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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 95

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Supreme Court of the United States
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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 95 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1877 and 1878.[1]

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 95 U.S.

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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 95 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)
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)
John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(Died)

Notable Cases in 95 U.S.

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Hall v. Decuir

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In Hall v. Decuir, 95 U.S. 485 (1878), Josephine Decuir, a wealthy woman designated a Creole, sued for racial discrimination she experienced on a steamboat. She was traveling from New Orleans to Pointe Coupee Parish, where she owned a sugar plantation. The Supreme Court held that the Louisiana statute authorizing a damages award to Decuir unconstitutionally interfered with interstate commerce. The majority opinion, by Morrison Waite, sought to avoid conflicting state laws with regard to interstate transit. Hall marked the beginning of a phase in Supreme Court jurisprudence that reached its nadir in Plessy v. Ferguson.

Sylvester Pennoyer

Pennoyer v. Neff

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In Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U.S. 714 (1878), the Supreme Court held that a state court can only exert personal jurisdiction over a party domiciled out-of-state if that party is served with process while physically present within the state. The Court was asked to determine whether a state court has personal jurisdiction over a non-resident (Neff) when such non-resident: (a) did not voluntarily appear before the court; (b) was not personally served with process while within the state; and (c) held property within the state at the time of the original lawsuit, but the property was not attached to the suit when it was initiated. The Court ruled in favor of Neff, holding that for the trial court to have jurisdiction over the property the property needed to be attached before the start of litigation, upon which the trial court has quasi in rem jurisdiction.

Citation style

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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 95 U.S.

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Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition
Pacific R.R. v. Ketchum 1 (1877) Waite none none not indicated appointment denied
Phipps v. Sedgwick 3 (1877) Miller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. multiple
Shaw v. Bill 10 (1877) Field none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
N.O. Canal & Banking Co. v. Montgomery 16 (1877) Swayne none none C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Adams v. City of Nashville 19 (1877) Hunt none none Tenn. affirmed
Reed v. Merchants' Mut. Ins. Co. 23 (1877) Bradley none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
van Reynegan v. Bolton 33 (1877) Field none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
McMillen v. Anderson 37 (1877) Miller none none La. affirmed
Pratt v. Grand Trunk Ry. Co. 43 (1877) Hunt none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed
Hatch v. Coddington 48 (1877) Strong none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
McHenry v. La Société Française d'Épargnes 58 (1877) Waite none none Cal. affirmed
Chouteau v. United States 61 (1877) Miller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Ex parte Easton 68 (1877) Clifford none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. prohibition denied
Lake Shore & M.S.R.R. Co. v. Rose 78 (1877) Swayne none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Packet Co. v. City of Keokuk 80 (1877) Strong none none Iowa affirmed
Good v. Martin 90 (1877) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Colo. affirmed
Buffington v. Harvey 99 (1877) Bradley none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
New Jersey v. Yard 104 (1877) Miller none none N.J. reversed
Aetna Fire Ins. Co. v. Boon 117 (1877) Strong none Clifford, Field C.C.D. Conn. reversed
Movius v. Arthur 144 (1877) Hunt none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Knote v. United States 149 (1877) Field none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Brown v. Buena Vista Cnty. 157 (1877) Swayne none none C.C.D. Iowa reversed
Continental Impr. Co. v. Stead 161 (1877) Bradley none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
Cairo & F.R.R. Co. v. Hecht 168 (1877) Waite none none Ark. affirmed
Insurance Co. v. Lanier 171 (1877) Strong none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed
Blount v. Windley 173 (1877) Miller none none N.C. affirmed
West Phila. Bank v. Dickson 180 (1877) Hunt none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Phoenix Ins. Co. v. Pechner 183 (1877) Waite none none N.Y. affirmed
Amory v. Amory 186 (1877) Waite none none N.Y. Super. Ct. affirmed
Kerr v. Clampitt 188 (1877) Field none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Fabbri v. Murphy 191 (1877) Clifford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Preston v. Preston 200 (1877) Field none none C.C.W.D. Va. affirmed
Bates v. Clark 204 (1877) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota affirmed
Radich v. Hutchins 210 (1877) Field none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed
Roemer v. Simon 214 (1877) Clifford none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Ex parte South & N.A.R.R. Co. 221 (1877) Waite none none C.C.M.D. Ala. mandamus granted
Insurance Co. v. Express Co. 227 (1877) Strong none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Charter Oak Life Ins. Co. v. Rodel 232 (1877) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Insurance Co. v. Haven 242 (1877) Clifford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Milner v. Meek 252 (1877) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed
Colorado Co. v. Commissioners 259 (1877) Miller none none Colo. reversed
Nimick v. Coleman 266 (1877) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Pa. dismissed
Brooklyn Ins. Co. v. Dutcher 269 (1877) Swayne none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Keystone Bridge Co. v. Phoenix Iron Co. 274 (1877) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Kansas P. Ry. Co. v. Stewart 279 (1877) Waite none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed
Cambuston v. United States 285 (1877) Waite none none D. Cal. dismissed
Beckwith v. Talbot 289 (1877) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Colo. affirmed
Pearson v. Yewdall 294 (1877) Waite none none Pa. dismissed
Eastern Trans. Line v. Hope 297 (1877) Hunt none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Ould v. Washington Hosp. 303 (1877) Swayne none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Hart v. United States 316 (1877) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Shields v. Ohio 319 (1877) Swayne none Strong Ohio affirmed
Globe Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Wolff 326 (1877) Field none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
United States v. Babbitt 334 (1877) Swayne none none C.C.D. Iowa reversed
Bergdoll v. Pollock 337 (1877) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Merchants' Nat'l Bank v. Cook 342 (1877) Hunt none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
Sessions v. Johnson 347 (1877) Clifford none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Cochrane v. Deener 355 (1877) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. D.C. vacation denied
Alvord v. United States 356 (1877) Miller none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Cass Cnty. v. Johnston 360 (1877) Waite none Bradley C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Cass Cnty. v. Jordan 373 (1877) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Cass Cnty. v. Shores 375 (1877) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. v. Higginbotham 380 (1877) Hunt none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Thompson v. Maxwell 391 (1877) Bradley none none N.M. reversed
Briges v. Sperry 401 (1877) Miller none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
United States v. Gillis 407 (1877) Strong Bradley none Ct. Cl. reversed
Turnbull v. Payson 418 (1877) Clifford none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
N.Y. Life Ins. Co. v. Davis 425 (1877) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Va. reversed
Beard v. Burts 434 (1877) Strong none none Tenn. reversed
Railroad Co. v. Jones 439 (1877) Swayne none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Williams v. Morris 444 (1877) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Pound v. Turck 459 (1878) Miller none none C.C.W.D. Wis. reversed
Hannibal & S.J.R.R. Co. v. Husen 465 (1878) Strong none none Mo. reversed
Brown v. Spofford 474 (1877) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Hall v. Decuir 485 (1878) Waite Clifford none La. reversed
Beecher v. Wetherby 517 (1877) Field none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed
The Grace Lothrop 527 (1877) Clifford none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
United States v. Smith 536 (1877) Clifford none none C.C.D. Mass. certification
Clark v. United States 539 (1877) Bradley none Miller Ct. Cl. reversed
Germania Fire Ins. Co. v. Thompson 547 (1877) Miller none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Morrow v. Whitney 551 (1877) Field none none Wis. reversed
West St. Louis Sav. Bank v. Shawnee Cnty. Bank 557 (1877) Waite none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Eddy v. Dennis 560 (1877) Hunt none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. reversed
United States v. 200 Barrels of Whiskey 571 (1877) Waite none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Union P.R.R. Co. v. Durant 576 (1877) Swayne none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed
United States v. Mann 580 (1878) Clifford none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Mitchell v. Moore 587 (1877) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Given v. Hilton 591 (1877) Strong none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
The Wanata 600 (1877) Clifford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Henry Cnty. v. Nicolay 619 (1877) Bradley none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Terry v. Anderson 628 (1877) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed
Burdette v. Bartlett 637 (1878) Hunt none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Young v. United States 641 (1877) Waite none none Ct. Cl. dismissed
City of New Orleans v. Clark 644 (1877) Field none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Railway Co. v. Stevens 655 (1878) Bradley none none C.C.D. Me. affirmed
United States v. Wilcox 661 (1878) Strong none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Chubb v. Upton 665 (1877) Hunt none none C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed
United States v. Fox 670 (1878) Field none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. certification
First Nat'l Bank v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. 673 (1878) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed
Farrington v. Tennessee 679 (1878) Swayne none Strong Tenn. reversed
Thompson v. Butler 694 (1878) Waite none none C.C.D. Mass. dismissed
Chicago, R.I. & P.R.R. Co. v. City of Houston 697 (1878) Field none none C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed
Neal v. Clark 704 (1878) Harlan none none Va. reversed
Kelly v. Calhoun 710 (1878) Swayne none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed
Pennoyer v. Neff 714 (1878) Field none Hunt C.C.D. Or. affirmed
United States v. Meigs 748 (1878) Miller none none Ct. Cl. reversed
United States v. McLean 750 (1878) Strong none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Mobile Life Ins. Co. v. Brame 754 (1878) Hunt none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
United States v. Moore 760 (1878) Swayne none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Yeatman v. New Orleans Sav. Inst. 764 (1878) Harlan none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
United States v. Clark Cnty. 769 (1878) Strong none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
City of Alexandria v. Fairfax 774 (1878) Miller none none Va. affirmed

Notes and references

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  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.
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