List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 128

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 128
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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 128 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1888.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 128 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 128 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Melville Weston Fuller Chief Justice 1908.jpg Melville Fuller Chief Justice Illinois Morrison Waite July 20, 1888
(41–20)
October 8, 1888

July 4, 1910
(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)
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)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II - Brady-Handy.jpg Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Associate Justice Mississippi William Burnham Woods January 16, 1888
(32–28)
January 18, 1888

January 23, 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 128 U.S.

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Kidd v. Pearson 1 (1888) Lamarnonenone Iowa affirmed
Leather M. Nat'l Bank v. Merchants' Nat'l Bank 26 (1888) Graynonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Western Union T. Co. v. Pennsylvania 39 (1888) Fullernonenone Pa. reversed
United States ex rel. Dunlap v. Black 40 (1888) Bradleynonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Robinson v. Fair 53 (1888) Harlannonenone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Kane v. Northern C. Ry. Co. 91 (1888) Harlannonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Nashville et al. Ry. Co. v. Alabama 96 (1888) Fieldnonenone Ala. affirmed
Livingston Cnty. v. First Nat'l Bank 102 (1888) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Asher v. Texas 129 (1888) Bradleynonenone Tex. Civ. App. reversed
Chappell v. Bradshaw 132 (1888) Fullernonenone Md. dismissed
Culliford v. Gomila & Co. 135 (1888) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.E.D. La. reversed
Crescent B. Co v. Gottfried 158 (1888) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.D. Ind. reversed
Gaff v. Gottfried 170 (1888) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.D. Ind. reversed
Lovejoy v. United States 171 (1888) Graynonenone C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
Georgia et al. Co. v. Smith 174 (1888) Fieldnonenone Ga. affirmed
Liggett et al. Co. v. Finzer 182 (1888) Fieldnonenone C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Bundy v. Cocke 185 (1888) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Jaehne v. People 189 (1888) Fullernonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Central Nat'l Bank v. Hume 195 (1888) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. multiple
Ridings v. Johnson 212 (1888) Bradleynonenone C.C.E.D. La. reversed
Estis D. & Co. v. Trabue D. & Co. 225 (1888) Blatchfordnonenone N.D. Miss. dismissed
United States v. Knox 230 (1888) Millernonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Brodnax v. Aetna Ins. Co. 236 (1888) Fullernonenone C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed
Banks v. Manchester 244 (1888) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
United States v. Cook 254 (1888) Bradleynonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Credit Co., Ltd. v. Arkansas C. Ry. Co. 258 (1888) Bradleynonenone C.C.E.D. Ark. dismissed
United States v. Palmer 262 (1888) Bradleynonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Means v. Dowd 273 (1888) Millernonenone C.C.W.D.N.C. reversed
Ex parte Terry 289 (1888) Harlannonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. habeas corpus denied
United States v. American B.T. Co. 315 (1888) Millernonenone C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Johnson v. Christian 374 (1888) Lamarnonenone C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed
Stewart v. Wyoming C.R. Co. 383 (1888) Graynonenone C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
Cogswell v. Fordyce 391 (1888) Harlannonenone C.C.E.D. Ark. dismissed
United States v. De Walt 393 (1888) FullernonenoneD. Terr. Wyo.affirmed
Pacific P.T.C. Co. v. O'Connor 394 (1888) Fullernonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. dismissed
Clark v. Pennsylvania 395 (1888) FullernonenonePa. Ct. Q. Sess. dismissed
United States v. Reisinger 398 (1888) Lamarnonenone C.C.W.D. Pa. certification
Brown v. Guarantee et al. Co. 403 (1888) Lamarnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Wood v. Guarantee et al. Co. 416 (1888) Lamarnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Fire Ins. Ass'n, Ltd. v. Wickham 426 (1888) Bradleynonenone C.C.E.D. Mich. dismissal denied
United States v. Foster 435 (1888) Harlannonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Hennessey v. Woolworth 438 (1888) Harlannonenone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Jones v. East et al. Ry. Co. 443 (1888) Millernonenone C.C.E.D. Tenn. reversed
Pollak & Co. v. Brush E. Ass'n 446 (1888) Harlannonenone C.C.M.D. Ala. affirmed
Cornelius v. Kessel 456 (1888) Fieldnonenone Wis. affirmed
Hunt v. Blackburn 464 (1888) Fullernonenone C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed
United States v. McDonald 471 (1888) Lamarnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
The Gazelle 474 (1888) Graynonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Quimby v. Boyd 488 (1888) Fullernonenone Colo. dismissed
Denny v. Bennett 489 (1888) MillernoneHarlan Minn. affirmed
Town of Danville v. Brown 503 (1888) Fullernonenone C.C.D.W. Va. vacation denied
Farmers' F. Mfg. Co. v. Challenge C.P. Co. 506 (1888) Graynonenone C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed
Dublin Twp. v. Milford et al. Inst. 510 (1888) Graynonenone C.C.N.D. Ohio dismissed
Menendez & Bro. v. Holt & Co. 514 (1888) Fullernonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Ryder v. Holt 525 (1888) Fullernonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
German S. Bank v. Franklin Cnty. 526 (1888) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
In re Chateaugay et al. Co. 544 (1888) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. mandamus granted
Purdy v. Town of Lansing 557 (1888) Harlannonenone C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Glasgow v. Baker 560 (1888) Millernonenone Mo. affirmed
Walston v. Nevin 578 (1888) Fullernonenone Ky. affirmed
Means v. Dowd 583 (1888) per curiam nonenone C.C.W.D.N.C. mandate denied
Hoyt's Adm'r v. Hanbury 584 (1888) Graynonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Metcalf v. City of Watertown 586 (1888) Harlannonenone C.C.W.D. Wis. reversed
Ware v. Allen 590 (1888) Millernonenone C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Goodyear's et al. Co. v. Goodyear R. Co. 598 (1888) Fieldnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Marsh v. Nichols et al. Co. 605 (1888) Fieldnonenone C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
Callaghan v. Myers 617 (1888) Blatchfordnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. multiple
Kennedy v. Hazelton 667 (1888) Graynonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
United States v. Iron S.M. Co. 673 (1888) Fieldnonenone C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
M. Stachelberg & Co. v. Ponce 686 (1888) Harlannonenone C.C.D. Me. affirmed
Cragin v. Powell 691 (1888) Lamarnonenone C.C.E.D. La. reversed

Notes and references

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