List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 121

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 121
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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 121 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 121 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 121 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 Case in 121 U.S.

Ex parte Bain

In Ex parte Bain , 121 U.S. 1 (1887), the Supreme Court held that when an indictment is filed with a federal court, no change can be made in the body of the instrument by order of the court or by the prosecuting attorney without resubmitting the case to the grand jury. Even though a court may deem a change immaterial, the instrument, as revised, is no longer the indictment of the grand jury which presented it. Bain was overruled in part by the Court in United States v. Cotton , 535 U.S. 625 (2002).

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 121 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Ex parte Bain 1 (1887) MillerNoneNone C.C.E.D. Va. habeas corpus granted
Worden v. Searls 14 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.E.D. Mich. reversed
Richmond v. Irons 27 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Merchants' Insurance Company v. Allen 67 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
First National Bank v. Shedd 74 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
Carper v. Fitzgerald 87 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.E.D. Va. dismissed
United States v. McDougall's Administrator 89 (1887) HarlanNoneNone Ct. Cl. reversed
Royall v. Virginia 102 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Va. reversed
Grant v. Phoenix Life Insurance Company 118 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Town of Bloomfield v. Charter Oak National Bank 121 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.D. Conn. reversed
Mercantile National Bank v. City of New York 138 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
National Newark Banking Company v. City of Newark 163 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Town of Concord v. Robinson 165 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Katzenberger v. City of Aberdeen 172 (1887) WaiteNoneNone N.D. Miss. affirmed
Laidly v. Huntington 179 (1887) WaiteNoneNone D.W. Va. reversed
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway Company v. Dunn 182 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Minn. case advanced
Estes and Doan v. Gunter 183 (1887) WaiteNoneNone N.D. Miss. dismissed
Barron v. Burnside 186 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone Iowa reversed
McConihay v. Wright 201 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone D.W. Va. affirmed
Francklyn v. A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Company 215 (1887) BradleyNoneNone C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
City of Fargo v. Stevens 230 (1887) MillerNoneNone Mich. reversed
Covington Stockyards Company v. Keith 248 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Ky. stay denied
Penn v. Calhoun 251 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Menard v. Goggan 253 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.E.D. Tex. reversed
United States v. Phillips 254 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.W.D. Tex. dismissed
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company v. Rhodes 255 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Hinckley v. Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Company 264 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
United States v. Le Bris 278 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Minn. certification
Parkinson v. United States 281 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Nev. reversed
Church v. Kelsey 282 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Pa. affirmed
Louisiana National Bank v. Whitney 284 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. dismissed
Dugger v. Tayloe 286 (1887) WaiteNoneNone Ala. affirmed
Thatcher Heating Company v. Burtis 286 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Minneapolis Agricultural and Mechanical Association v. Canfield 295 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Huiskamp Brothers v. Moline Wagon Company 310 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed
Maxwell Land-Grant Case 325 (1887) MillerNoneNone C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Fisher v. Kelsey 383 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Lehigh Water Company v. Borough of Easton 388 (1887) HarlanNoneNone Pa. affirmed
Noonan v. Caledonia Gold Mining Company 393 (1887) FieldNoneNone Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota affirmed
Winslow, Lanier and Company v. Nash 404 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Laughlin v. Mitchell 411 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Carson v. Dunham 421 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Milwaukee and Northern Railway v. Brooks Locomotive Works 430 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
Ouachita Packet Company v. Aiken and Company 444 (1887) BradleyNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Albany and Rensselaer Company v. Lundberg 451 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Boynton v. Ball 457 (1887) MillerNoneNone Ill. reversed
The John H. Pearson 469 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Carpenter v. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company 474 (1887) MillerNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Bragg v. Fitch 478 (1887) BradleyNoneNone C.C.D. Conn. reversed
McCoy v. Nelson 484 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.D. Colo. reversed
Wright v. Roseberry 488 (1887) FieldNoneNone Cal. reversed
Robinson v. Anderson 522 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Wilson's Executor v. Deen 525 (1887) FieldNoneNone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Stanley v. Albany County 535 (1887) FieldNoneNone C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Frost v. Spitley 552 (1887) GrayNoneNone C.C.D. Neb. reversed
Metropolitan Railroad Company v. Moore 558 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
McGowan Pump Company v. American Pressed Tan Bark Company 575 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Hartranft, Collector of Customs for the District of Philadelphia v. J.H. Wiegmann and Son 609 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Hartranft, Collector of Customs for the District of Philadelphia v. Winters 616 (1887) BlatchfordNoneNone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Snow v. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company 617 (1887) MatthewsNoneNone C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Peninsular Iron Company v. Stone 631 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.S.D. Iowa reversed
Lawrence v. Morgan's Railroad and Steamship Company 634 (1887) WaiteNoneNone C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
New Jersey Steamboat Company v. Brockett 637 (1887) HarlanNoneNone C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed

Notes and references

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