# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 99

This is a list of cases reported in volume 99 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1879.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 99 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 99 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) |
| 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) |

## 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 99 U.S.

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| Wolf v. Stix | 1 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | multiple |
| United States v. Farden | 10 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Hussey v. Smith | 20 (1879) | Swayne | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
| Mills v. Scott | 25 (1879) | Field | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | new trial |
| Quinn v. United States | 30 (1879) | Miller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| United States v. Ames | 35 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| Platt v. Union Pacific Railroad Company | 48 (1879) | Strong | none | Bradley | C.C.D. Neb. | affirmed |
| Lange v. Benedict | 68 (1879) | Waite | none | none | N.Y. | dismissed |
| Doggett v. Florida Railroad Company | 72 (1879) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.N.D. Fla. | affirmed |
| Eastern Transportation Line v. Cooper | 78 (1879) | Waite | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Barrow v. Hunton | 80 (1879) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Hackett v. Ottawa | 86 (1879) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| New Orleans Canal and Banking Company v. City of New Orleans | 97 (1879) | Bradley | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Grafton v. Cummings | 100 (1879) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Town of Weyauwega v. Ayling | 112 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Case v. Beauregard | 119 (1879) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Wilkerson v. Utah | 130 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
| Burbank v. Semmes | 138 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Biebinger v. Continental Bank | 143 (1879) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | reversed |
| Railroad Company v. McKinley | 147 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Iowa | affirmed |
| Klein v. City of New Orleans | 149 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| United States v. City of Ft. Scott | 152 (1879) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | reversed |
| Harris v. McGovern | 161 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Gordon v. Gilfoil | 168 (1879) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Burt v. Panjaud | 180 (1879) | Miller | Field | Strong | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Atwood v. Weems | 183 (1879) | Miller | Field | none | C.C.N.D. Fla. | affirmed |
| Ketchum v. Buckley | 188 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Ala. | affirmed |
| Southern Express Company v. Western North Carolina Railroad Company | 191 (1879) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.W.D.N.C. | affirmed |
| Godden v. Kimmell | 201 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Vansant v. Electro-Magnetic Gas Light Company | 213 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Calhoun County v. Galbraith | 214 (1879) | Swayne | none | none | D. Miss. | affirmed |
| Farrell v. United States | 221 (1879) | Strong | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| United States v. Glab | 225 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| King v. United States | 229 (1879) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | multiple |
| Fosdick v. Schall | 235 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | multiple |
| Fosdick v. Southwestern Car Company | 256 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Huidekoper v. Hinkley Locomotive Works | 258 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Campbell v. Rankin | 261 (1879) | Miller | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. | reversed |
| United States v. Pugh | 265 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Wheeling, Parkersburg, and Cincinnati Transportation Company v. City of Wheeling | 273 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | W. Va. | affirmed |
| Tice v. United States | 286 (1879) | Harlan | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Myrick v. Thompson | 291 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | Minn. | affirmed |
| Phelps v. McDonald | 298 (1879) | Swayne | none | Miller | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Northwestern University v. Illinois | 309 (1879) | Miller | none | none | Ill. | reversed |
| Bank v. Partee | 325 (1879) | Field | none | Miller | C.C.S.D. Miss. | reversed |
| Sage v. Central Railroad Company | 334 (1879) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Hoge v. Richmond and Danville Railroad Company | 348 (1879) | Field | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | reversed |
| Denver v. Roane | 355 (1879) | Strong | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Town of Brooklyn v. Aetna Life Insurance Company | 362 (1879) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| United States v. Winchester | 372 (1879) | Field | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Van Norden v. Morton | 378 (1879) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Ryan v. Central Pacific Railroad Company | 382 (1879) | Swayne | Harlan | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Hale v. Frost | 389 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | reversed |
| Hartman v. Bean | 393 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Smith v. Fort Scott and Allen County Railroad Company | 398 (1879) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United States | 402 (1879) | Bradley | none | Strong | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Parsons v. Jackson | 434 (1879) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Keely v. Sanders | 441 (1879) | Strong | none | none | Tenn. | reversed |
| United States v. Central Pacific Railroad Company | 449 (1879) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| United States v. Kansas Pacific Railway Company | 455 (1879) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | reversed |
| United States v. Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company | 460 (1879) | Bradley | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company v. Alling | 463 (1879) | Harlan | none | Waite | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
| Montgomery v. Samory | 482 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| United States v. Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company | 491 (1879) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Clark v. United States | 493 (1879) | Swayne | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Sherry v. McKinley | 496 (1879) | Strong | none | none | Tenn. | reversed |
| Wilson v. Salamanca | 499 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | reversed |
| Grigsby v. Purcell | 505 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
| United States v. Germaine | 508 (1879) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Me. | certification |
| Jackson v. Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway Company | 513 (1879) | Bradley | none | Field | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Yulee v. Vose | 539 (1879) | Waite | none | none | N.Y. | reversed |
| Hartell v. Tilghman | 547 (1879) | Miller | none | Bradley | C.C.E.D. Pa. | reversed |
| Colby v. Reed | 560 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| McBurney v. Carson | 567 (1879) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | affirmed |
| Elliott v. East Pacific Railroad Company | 573 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Pence v. Langdon | 578 (1879) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| United States v. Macon County | 582 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Terhune v. Phillips | 592 (1879) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Alvord v. United States | 593 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho | reinstatement denied |
| Whiskey Cases | 594 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Whitney v. Cook | 607 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | affirmance denied |
| National Bank v. Bank of Commerce | 608 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | amendment granted |
| Stringfellow v. Cain | 610 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
| Cannon v. Pratt | 619 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
| Leavenworth County v. Sellew | 624 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Crescent City National Bank of New Orleans v. Case | 628 (1879) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Northern Transportation Company of Ohio v. City of Chicago | 635 (1879) | Strong | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Congress and Empire Spring Company v. Edgar | 645 (1879) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| City of Evanston v. Gunn | 660 (1879) | Strong | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Lyon v. Pollock | 668 (1879) | Field | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Perris v. Hexamer | 674 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Town of Orleans v. Platt | 676 (1879) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Lyons v. Munson | 684 (1879) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Block v. Bourbon County | 686 (1879) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Sinking-Fund Cases | 700 (1879) | Waite | none | Strong; Bradley; Field | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |