List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 119


This is a list of cases reported in volume 119 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1886 and 1887.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 119 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 119 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
Tenure on Supreme Court
Morrison WaiteChief [Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Chief Justice]OhioSalmon P. Chase

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March 23, 1888
Samuel Freeman MillerAssociate JusticeIowaPeter Vivian Daniel

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October 13, 1890
Stephen Johnson FieldAssociate JusticeCalifornianewly created seat

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December 1, 1897
Joseph P. BradleyAssociate JusticeNew Jerseynewly created seat

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January 22, 1892
John Marshall HarlanAssociate JusticeKentuckyDavid Davis

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October 14, 1911
William Burnham WoodsAssociate JusticeGeorgiaWilliam Strong

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May 14, 1887
Stanley MatthewsAssociate JusticeOhioNoah Haynes Swayne

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March 22, 1889
Horace GrayAssociate JusticeMassachusettsNathan Clifford

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September 15, 1902
Samuel BlatchfordAssociate JusticeNew YorkWard Hunt

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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.
Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinionDissenting opinionLower CourtDisposition
Choctaw Nation v. United StatesMatthews-WaiteCt. Cl.reversed
Consolidated Safety Valve Company v. KunkleBlatchford--C.C.N.D. Ill.affirmed
White v. DunbarBradley--C.C.E.D. La.reversed
Dainese v. KendallWaite--Sup. Ct. D.C.dismissed
Buttz v. Northern Pacific Railway CompanyField--Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakotaaffirmed
Town of Oregon v. JenningsBlatchford--C.C.N.D. Ill.affirmed
Palmer v. HusseyWaite--N.Y. Sup. Ct.affirmed
Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad Company v. O'BrienHarlan-FieldC.C.S.D. Miss.reversed
Philadelphia Fire Association v. New YorkBlatchford-HarlanN.Y. Sup. Ct.affirmed
Home Insurance Company v. New YorkWaite--N.Y. Sup. Ct.affirmed
Shipman v. District of ColumbiaWaite--Ct. Cl.affirmed
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company v. Columbus Rolling MillGray--C.C.S.D. Ohioaffirmed
French v. HallMatthews--C.C.D. Colo.reversed
Hanrick v. PatrickMatthews--C.C.N.D. Tex.affirmed
Washington County v. SallingerMatthews--C.C.E.D.N.C.affirmed
Freeman v. AldersonField--C.C.N.D. Tex.affirmed
Willamette Manufacturing Company v. Bank of British ColumbiaMiller--C.C.D. Or.affirmed
The HarrisburgWaite--C.C.E.D. Pa.reversed
Crow v. Oxford TownshipBlatchford--C.C.D. Kan.affirmed
Hapgood v. HewittBlatchford--C.C.D. Ind.affirmed
Story v. BlackWaite--Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont.dismissed
Continental Life Insurance Company v. RhoadsWaite--C.C.E.D. Pa.reversed
Georgia Railway">Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia Railway Company v. GraysonWaite--C.C.N.D. Ala.affirmed
Cunard Steamship Company v. CareyWaite--C.C.S.D.N.Y.affirmed
Newhall v. Le BretonHarlan--C.C.D. Cal.affirmed
City of New Orleans v. HoustonMatthews--C.C.E.D. La.affirmed
Hamilton v. Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway CompanyField--La.affirmed
Schmidt Brothers v. CobbWaite--C.C.N.D. Iowaaffirmed
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad v. NickalsHarlan--C.C.S.D.N.Y.reversed
R.D. Wood and Company v. City of Fort WayneBlatchford--C.C.D. Ind.reversed
Clark v. WoosterBradley--C.C.S.D.N.Y.affirmed
McCreery v. HaskellField--Cal.affirmed
Pomace Holder Company v. FergusonBlatchford--C.C.N.D.N.Y.affirmed
Donnelly v. District of ColumbiaWaite--Ct. Cl.affirmed
Halsted v. BusterWaite--C.C.D.W. Va.reversed
Coit v. North Carolina Gold Amalgamating CompanyField--C.C.E.D. Pa.affirmed
Buzard v. HoustonGray-BradleyC.C.W.D. Tex.reversed
Kramer v. CohnGray--W.D. Ark.affirmed
Williamsport National Bank v. KnappGray--C.C.W.D. Pa.dismissed
Wylie v. Northampton National BankMatthews--C.C.S.D.N.Y.affirmed
Newton v. Furst and Bradley Manufacturing CompanyBlatchford--C.C.N.D. Ill.affirmed
Street v. FerryWaite--Sup. Ct. Terr. Utahdismissed
Wilson v. BlairWaite--C.C.D. Neb.dismissed
Johnson v. Chicago and Pacific Elevator CompanyBlatchford--Ill.affirmed
California Artificial Stone Paving Company v. SchalickeBlatchford--C.C.D. Cal.affirmed
United States v. RauscherMillerGrayWaiteC.C.S.D.N.Y.certification
Ker v. IllinoisMiller--Ill.affirmed
Campbell v. Laclede Gas-Light CompanyMiller--Mo.affirmed
Winchester v. Heiskell, Scott & HeiskellWaite--Tenn.affirmed
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company v. McClungWaite--C.C.S.D. Ohioaffirmed
Baltimore and [Ohio Railroad] Company v. BatesWaite--Ohioreversed
Peper v. FordyceWaite--C.C.E.D. Ark.reversed
The [Guardian Life Insurance Company of America|Germania Insurance Company] v. WisconsinWaite--C.C.W.D. Wis.affirmed
United States v. JonesWaite--Ct. Cl.dismissal denied
Greenwich Insurance v. Providence and Stonington Steam-Ship CompanyBradley--C.C.S.D.N.Y.affirmed
Wolverton v. NicholsMiller--Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont.reversed
Gilbert v. Moline Plow CompanyMiller--Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakotaaffirmed
Bignall v. Gould Manufacturing CompanyGray--C.C.E.D. Mo.affirmed
Thackrah v. HaasGray--Sup. Ct. Terr. Utahreversed
Brooks v. ClarkWaite--C.C.E.D. Pa.affirmed
Eldred v. Bell Telephone CompanyMatthews--C.C.E.D. Mo.affirmed
Whitford v. Clark CountyWaite--C.C.E.D. Mo.reversed
Ashby v. HallField--Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont.affirmed
Sutter v. RobinsonMatthews--C.C.N.D. Ill.reversed
Huse, Loomis and Company v. GloverField--C.C.N.D. Ill.affirmed
Goetz and Luening v. Bank of Kansas CityField--C.C.E.D. Wis.affirmed
Northern Pacific Railway Company v. PaineField--C.C.D. Minn.affirmed
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. McLaughlinWaite--C.C.N.D. Iowaaffirmed
Mace v. MerrillWaite--Cal.dismissed
Ex parte MirzanWaite--C.C.N.D.N.Y.habeas corpus denied
Hancock v. HolbrookWaite--C.C.E.D. La.affirmed
Borer v. ChapmanMatthews--C.C.D. Minn.affirmed
Ivinson v. HuttonMiller--Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo.affirmed
Iron Mountain and Helena Railroad Company v. JohnsonMiller--E.D. Ark.affirmed
Ex parte RalstonWaite--La.mandamus denied
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company v. Wiggins Ferry CompanyWaite--Mo.dismissed
Cope v. Vallette Dry Dock CompanyBradley--C.C.E.D. La.affirmed
Sharp v. RiessnerBlatchford--C.C.S.D.N.Y.affirmed
Barrell v. TiltonField--C.C.D. Or.affirmed
A.S. Baldwin and J. [Levy and Company v. Black]Blatchford-BradleyC.C.E.D. La.affirmed
Ives v. Sargent and CompanyMatthews--C.C.D. Conn.affirmed
Hartshorn v. Saginaw Barrel CompanyMatthews--C.C.E.D. Mich.affirmed
Town of Enfield v. JordanBradley--C.C.S.D. Ill.affirmed
New York, New England and Western Investment Company">New York (state)">New York, New England and Western Investment CompanyMatthews--C.C.D. Mass.affirmed