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List Of United States Supreme Court Cases, Volume 99

This is a list of cases reported in volume 99 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1879.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 99 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 99 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)
Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis January 12, 1858
(26–23)
January 21, 1858

July 25, 1881
(Died)
Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean January 24, 1862
(38–1)
January 27, 1862

January 24, 1881
(Retired)
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)
William Strong Associate Justice Pennsylvania Robert Cooper Grier February 18, 1870
(No vote recorded)
March 14, 1870

December 14, 1880
(Retired)
Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seat March 21, 1870
(46–9)
March 23, 1870

January 22, 1892
(Died)
Ward Hunt Associate Justice New York Samuel Nelson December 11, 1872
(Acclamation)
January 9, 1873

January 27, 1882
(Retired)
John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(Died)

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 99 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Wolf v. Stix 1 (1879) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. multiple
United States v. Farden 10 (1879) Clifford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Hussey v. Smith 20 (1879) Swayne none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
Mills v. Scott 25 (1879) Field none none C.C.S.D. Ga. new trial
Quinn v. United States 30 (1879) Miller none none Ct. Cl. reversed
United States v. Ames 35 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Platt v. Union Pacific Railroad Company 48 (1879) Strong none Bradley C.C.D. Neb. affirmed
Lange v. Benedict 68 (1879) Waite none none N.Y. dismissed
Doggett v. Florida Railroad Company 72 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed
Eastern Transportation Line v. Cooper 78 (1879) Waite none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Barrow v. Hunton 80 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. reversed
Hackett v. Ottawa 86 (1879) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
New Orleans Canal and Banking Company v. City of New Orleans 97 (1879) Bradley none none La. affirmed
Grafton v. Cummings 100 (1879) Miller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Town of Weyauwega v. Ayling 112 (1879) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
Case v. Beauregard 119 (1879) Strong none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Wilkerson v. Utah 130 (1879) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Burbank v. Semmes 138 (1879) Clifford none none La. affirmed
Biebinger v. Continental Bank 143 (1879) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
Railroad Company v. McKinley 147 (1879) Waite none none Iowa affirmed
Klein v. City of New Orleans 149 (1879) Waite none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
United States v. City of Ft. Scott 152 (1879) Harlan none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed
Harris v. McGovern 161 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Gordon v. Gilfoil 168 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. reversed
Burt v. Panjaud 180 (1879) Miller Field Strong C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Atwood v. Weems 183 (1879) Miller Field none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed
Ketchum v. Buckley 188 (1879) Waite none none Ala. affirmed
Southern Express Company v. Western North Carolina Railroad Company 191 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.W.D.N.C. affirmed
Godden v. Kimmell 201 (1879) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Vansant v. Electro-Magnetic Gas Light Company 213 (1879) Waite none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
Calhoun County v. Galbraith 214 (1879) Swayne none none D. Miss. affirmed
Farrell v. United States 221 (1879) Strong none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
United States v. Glab 225 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
King v. United States 229 (1879) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Ohio multiple
Fosdick v. Schall 235 (1879) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ill. multiple
Fosdick v. Southwestern Car Company 256 (1879) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Huidekoper v. Hinkley Locomotive Works 258 (1879) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Campbell v. Rankin 261 (1879) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. reversed
United States v. Pugh 265 (1879) Waite none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Wheeling, Parkersburg, and Cincinnati Transportation Company v. City of Wheeling 273 (1879) Clifford none none W. Va. affirmed
Tice v. United States 286 (1879) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Myrick v. Thompson 291 (1879) Clifford none none Minn. affirmed
Phelps v. McDonald 298 (1879) Swayne none Miller Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Northwestern University v. Illinois 309 (1879) Miller none none Ill. reversed
Bank v. Partee 325 (1879) Field none Miller C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Sage v. Central Railroad Company 334 (1879) Strong none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
Hoge v. Richmond and Danville Railroad Company 348 (1879) Field none none C.C.D.S.C. reversed
Denver v. Roane 355 (1879) Strong none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Town of Brooklyn v. Aetna Life Insurance Company 362 (1879) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
United States v. Winchester 372 (1879) Field none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Van Norden v. Morton 378 (1879) Miller none none C.C.D. La. reversed
Ryan v. Central Pacific Railroad Company 382 (1879) Swayne Harlan none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Hale v. Frost 389 (1879) Waite none none C.C.D. Iowa reversed
Hartman v. Bean 393 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
Smith v. Fort Scott and Allen County Railroad Company 398 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United States 402 (1879) Bradley none Strong Ct. Cl. reversed
Parsons v. Jackson 434 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Keely v. Sanders 441 (1879) Strong none none Tenn. reversed
United States v. Central Pacific Railroad Company 449 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. Cal. reversed
United States v. Kansas Pacific Railway Company 455 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed
United States v. Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company 460 (1879) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company v. Alling 463 (1879) Harlan none Waite C.C.D. Colo. reversed
Montgomery v. Samory 482 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
United States v. Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company 491 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
Clark v. United States 493 (1879) Swayne none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Sherry v. McKinley 496 (1879) Strong none none Tenn. reversed
Wilson v. Salamanca 499 (1879) Waite none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed
Grigsby v. Purcell 505 (1879) Waite none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
United States v. Germaine 508 (1879) Miller none none C.C.D. Me. certification
Jackson v. Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway Company 513 (1879) Bradley none Field C.C.D. La. reversed
Yulee v. Vose 539 (1879) Waite none none N.Y. reversed
Hartell v. Tilghman 547 (1879) Miller none Bradley C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Colby v. Reed 560 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
McBurney v. Carson 567 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Elliott v. East Pacific Railroad Company 573 (1879) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Pence v. Langdon 578 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
United States v. Macon County 582 (1879) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Terhune v. Phillips 592 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Alvord v. United States 593 (1879) Waite none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho reinstatement denied
Whiskey Cases 594 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Whitney v. Cook 607 (1879) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmance denied
National Bank v. Bank of Commerce 608 (1879) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Mo. amendment granted
Stringfellow v. Cain 610 (1879) Waite none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
Cannon v. Pratt 619 (1879) Waite none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Leavenworth County v. Sellew 624 (1879) Waite none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Crescent City National Bank of New Orleans v. Case 628 (1879) Strong none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Northern Transportation Company of Ohio v. City of Chicago 635 (1879) Strong none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Congress and Empire Spring Company v. Edgar 645 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
City of Evanston v. Gunn 660 (1879) Strong none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Lyon v. Pollock 668 (1879) Field none none C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed
Perris v. Hexamer 674 (1879) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Town of Orleans v. Platt 676 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Lyons v. Munson 684 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Block v. Bourbon County 686 (1879) Strong none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Sinking-Fund Cases 700 (1879) Waite none Strong; Bradley; Field Ct. Cl. affirmed

Notes and references

  1. ^ Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.