List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 118

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 118
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 118 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1886.

Contents

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). [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 118 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 118 U.S.

Bancroft Davis, the Reporter of Decisions who wrote the headnote in Santa Clara County. Bancroft Davis.png
Bancroft Davis, the Reporter of Decisions who wrote the headnote in Santa Clara County.

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.

List of cases in volume 118 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Emerson v. Senter and Company 3 (1886) HarlanNoneNone C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed
Dobson v. Dornan 10 (1886) BlatchfordFieldNone C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Johnston v. District of Columbia 19 (1886) GrayNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
United States Rifle and Cartridge Company v. Whitney Arms Company 22 (1886) GrayNoneNone C.C.D. Conn. affirmed
Keyes v. Grant 25 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.D. Colo. reversed
South Boston Iron Company v. United States 37 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Oakley v. Goodnow 43 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Iowa affirmed
Benjamin's Heirs v. Dubois 46 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
Mexican National Construction Company v. Reusens 49 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. security denied
Cambria Iron Company v. Ashburn 54 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Cashman v. Amador and Sacramento Canal Company 58 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Hart v. United States 62 (1886) BlatchfordNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Cape Girardeau County v. United States 68 (1886) HarlanNoneNone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Cadman v. Peter 73 (1886) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed
United States v. Landram 81 (1886) WoodsNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Wilson 86 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed
Spraigue, Soullee and Company v. Thompson 90 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone Ga. reversed
Clay v. Freeman 97 (1886) BradleyNoneNone C.C.N.D. Miss. reversed
Southern Pacific Company v. California 109 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Cal. reversed
Ex parte Lothrop 113 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Terr. Ariz. County Ct. habeas corpus denied
United States v. Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company 120 (1886) GrayNoneNone C.C.M.D. Tenn. reversed
Conley v. Nailor 127 (1886) WoodsNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
New Orleans Board of Liquidation v. Hart 136 (1886) FieldNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Sun Mutual Insurance Company v. United States ex rel. Hart 147 (1886) per curiam NoneNonenot indicatedaffirmed
Hopper v. Town of Covington 148 (1886) GrayNoneNone C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
Paine v. Central Vermont Railway 152 (1886) GrayNoneNone C.C.D. Vt. affirmed
Graham v. New York and New England Railroad Company 161 (1886) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Gardner v. Herz 180 (1886) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Arrowsmith v. Harmoning 194 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Ohio affirmed
Iron Silver Mining Company v. Elgin Mining and Smelting Company 196 (1886) FieldNoneWaite C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Hunt v. Oliver 211 (1886) WoodsNoneNone C.C.E.D. Mich. reversed
Hartranft v. Du Pont 223 (1886) WoodsNoneBradley C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Johnson v. Wilkins 228 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.N.D. Fla. reinstatement denied
Wells v. Wilkins 230 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.N.D. Fla. reinstatement denied
Bohanan v. Nebraska 231 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Neb. dismissal denied
United States v. Hailey 233 (1886) WaiteNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho dismissed
United States v. Central Pacific Railroad Company 235 (1886) WoodsNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Evans v. Pike 241 (1886) BradleyNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Libby v. Clark 250 (1886) MillerNoneNone Kan. affirmed
Salt Lake City v. Hollister 256 (1886) MillerNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Plymouth Gold Mining Company v. Amador and Sacramento Canal Company 264 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Mullan v. United States 271 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Carson v. Hyatt 279 (1886) WaiteNoneNone S.C. reversed
Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company 290 (1886) MillerNoneBradley C.C.D. Ind. reversed
Loring v. Palmer 321 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
Snow v. United States 346 (1886) BlatchfordNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah dismissed
Cannon v. United States 355 (1886) BlatchfordNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah dismissed
Yick Wo v. Hopkins 356 (1886) MatthewsNoneNonemultiplereversed
United States v. Kagama 375 (1886) MillerNoneNone C.C.D. Cal. certification
Francis v. Flinn 385 (1886) FieldNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. reversed
United States v. Langston 389 (1886) HarlanNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company 394 (1886) HarlanNoneNone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
San Bernardino County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company 417 (1886) HarlanFieldNone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Norton v. Shelby County 425 (1886) FieldNoneNone C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed
Morgan's Steamship Company v. Louisiana Board of Health 455 (1886) MillerNoneNone La. affirmed
The City of Norwich 468 (1886) BradleyNoneMatthews C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Scotland 507 (1886) BradleyNoneMatthews C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Great Western 520 (1886) BradleyNoneMatthews C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad Company v. Putnam 545 (1886) GrayNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ga. reversed
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois 557 (1886) MillerNoneBradley Ill. reversed
Little v. Giles 596 (1886) BradleyNoneNone C.C.D. Neb. reversed
New York Elevated Railway Company v. Fifth National Bank 608 (1886) WaiteNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissal denied
Ex parte Phenix Insurance Company 610 (1886) BlatchfordNoneNone E.D. Wis. prohibition granted
Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Company v. United States 626 (1886) FieldNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company 630 (1886) MillerNoneNone C.C.D. Ind. rehearing denied
Delano v. Butler 634 (1886) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Whitney v. Butler 655 (1886) HarlanNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Harkness v. Russell and Company 663 (1886) BradleyNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Kansas City, Lawrence and South Kansas Railroad Company v. Brewster 682 (1886) MillerNoneNone C.C.D. Ark. reversed

Notes and references

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