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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 107

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Supreme Court of the United States
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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

This is a list of cases reported in volume 107 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1883, along with one case from 1882.[1]

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 107 U.S.

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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 volume 107 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)
Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel July 16, 1862
(Acclamation)
July 21, 1862

October 13, 1890
(Died)
Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat March 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(Retired)
Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seat March 21, 1870
(46–9)
March 23, 1870

January 22, 1892
(Died)
John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(Died)
William Burnham Woods Associate Justice Georgia William Strong December 21, 1880
(39–8)
January 5, 1881

May 14, 1887
(Died)
Stanley Matthews Associate Justice Ohio Noah Haynes Swayne May 12, 1881
(24–23)
May 17, 1881

March 22, 1889
(Died)
Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford December 20, 1881
(51–5)
January 9, 1882

September 15, 1902
(Died)
Samuel Blatchford Associate Justice New York Ward Hunt March 22, 1882
(Acclamation)
April 3, 1882

July 7, 1893
(Died)

Citation style

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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 107 U.S.

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Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
United States v. Erie Railroad Company 1 (1883) Waite none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. rehearing denied
Embry v. Palmer 3 (1883) Matthews none none Conn. reversed
Burgess v. J. & W. Seligman and Company 20 (1883) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Turner v. Maryland 38 (1883) Blatchford none none Md. affirmed
New York v. Compagnie Générale Transatlantique 59 (1883) Miller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
United States ex rel. Burnett v. Teller 64 (1883) Woods none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Cushing v. Laird 69 (1883) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Schmidt v. Badger 85 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. La. affirmed
Hall v. Macneale 90 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Green Bay and Minnesota Railroad Company v. Union Steamboat Company 98 (1883) Gray none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
Michigan Central Railroad Company v. Myrick 102 (1883) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Bush v. Kentucky 110 (1883) Harlan none Field; Waite Ky. reversed
Kendall v. United States 123 (1883) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Potter v. United States 126 (1883) Woods none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Hoffheins v. Russell 132 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Montclair Township v. Ramsdell 147 (1883) Harlan none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Montclair Township v. Dana 162 (1883) Harlan none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Russell v. Allen 163 (1883) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Jones v. Habersham 174 (1883) Gray none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed
Atlantic Works v. Brady 192 (1883) Bradley none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed
New York G. & I. Co. v. Memphis Water Company 205 (1883) Bradley none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed
Cotzhausen v. Nazro 215 (1883) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
Kring v. Missouri 221 (1883) Miller none Matthews Mo. reversed
Bowden v. Johnson 251 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.D.N.J. reversed
Ex parte Wall 265 (1883) Bradley none Field C.C.S.D. Fla. mandamus denied
Roth v. Ehman 319 (1883) Waite none none Ill. dismissed
United States v. Phelps Brothers and Company 320 (1883) Waite none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Tredway v. Sanger 323 (1883) Waite none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Standard Oil Company v. Van Etten 325 (1882) Matthews none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
Missionary Society v. City of The Dalles 336 (1883) Woods none none C.C.D. Or. affirmed
Missionary Society v. Kelly 347 (1883) per curiam none none C.C.D. Or. affirmed
Chapman v. Douglas County 348 (1883) Matthews none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed
Jaffray v. McGehee 361 (1883) Woods none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed
Wiggins Ferry Company v. City of East St. Louis 365 (1883) Woods none none Ill. affirmed
Kountze v Omaha Hotel Company 378 (1883) Bradley none Miller C.C.D. Neb. reversed
Hahn v. United States 402 (1883) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Campbell v. United States 407 (1883) Miller none none Ct. Cl. remanded
Wood v. United States 414 (1883) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
The Julia Blake 418 (1883) Waite none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Allen v. McVeigh 433 (1883) Waite none none Va. affirmed
Merriam v. United States 437 (1883) Woods none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Cook County National Bank v. United States 445 (1883) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Wabash Railroad Company v. McDaniels 454 (1883) Harlan none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
Baldwin v. Starks 463 (1883) Miller none none Neb. reversed
Close v. Glenwood Cemetery Company 466 (1883) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Williams v. Jackson 478 (1883) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Sun Mutual Insurance Company v. Ocean Insurance Company 485 (1883) Matthews none Miller C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
The Adriatic 512 (1883) Field none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
District of Columbia v. Armes 519 (1883) Field none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
McLaughlin v. United States 526 (1883) Miller none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Town of Pana v. Bowler 529 (1883) Woods none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Myers v. Swann 546 (1883) Waite none none C.C.E.D.N.C. affirmed
City of Quincy v. Cooke 549 (1883) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Mills County v. Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company 557 (1883) Bradley none none Iowa affirmed
Read v. City of Plattsmouth 568 (1883) Matthews none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company v. Alabama 581 (1883) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ala. affirmed
Ambler v. Choteau 586 (1883) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Union Trust Company of New York v. E.E. Souther and Brother 591 (1883) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Union Trust Company of New York v. Walker 596 (1883) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Davis v. South Carolina 597 (1883) Matthews none none S.C. reversed
Basket v. Hassell 602 (1883) Matthews none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
Barber v. Schell 617 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Schell v. Cochran 625 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. modification denied
Schell v. Dodge 629 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmance denied
Hill v. Harding 631 (1883) Gray none none Ill. reversed
Duff v. Sterling Pump Company 636 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Gage v. Herring 640 (1883) Gray none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. reversed
Slawson v. Grand Street Railroad Company 649 (1883) Woods none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
United States v. Britton 655 (1883) Woods none none C.C.E.D. Mo. certification
United States v. Curtis 671 (1883) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Mo. certification
First National Bank of Xenia v. Stewart 676 (1883) Field none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed
Escanaba and Lake Michigan Transportation Company v. City of Chicago 678 (1883) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Parkersburg O.R. Transportation Company v. City of Parkersburg 691 (1883) Bradley none Harlan C.C.D.W. Va. affirmed
Louisiana v. Jumel 711 (1883) Waite none Field; Harlan C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Antoni v. Greenhow 769 (1883) Waite Matthews Field; Harlan Va. affirmed

Notes and references

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  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.
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