# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 107

This is a list of cases reported in volume 107 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1883, along with one case from 1882.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 107 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 107 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly created seat | March 21, 1870 (46–9) | March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died) |
| John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | November 29, 1877 (Acclamation) | December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died) |
| William Burnham Woods | Associate Justice | Georgia | William Strong | December 21, 1880 (39–8) | January 5, 1881 – May 14, 1887 (Died) |
| Stanley Matthews | Associate Justice | Ohio | Noah Haynes Swayne | May 12, 1881 (24–23) | May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889 (Died) |
| Horace Gray | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | December 20, 1881 (51–5) | January 9, 1882 – September 15, 1902 (Died) |
| Samuel Blatchford | Associate Justice | New York | Ward Hunt | March 22, 1882 (Acclamation) | April 3, 1882 – July 7, 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 107 U.S.

| Case Name | Page & year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| United States v. Erie Railroad Company | 1 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | rehearing denied |
| Embry v. Palmer | 3 (1883) | Matthews | none | none | Conn. | reversed |
| Burgess v. J. & W. Seligman and Company | 20 (1883) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Turner v. Maryland | 38 (1883) | Blatchford | none | none | Md. | affirmed |
| New York v. Compagnie Générale Transatlantique | 59 (1883) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| United States ex rel. Burnett v. Teller | 64 (1883) | Woods | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Cushing v. Laird | 69 (1883) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Schmidt v. Badger | 85 (1883) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D. La. | affirmed |
| Hall v. Macneale | 90 (1883) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Green Bay and Minnesota Railroad Company v. Union Steamboat Company | 98 (1883) | Gray | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Michigan Central Railroad Company v. Myrick | 102 (1883) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Bush v. Kentucky | 110 (1883) | Harlan | none | Field; Waite | Ky. | reversed |
| Kendall v. United States | 123 (1883) | Harlan | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Potter v. United States | 126 (1883) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Hoffheins v. Russell | 132 (1883) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Montclair Township v. Ramsdell | 147 (1883) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | affirmed |
| Montclair Township v. Dana | 162 (1883) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | affirmed |
| Russell v. Allen | 163 (1883) | Gray | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Jones v. Habersham | 174 (1883) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Atlantic Works v. Brady | 192 (1883) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
| New York G. & I. Co. v. Memphis Water Company | 205 (1883) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
| Cotzhausen v. Nazro | 215 (1883) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Kring v. Missouri | 221 (1883) | Miller | none | Matthews | Mo. | reversed |
| Bowden v. Johnson | 251 (1883) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | reversed |
| Ex parte Wall | 265 (1883) | Bradley | none | Field | C.C.S.D. Fla. | mandamus denied |
| Roth v. Ehman | 319 (1883) | Waite | none | none | Ill. | dismissed |
| United States v. Phelps Brothers and Company | 320 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Tredway v. Sanger | 323 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Standard Oil Company v. Van Etten | 325 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Missionary Society v. City of The Dalles | 336 (1883) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Or. | affirmed |
| Missionary Society v. Kelly | 347 (1883) | per curiam | none | none | C.C.D. Or. | affirmed |
| Chapman v. Douglas County | 348 (1883) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
| Jaffray v. McGehee | 361 (1883) | Woods | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| Wiggins Ferry Company v. City of East St. Louis | 365 (1883) | Woods | none | none | Ill. | affirmed |
| Kountze v Omaha Hotel Company | 378 (1883) | Bradley | none | Miller | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
| Hahn v. United States | 402 (1883) | Blatchford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Campbell v. United States | 407 (1883) | Miller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | remanded |
| Wood v. United States | 414 (1883) | Blatchford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| The Julia Blake | 418 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Allen v. McVeigh | 433 (1883) | Waite | none | none | Va. | affirmed |
| Merriam v. United States | 437 (1883) | Woods | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Cook County National Bank v. United States | 445 (1883) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Wabash Railroad Company v. McDaniels | 454 (1883) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
| Baldwin v. Starks | 463 (1883) | Miller | none | none | Neb. | reversed |
| Close v. Glenwood Cemetery Company | 466 (1883) | Gray | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Williams v. Jackson | 478 (1883) | Gray | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Sun Mutual Insurance Company v. Ocean Insurance Company | 485 (1883) | Matthews | none | Miller | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| The Adriatic | 512 (1883) | Field | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| District of Columbia v. Armes | 519 (1883) | Field | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| McLaughlin v. United States | 526 (1883) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Town of Pana v. Bowler | 529 (1883) | Woods | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Myers v. Swann | 546 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.C. | affirmed |
| City of Quincy v. Cooke | 549 (1883) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Mills County v. Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company | 557 (1883) | Bradley | none | none | Iowa | affirmed |
| Read v. City of Plattsmouth | 568 (1883) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
| Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company v. Alabama | 581 (1883) | Gray | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ala. | affirmed |
| Ambler v. Choteau | 586 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Union Trust Company of New York v. E.E. Souther and Brother | 591 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Union Trust Company of New York v. Walker | 596 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Davis v. South Carolina | 597 (1883) | Matthews | none | none | S.C. | reversed |
| Basket v. Hassell | 602 (1883) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
| Barber v. Schell | 617 (1883) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Schell v. Cochran | 625 (1883) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | modification denied |
| Schell v. Dodge | 629 (1883) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmance denied |
| Hill v. Harding | 631 (1883) | Gray | none | none | Ill. | reversed |
| Duff v. Sterling Pump Company | 636 (1883) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Gage v. Herring | 640 (1883) | Gray | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Slawson v. Grand Street Railroad Company | 649 (1883) | Woods | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| United States v. Britton | 655 (1883) | Woods | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | certification |
| United States v. Curtis | 671 (1883) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | certification |
| First National Bank of Xenia v. Stewart | 676 (1883) | Field | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | reversed |
| Escanaba and Lake Michigan Transportation Company v. City of Chicago | 678 (1883) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Parkersburg O.R. Transportation Company v. City of Parkersburg | 691 (1883) | Bradley | none | Harlan | C.C.D.W. Va. | affirmed |
| Louisiana v. Jumel | 711 (1883) | Waite | none | Field; Harlan | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Antoni v. Greenhow | 769 (1883) | Waite | Matthews | Field; Harlan | Va. | affirmed |