This is a list of cases reported in volume 128 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1888.
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 128 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 128 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 Melville Fuller Chief Justice Illinois Morrison Waite (41–20) –July 4, 1910(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) 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) Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Associate Justice Mississippi William Burnham Woods (32–28) –January 23, 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 128 U.S.
Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Kidd v. Pearson 1 (1888) Lamar none none Iowa affirmed Leather M. Nat'l Bank v. Merchants' Nat'l Bank 26 (1888) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Western Union T. Co. v. Pennsylvania 39 (1888) Fuller none none Pa. reversed United States ex rel. Dunlap v. Black 40 (1888) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Robinson v. Fair 53 (1888) Harlan none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Kane v. Northern C. Ry. Co. 91 (1888) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed Nashville et al. Ry. Co. v. Alabama 96 (1888) Field none none Ala. affirmed Livingston Cnty. v. First Nat'l Bank 102 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed Asher v. Texas 129 (1888) Bradley none none Tex. Civ. App. reversed Chappell v. Bradshaw 132 (1888) Fuller none none Md. dismissed Culliford v. Gomila & Co. 135 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Crescent B. Co v. Gottfried 158 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed Gaff v. Gottfried 170 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed Lovejoy v. United States 171 (1888) Gray none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Georgia et al. Co. v. Smith 174 (1888) Field none none Ga. affirmed Liggett et al. Co. v. Finzer 182 (1888) Field none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed - style="background: white" colspan=7 Though both marks feature stars, the marks are so different that there is no possibility of misleading consumers. Bundy v. Cocke 185 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed Jaehne v. People 189 (1888) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Central Nat'l Bank v. Hume 195 (1888) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. multiple Ridings v. Johnson 212 (1888) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Estis D. & Co. v. Trabue D. & Co. 225 (1888) Blatchford none none N.D. Miss. dismissed United States v. Knox 230 (1888) Miller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Brodnax v. Aetna Ins. Co. 236 (1888) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed Banks v. Manchester 244 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed United States v. Cook 254 (1888) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Credit Co., Ltd. v. Arkansas C. Ry. Co. 258 (1888) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Ark. dismissed United States v. Palmer 262 (1888) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Means v. Dowd 273 (1888) Miller none none C.C.W.D.N.C. reversed Ex parte Terry 289 (1888) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Cal. habeas corpus denied United States v. American B.T. Co. 315 (1888) Miller none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Johnson v. Christian 374 (1888) Lamar none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Stewart v. Wyoming C.R. Co. 383 (1888) Gray none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Cogswell v. Fordyce 391 (1888) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Ark. dismissed United States v. De Walt 393 (1888) Fuller none none D. Terr. Wyo. affirmed Pacific P.T.C. Co. v. O'Connor 394 (1888) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Cal. dismissed Clark v. Pennsylvania 395 (1888) Fuller none none Pa. Ct. Q. Sess. dismissed United States v. Reisinger 398 (1888) Lamar none none C.C.W.D. Pa. certification Brown v. Guarantee et al. Co. 403 (1888) Lamar none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Wood v. Guarantee et al. Co. 416 (1888) Lamar none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Fire Ins. Ass'n, Ltd. v. Wickham 426 (1888) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Mich. dismissal denied United States v. Foster 435 (1888) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. reversed Hennessey v. Woolworth 438 (1888) Harlan none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Jones v. East et al. Ry. Co. 443 (1888) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. reversed Pollak & Co. v. Brush E. Ass'n 446 (1888) Harlan none none C.C.M.D. Ala. affirmed Cornelius v. Kessel 456 (1888) Field none none Wis. affirmed Hunt v. Blackburn 464 (1888) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed United States v. McDonald 471 (1888) Lamar none none Ct. Cl. affirmed The Gazelle 474 (1888) Gray none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed Quimby v. Boyd 488 (1888) Fuller none none Colo. dismissed Denny v. Bennett 489 (1888) Miller none Harlan Minn. affirmed Town of Danville v. Brown 503 (1888) Fuller none none C.C.D.W. Va. vacation denied Farmers' F. Mfg. Co. v. Challenge C.P. Co. 506 (1888) Gray none none C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed Dublin Twp. v. Milford et al. Inst. 510 (1888) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ohio dismissed Menendez & Bro. v. Holt & Co. 514 (1888) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Ryder v. Holt 525 (1888) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed German S. Bank v. Franklin Cnty. 526 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed In re Chateaugay et al. Co. 544 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. mandamus granted Purdy v. Town of Lansing 557 (1888) Harlan none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Glasgow v. Baker 560 (1888) Miller none none Mo. affirmed Walston v. Nevin 578 (1888) Fuller none none Ky. affirmed Means v. Dowd 583 (1888) per curiam none none C.C.W.D.N.C. mandate denied Hoyt's Adm'r v. Hanbury 584 (1888) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Metcalf v. City of Watertown 586 (1888) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Wis. reversed Ware v. Allen 590 (1888) Miller none none C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed Goodyear's et al. Co. v. Goodyear R. Co. 598 (1888) Field none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Marsh v. Nichols et al. Co. 605 (1888) Field none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed Callaghan v. Myers 617 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. multiple Kennedy v. Hazelton 667 (1888) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed United States v. Iron S.M. Co. 673 (1888) Field none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed M. Stachelberg & Co. v. Ponce 686 (1888) Harlan none none C.C.D. Me. affirmed Cragin v. Powell 691 (1888) Lamar none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed
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