List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 93

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.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 93 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 93 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

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 93 U.S.

Case Name	Page and year	Opinion of the Court	Concurring opinion	Dissenting opinion	Lower Court	Disposition
Hoge v. Richmond and Danville Railroad Company		Waite	none	none	C.C.D.S.C.	acceleration denied
Gaines v. Hale		Bradley	none	none	Ark.	affirmed
South Carolina v. Georgia		Strong	none	none	original	dismissed
Fuller v. Claflin		Hunt	none	none	C.C.W.D. Ark.	reversed
Ex parte Parks		Bradley	none	none	original	habeas corpus denied
New York Life Insurance Company v. Statham		Bradley	Waite; Strong	Waite; Clifford	C.C.S.D. Miss.	reversed
Terry v. Abraham		Miller	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ga.	affirmed
Smith v. Chapman		Clifford	none	none	C.C.D. Minn.	reversed
Terry v. Hatch		Waite	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ga.	dismissed
Beaver v. Taylor		Hunt	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	affirmed
Grymes v. Sanders		Swayne	none	none	C.C.E.D. Va.	reversed
Birdsall v. Coolidge		Clifford	none	none	C.C.D. Nev.	reversed
Hurst v. Western and Atlantic Railroad Company		Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D. Tenn.	affirmed
Chemung Canal Bank v. Lowery		Bradley	none	none	C.C.W.D. Wis.	affirmed
Ryan v. Carter		Davis	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	affirmed
Kitchen v. Randolph		Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D. Pa.	supersedeas vacated
Dresser v. Missouri and Iowa Railway Construction Company		Hunt	none	none	C.C.D. Iowa	affirmed
Bird v. Louisiana State Bank		Bradley	none	none	C.C.D. La.	reversed
Sherlock v. Alling		Field	none	none	Ind.	affirmed
Tippecanoe County v. Lucas		Field	none	none	Ind.	affirmed
Home Insurance Company v. City of Augusta		Swayne	none	none	Ga.	affirmed
Calhoun County v. American Emigrant Company		Clifford	none	none	C.C.D. Iowa	affirmed
Claflin v. Houseman		Bradley	none	none	N.Y.	affirmed
Hendrick v. Lindsay		Davis	none	none	C.C.N.D.N.Y.	affirmed
O'Hara v. Macconnell		Miller	none	none	C.C.W.D. Pa.	reversed
Kerrison v. Stewart		Waite	none	none	C.C.D.S.C.	affirmed
Tilton v. Cofield		Swayne	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Colo.	reversed
French v. Fyan		Miller	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	affirmed
Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Company		Strong	none	none	C.C.D. Ky.	reversed
United States v. 43 Gallons Whiskey		Davis	none	none	C.C.D. Minn.	reversed
Ober v. Gallagher		Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D. Ark.	affirmed
Sherman v. Buick		Miller	none	none	Cal.	reversed
Morgan v. Louisiana		Field	none	none	La.	affirmed
Grant v. Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company		Bradley	none	none	C.C.D. Conn.	affirmed
Hornor v. Henning		Miller	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Del Valle v. Harrison		Waite	none	none	C.C.D. La.	dismissed
Shaw v. United States		Field	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Schacker v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company		Waite	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	dismissed
Garfielde v. United States		Hunt	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
Whiteside v. United States		Clifford	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Barkley v. Levee Commissioners of the Parishes of Madison and Carroll, Louisiana		Bradley	none	none	C.C.D. La.	affirmed
Broughton v. City of Pensacola		Field	none	none	C.C.N.D. Fla.	affirmed
Dalton v. Jennings		Miller	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Windsor v. McVeigh		Field	none	none	Alexandria Corp. Ct.	affirmed
Bigelow v. Berkshire Life Insurance Company		Davis	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Sawin v. Kenny		Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D. Ark.	affirmed
Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company v. Horst		Swayne	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
The Atlas		Clifford	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	reversed
Kimball v. Evans		Waite	none	none	Ohio	dismissed
Talty v. Freedman's Savings Bank Company		Swayne	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Brant v. Virginia Coal and Iron Company		Field	none	none	C.C.D.W. Va.	reversed
The Juniata		Swayne	none	none	C.C.D. La.	multiple
Smith v. Gaines		Miller	none	none	C.C.D. La.	affirmed
Cockle v. Flack		Miller	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Wiswall v. Campbell		Waite	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	dismissed
Cowdrey v. Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Company		Field	none	none	C.C.E.D. Tex.	affirmed
Norton v. Switzer		Clifford	none	none	La.	affirmed
Cohn v. United States Corset Company		Strong	none	Clifford	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Dodge v. Freedman's Savings and Trust Company		Hunt	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Callanan v. Hurley		Strong	none	none	C.C.D. Iowa	reversed
Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Snyder		Davis	none	none	C.C.E.D. Pa.	affirmed
Ex parte Karstendick		Waite	none	none	original	habeas corpus denied
The John L. Hasbrouck		Clifford	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Sage v. Central Railroad Company		Waite	none	Miller	C.C.D. Iowa	dismissal denied
DeBary v. Arthur		Hunt	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Osterberg v. Union Trust Company		Davis	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Lovejoy v. Spafford		Hunt	none	none	C.C.D. Minn.	reversed
Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company v. United States		Bradley	none	Miller	Ct. Cl.	reversed
Russell v. Dodge		Field	none	none	C.C.N.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Wiggins v. Utah		Miller	none	Clifford	Utah	reversed
Smith v. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Company		Strong	none	Bradley	C.C.D. Mass.	affirmed
Randolph County v. Post		Hunt	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	affirmed
White v. Luning		Davis	none	none	C.C.D. Cal.	affirmed
Home Insurance Company v. Baltimore Warehouse Company		Strong	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	affirmed
Stanton v. Embrey		Clifford	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Huff v. Doyle		Miller	none	none	Cal.	reversed
Western Union Telegraph Company v. Rogers		Waite	none	none	C.C.D. Neb.	dismissed
Callaway County v. Foster		Hunt	none	Miller	C.C.W.D. Mo.	affirmed
The Idaho		Strong	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	affirmed
United States v. Thompson		Waite	none	none	Md.	dismissed
Mackie v. Story		Bradley	none	none	C.C.D. La.	affirmed
Bond v. Moore		Waite	none	none	Tenn.	affirmed
West Wisconsin Railway Company v. Trempealeau County		Swayne	none	none	Wis.	affirmed
Badger v. United States ex rel. Bolles		Hunt	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Desmare v. United States		Swayne	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
City of Winona v. Cowdrey		Davis	none	none	C.C.D. Minn.	affirmed
Wood County v. Lackawana Iron and Coal Company		Swayne	none	none	C.C.W.D. Wis.	affirmed
United States v. Ferrary		Strong	none	none	C.C.E.D. Tenn.	reversed
Donaldson v. Farwell		Davis	none	none	C.C.E.D. Wis.	affirmed
Heydenfeldt v. Daney Gold and Silver Mining Company		Davis	none	none	Nev.	affirmed
Bayne v. United States		Davis	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	affirmed
Tameling v. United States Freehold and Emigration Company		Davis	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Colo.	affirmed
Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works		Davis	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	reversed
Kibbe v. Ditto		Davis	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed