Roberts v. Reilly 80 (1885) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed
Call v. Palmer 98 (1885) WoodsNoneNone C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
United States v. Mooney 104 (1885) WoodsNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Coyle v. Davis 108 (1885) BlatchfordNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Liverpool and London Insurance Company v. Gunther 113 (1885) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.E.D.N.Y. reversed
Fisk v. Jefferson Parish 131 (1885) MillerNoneNone La. reversed
Stewart v. Jefferson Parish 135 (1885) MillerNoneNone La. affirmed
San Mateo County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company 138 (1885) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Cal. dismissed
Hewitt v. Filbert 142 (1885) WaiteNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
McClure v. United States 145 (1885) WaiteNoneNone Ct. Cl. order denied
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United States 154 (1885) WaiteNoneNone Ct. Cl. order denied
Burnett v. United States 158 (1885) HarlanNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Winchester and Partridge Manufacturing Company v. Creary 161 (1885) HarlanNoneNone C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed
Smith v. Whitney 167 (1886) GrayNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Field v. De Comeau 187 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Healy v. Joliet and Chicago Railroad Company 191 (1886) MillerNoneNone Ill. affirmed
Webb v. Barnwall 193 (1886) MillerNoneNone C.C.M.D. Ala. reversed
Doe v. Larmore 198 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Ala. affirmed
Kings County Savings Institution v. Blair 200 (1886) WoodsNoneNone C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
Brown v. Colorado 207 (1886) HarlanNoneNone C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Ford v. United States 213 (1886) HarlanNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
City of Milwaukee v. Koeffler 219 (1886) MillerNoneNone C.C.E.D. Wis. reversed
Coney v. Winchell 227 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Conn. affirmed
Southwestern Railroad Company v. Wright 231 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Ga. affirmed
Brown v. Davis 237 (1886) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.N.D.N.Y. reversed
Presser v. Illinois 252 (1886) WoodsNoneNone Ill. affirmed
United States v. Spiegel 270 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. certification
Renaud v. Abbott 277 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone N.H. reversed
Port of Mobile v. Watson 289 (1886) WoodsNoneNone C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Stone v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company 307 (1886) WaiteNoneHarlan; Field C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Stone v. Illinois Central Railroad Company 347 (1886) WaiteNoneHarlan; Field C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Stone v. New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company 352 (1886) WaiteNoneHarlan C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Anderson v. Santa Anna Township 356 (1886) HarlanNoneNone C.C.S.D. Ill. reversed
Little v. Hackett 366 (1886) FieldNoneNone C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Mower v. Fletcher 380 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Cal. affirmed
Stebbins v. Town of St. Anne 386 (1886) GrayNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Johnson v. Wilkins 392 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.N.D. Fla. dismissed
Wells v. Wilkins 393 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.N.D. Fla. dismissed
Hunt v. United States 394 (1886) WoodsNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Wallace 398 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Ex parte Brown 401 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. mandamus denied
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United States 402 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Ct. Cl. certiorari denied
Gibbons v. District of Columbia 404 (1886) GrayNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Fletcher v. Hamlet 408 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Eureka Lake and Yuba Canal Company v. Yuba County 410 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Cal. affirmed
O'Reilly v. Campbell 418 (1886) FieldNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Carrick v. Lámar 423 (1886) FieldNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Coffey v. United States 427 (1886) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Walling v. Michigan 446 (1886) BradleyNoneNone Mich. reversed
London Assurance Company v. Drennen, Starr & Everett 461 (1886) HarlanNoneNone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company 472 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Ind. continued
United States v. Redgrave 474 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Perkins 483 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Laughlin v. District of Columbia 485 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Dunphy v. Ryan 491 (1886) WoodsNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed
Oberteuffer, Abegg and Daeniker v. Robertson, Collector of the Port of New York 499 (1886) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Coe v. Town of Errol 517 (1886) BradleyNoneNone N.H. affirmed
Iron Silver Mining Company v. Cheesman 529 (1886) MillerNoneNone C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Kentucky Central Railroad Company v. Bourbon County 538 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Ky. advancement denied
Chicago Tyre and Spring Works Company v. Spalding 541 (1886) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Otis v. Oregon Steamship Company 548 (1886) WaiteNoneNone N.Y. dismissed
Barry v. Edmunds 550 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.E.D. Va. reversed
Chaffin v. Taylor 567 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone Va. reversed
Royall v. Virginia 572 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone Va. reversed
Sands v. Edmunds 585 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone Va. reversed
Hartog v. Memory 588 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Shepard v. Carrigan 593 (1886) WoodsNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Ming v. Woolfolk 599 (1886) WoodsNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed
Liebke v. Thomas 605 (1886) MillerNoneNone Mo. Ct. App. reversed
Jones and Weil v. Simpson 609 (1886) HarlanNoneNone C.C.D. Kan. reversed
Boyd v. United States 616 (1886) BradleyMillerNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Northern Pacific Railway Company v. Herbert 642 (1886) FieldHarlanBlatchford Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota affirmed
Preston v. Manard 661 (1886) GrayNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway Company v. Dennis 665 (1886) GrayNoneField C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Higgins v. McCrea 671 (1886) WoodsNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ohio multiple
Reynolds v. Iron Silver Mining Company 687 (1886) MillerNoneWaite C.C.D. Colo. reversed
City of Waterville v. Van Slyke 699 (1886) MillerNoneNone C.C.D. Kan. dismissed

Notes and references

    1. "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.