This is a list of cases reported in volume 107 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1883, along with one case from 1882.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 volume 107 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 107 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)

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 volume 107 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition United States v. Erie Railroad Company1 (1883) Waite none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. rehearing denied Embry v. Palmer3 (1883) Matthews none none Conn. reversed Burgess v. J. & W. Seligman and Company20 (1883) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Turner v. Maryland38 (1883) Blatchford none none Md. affirmed New York v. Compagnie Générale Transatlantique59 (1883) Miller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed United States ex rel. Burnett v. Teller64 (1883) Woods none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Cushing v. Laird69 (1883) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Schmidt v. Badger85 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. La. affirmed Hall v. Macneale90 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Green Bay and Minnesota Railroad Company v. Union Steamboat Company98 (1883) Gray none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed Michigan Central Railroad Company v. Myrick102 (1883) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Bush v. Kentucky110 (1883) Harlan none Field; Waite Ky. reversed Kendall v. United States123 (1883) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Potter v. United States126 (1883) Woods none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Hoffheins v. Russell132 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed Montclair Township v. Ramsdell147 (1883) Harlan none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed Montclair Township v. Dana162 (1883) Harlan none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed Russell v. Allen163 (1883) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Jones v. Habersham174 (1883) Gray none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed Atlantic Works v. Brady192 (1883) Bradley none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed New York G. & I. Co. v. Memphis Water Company205 (1883) Bradley none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed Cotzhausen v. Nazro215 (1883) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Kring v. Missouri221 (1883) Miller none Matthews Mo. reversed Bowden v. Johnson251 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.D.N.J. reversed Ex parte Wall265 (1883) Bradley none Field C.C.S.D. Fla. mandamus denied Roth v. Ehman319 (1883) Waite none none Ill. dismissed United States v. Phelps Brothers and Company320 (1883) Waite none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Tredway v. Sanger323 (1883) Waite none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Standard Oil Company v. Van Etten325 (1882) Matthews none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed Missionary Society v. City of The Dalles336 (1883) Woods none none C.C.D. Or. affirmed Missionary Society v. Kelly347 (1883) per curiam none none C.C.D. Or. affirmed Chapman v. Douglas County348 (1883) Matthews none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed Jaffray v. McGehee361 (1883) Woods none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Wiggins Ferry Company v. City of East St. Louis365 (1883) Woods none none Ill. affirmed Kountze v Omaha Hotel Company378 (1883) Bradley none Miller C.C.D. Neb. reversed Hahn v. United States402 (1883) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Campbell v. United States407 (1883) Miller none none Ct. Cl. remanded Wood v. United States414 (1883) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed The Julia Blake418 (1883) Waite none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Allen v. McVeigh433 (1883) Waite none none Va. affirmed Merriam v. United States437 (1883) Woods none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Cook County National Bank v. United States445 (1883) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Wabash Railroad Company v. McDaniels454 (1883) Harlan none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Baldwin v. Starks463 (1883) Miller none none Neb. reversed Close v. Glenwood Cemetery Company466 (1883) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Williams v. Jackson478 (1883) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Sun Mutual Insurance Company v. Ocean Insurance Company485 (1883) Matthews none Miller C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed The Adriatic512 (1883) Field none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed District of Columbia v. Armes519 (1883) Field none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed McLaughlin v. United States526 (1883) Miller none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Town of Pana v. Bowler529 (1883) Woods none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed Myers v. Swann546 (1883) Waite none none C.C.E.D.N.C. affirmed City of Quincy v. Cooke549 (1883) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed Mills County v. Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company557 (1883) Bradley none none Iowa affirmed Read v. City of Plattsmouth568 (1883) Matthews none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company v. Alabama581 (1883) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ala. affirmed Ambler v. Choteau586 (1883) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Union Trust Company of New York v. E.E. Souther and Brother591 (1883) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed Union Trust Company of New York v. Walker596 (1883) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed Davis v. South Carolina597 (1883) Matthews none none S.C. reversed Basket v. Hassell602 (1883) Matthews none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Barber v. Schell617 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Schell v. Cochran625 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. modification denied Schell v. Dodge629 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmance denied Hill v. Harding631 (1883) Gray none none Ill. reversed Duff v. Sterling Pump Company636 (1883) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Gage v. Herring640 (1883) Gray none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. reversed Slawson v. Grand Street Railroad Company649 (1883) Woods none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed United States v. Britton655 (1883) Woods none none C.C.E.D. Mo. certification United States v. Curtis671 (1883) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Mo. certification First National Bank of Xenia v. Stewart676 (1883) Field none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed Escanaba and Lake Michigan Transportation Company v. City of Chicago678 (1883) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Parkersburg O.R. Transportation Company v. City of Parkersburg691 (1883) Bradley none Harlan C.C.D.W. Va. affirmed Louisiana v. Jumel711 (1883) Waite none Field; Harlan C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Antoni v. Greenhow769 (1883) Waite Matthews Field; Harlan Va. affirmed

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