| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Type: | Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation |
| Authority: | Constitution of the United States, Art. III, §1 |
| Terms: | life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal |
| Positions: | 9 (by statute) |
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.
See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
See also: List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office.
See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition.
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).[1] 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 | (63–0) | – March 23, 1888 (Died) | |
| Samuel Freeman Miller | Associate Justice | Iowa | Peter Vivian Daniel | (Acclamation) | – October 13, 1890 (Died) | |
| Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly created seat | (Acclamation) | – December 1, 1897 (Retired) | |
| Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly created seat | (46–9) | – January 22, 1892 (Died) | |
| John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | (Acclamation) | – October 14, 1911 (Died) | |
| William Burnham Woods | Associate Justice | Georgia | William Strong | (39–8) | – May 14, 1887 (Died) | |
| Stanley Matthews | Associate Justice | Ohio | Noah Haynes Swayne | (24–23) | – March 22, 1889 (Died) | |
| Horace Gray | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | (51–5) | – September 15, 1902 (Died) | |
| Samuel Blatchford | Associate Justice | New York | Ward Hunt | (Acclamation) | – July 7, 1893 (Died) | |
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”.
See also: United States district court.
See also: United States circuit court.
See also: United States federal courts. 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.
See also: Waite Court.
| 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 | reversed | |
| Walsh v. J.D. Mayer and Company | 31 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | 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 | mandamus denied | |
| Stevens v. Griffith | 48 (1884) | Field | none | none | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | dismissed | |
| Astor v. Merritt | 202 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | 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 | reversed | |
| Hayes v. Michigan Central Railroad Company | 228 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | reversed | |
| Teal v. Walker | 242 (1884) | Woods | none | none | reversed | |
| Boers v. Preston | 252 (1884) | Harlan | Gray | none | reversed | |
| Lovell v. St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company | 264 (1884) | Bradley | none | none | reversed | |
| Rector v. Gibbon | 276 (1884) | Field | none | Waite | reversed | |
| Cochrane v. Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik | 293 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | reversed | |
| Armour v. Hahn | 313 (1884) | Gray | none | none | reversed | |
| Turner and Seymour Manufacturing Company v. Dover Stamping Company | 319 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | 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 | reversed | |
| United States v. Carpenter | 347 (1884) | Field | none | none | 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 | dismissed | |
| Blair v. Cuming County | 363 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | conditional dismissal | |
| Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Murphy | 488 (1884) | Waite | none | none | 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 | reversed | |
| Pacific Railroad of Missouri v. Missouri Pacific Railway Company | 505 (1884) | Blatchford | none | none | reversed | |
| Barrett v. Failing | 523 (1884) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D. Or. | affirmed |
| Thompson v. First National Bank | 529 (1884) | Gray | none | none | reversed | |
| Spindle v. Shreve | 542 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Thorwegan v. King | 549 (1884) | Matthews | none | none | 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 | 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 | 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 | reversed | |
| Hitz v. National Metropolitan Bank | 722 (1884) | Miller | none | none | 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 | 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 | reversed | |
| Ex parte Hitz | 766 (1884) | Waite | none | none | certiorari denied | |
| City of San Francisco v. Scott | 768 (1884) | Waite | none | none | dismissed | |
| Edrington v. Jefferson | 770 (1884) | Waite | none | none | 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 | 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 | reversed | |
| Harrington v. Holler | 796 (1884) | Waite | none | none | dismissed | |
| Friend v. Wise | 797 (1884) | Waite | none | none | dismissal denied | |
| Killian v. Ebbinghaus | 798 (1884) | Waite | none | none | error corrected | |