List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 93

Summary

This is a list of cases reported in volume 93 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1876 and 1877.[1]

Supreme Court of the United States
Map
38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 93 U.S. edit

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 93 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
  Morrison Waite Chief Justice Ohio Salmon P. Chase January 21, 1874
(63–0)
March 4, 1874

March 23, 1888
(Died)
  Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis January 12, 1858
(26–23)
January 21, 1858

July 25, 1881
(Died)
  Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean January 24, 1862
(38–1)
January 27, 1862

January 24, 1881
(Retired)
  Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel July 16, 1862
(Acclamation)
July 21, 1862

October 13, 1890
(Died)
  David Davis Associate Justice Illinois John Archibald Campbell December 8, 1862
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1862

March 4, 1877
(Resigned)
  Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly-created seat March 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(Retired)
  William Strong Associate Justice Pennsylvania Robert Cooper Grier February 18, 1870
(No vote recorded)
March 14, 1870

December 14, 1880
(Retired)
  Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly-created seat March 21, 1870
(46–9)
March 23, 1870

January 22, 1892
(Died)
  Ward Hunt Associate Justice New York Samuel Nelson December 11, 1872
(Acclamation)
January 9, 1873

January 27, 1882
(Retired)

Citation style edit

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 93 U.S. edit

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Hoge v. Richmond and Danville Railroad Company 1 (1876) Waite none none C.C.D.S.C. acceleration denied
Gaines v. Hale 3 (1876) Bradley none none Ark. affirmed
South Carolina v. Georgia 4 (1876) Strong none none original dismissed
Fuller v. Claflin 14 (1876) Hunt none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed
Ex parte Parks 18 (1876) Bradley none none original habeas corpus denied
New York Life Insurance Company v. Statham 24 (1876) Bradley Waite; Strong Waite; Clifford C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Terry v. Abraham 38 (1876) Miller none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed
Smith v. Chapman 41 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed
Terry v. Hatch 44 (1876) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Ga. dismissed
Beaver v. Taylor 46 (1876) Hunt none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Grymes v. Sanders 55 (1876) Swayne none none C.C.E.D. Va. reversed
Birdsall v. Coolidge 64 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.D. Nev. reversed
Hurst v. Western and Atlantic Railroad Company 71 (1876) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed
Chemung Canal Bank v. Lowery 72 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
Ryan v. Carter 78 (1876) Davis none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Kitchen v. Randolph 86 (1876) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Pa. supersedeas vacated
Dresser v. Missouri and Iowa Railway Construction Company 92 (1876) Hunt none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
Bird v. Louisiana State Bank 96 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. reversed
Sherlock v. Alling 99 (1876) Field none none Ind. affirmed
Tippecanoe County v. Lucas 108 (1876) Field none none Ind. affirmed
Home Insurance Company v. City of Augusta 116 (1876) Swayne none none Ga. affirmed
Calhoun County v. American Emigrant Company 124 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
Claflin v. Houseman 130 (1876) Bradley none none N.Y. affirmed
Hendrick v. Lindsay 143 (1876) Davis none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
O'Hara v. Macconnell 150 (1876) Miller none none C.C.W.D. Pa. reversed
Kerrison v. Stewart 155 (1876) Waite none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Tilton v. Cofield 163 (1876) Swayne none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Colo. reversed
French v. Fyan 169 (1876) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Company 174 (1876) Strong none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed
United States v. 43 Gallons Whiskey 188 (1876) Davis none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed
Ober v. Gallagher 199 (1876) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed
Sherman v. Buick 209 (1876) Miller none none Cal. reversed
Morgan v. Louisiana 217 (1876) Field none none La. affirmed
Grant v. Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company 225 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed
Hornor v. Henning 228 (1876) Miller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Del Valle v. Harrison 233 (1876) Waite none none C.C.D. La. dismissed
Shaw v. United States 235 (1876) Field none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Schacker v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company 241 (1876) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ill. dismissed
Garfielde v. United States 242 (1876) Hunt none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Whiteside v. United States 247 (1876) Clifford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Barkley v. Levee Commissioners of the Parishes of Madison and Carroll, Louisiana 258 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Broughton v. City of Pensacola 266 (1876) Field none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed
Dalton v. Jennings 271 (1876) Miller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Windsor v. McVeigh 274 (1876) Field none none Alexandria Corp. Ct. affirmed
Bigelow v. Berkshire Life Insurance Company 284 (1876) Davis none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Sawin v. Kenny 289 (1876) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed
Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company v. Horst 291 (1876) Swayne none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
The Atlas 302 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. reversed
Kimball v. Evans 320 (1876) Waite none none Ohio dismissed
Talty v. Freedman's Savings Bank Company 321 (1876) Swayne none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Brant v. Virginia Coal and Iron Company 326 (1876) Field none none C.C.D.W. Va. reversed
The Juniata 337 (1876) Swayne none none C.C.D. La. multiple
Smith v. Gaines 341 (1876) Miller none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Cockle v. Flack 344 (1876) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Wiswall v. Campbell 347 (1876) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ill. dismissed
Cowdrey v. Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Company 352 (1876) Field none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed
Norton v. Switzer 355 (1876) Clifford none none La. affirmed
Cohn v. United States Corset Company 366 (1876) Strong none Clifford C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Dodge v. Freedman's Savings and Trust Company 379 (1876) Hunt none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Callanan v. Hurley 387 (1876) Strong none none C.C.D. Iowa reversed
Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Snyder 393 (1876) Davis none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Ex parte Karstendick 396 (1876) Waite none none original habeas corpus denied
The John L. Hasbrouck 405 (1877) Clifford none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
Sage v. Central Railroad Company 412 (1876) Waite none Miller C.C.D. Iowa dismissal denied
DeBary v. Arthur 420 (1876) Hunt none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Osterberg v. Union Trust Company 424 (1877) Davis none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Lovejoy v. Spafford 430 (1876) Hunt none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed
Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company v. United States 442 (1877) Bradley none Miller Ct. Cl. reversed
Russell v. Dodge 460 (1877) Field none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Wiggins v. Utah 465 (1876) Miller none Clifford Utah reversed
Smith v. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Company 486 (1877) Strong none Bradley C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Randolph County v. Post 502 (1877) Hunt none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
White v. Luning 514 (1876) Davis none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Home Insurance Company v. Baltimore Warehouse Company 527 (1876) Strong none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Stanton v. Embrey 548 (1877) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Huff v. Doyle 558 (1877) Miller none none Cal. reversed
Western Union Telegraph Company v. Rogers 565 (1877) Waite none none C.C.D. Neb. dismissed
Callaway County v. Foster 567 (1876) Hunt none Miller C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
The Idaho 575 (1877) Strong none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
United States v. Thompson 586 (1877) Waite none none Md. dismissed
Mackie v. Story 589 (1877) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Bond v. Moore 593 (1877) Waite none none Tenn. affirmed
West Wisconsin Railway Company v. Trempealeau County 595 (1876) Swayne none none Wis. affirmed
Badger v. United States ex rel. Bolles 599 (1877) Hunt none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Desmare v. United States 605 (1877) Swayne none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
City of Winona v. Cowdrey 612 (1877) Davis none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Wood County v. Lackawana Iron and Coal Company 619 (1877) Swayne none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
United States v. Ferrary 625 (1876) Strong none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. reversed
Donaldson v. Farwell 631 (1877) Davis none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
Heydenfeldt v. Daney Gold and Silver Mining Company 634 (1877) Davis none none Nev. affirmed
Bayne v. United States 642 (1877) Davis none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Tameling v. United States Freehold and Emigration Company 644 (1877) Davis none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Colo. affirmed
Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works 664 (1877) Davis none none C.C.S.D. Ill. reversed
Kibbe v. Ditto 674 (1877) Davis none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed

Notes and references edit

  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.

External links edit

  • [1] Case reports in volume 93 from Library of Congress
  • [2] Case reports in volume 93 from Court Listener
  • [3] Case reports in volume 93 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
  • [4] Case reports in volume 93 from Google Scholar
  • [5] Case reports in volume 93 from Justia
  • [6] Case reports in volume 93 from Open Jurist
  • Website of the United States Supreme Court
  • United States Courts website about the Supreme Court
  • National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • American Bar Association, How Does the Supreme Court Work?
  • The Supreme Court Historical Society