List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 92

Coordinates: 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Supreme Court of the United States
Map
38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 92 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1876, along with two cases from 1875.[1]

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 92 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).[2] 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 92 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 January 21, 1874
(63–0)
March 4, 1874

March 23, 1888
(Died)
Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis January 12, 1858
(26–23)
January 21, 1858

July 25, 1881
(Died)
Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean January 24, 1862
(38–1)
January 27, 1862

January 24, 1881
(Retired)
Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel July 16, 1862
(Acclamation)
July 21, 1862

October 13, 1890
(Died)
David Davis Associate Justice Illinois John Archibald Campbell December 8, 1862
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1862

March 4, 1877
(Resigned)
Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly-created seat March 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(Retired)
William Strong Associate Justice Pennsylvania Robert Cooper Grier February 18, 1870
(No vote recorded)
March 14, 1870

December 14, 1880
(Retired)
Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly-created seat March 21, 1870
(46–9)
March 23, 1870

January 22, 1892
(Died)
Ward Hunt Associate Justice New York Samuel Nelson December 11, 1872
(Acclamation)
January 9, 1873

January 27, 1882
(Retired)

Notable Cases in 92 U.S.

United States v. Reese

United States v. Reese, 92 U.S. 214 (1876), was a voting rights case in which the Supreme Court narrowly construed the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provides that suffrage for citizens can not be restricted due to race, color, or the individual having previously been a slave. The Court held that the 15th Amendment did not confer the right of suffrage, but only prohibited exclusion on racial grounds from a pre-existing right to vote.

Chy Lung v Freeman

Chy Lung v. Freeman, 92 U.S. 275 (1876), involved 22 women from China, including Chy Lung, among the passengers on the steamer Japan that journeyed from China to San Francisco, arriving in 1875.[3] The immigration commissioner examined the passengers and, acting under a California statute, identified Chy Lung and the others as "lewd and debauched women". The captain detained the women on board. The women obtained a writ of habeas corpus, which led to them being moved into the custody of the Sheriff of San Francisco, where they stayed awaiting deportation upon the return of Japan, which had already left for China. The women refused to be deported to China and appealed the decision to deport them. The California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the statute that was used to deny them entry, and it upheld their deportation. The women appealed the decision in the US Supreme Court. The Court decided unanimously in favor of Chy Lung. It held that the federal government, and not state governments, was in charge of immigration policy and diplomatic relations with other nations; it was not up to California to impose restrictions on Chinese immigration.

Aftermath of the Colfax Massacre, 1873

United States v. Cruikshank

In United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876), the Court held that the Bill of Rights did not apply to private actors or to state governments despite the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision represented a major blow to federal efforts to protect the civil rights of African Americans. The case arose from the hotly-disputed 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election and the subsequent Colfax massacre, in which dozens of black people and three white people were killed. Federal charges were brought against several white insurgents under the Enforcement Act of 1870, which prohibited two or more people from conspiring to deprive anyone of their constitutional rights. Charges included hindering the freedmen's First Amendment right to freely assemble and their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. In his majority opinion, Chief Justice Morrison Waite overturned the convictions of the defendants, holding that the plaintiffs had to rely on state courts for protection. Waite opined that neither the First Amendment nor the Second Amendment applied to the actions of state governments or to individuals, but only to the federal government; also that the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applied to the actions of state governments, but not to individuals. The decision left African Americans in the South at the mercy of increasingly hostile state governments dominated by white Democratic legislatures, and allowed groups such as the Ku Klux Klan to continue to use paramilitary force to suppress black voting.

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.

List of cases in 92 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Blease v. Garlington 1 (1876) Waite none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Gaines v. Fuentes 10 (1876) Field none Bradley La. reversed
Hall v. United States 27 (1876) Swayne none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
The City of Washington 31 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed
Roberts v. United States 41 (1876) Bradley none Swayne Ct. Cl. reversed
Farnsworth v. Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company 49 (1876) Field none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Shuey v. United States 73 (1876) Strong none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
United States v. Landers 77 (1876) Field none none Ct. Cl. reversed
O'Brien v. Weld 81 (1876) Hunt none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed
Cheatham v. United States 85 (1876) Miller none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed
Walker v. Sauvinet 90 (1876) Waite none none La. affirmed
Magee v. Manhattan Life Insurance Company 93 (1876) Swayne none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Neblett v. MacFarland 101 (1876) Hunt none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Totten v. United States 105 (1876) Field none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Stott v. Rutherford 107 (1876) Swayne none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Harrison v. Myer 111 (1876) Clifford none none La. affirmed
Kittredge v. Race 116 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
First National Bank v. National Exchange Bank 122 (1876) Waite none none Md. affirmed
Rockhold v. Rockhold 129 (1876) Waite none none Tenn. dismissed
Phillips v. Payne 130 (1876) Swayne none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Wills v. Claflin 135 (1876) Davis none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Markey v. Langley 142 (1876) Swayne none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Terry v. Tubman 156 (1876) Hunt none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed
Hoffman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company 161 (1876) Swayne none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Whitfield v. United States 165 (1876) Waite none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Carey v. Brown 171 (1875) Swayne none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Baker v. White 176 (1876) Miller none none C.C.D. Conn. dismissed
Burbank v. Bigelow 179 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. reversed
Smith v. Vodges 183 (1876) Swayne none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Lamar v. Browne 187 (1876) Waite none Field C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Wallach v. Van Riswick 202 (1876) Strong none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
United States v. Reese 214 (1876) Waite none Clifford; Hunt C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Montgomery v. Bucyrus Machine Works 257 (1876) Davis none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Henderson v. City of New York 259 (1876) Miller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Chy Lung v. Freeman 275 (1876) Miller none none Cal. reversed
United States v. Ross 281 (1876) Strong none none Ct. Cl. reversed
New York Life Insurance Company v. Hendren 286 (1876) Waite none Bradley Va. dismissed
Elmwood Township v. Marcy 289 (1876) Davis none Strong C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Chamberlain v. St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company 299 (1876) Field none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Laramie County v. Albany County 307 (1876) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. affirmed
Republican River Bridge Company v. Kansas Pacific Railway Company 315 (1876) Miller none none Kan. affirmed
Wilson v. Boyce 320 (1876) Hunt none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Brown v. Atwell 327 (1876) Waite none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed
Angle v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 330 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.D. Iowa reversed
Oaksmith's Lessee v. Johnson 343 (1876) Field none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Reckendorfer v. Faber 347 (1876) Hunt none Strong C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Potts v. Chumasero 358 (1876) Waite none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. dismissed
Scammon v. Kimball 362 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Pace v. Burgess 372 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed
Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company v. Ewing 377 (1876) Miller none none C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed
Savage v. United States 382 (1876) Clifford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Smeltzer v. White 390 (1876) Strong none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
Hobson v. Lord 397 (1876) Clifford none Bradley C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Butler v. Thomson 412 (1876) Hunt none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Clements v. Macheboeuf 418 (1876) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Colo. affirmed
Ives v. Hamilton 426 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
The America 432 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
The Galatea 439 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Otis v. Cullum 447 (1876) Swayne none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Barney v. Watson 449 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Terry v. Commercial Bank of Alabama 454 (1876) Miller none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Williams v. United States 457 (1876) Clifford none none D. Cal. affirmed
City of St Louis v. United States 462 (1876) Miller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Tyng v. Grinnell 467 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Miller v. Dale 473 (1876) Field none none Cal. affirmed
Kennard v. Louisiana ex rel. Morgan 480 (1876) Waite none none La. affirmed
Town of Coloma v. Eaves 484 (1876) Strong Bradley none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Town of Venice v. Murdock 494 (1876) Strong none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Town of Genoa v. Woodruff 502 (1876) Strong none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
Converse v. City of Ft. Scott 503 (1876) Strong none none C.C.N.D. Kan. reversed
Carrol v. Green 509 (1876) Swayne none none C.C.D.S.C. reversed
Franklin Fire Insurance Company v. Vaughan 516 (1876) Hunt none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed
United States v. Diekelman 520 (1876) Waite none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Board of Liquidation of Louisiana v. McComb 531 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.D. La. multiple
United States v. Cruikshank 542 (1876) Waite none Clifford C.C.D. La. affirmed
Harshman v. Bates County 569 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
State Railroad Tax Cases 575 (1876) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Lewis v. United States 618 (1876) Swayne none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Town of Concord v. Portsmouth Savings Bank 625 (1876) Strong none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Moultrie County v. Rockingham Ten-Cent Savings Bank 631 (1876) Strong none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Marcy v. Oswego Township 637 (1876) Strong none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed
Humboldt Township v. Long 642 (1876) Strong none Miller C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Intermingled Cotton Cases 651 (1876) Waite none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Morrison v. Jackson 654 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia v. Georgia 665 (1876) Strong none none Ga. reversed
South-Western Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia v. Georgia 676 (1876) Strong none none Ga. reversed
Branch v. City of Charleston 677 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Garsed v. Beall 684 (1876) Clifford none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed
The Alabama 695 (1876) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Hot Springs Cases 698 (1876) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Burdell v. Denig 716 (1876) Miller none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed
McStay v. Friedman 723 (1876) Waite none none Cal. dismissed
Hammond v. Mason and Hamlin Organ Company 724 (1876) Miller none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Hall v. Weare 728 (1876) Strong none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company v. United States 733 (1876) Davis none Field C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company v. United States 760 (1875) Davis none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Newhall v. Sanger 761 (1876) Davis none Field C.C.D. Cal. reversed

Notes and references

  1. ^ Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Yuan, Elizabeth (September 4, 2013). "'22 Lewd Chinese Women' and Other Courtroom Dramas. A U.S. circuit judge brings historic Asian-American trials back to life". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

External links