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.Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.

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 (63–0) –March 23, 1888(Died) Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis (26–23) –July 25, 1881(Died) Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean (38–1) –January 24, 1881(Retired) 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) William Strong Associate Justice Pennsylvania Robert Cooper Grier (No vote recorded) –December 14, 1880(Retired) Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seat (46–9) –January 22, 1892(Died) Ward Hunt Associate Justice New York Samuel Nelson (Acclamation) –January 27, 1882(Retired) John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis (Acclamation) –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. "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 99 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Wolf v. Stix1 (1879) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. multiple United States v. Farden10 (1879) Clifford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Hussey v. Smith20 (1879) Swayne none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed Mills v. Scott25 (1879) Field none none C.C.S.D. Ga. new trial Quinn v. United States30 (1879) Miller none none Ct. Cl. reversed United States v. Ames35 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Platt v. Union Pacific Railroad Company48 (1879) Strong none Bradley C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Lange v. Benedict68 (1879) Waite none none N.Y. dismissed Doggett v. Florida Railroad Company72 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed Eastern Transportation Line v. Cooper78 (1879) Waite none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Barrow v. Hunton80 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. reversed Hackett v. Ottawa86 (1879) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed New Orleans Canal and Banking Company v. City of New Orleans97 (1879) Bradley none none La. affirmed Grafton v. Cummings100 (1879) Miller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Town of Weyauwega v. Ayling112 (1879) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Case v. Beauregard119 (1879) Strong none none C.C.D. La. affirmed Wilkerson v. Utah130 (1879) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Burbank v. Semmes138 (1879) Clifford none none La. affirmed Biebinger v. Continental Bank143 (1879) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed Railroad Company v. McKinley147 (1879) Waite none none Iowa affirmed Klein v. City of New Orleans149 (1879) Waite none none C.C.D. La. affirmed United States v. City of Ft. Scott152 (1879) Harlan none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed Harris v. McGovern161 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Gordon v. Gilfoil168 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. reversed Burt v. Panjaud180 (1879) Miller Field Strong C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Atwood v. Weems183 (1879) Miller Field none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed Ketchum v. Buckley188 (1879) Waite none none Ala. affirmed Southern Express Company v. Western North Carolina Railroad Company191 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.W.D.N.C. affirmed Godden v. Kimmell201 (1879) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Vansant v. Electro-Magnetic Gas Light Company213 (1879) Waite none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed Calhoun County v. Galbraith214 (1879) Swayne none none D. Miss. affirmed Farrell v. United States221 (1879) Strong none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed United States v. Glab225 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed King v. United States229 (1879) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Ohio multiple Fosdick v. Schall235 (1879) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ill. multiple Fosdick v. Southwestern Car Company256 (1879) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Huidekoper v. Hinkley Locomotive Works258 (1879) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Campbell v. Rankin261 (1879) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. reversed United States v. Pugh265 (1879) Waite none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Wheeling, Parkersburg, and Cincinnati Transportation Company v. City of Wheeling273 (1879) Clifford none none W. Va. affirmed Tice v. United States286 (1879) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Myrick v. Thompson291 (1879) Clifford none none Minn. affirmed Phelps v. McDonald298 (1879) Swayne none Miller Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Northwestern University v. Illinois309 (1879) Miller none none Ill. reversed Bank v. Partee325 (1879) Field none Miller C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed Sage v. Central Railroad Company334 (1879) Strong none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed Hoge v. Richmond and Danville Railroad Company348 (1879) Field none none C.C.D.S.C. reversed Denver v. Roane355 (1879) Strong none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Town of Brooklyn v. Aetna Life Insurance Company362 (1879) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed United States v. Winchester372 (1879) Field none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Van Norden v. Morton378 (1879) Miller none none C.C.D. La. reversed Ryan v. Central Pacific Railroad Company382 (1879) Swayne Harlan none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Hale v. Frost389 (1879) Waite none none C.C.D. Iowa reversed Hartman v. Bean393 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Smith v. Fort Scott and Allen County Railroad Company398 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United States402 (1879) Bradley none Strong Ct. Cl. reversed Parsons v. Jackson434 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. affirmed Keely v. Sanders441 (1879) Strong none none Tenn. reversed United States v. Central Pacific Railroad Company449 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. Cal. reversed United States v. Kansas Pacific Railway Company455 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed United States v. Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company460 (1879) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company v. Alling463 (1879) Harlan none Waite C.C.D. Colo. reversed Montgomery v. Samory482 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.D. La. affirmed United States v. Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company491 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed Clark v. United States493 (1879) Swayne none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Sherry v. McKinley496 (1879) Strong none none Tenn. reversed Wilson v. Salamanca499 (1879) Waite none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed Grigsby v. Purcell505 (1879) Waite none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed United States v. Germaine508 (1879) Miller none none C.C.D. Me. certification Jackson v. Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway Company513 (1879) Bradley none Field C.C.D. La. reversed Yulee v. Vose539 (1879) Waite none none N.Y. reversed Hartell v. Tilghman547 (1879) Miller none Bradley C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed Colby v. Reed560 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed McBurney v. Carson567 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed Elliott v. East Pacific Railroad Company573 (1879) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Pence v. Langdon578 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed United States v. Macon County582 (1879) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed Terhune v. Phillips592 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Alvord v. United States593 (1879) Waite none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho reinstatement denied Whiskey Cases594 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Whitney v. Cook607 (1879) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmance denied National Bank v. Bank of Commerce608 (1879) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Mo. amendment granted Stringfellow v. Cain610 (1879) Waite none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed Cannon v. Pratt619 (1879) Waite none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Leavenworth County v. Sellew624 (1879) Waite none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed Crescent City National Bank of New Orleans v. Case628 (1879) Strong none none C.C.D. La. affirmed Northern Transportation Company of Ohio v. City of Chicago635 (1879) Strong none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Congress and Empire Spring Company v. Edgar645 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed City of Evanston v. Gunn660 (1879) Strong none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Lyon v. Pollock668 (1879) Field none none C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed Perris v. Hexamer674 (1879) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Town of Orleans v. Platt676 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Lyons v. Munson684 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Block v. Bourbon County686 (1879) Strong none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed Sinking-Fund Cases700 (1879) Waite none Strong; Bradley; Field Ct. Cl. affirmed

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