This is a list of cases reported in volume 131 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1888 and 1889.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 131 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 131 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 131 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition United States v. Jones 1 (1889) Bradley none Miller C.C.D. Or. reversed United States v. Drew 21 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.W.D. La. reversed Kennon v. Gilmer 22 (1889) Gray none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. reversed Allman v. United States 31 (1889) Lamar none none Ct. Cl. reversed United States v. Davis 36 (1889) Fuller none none D. Md. dismissal denied Terry v. Sharon 40 (1889) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed United States v. Hall 50 (1889) Miller none none C.C.D. Cal. certification United States v. Perrin 55 (1889) Miller none none C.C.D. Cal. certification United States v. Reilly 58 (1889) Miller none none C.C.D. Cal. certification Palmer v. Arthur 60 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed Spalding v. Manasse 65 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Abendroth v. Van Dolsen & Arnott 66 (1889) Lamar none none New York City Ct. affirmed Douglass v. Lewis 75 (1889) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed Fowle v. Park 88 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed United States M.A. Ass'n v. Barry 100 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Thompson v. Hubbard 123 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed Stewart v. Masterson 151 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed Cornely v. Marckwald 159 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Coler v. City of Cleburne 162 (1889) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed Ex Parte Nielsen 176 (1889) Bradley none none D. Terr. Utah reversed City of New Orleans v. Gaines's Adm'r 191 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed City of New Orleans v. Christmas 220 (1889) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Ex Parte Parker 221 (1889) Field none none Wash. mandamus issued Stickney v. Stickney 227 (1889) Field none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Crehore v. Ohio & M. Ry. Co. 240 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.D. Ky. modification denied Morgan v. Struthers 246 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.W.D. Pa. reversed Bacon v. Northwestern M.L. Ins. Co. 258 (1889) Lamar none none C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed In re Savin 267 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Cal. affirmed In re Cuddy 280 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Cal. affirmed Segrist v. Crabtree 287 (1889) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed Veach v. Rice 293 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ga. reversed Hawkins v. Glenn 319 (1889) Fuller none none C.C.E.D.N.C. affirmed Embrey v. Jemison 336 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Va. reversed Mellen v. Moline M.I. Works 352 (1889) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Pittsburgh et al. Ry. Co. v. Keokuk & H.B. Co. 371 (1889) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Williams v. Conger 390 (1888) Bradley none none C.C.N.D. Tex. rehearing denied Marshall v. United States 391 (1888) Fuller none Harlan Ct. Cl. affirmed Radford v. Folsom 392 (1888) per curiam none none C.C.S.D. Iowa dismissed Pacific E. Co. v. Malin 394 (1888) per curiam none none C.C.W.D. Tex. dismissed Chicago et al. Ry. Co. v. Gray 396 (1889) per curiam none none C.C.S.D. Iowa dismissed List v. Pennsylvania 396 (1888) per curiam none none Pa. dismissed Dent v. Ferguson 397 (1889) per curiam none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. costs remitted Hunt v. Blackburn 403 (1889) per curiam none none C.C.E.D. Ark. decree absolute Freeland v. Williams 405 (1889) Miller none Harlan W. Va. affirmed Menken v. City of Atlanta 405 (1889) per curiam none none Ga. dismissed

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