| 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 122 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1887.
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 122 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) | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | 1 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| State Bank v. St. Louis Rail Fastening Company | 21 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.S.D. Ill. | dismissed |
| Hanna v. Maas | 24 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Gibson v. Shufeldt and Company | 27 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.E.D. Va. | multiple |
| Eames v. Andrews | 40 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
| Beedle v. Bennett | 71 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. Knight | 79 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| The Manitoba | 97 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Parsons v. Robinson | 112 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. Pa. | dismissed |
| Bartram v. Robertson | 116 (1887) | Field | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Topliff v. Topliff | 121 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Warren v. Moody | 132 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.M.D. Ala. | reversed |
| Davis v. Patrick | 138 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
| Williams v. City of Albany | 154 (1887) | Field | None | None | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Bullard v. Des Moines and Fort Dodge Railroad Company | 167 (1887) | Miller | None | None | Iowa | affirmed |
| Sanger v. Nightingale | 176 (1887) | Miller | None | None | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Tuttle v. Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway Company | 189 (1887) | Bradley | None | Miller | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| United States v. C.A. Auffmordt and Company | 197 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Benziger Brothers v. Robertson | 211 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Wisner v. Brown | 214 (1887) | Bradley | None | None | Mich. | affirmed |
| Simonton v. Sibley | 220 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.W.D.N.C. | affirmed |
| Shepherd v. Thompson | 231 (1887) | Gray | None | None | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Drexel v. Berney | 241 (1887) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| The Hesper | 256 (1887) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Porter v. Pittsburg (sic) Bessemer Steel Company | 267 (1887) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | rehearing denied |
| Seibert v. Lewis | 284 (1887) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Minneapolis Gas Light Company v. Kerr Murray Manufacturing Company | 300 (1887) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Harshman v. Knox County | 306 (1887) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | reversed |
| Walter v. Bickham and Moore | 320 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.N.D. Miss. | affirmed |
| Philadelphia and Southern Steamship Company v. Pennsylvania | 326 (1887) | Bradley | none | none | Pa. | reversed |
| Western Union Telegraph Company v. Pendleton | 347 (1887) | Field | none | none | Ind. | reversed |
| St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. Vickers | 360 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| Whitsitt v. Union Depot and Railroad Company | 363 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | dismissed |
| Maxwell Land Grant Case | 365 (1887) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | rehearing denied |
| Merchants' Insurance Company v. Allen | 376 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | rehearing denied |
| Adams v. Collier | 382 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | reversed |
| Goodlett v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company | 391 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
| New Process Fermentation Company v. Maus | 413 (1887) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | reversed |
| Gandy v. Marble | 432 (1887) | Blatchford | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Paxton v. Griswold | 441 (1887) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Estes v. Gunter | 450 (1887) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Miss. | reversed |
| Travelers' Insurance Company v. Edwards | 457 (1887) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Clinton v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company | 469 (1887) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
| Argentine Mining Company v. Terrible Mining Company | 478 (1887) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
| Struthers v. Drexel | 487 (1887) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Bean v. Patterson | 496 (1887) | Field | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Muskegon National Bank | 501 (1887) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway Company v. Dunn | 513 (1887) | Waite | none | none | Minn. | reversed |
| Morrison v. Kennedy and Durr | 518 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Texas Transportation Company v. Seeligson | 519 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Fisher v. Perkins | 522 (1887) | Waite | none | none | Ky. Super. Ct. | dismissed |
| McLeod and Reid v. Fourth National Bank | 528 (1887) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Thorn Wire Hedge Company v. Fuller and Patrick | 535 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Runkle v. United States | 543 (1887) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railroad v. Guffey | 561 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | Mo. | rehearing denied |
| Shippen v. Bowen | 575 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
| Sun Mutual Insurance Company v. Kountz Line | 583 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
| Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company v. Harris | 597 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. | affirmed |
| Rice v. United States | 611 (1887) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |