List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 120

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 120
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;235 years ago (1789-03-04)
Location Washington, D.C.
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Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
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 120 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1887.

Contents

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). [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 120 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)

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 120 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower courtDisposition
Wildenhus's Case 1 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Allen v. St. Louis National Bank 20 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.S.D. Iowa reversed
Nehmaha County v. Frank 41 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
United States v. Symonds 46 (1887) HarlanNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Bishop 51(1887) HarlanNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Philbrick 52 (1887) HarlanNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Rockwell 60 (1887) HarlanNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
St. Tammany Waterworks v. New Orleans Waterworks 64 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Hayes v. Missouri 68 (1887) FieldNoneNone Mo. affirmed
Forsyth v. Doolittle 73 (1887) FieldNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Huntington v. Saunders 78 (1887) MillerNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Heinemann v. Arthur's Executors 82 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Roberts v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company 86 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
United States v. Parker 89 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.D. Nev. affirmed
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad v. Worthen 97 (1887) FieldNoneNone Ark. multiple
Kansas Endowment Association v. Kansas 103 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Kan. dismissed
Gibbs v. Crandall 105 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.W.D. La. affirmed
United States v. Schlesinger 109 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
United States v. Otis 115 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Cooper 124 (1887) FieldNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Saunders 126 (1887) MillerNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Kirby v. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company 130 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Crescent City Livestock Company v. Butchers' Union Slaughterhouse Company 141 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone La. multiple
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad v. Huntington 160 (1887) FieldNoneNone C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed
Hibernia Insurance Company v. St. Louis Transportation Company 166 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
United States v. Hill 169 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Raddin 183 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Boffinger v. Tuyes 198 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Meyers and Levi, Lehman, Godchaux and Company v. Block Brothers 206 (1887) BradleyNoneNone La. affirmed
United States v. Ramsay 214 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Everhart v. Huntsville College 223 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ala. reversed
King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company v. Otoe County 225 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.D. Neb. reversed
United States v. Pacific Railroad 227 (1887) FieldNoneNone Ct. Cl. reversed
City of Quincy v. Steel 241 (1887) MillerNoneNone C.C.S.D. Ill. reversed
United States v. Dunn 249 (1887) MillerNoneNone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company v. St. Louis, Fort Scogg and Wichita Railroad Company 256 (1887) MillerNoneNone C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Beard v. Nichols 260 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Schlesinger v. Beard 264 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Bank of Maysville v. Claypool 268 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D.W. Va. affirmed
Grant v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company 271 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. receiver to pay costs
Winchester v. Heiskell, Scott and Heiskell 273 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Tenn. rehearing denied
In re Snow 274 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNoneDist. Ct. Terr. Utahreversed
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad v. Dow 287 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.E.D. Ark. multiple
Farley v. Kittson 303 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.D. Minn. reversed
Pensacola Ice Company v. Perry 318 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.N.D. Fla. reversed
Sherman v. Jerome 319 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.E.D. Mich. reversed
United States v. Northway 327 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ohio. certification
The L.P. Dayton 337 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Meriwether v. Muhlenburg (sic) County 354 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Harmon v. Adams 363 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Durand v. Martin 366 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Cal. affirmed
Martin v. Thompson 376 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Cal. dismissed
Speidel v. Henrici 377 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
Rolston v. Missouri Fund Commissioners 390 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.W.D. Mo. multiple
Grier v. Wilt 412 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.D. Del. reversed
Hopt v. Utah 430 (1887) FieldNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Plummer v. Sargent 442 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.D. Conn. affirmed
Rosenbaum v. Bauer 450 (1887) BlatchfordNoneBradley C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Herron v. Dater 464 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
United States v. Arjona 479 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. certification
Robbins v. Shelby County 489 (1887) BradleyNoneWaite Tenn. reversed
Corson v. Maryland 502 (1887) BradleyWaiteNone Md. reversed
Schuler v. Israel 506 (1887) MillerNoneNone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Laclede Bank v. Schuler 511 (1887) MillerNoneNone C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
Carter County v. Sinton 517 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Accident Insurance Company v. Crandal 527 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Fletcher v. Fuller 534 (1887) FieldNoneNone C.C.D.R.I. reversed
People's Savings Bank v. Bates, Reed and Cooley 556 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railroad v. Guffey 569 (1887) HarlanNoneNone Mo. affirmed
Schley v. Pullman's Palace Car Company 575 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Gilmer v. Stone 586 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Marsh v. Nichols 595 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.E.D. Mich. dismissal denied
Marsh v. Shepard 595 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Mich. dismissal denied
City of East St. Louis v. Amy and Company 600 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Gonzales v. Ross 605 (1887) BradleyNoneNone C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed
Dushane v. Benedict 630 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.W.D. Pa. reversed
Porter v. Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Company 649 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.D. Ind. reversed
Baldwin v. Franks 678 (1887) WaiteNoneHarlan; Field C.C.D. Cal. reversed
Viterbo v. Friedlander 707 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. reversed
Ex parte Parker 737 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. mandamus granted
Fourth National Bank v. Francklyn 747 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Bolles v. Town of Brimfield 759 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
New Orleans Banking Association v. Le Breton 765 (1887) BradleyNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Goodwin v. Fox 775 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. dismissal denied
Leather Manufacturers' National Bank v. Cooper 778 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Ex parte Harding 782 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. habeas corpus denied

Notes and references

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