List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 92

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 92
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 92 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1876, along with two cases from 1875. [1]

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 92 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). [2] 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 92 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)
NClifford.jpg Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis January 12, 1858
(26–23)
January 21, 1858

July 25, 1881
(Died)
Noah Haynes Swayne, photo, head and shoulders, seated.jpg Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean January 24, 1862
(38–1)
January 27, 1862

January 24, 1881
(Retired)
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)
DDavis.jpg David Davis Associate Justice Illinois John Archibald Campbell December 8, 1862
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1862

March 4, 1877
(Resigned)
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)
William Strong judge - Brady-Handy.jpg William Strong Associate Justice Pennsylvania Robert Cooper Grier February 18, 1870
(No vote recorded)
March 14, 1870

December 14, 1880
(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)
Ward Hunt - Brady-Handy.jpg Ward Hunt Associate Justice New York Samuel Nelson December 11, 1872
(Acclamation)
January 9, 1873

January 27, 1882
(Retired)

Notable Cases in 92 U.S.

United States v. Reese

United States v. Reese , 92 U.S. 214 (1876), was a voting rights case in which the Supreme Court narrowly construed the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provides that suffrage for citizens can not be restricted due to race, color, or the individual having previously been a slave. The Court held that the 15th Amendment did not confer the right of suffrage, but only prohibited exclusion on racial grounds from a pre-existing right to vote.

Chy Lung v Freeman

Chy Lung v. Freeman, 92 U.S. 275 (1876), involved 22 women from China, including Chy Lung, among the passengers on the steamer Japan that journeyed from China to San Francisco, arriving in 1875. [3] The immigration commissioner examined the passengers and, acting under a California statute, identified Chy Lung and the others as "lewd and debauched women". The captain detained the women on board. The women obtained a writ of habeas corpus , which led to them being moved into the custody of the Sheriff of San Francisco, where they stayed awaiting deportation upon the return of Japan, which had already left for China. The women refused to be deported to China and appealed the decision to deport them. The California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the statute that was used to deny them entry, and it upheld their deportation. The women appealed the decision in the US Supreme Court. The Court decided unanimously in favor of Chy Lung. It held that the federal government, and not state governments, was in charge of immigration policy and diplomatic relations with other nations; it was not up to California to impose restrictions on Chinese immigration.

Aftermath of the Colfax Massacre, 1873 ColfaxMassacre.jpg
Aftermath of the Colfax Massacre, 1873

United States v. Cruikshank

In United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876), the Court held that the Bill of Rights did not apply to private actors or to state governments despite the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision represented a major blow to federal efforts to protect the civil rights of African Americans. The case arose from the hotly-disputed 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election and the subsequent Colfax massacre, in which dozens of black people and three white people were killed. Federal charges were brought against several white insurgents under the Enforcement Act of 1870, which prohibited two or more people from conspiring to deprive anyone of their constitutional rights. Charges included hindering the freedmen's First Amendment right to freely assemble and their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. In his majority opinion, Chief Justice Morrison Waite overturned the convictions of the defendants, holding that the plaintiffs had to rely on state courts for protection. Waite opined that neither the First Amendment nor the Second Amendment applied to the actions of state governments or to individuals, but only to the federal government; also that the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applied to the actions of state governments, but not to individuals. The decision left African Americans in the South at the mercy of increasingly hostile state governments dominated by white Democratic legislatures, and allowed groups such as the Ku Klux Klan to continue to use paramilitary force to suppress black voting.

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 92 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Blease v. Garlington 1 (1876) Waitenonenone C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Gaines v. Fuentes 10 (1876) FieldnoneBradley La. reversed
Hall v. United States 27 (1876) Swaynenonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
The City of Washington 31 (1876) Cliffordnonenone C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
Roberts v. United States 41 (1876) BradleynoneSwayne Ct. Cl. reversed
Farnsworth v. Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company 49 (1876) Fieldnonenone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Shuey v. United States 73 (1876) Strongnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Landers 77 (1876) Fieldnonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
O'Brien v. Weld 81 (1876) Huntnonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed
Cheatham v. United States 85 (1876) Millernonenone C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed
Walker v. Sauvinet 90 (1876) Waitenonenone La. affirmed
Magee v. Manhattan Life Insurance Company 93 (1876) Swaynenonenone C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Neblett v. MacFarland 101 (1876) Huntnonenone C.C.D. La. affirmed
Totten v. United States 105 (1876) Fieldnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Stott v. Rutherford 107 (1876) Swaynenonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Harrison v. Myer 111 (1876) Cliffordnonenone La. affirmed
Kittredge v. Race 116 (1876) Bradleynonenone C.C.D. La. affirmed
First National Bank v. National Exchange Bank 122 (1876) Waitenonenone Md. affirmed
Rockhold v. Rockhold 129 (1876) Waitenonenone Tenn. dismissed
Phillips v. Payne 130 (1876) Swaynenonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Wills v. Claflin 135 (1876) Davisnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Markey v. Langley 142 (1876) Swaynenonenone C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Terry v. Tubman 156 (1876) Huntnonenone C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed
Hoffman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company 161 (1876) Swaynenonenone C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Whitfield v. United States 165 (1876) Waitenonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Carey v. Brown 171 (1875) Swaynenonenone C.C.D. La. affirmed
Baker v. White 176 (1876) Millernonenone C.C.D. Conn. dismissed
Burbank v. Bigelow 179 (1876) Bradleynonenone C.C.D. La. reversed
Smith v. Vodges 183 (1876) Swaynenonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Lamar v. Browne 187 (1876) WaitenoneField C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Wallach v. Van Riswick 202 (1876) Strongnonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
United States v. Reese 214 (1876) WaitenoneClifford; Hunt C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Montgomery v. Bucyrus Machine Works 257 (1876) Davisnonenone C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Henderson v. City of New York 259 (1876) Millernonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Chy Lung v. Freeman 275 (1876) Millernonenone Cal. reversed
United States v. Ross 281 (1876) Strongnonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
New York Life Insurance Company v. Hendren 286 (1876) WaitenoneBradley Va. dismissed
Elmwood Township v. Marcy 289 (1876) DavisnoneStrong C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Chamberlain v. St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company 299 (1876) Fieldnonenone C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Laramie County v. Albany County 307 (1876) Cliffordnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. affirmed
Republican River Bridge Company v. Kansas Pacific Railway Company 315 (1876) Millernonenone Kan. affirmed
Wilson v. Boyce 320 (1876) Huntnonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Brown v. Atwell 327 (1876) Waitenonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed
Angle v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 330 (1876) Cliffordnonenone C.C.D. Iowa reversed
Oaksmith's Lessee v. Johnson 343 (1876) Fieldnonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Reckendorfer v. Faber 347 (1876) HuntnoneStrong C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Potts v. Chumasero 358 (1876) Waitenonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. dismissed
Scammon v. Kimball 362 (1876) Cliffordnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Pace v. Burgess 372 (1876) Bradleynonenone C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed
Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company v. Ewing 377 (1876) Millernonenone C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed
Savage v. United States 382 (1876) Cliffordnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Smeltzer v. White 390 (1876) Strongnonenone C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
Hobson v. Lord 397 (1876) CliffordnoneBradley C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Butler v. Thomson 412 (1876) Huntnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Clements v. Macheboeuf 418 (1876) Cliffordnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Colo. affirmed
Ives v. Hamilton 426 (1876) Bradleynonenone C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
The America 432 (1876) Cliffordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
The Galatea 439 (1876) Cliffordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Otis v. Cullum 447 (1876) Swaynenonenone C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Barney v. Watson 449 (1876) Bradleynonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Terry v. Commercial Bank of Alabama 454 (1876) Millernonenone C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Williams v. United States 457 (1876) Cliffordnonenone D. Cal. affirmed
City of St Louis v. United States 462 (1876) Millernonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Tyng v. Grinnell 467 (1876) Cliffordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Miller v. Dale 473 (1876) Fieldnonenone Cal. affirmed
Kennard v. Louisiana ex rel. Morgan 480 (1876) Waitenonenone La. affirmed
Town of Coloma v. Eaves 484 (1876) StrongBradleynone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Town of Venice v. Murdock 494 (1876) Strongnonenone C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Town of Genoa v. Woodruff 502 (1876) Strongnonenone C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Converse v. City of Ft. Scott 503 (1876) Strongnonenone C.C.N.D. Kan. reversed
Carrol v. Green 509 (1876) Swaynenonenone C.C.D.S.C. reversed
Franklin Fire Insurance Company v. Vaughan 516 (1876) Huntnonenone C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed
United States v. Diekelman 520 (1876) Waitenonenone Ct. Cl. reversed
Board of Liquidation of Louisiana v. McComb 531 (1876) Bradleynonenone C.C.D. La. multiple
United States v. Cruikshank 542 (1876) WaitenoneClifford C.C.D. La. affirmed
Harshman v. Bates County 569 (1876) Bradleynonenone C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
State Railroad Tax Cases 575 (1876) Millernonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Lewis v. United States 618 (1876) Swaynenonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Town of Concord v. Portsmouth Savings Bank 625 (1876) Strongnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Moultrie County v. Rockingham Ten-Cent Savings Bank 631 (1876) Strongnonenone C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Marcy v. Oswego Township 637 (1876) Strongnonenone C.C.D. Kan. reversed
Humboldt Township v. Long 642 (1876) StrongnoneMiller C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Intermingled Cotton Cases 651 (1876) Waitenonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Morrison v. Jackson 654 (1876) Cliffordnonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia v. Georgia 665 (1876) Strongnonenone Ga. reversed
South-Western Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia v. Georgia 676 (1876) Strongnonenone Ga. reversed
Branch v. City of Charleston 677 (1876) Bradleynonenone C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Garsed v. Beall 684 (1876) Cliffordnonenone C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed
The Alabama 695 (1876) Bradleynonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Hot Springs Cases 698 (1876) Bradleynonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Burdell v. Denig 716 (1876) Millernonenone C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed
McStay v. Friedman 723 (1876) Waitenonenone Cal. dismissed
Hammond v. Mason and Hamlin Organ Company 724 (1876) Millernonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Hall v. Weare 728 (1876) Strongnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company v. United States 733 (1876) DavisnoneField C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company v. United States 760 (1875) Davisnonenone C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Newhall v. Sanger 761 (1876) DavisnoneField C.C.D. Cal. reversed

Notes and references

    1. Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.
    2. "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
    3. Yuan, Elizabeth (September 4, 2013). "'22 Lewd Chinese Women' and Other Courtroom Dramas. A U.S. circuit judge brings historic Asian-American trials back to life". The Atlantic . Retrieved November 8, 2015.

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    Chy Lung v. Freeman, 92 U.S. 275 (1876), was a US Supreme Court case that ruled that the powers to set rules surrounding immigration and to manage foreign relations rest with the US federal government, rather than that of the states. The case has been cited in other Supreme Court cases related to government authority on matters relating to immigration policy and immigration enforcement, most recently in Arizona v. United States (2012).