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List Of United States Supreme Court Cases, Volume 111

This is a list of cases reported in volume 111 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1884.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 111 U.S.

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). 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 111 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)

Notable Case in 111 U.S.

Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony

In Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53 (1884), the Supreme Court upheld the power of Congress to extend copyright protection to photography. Regarding the interpretation of ”writings” in the Constitution, the Court held that Congress has ”properly declared these to include all forms of writing, printing, engraving, etching, &c., by which the ideas in the mind of the author are given visible expression”. The Court noted that ”maps and charts” were among the subjects of the first Copyright Act of 1790, and that etchings and engravings were added when it was first amended in 1802. The members of Congress that passed these first copyright acts were contemporaries of the Framers of the Constitution, and many of them attended the Constitutional Convention itself. As such, their interpretation of the Constitution, the Court decided, ”is of itself entitled to very great weight, and when it is remembered that the rights thus established have not been disputed during a period of nearly a century, it is almost conclusive”.

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 (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 111 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition
Otoe County v. Baldwin 1 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
Lammon v. Feusier 17 (1884) Gray none none C.C.D. Nev. affirmed
Swift Company v. United States 22 (1884) Matthews none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Walsh v. J.D. Mayer and Company 31 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
United States v. Ulrici 38 (1884) Woods none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
United States v. Sutton 42 (1884) Woods none none not indicated affirmed
Ex parte Virginia 43 (1884) Harlan none none original mandamus denied
Stevens v. Griffith 48 (1884) Field none none Tenn. reversed
Burrow-Giles Lithographic Company v. Sarony 53 (1884) Miller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Hollister v. Zion’s Co-Operative Mercantile Institute 62 (1884) Waite none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Canal Bank v. Hudson 66 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Dixon County v. Field 83 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed
McMurray v. D.D. Mallory and Company 97 (1884) Woods none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Taylor v. Bowker 110 (1884) Harlan none none C.C.D. Me. affirmed
Moore v. Page 117 (1884) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Garretson v. Clark 120 (1884) Field none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Black v. Thorne 122 (1884) Field none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Phoenix Bank v. Risley 125 (1884) Miller none none N.Y. affirmed
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. White 134 (1884) Waite none none W. Va. stay denied
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Woodworth 138 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Cooper and Company v. Schlesinger 148 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Moores v. Citizens’ National Bank 156 (1884) Gray none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Ware v. Galveston City Company 170 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed
Covell v. Heyman 176 (1884) Matthews none none Mich. reversed
Rosenthal v. Walker 185 (1884) Woods none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Stephens v. Monongahela National Bank 197 (1884) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
Chouteau v. Gibson 200 (1884) Waite none none Mo. dismissed
Astor v. Merritt 202 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Burley v. German-American Bank 216 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Drury v. Hayden 223 (1884) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Hayes v. Michigan Central Railroad Company 228 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Teal v. Walker 242 (1884) Woods none none C.C.D. Or. reversed
Boers v. Preston 252 (1884) Harlan Gray none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Lovell v. St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company 264 (1884) Bradley none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. reversed
Rector v. Gibbon 276 (1884) Field none Waite C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed
Cochrane v. Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik 293 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Armour v. Hahn 313 (1884) Gray none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed
Turner and Seymour Manufacturing Company v. Dover Stamping Company 319 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.D. Conn. reversed
Irvine v. Dunham 327 (1884) Woods none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Moulor v. American Life Insurance Co. 335 (1884) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
United States v. Carpenter 347 (1884) Field none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed
Chambers v. Harrington 350 (1884) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Eilers v. Boatman 356 (1884) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Houston and Texas Central Railway Company v. Shirley 358 (1884) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed
Santa Cruz County v. Santa Cruz Railroad Company 361 (1884) Waite none none Cal. dismissed
Blair v. Cuming County 363 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed
Stewart v. Hoyt’s Executors 373 (1884) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad Company v. Swan, Rose and Company 379 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.N.D. Ohio reversed
Hornbuckle v. Stafford 389 (1884) Woods none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed
Gaines v. Miller 395 (1884) Woods none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Claiborne County v. Brooks 400 (1884) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. reversed
Slidell v. Grandjean 412 (1884) Field none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Corn Exchange National Bank v. Scheppers Brothers 440 (1884) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Quinn v. Chapman 445 (1884) Miller none none Cal. affirmed
Ames v. Kansas ex rel. Johnston 449 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed
Alley v. Nott 472 (1884) Waite none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
United States v. Bell 477 (1884) Waite none none N.D. Miss. reversed
Anderson v. Philadelphia Warehouse Company 479 (1884) Waite none Miller C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Kirk 486 (1884) Waite none none Tex. conditional dismissal
Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Murphy 488 (1884) Waite none none Tex. dismissal denied
Eagleton Manufacturing Company v. West, Bradley and Carey Manufacturing Company 490 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
United States v. Bryant 499 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ala. reversed
Pacific Railroad of Missouri v. Missouri Pacific Railway Company 505 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
Barrett v. Failing 523 (1884) Gray none none C.C.D. Or. affirmed
Thompson v. First National Bank 529 (1884) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ohio reversed
Spindle v. Shreve 542 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Thorwegan v. King 549 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
Carroll County v. Smith 556 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.N.D. Miss. affirmed
Colt v. Colt 566 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed
Mobile and Montgomery Railway Company v. Jurey 584 (1884) Woods none none C.C.M.D. Ala. affirmed
Gibbs and Sterrett Manufacturing Company v. Brucker 597 (1884) Woods none none C.C.E.D. Wis. reversed
Phillips v. City of Detroit 604 (1884) Woods none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
Carver v. United States 609 (1884) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Lathrop 612 (1884) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Robb v. Connolly 624 (1884) Harlan none none Cal. affirmed
Johnson v. Waters 640 (1884) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. decree modified
Hennequin and Company v. Clews and Company 676 (1884) Bradley none none N.Y. affirmed
Williams v. Morgan 684 (1884) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. multiple
Hagar v. Reclamation District No. 108 701 (1884) Field none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Louisiana ex rel. Nelson v. St. Martin Parish 716 (1884) Field none none La. reversed
Hitz v. National Metropolitan Bank 722 (1884) Miller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Badger v. Gutierez 734 (1884) Miller none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Factors’ and Traders' Insurance Company v. Murphy 738 (1884) Miller none none La. reversed
Butchers’ Union Slaughter-House and Live-Stock Landing Company v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing and Slaughter-House Company 746 (1884) Miller Field; Bradley none C.C.E.D. La. reversed
Ex parte Hitz 766 (1884) Waite none none Sup. Ct. D.C. certiorari denied
City of San Francisco v. Scott 768 (1884) Waite none none Cal. dismissed
Edrington v. Jefferson 770 (1884) Waite none none E.D. Ark. reversed
Greenhood v. Randall 775 (1884) Waite none none not indicated affirmed
Burnham v. Bowen 776 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
Nickle v. Stewart 776 (1884) Waite none none D.W. Va. affirmed
Killian v. Clark 784 (1884) Waite none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
White v. Knox 784 (1884) Waite none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
St Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company v. Burton 788 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Baines v. Clarke 789 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D.W. Va. reversed
Harrington v. Holler 796 (1884) Waite none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. dismissed
Friend v. Wise 797 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D. Cal. dismissal denied
Killian v. Ebbinghaus 798 (1884) Waite none none original error corrected

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.