List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 91

This is a list of cases reported in volume 91 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1875 and 1876.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 91 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 91 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

Portrait	Justice	Office	Home State	Succeeded	Date confirmed by the Senate	Tenure on Supreme Court
	Morrison Waite	Chief Justice	Ohio	Salmon P. Chase		– March 23, 1888
	Nathan Clifford	Associate Justice	Maine	Benjamin Robbins Curtis		– July 25, 1881
	Noah Haynes Swayne	Associate Justice	Ohio	John McLean		– January 24, 1881
	Samuel Freeman Miller	Associate Justice	Iowa	Peter Vivian Daniel		– October 13, 1890
	David Davis	Associate Justice	Illinois	John Archibald Campbell		– March 4, 1877
	Stephen Johnson Field	Associate Justice	California	newly created seat		– December 1, 1897
	William Strong	Associate Justice	Pennsylvania	Robert Cooper Grier		– December 14, 1880
	Joseph P. Bradley	Associate Justice	New Jersey	newly created seat		– January 22, 1892
	Ward Hunt	Associate Justice	New York	Samuel Nelson		– January 27, 1882

Notable Case in 91 U.S.

''Kohl v. United States''

Kohl v. United States,, involved the power of eminent domain. The Supreme Court ruled that it is necessary for governments to be able to seize property for their uses, such as creating infrastructure, which ultimately are to be determined by the legislature and not the judiciary.

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 91 U.S.

Case Name	Page & year	Opinion of the Court	Concurring opinion	Dissenting opinion	Lower Court	Disposition
McComb v. Knox Cnty.		Waite	none	none	Richland Cnty. Ct. Com. Pl.	dismissed
Wilmington & W.R.R. Co. v. King		Field	none	Bradley	N.C.	reversed
Matthews v. McStea		Strong	none	none	N.Y.	affirmed
Dainese v. Hale		Bradley	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	reversed
Semmes v. United States		Clifford	none	none	C.C.D. La.	affirmed
McLemore v. Louisiana S. Bank		Davis	none	none	C.C.D. La.	affirmed
Farmers' & M. Nat'l Bank v. Dearing		Swayne	none	none	N.Y.	reversed
Brown v. Piper		Swayne	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
Piper v. Moon		Swayne	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	affirmed
Upton v. Tribilcock		Hunt	none	Miller	C.C.D. Iowa	reversed
Sanger v. Upton		Swayne	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Carver v. Upton		per curiam	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Webster v. Upton		Strong	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
United States v. Union P.R.R. Co.		Davis	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
National Bank v. Merchants' Nat'l Bank		Strong	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
Long v. Converse		Waite	none	none	Mass.	dismissed
Sawyer v. Turpin		Strong	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	affirmed
Jackson v. Jackson		Field	none	Davis	Sup. Ct. D.C.	reversed
Baltimore & P.R.R. Co. v. 6th Pres. Church		Clifford	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Beauregard v. Case		Field	none	none	C.C.D. La.	affirmed
Atherton v. Fowler		Waite	none	none	Cal.	dismissal denied
Roemer v. Simon		Waite	none	none	C.C.D.N.J.	rehearing denied
Roberts v. Ryer		Waite	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Hall v. Lanning		Bradley	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	reversed
Sewall v. Jones		Hunt	none	Clifford	C.C.D. Me.	reversed
The Free State		Hunt	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mich.	affirmed
Mitchell v. Leavenworth Cnty.		Waite	none	none	Kan.	affirmed
The Sunnyside		Clifford	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mich.	reversed
Pollard v. Lyon		Clifford	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Mutual B.L. Ins. Co. v. Tisdale		Hunt	none	none	C.C.D. Iowa	reversed
Butterfield v. Usher		Waite	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	dismissed
Muller v. Ehlers		Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D. Wis.	affirmed
Wright v. Tebbitts		Waite	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Haines v. Carpenter		Bradley	none	none	C.C.D. La.	affirmed
McMurray v. Brown		Clifford	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Black v. United States		Waite	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Moore v. United States		Bradley	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Welton v. Missouri		Field	none	none	Mo.	reversed
Western Union Tel. Co. v. Western & A.R.R. Co.		Miller	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ga.	reversed
Forsythe v. Kimball		Swayne	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Dow v. Humbert		Miller	none	Clifford	C.C.W.D. Wis.	affirmed
United States v. Allison		Waite	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
Hoover v. Wise		Hunt	none	Miller	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	affirmed
United States v. Ashfleld		Waite	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
United States v. Corliss S.E. Co.		Field	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Lobenstein v. United States		Waite	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Shepley v. Cowan		Field	none	none	Mo.	affirmed
Stone v. Towne		Miller	none	none	C.C.S.D. Miss.	reversed
Union P.R.R. Co. v. Hall		Strong	none	Bradley	C.C.D. Iowa	affirmed
Amory v. Amory		Waite	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	dismissal denied
Morsell v. First Nat'l Bank		Swayne	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	reversed
Arthur v. Cumming		Swayne	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
The D.R. Martin		Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	dismissed
The Juniata		Waite	none	none	C.C.D. La.	depositions denied
Kohl v. United States		Strong	none	Field	C.C.S.D. Ohio	affirmed
Romie v. Casanova		Waite	none	none	Cal.	dismissed
The Dove		Clifford	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mich.	affirmed
Cooke v. United States		Waite	none	Clifford	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	reversed
Scudder v. Union Nat'l Bank		Hunt	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
First Unitarian Soc'y v. Faulkner		Clifford	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Ex parte French		Waite	none	none	original	mandamus denied
Nudd v. Burrows		Swayne	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
United States v. McKee		Miller	none	Clifford	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Townsend v. Todd		Hunt	none	none	C.C.D. Conn.	affirmed
Grand Trunk R.R. Co. v. Richardson		Strong	none	none	C.C.D. Vt.	affirmed
Osborn v. United States		Field	none	none	C.C.D. Kan.	affirmed
Lloyd v. Fulton		Swayne	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ga.	affirmed
Zeller v. Switzer		Waite	none	none	La.	dismissed
Milwaukee et al. Ry. Co. v. Arms		Davis	none	none	C.C.D. Iowa	reversed
Mayer v. Hellman		Field	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	reversed
Earle v. McVeigh		Clifford	none	none	C.C.E.D. Va.	affirmed
Aetna L. Ins. Co. v. France		Hunt	none	none	C.C.E.D. Pa.	reversed
Lathrop v. Drake		Bradley	none	none	C.C.E.D. Pa.	reversed
Eyster v. Gaff		Miller	none	none	Colo.	affirmed
Gould v. Evansville & C.R.R. Co.		Clifford	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
Lower v. United States		Davis	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	judgment modified
Barnes v. District of Columbia		Hunt	none	Field	Sup. Ct. D.C.	reversed
United States v. Norton I		Waite	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	certification
Hall v. United States		Clifford	none	none	C.C.D. Minn.	affirmed
United States v. Norton II		Swayne	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	certification
Meyer v. Arthur		Bradley	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Spencer v. United States		Waite	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
McManus v. O'Sullivan		Waite	none	none	Cal.	dismissed
Dainese v. Cooke		Miller	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	reversed
Haldeman v. United States		Davis	none	none	C.C.D. Ky.	affirmed
Twin-Lick O. Co. v. Marbury		Miller	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Bolling v. Lersner		Waite	none	none	Va.	dismissed
Woodruff v. Hough		Miller	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Gilman v. Illinois & M. Tel. Co.		Swayne	none	none	C.C.D. Iowa	affirmed
Dows v. National E. Bank		Strong	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Knotts v. Stearns		Field	none	none	C.C.E.D. Va.	affirmed
Mississippi & M.R.R. Co. v. Cromwell		Bradley	none	none	C.C.D. Iowa	reversed
Phillips & C.C. Co. v. Seymour		Miller	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	reversed
New Lamp C. Co. v. Ansonia B. & C. Co.		Clifford	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	affirmed
Florida v. Anderson		Bradley	none	none	original	decree for Florida
Warfield v. Chaffe		Waite	none	none	La.	dismissed
The Colorado		Clifford	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mich.	affirmed
Warren v. Shook		Hunt	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Raymond v. Thomas		Swayne	none	none	S.C.	affirmed
Nichols v. Eaton		Miller	none	none	C.C.D.R.I.	affirmed