This is a list of cases reported in volume 118 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1886.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 118 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 118 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)

Notable Cases in 118 U.S.

Yick Wo v. Hopkins Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 356 (1886), was the first case in which the Supreme Court held that a law, race-neutral on its face but administered in a prejudicial manner, is an infringement of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. By the 1950s, the Warren Court used the principle established in Yick Wo to strike down several attempts by states and municipalities in the Deep South to limit the political rights of blacks. Yick Wo has been cited in more than 150 Supreme Court cases since it was decided.

Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific R.R. Co. Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific R.R. Co., 394 (1886), is a corporate law case concerning taxation of railroad properties. The case is most notable for a headnote written by the Supreme Court's Reporter of Decisions, Bancroft Davis, stating that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment grants constitutional protections to corporations as it does to natural persons, although the text of the decision itself does not establish this principle.

Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois In Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois, 557 (1886), also known as the Wabash Case, the Supreme Court severely limited the rights of states to control or impede interstate commerce. The decision led to the creation of the federal Interstate Commerce Commission, the first modern regulatory agency in the United States.

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 118 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Emerson v. Senter and Company 3 (1886) Harlan None None C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed Dobson v. Dornan 10 (1886) Blatchford Field None C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed Johnston v. District of Columbia 19 (1886) Gray None None Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed United States Rifle and Cartridge Company v. Whitney Arms Company 22 (1886) Gray None None C.C.D. Conn. affirmed Keyes v. Grant 25 (1886) Matthews None None C.C.D. Colo. reversed South Boston Iron Company v. United States 37 (1886) Waite None None Ct. Cl. affirmed Oakley v. Goodnow 43 (1886) Waite None None Iowa affirmed Benjamin's Heirs v. Dubois 46 (1886) Waite None None Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed Mexican National Construction Company v. Reusens 49 (1886) Waite None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. security denied Cambria Iron Company v. Ashburn 54 (1886) Waite None None C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Cashman v. Amador and Sacramento Canal Company 58 (1886) Waite None None C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Hart v. United States 62 (1886) Blatchford None None Ct. Cl. affirmed Cape Girardeau County v. United States 68 (1886) Harlan None None C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Cadman v. Peter 73 (1886) Blatchford None None C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed United States v. Landram 81 (1886) Woods None None Ct. Cl. affirmed United States v. Wilson 86 (1886) Matthews None None C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed Spraigue, Soullee and Company v. Thompson 90 (1886) Matthews None None Ga. reversed Clay v. Freeman 97 (1886) Bradley None None C.C.N.D. Miss. reversed Southern Pacific Company v. California 109 (1886) Waite None None Cal. reversed Ex parte Lothrop 113 (1886) Waite None None Terr. Ariz. County Ct. habeas corpus denied United States v. Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company 120 (1886) Gray None None C.C.M.D. Tenn. reversed Conley v. Nailor 127 (1886) Woods None None Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed New Orleans Board of Liquidation v. Hart 136 (1886) Field None None C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Sun Mutual Insurance Company v. United States ex rel. Hart 147 (1886) per curiam None None not indicated affirmed Hopper v. Town of Covington 148 (1886) Gray None None C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Paine v. Central Vermont Railway 152 (1886) Gray None None C.C.D. Vt. affirmed Graham v. New York and New England Railroad Company 161 (1886) Blatchford None None C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Gardner v. Herz 180 (1886) Blatchford None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Arrowsmith v. Harmoning 194 (1886) Waite None None Ohio affirmed Iron Silver Mining Company v. Elgin Mining and Smelting Company 196 (1886) Field None Waite C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Hunt v. Oliver 211 (1886) Woods None None C.C.E.D. Mich. reversed Hartranft v. Du Pont 223 (1886) Woods None Bradley C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed Johnson v. Wilkins 228 (1886) Waite None None C.C.N.D. Fla. reinstatement denied Wells v. Wilkins 230 (1886) Waite None None C.C.N.D. Fla. reinstatement denied Bohanan v. Nebraska 231 (1886) Waite None None Neb. dismissal denied United States v. Hailey 233 (1886) Waite None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho dismissed United States v. Central Pacific Railroad Company 235 (1886) Woods None None Ct. Cl. affirmed Evans v. Pike 241 (1886) Bradley None None C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Libby v. Clark 250 (1886) Miller None None Kan. affirmed Salt Lake City v. Hollister 256 (1886) Miller None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Plymouth Gold Mining Company v. Amador and Sacramento Canal Company 264 (1886) Waite None None C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Mullan v. United States 271 (1886) Waite None None C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Carson v. Hyatt 279 (1886) Waite None None S.C. reversed Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company 290 (1886) Miller None Bradley C.C.D. Ind. reversed Loring v. Palmer 321 (1886) Waite None None C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed Snow v. United States 346 (1886) Blatchford None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah dismissed Cannon v. United States 355 (1886) Blatchford None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah dismissed Yick Wo v. Hopkins 356 (1886) Matthews None None multiple reversed United States v. Kagama 375 (1886) Miller None None C.C.D. Cal. certification Francis v. Flinn 385 (1886) Field None None C.C.E.D. La. reversed United States v. Langston 389 (1886) Harlan None None Ct. Cl. affirmed Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company 394 (1886) Harlan None None C.C.D. Cal. affirmed San Bernardino County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company 417 (1886) Harlan Field None C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Norton v. Shelby County 425 (1886) Field None None C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed Morgan's Steamship Company v. Louisiana Board of Health 455 (1886) Miller None None La. affirmed The City of Norwich 468 (1886) Bradley None Matthews C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed The Scotland 507 (1886) Bradley None Matthews C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed The Great Western 520 (1886) Bradley None Matthews C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad Company v. Putnam 545 (1886) Gray None None C.C.N.D. Ga. reversed Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois 557 (1886) Miller None Bradley Ill. reversed Little v. Giles 596 (1886) Bradley None None C.C.D. Neb. reversed New York Elevated Railway Company v. Fifth National Bank 608 (1886) Waite None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissal denied Ex parte Phenix Insurance Company 610 (1886) Blatchford None None E.D. Wis. prohibition granted Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Company v. United States 626 (1886) Field None None Ct. Cl. affirmed Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company 630 (1886) Miller None None C.C.D. Ind. rehearing denied Delano v. Butler 634 (1886) Matthews None None C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Whitney v. Butler 655 (1886) Harlan None None C.C.D. Mass. reversed Harkness v. Russell and Company 663 (1886) Bradley None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Kansas City, Lawrence and South Kansas Railroad Company v. Brewster 682 (1886) Miller None None C.C.D. Ark. reversed

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