List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 105

This is a list of cases reported in volume 105 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1881 and 1882.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 105 U.S.

The Supreme Court is established by Article Three of [the United States Constitution|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. Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices.
When the cases in volume 105 U.S. were decided the Court comprised nine of the following ten members at one time :

Portrait	Justice	Office	Home State	Succeeded	Date confirmed by the Senate	Tenure on Supreme Court
	Morrison Waite	Chief [Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States\|Chief Justice]	Ohio	Salmon P. Chase		– March 23, 1888
	Samuel Freeman Miller	Associate Justice	Iowa	Peter Vivian Daniel		– October 13, 1890
	Stephen Johnson Field	Associate Justice	California	newly created seat		– December 1, 1897
	Joseph P. Bradley	Associate Justice	New Jersey	newly created seat		– January 22, 1892
	Ward Hunt	Associate Justice	New York	Samuel Nelson		– January 27, 1882
	John Marshall Harlan	Associate Justice	Kentucky	David Davis		– October 14, 1911
	William Burnham Woods	Associate Justice	Georgia	William Strong		– May 14, 1887
	Stanley Matthews	Associate Justice	Ohio	Noah Haynes Swayne		– March 22, 1889
	Horace Gray	Associate Justice	Massachusetts	Nathan Clifford		– September 15, 1902
	Samuel Blatchford	Associate Justice	New York	Ward Hunt		– July 7, 1893

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 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. 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.

"C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of...
* e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
"D." = United States District Court for the District of...
* e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
"E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western
* e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
* e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
"Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time.
* e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
* e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

List of cases in volume 105 U.S.

Case Name	Page & year	Opinion of the Court	Concurring opinion	Dissenting opinion	Lower court	Disposition of case
Wade v. Town of Walnut		Waite	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Swope v. Leffingwell		Waite	none	none	Mo.	affirmed
Clark v. Fredericks		Waite	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont.	affirmed
Bartholow v. Trustees		Waite	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	dismissed
Pollard v. Vinton		Miller	none	none	C.C.D. Ky.	affirmed
Greenwood v. Union F.R.R. Co.		Miller	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	affirmed
The Scotland		Bradley	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	multiple
United States v. Dix Island Granite Co.		Field	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Young v. American S.S. Co.		Field	none	none	Pa.	affirmed
Head v. Hargrave		Field	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz.	reversed
Smith v. Field		Field	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Mathews v. Boston Mach. Co.		Bradley	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	affirmed
Taylor v. City of Ypsilanti		Harlan	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mich.	reversed
New Buffalo Twp. v. Cambria Iron Co.		Harlan	none	none	C.C.W.D. Mich.	affirmed
Hammock v. Farmers' L. & T. Co.		Harlan	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	affirmed
Lehnbeuter v. Holthaus		Woods	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	reversed
United States v. Temple		Woods	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Blennerhassett v. Sherman		Woods	none	none	C.C.D. Iowa	affirmed
McCormick v. Knox		Woods	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Ager v. Murray		Gray	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Rives v. Duke		Gray	none	none	C.C.W.D. Va.	affirmed
Scovill v. Thayer		Woods	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
Bantz v. Frantz		Woods	none	none	C.C.D. Ky.	affirmed
New Orleans et al. R.R. Co. v. Ellerman		Matthews	none	none	C.C.D. La.	reversed
Marine et al. Co. v. Bradley		Matthews	none	none	C.C.D.S.C.	affirmed
United States v. Hunt		Matthews	none	none	C.C.S.D. Miss.	reversed
Root v. Lake Shore et al. Ry. Co.		Matthews	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Cecil Nat'l Bank v. Watsontown Bank		Matthews	none	none	C.C.W.D. Pa.	reversed
Warren v. Stoddart		Woods	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Chatfield v. Boyle & Co.		Waite	none	none	C.C.W.D. Tenn.	dismissed
Hecht v. Boughton		Waite	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo.	dismissed
Davenport v. Dodge Cnty.		Waite	none	none	C.C.D. Neb.	reversed
United States v. Tyler		Miller	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Burley v. Flint		Miller	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Scheefer v. Washington City et al. R.R. Co.		Miller	none	none	C.C.E.D. Va.	affirmed
Goulds' Mfg. Co. v. Cowing		Waite	none	none	C.C.N.D.N.Y.	reversed
Memphis et al. R.R. Co. v. Loftin		Waite	none	none	Ark.	affirmed
Brandies v. Cochrane		Waite	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	dismissal denied
United States v. Union P.R.R. Co.		Waite	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo.	dismissed
Keyser v. Farr		Waite	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	dismissal denied
James v. McCormack		Waite	none	none	not indicated	dismissal confirmed
The Schooner S.C. Tryon		Waite	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	affirmed
Simmons v. Ogle		Miller	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	reversed
Louisiana v. Pilsbury		Field	none	none	La.	reversed
Russell v. Stansell		Waite	none	none	N.D. Miss.	dismissed
Albany Cnty. v. Stanley		Miller	none	none	C.C.N.D.N.Y.	reversed
Hills v. National A.E. Bank		Miller	none	none	C.C.N.D.N.Y.	reversed
Evansville Nat'l Bank v. Britton		Miller	none	Waite, Bradley	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
American L. Ins. Co. v. Town of Bruce		Harlan	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	reversed
Sullivan v. Burnett		Harlan	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	affirmed
Ottawa Mfg. Co. v. First Nat'l Bank		Harlan	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
City of Manchester v. Ericsson		Miller	none	none	C.C.E.D. Va.	reversed
Knickerbocker L. Ins. Co. v. Foley		Field	none	none	C.C.D.S.C.	affirmed
Bennecke v. Connecticut M.L. Ins. Co.		Woods	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	affirmed
St. Anna's Asylum v. City of New Orleans		Bradley	none	Miller	La.	reversed
Moultrie Cnty. v. Fairfield		Woods	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	affirmed
The Francis Wright		Waite	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Hewitt, Norton & Co. v. Phelps		Matthews	none	none	C.C.S.D. Miss.	affirmed
Hauselt v. Harrison		Matthews	none	none	C.C.W.D. Pa.	reversed
City of Hannibal v. Fauntleroy		Matthews	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	affirmed
United States v. Emholt		Gray	none	none	C.C.W.D. Wis.	dismissed
Hitchcock v. Buchanan		Gray	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	affirmed
United States v. Rindskopf		Field	none	none	C.C.E.D. Wis.	reversed
Marchand v. Frellsen		Woods	none	none	C.C.D. La.	affirmed
Dowell v. Mitchell		Woods	none	none	C.C.E.D. Ark.	reversed
Russell v. Farley		Bradley	none	none	C.C.D. Minn.	affirmed
The S.S. Osborne		Waite	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ohio	affirmed
Ex parte Slayton		Waite	none	none	N.D. Ill.	certification
Louisiana v. Taylor		Matthews	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	affirmed
Western Union Tel. Co. v. Texas		Waite	none	none	Tex.	reversed
Thatcher v. Rockwell		Waite	none	none	Colo.	affirmed
Newport et al. Co. v. United States		Waite	none	Miller, Field, Bradley	C.C.S.D. Ohio	affirmed
French, Hanna, & Co. v. Gapen		Waite	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	reversed
Internal I.F. v. Greenough		Bradley	none	Miller	C.C.N.D. Fla.	multiple
Johnson v. Flushing et al. R.R. Co.		Woods	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Guidet v. City of Brooklyn		Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Gordon v. Butler		Field	none	none	C.C.N.D.N.Y.	reversed
Cincinnati et al. Co. v. Town of Catlettsburg		Miller	none	none	C.C.D. Ky.	affirmed
Packing Co. Cases		Woods	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Corbin v. Van Brunt		Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Ex parte Hoard		Waite	none	none	D.W. Va.	mandamus denied
Webster Loom Co. v. Higgins		Bradley	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	reversed
City of New Orleans v. Morris		Miller	none	none	C.C.D. La.	reversed
Oglesby v. Attrill		Field	none	none	C.C.D. La.	affirmed
United States v. Carll		Gray	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	certification
Lincoln v. French		Field	none	none	C.C.D. Cal.	reversed
Bridge v. Excelsior Mfg. Co.		Bradley	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	affirmed
United States v. Smith		Miller	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
New York G. & I. Co. v. Louisiana		Waite	none	none	La.	affirmed
Leathers v. Blessing		Blatchford	none	none	C.C.D. La.	affirmed
The Potomac		Gray	none	none	C.C.D. La.	multiple
Venable & Son v. Richards		Harlan	none	none	C.C.E.D. Va.	affirmed
Upton v. McLaughlin		Blatchford	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo.	reversed
Ex parte Boyd		Matthews	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	habeas corpus denied
Corbin v. Black Hawk Cnty.		Blatchford	none	none	C.C.D. Iowa	affirmed
Post v. Kendall Cnty.		Gray	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Harvey v. United States		Blatchford	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
Swift et al. Co. v. United States		Matthews	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
Ex parte Mason		Waite	none	none	General court-martial	habeas corpus denied
Wurts v. Hoagland Iron Co.		Bradley	none	none	New Jersey [Court of Errors and Appeals\|N.J.]	certification
Stevenson v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.		Matthews	none	none	C.C.W.D. Tex.	affirmed
Marsh v. McPherson		Matthews	none	none	C.C.D. Neb.	reversed
Flanders v. Seelye		Blatchford	none	none	C.C.D. La.	reversed
Ralls Cnty. v. Douglass		Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	affirmed
Ralls Cnty. v. United States		Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	affirmed
Lewis v. Barbour Cnty.		Harlan	none	none	C.C.D. Kan.	reversed
Carite v. Trotot		Matthews	none	none	C.C.D. La.	reversed
Paper-Bag Cases		Waite	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ohio	multiple
The Mamie		Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mich.	dismissal denied