# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 154

This is a list of cases reported in volume 154 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1894; atypically, more than two hundred other Supreme Court opinions from earlier years (1852–1883) also appear within the volume.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 154 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).
The opinions in cases from 1852–83 in volume 154 were written by various current and former justices. When the cases, from 1894, in the volume were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
| Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote) | Tenure on Supreme Court |
| Melville Fuller | Chief Justice | Illinois | Morrison Waite | July 20, 1888 (41–20) | October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910 (Died) |
| Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly-created seat | March 10, 1863 (Acclamation) | May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired) |
| John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | November 29, 1877 (Acclamation) | December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died) |
| Horace Gray | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | December 20, 1881 (51–5) | January 9, 1882 – September 15, 1902 (Died) |
| David Josiah Brewer | Associate Justice | Kansas | Stanley Matthews | December 18, 1889 (53–11) | January 6, 1890 – March 28, 1910 (Died) |
| Henry Billings Brown | Associate Justice | Michigan | Samuel Freeman Miller | December 29, 1890 (Acclamation) | January 5, 1891 – May 28, 1906 (Retired) |
| George Shiras Jr. | Associate Justice | Pennsylvania | Joseph P. Bradley | July 26, 1892 (Acclamation) | October 10, 1892 – February 23, 1903 (Retired) |
| Howell Edmunds Jackson | Associate Justice | Tennessee | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar | February 18, 1893 (Acclamation) | March 4, 1893 – August 8, 1895 (Died) |
| Edward Douglass White | Associate Justice | Louisiana | Samuel Blatchford | February 19, 1894 (Acclamation) | March 12, 1894 – December 18, 1910 (Continued as chief justice) |

## 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.
The Judiciary Act of 1891 created the United States Courts of Appeals and reassigned the jurisdiction of most routine appeals from the district and circuit courts to these appellate courts. The Act created nine new courts that were originally known as the "United States Circuit Courts of Appeals." The new courts had jurisdiction over most appeals of lower court decisions. The Supreme Court could review either legal issues that a court of appeals certified or decisions of court of appeals by writ of certiorari.
Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.
* "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals
** e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
* "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 154 U.S. decided in 1894

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Company | 1 (1894) | Gray | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Scott v. McNeal | 34 (1894) | Gray | none | none | Wash. | reversed |
| Constable v. National Steamship Company | 51 (1894) | Brown | none | Jackson | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Dunham v. Dennison Manufacturing Company | 103 (1894) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Morrison v. Watson | 111 (1894) | Gray | none | none | N.C. | dismissed |
| In re Lockwood | 116 (1894) | Fuller | none | none | Va. | mandamus denied |
| The Haytian Republic | 118 (1894) | White | none | none | 9th Cir. | reversed |
| Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Patterson | 130 (1894) | Fuller | none | none | Mont. | dismissed |
| St. Clair v. United States | 134 (1894) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. McFadden | 155 (1894) | White | none | none | C.C.N.D. Tex. | reversed |
| Prentice v. Northern Pacific Railroad Company | 163 (1894) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Balkam v. Woodstock Iron Company | 177 (1894) | White | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ala. | affirmed |
| Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Babcock | 190 (1894) | White | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company v. Kentucky | 204 (1894) | Brown | none | none | Ky. | reversed |
| Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company v. Kentucky | 224 (1894) | Brown | none | none | Ky. | reversed |
| United States v. Illinois Central Railroad Company | 225 (1894) | Field | none | Brewer | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Riggles v. Erney | 244 (1894) | Brown | none | Brewer | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Moran v. Sturges | 256 (1894) | Fuller | none | Brewer | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | reversed |
| Barden v. Northern Pacific Railroad Company | 288 (1894) | Field | none | Brewer | C.C.D. Mont. | reversed |
| Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Hambly | 349 (1894) | Brown | none | none | C.C.D.N.D. | certification |
| Reagan v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company I | 362 (1894) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | multiple |
| Reagan v. Mercantile Trust Company I | 413 (1894) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | multiple |
| Reagan v. Mercantile Trust Company II | 418 (1894) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | multiple |
| Reagan v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company II | 420 (1894) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | multiple |
| Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company v. Backus | 421 (1894) | Brewer | none | Harlan | Ind. | affirmed |
| Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company v. Backus | 439 (1894) | Brewer | none | Harlan | Ind. | affirmed |
| Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson | 447 (1894) | Harlan | none | Brewer (at 155 U.S. 3) | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |

## Appendix to 154 U.S.

Volume 154 contains an extraordinary Appendix, starting at page 529, of "Some Cases not Hitherto Reported in Full". The previously-unpublished opinions in the Appendix were issued from 1852–83. An explanation for the Appendix is given at page 531:
   The Centennial Appendix, at the end of Volume 131 [of U.S. Reports], contained two tables of omitted cases. In the first table the cases were reported in full. The second contained only a list of cases, term by term [see pages ccxx to ccxxxi], in which opinions were given which were supposed to decide the case on the facts; or on the authority of some case referred to; or in which the decision was made partly on the facts and partly on such authority; or in which judgment was entered either on the stipulation of the parties, or for incompleteness of the record, or for non-compliance with the rules of court. It was assumed that it was not worth while to occupy the space necessary to report these cases in full. The fact that two or three of them have been referred to in opinions of the court, since rendered, shows that this assumption was not well founded, and calls upon the reporter now to print them in full.

## List of cases in Appendix to volume 154 U.S., decided 1852–83

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| United States v. Bales of Cotton Marked J.H.B. | 556 (1868) | Chase | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
| United States v. Barnett | 676 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| United States ex rel. Amy v. Burlington | 568 (1870) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | reversed |
| United States v. Burton | 566 (1869) | Nelson | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| United States v. Cook | 555 (1868) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | certification |
| United States v. De Haro | 544 (1866) | Grier | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | dismissed |
| United States v. Hodson | 580 (1870) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | reversed |
| United States v. Mayrand | 552 (1867) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | certification |
| United States v. Mynderse | 580 (1871) | Chase | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | certification |
| United States v. Pollard | 577 (1870) | Davis | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| United States v. Six Lots | 596 (1874) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| United States v. Stafford | 590 (1873) | Chase | none | none | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | certification |
| United States v. Williams | 652 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Upton v. Mason | 675 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | affirmed |
| Upton v. Steele | 675 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | dismissed |
| Van Norden v. Washburn | 627 (1877) | Waite | none | none | La. | dismissed |
| Ex parte Waples | 579 (1871) | Swayne | none | none | original | prohibition denied |
| Washington County v. United States ex rel. Mortimer | 571 (1870) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Whitney v. First National Bank | 664 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Vt. | reversed |
| Willard v. Willard | 568 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Williams v. Nolan | 551 (1866) | Nelson | none | none | N.Y. | reversed |
| Williamson v. Moore | 557 (1868) | Clifford | none | none | N.Y. | dismissal denied |
| Watterson v. Payne | 534 (1858) | Taney | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Wilson v. Goodrich | 640 (1878) | Waite | none | none | Mass. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
| Windsor v. McVeigh | 617 (1875) | Waite | none | none | Va. Corp. Ct. | dismissal denied |
| Woodman Pebbling Machine Company v. Guild | 597 (1874) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
| Woolfolk v. Nisbet | 650 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Underhill v. Patton | 575 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Tillinghast v. Van Buskirk I | 557 (1869) | Davis | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | reversed |
| Tillinghast v. Van Buskirk II | 553 (1867) | Miller | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | dismissal denied |
| Thompson v. Perrine | 677 (1883) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Poweshiek County v. United States ex rel. Durant | 576 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Supervisors v. Durant | 571 (1870) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Sturtevant v. Herndon | 575 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Stevens v. De Aubrie | 580 (1870) | Davis | none | none | Kan. | affirmed |
| Steever v. Rickman | 678 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
| South Carolina ex rel. Robb v. Gurney | 593 (1873) | Hunt | none | none | S.C. | reversed |
| Sea v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company | 659 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | dismissed |
| Schow v. Harriman | 609 (1875) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Roberts v. Bolles | 670 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Richmond Mining Company v. Eureka Mining Company | 664 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Nev. | affirmed |
| Ralls County Court v. United States ex rel. George | 675 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Priest v. Folger | 597 (1874) | Hunt | none | none | Mass. | affirmed |
| Ponder v. Delanney | 651 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Plant v. Stovall | 584 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Ga. | affirmed |
| Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works v. National Bank | 626 (1877) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | dismissed |
| Ex parte Pargoud | 567 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | Ct. Cl. | mandamus granted |
| Oulton v. Savings and Loan Society | 615 (1875) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Oulton v. San Francisco Savings Union | 591 (1873) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Oulton v. California Insurance Company | 615 (1875) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Norton v. Jamison | 591 (1873) | Chase | none | none | La. | dismissed |
| Northwestern Life Insurance Company v. Martin | 640 (1878) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | dismissed |
| Moulder v. Forrest | 567 (1869) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Morrill v. Wisconsin | 626 (1877) | Waite | none | none | Wis. | affirmed |
| Mississippi v. Stanton | 554 (1867) | Nelson | none | none | original | dismissed |
| Town of Mineral Point v. Lee | 552 (1867) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Milwaukee and Minnesota Railroad Company | 554 (1868) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | mandamus denied |
| Mackall v. Richards | 624 (1877) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| McCready v. Virginia | 628 (1877) | Waite | none | none | Va. | affirmed |
| McCollum v. Howard | 577 (1870) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | dismissed |
| The Louisville | 657 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Loud | 582 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | dismissed |
| Levy v. Dangel | 671 (1881) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho | affirmed |
| Lee County v. Clews | 609 (1874) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.M.D. Ala. | affirmed |
| City of Leavenworth v. Kinney | 642 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Lane v. United States | 615 (1875) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Lammers v. Nissen | 650 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Neb. | affirmed |
| Keogh v. Orient Insurance Company | 639 (1878) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Kenner v. United States | 595 (1874) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Kahn v. Hamilton | 677 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | dismissed |
| Jouan v. Divoll | 657 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Jones v. Fritschle | 590 (1873) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. Mo. | dismissed |
| Jaeger v. Moore | 641 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | multiple |
| Ingersoll v. Bourne | 645 (1878) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | dismissed |
| Hunt v. Bender | 556 (1868) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Neb. | dismissed |
| Humbird v. Jackson County | 592 (1873) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | reversed |
| Hearst v. Halligan | 669 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Haynes v. Pickett | 627 (1877) | Waite | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Hammond v. Massachusetts | 550 (1866) | Nelson | none | none | Mass. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
| Hagar v. California | 639 (1878) | Waite | none | none | Cal. | dismissed |
| Gurnee v. Blair | 659 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | conditional dismissal |
| Groat v. O'Hare | 660 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Gray v. Coan | 589 (1871) | Chase | none | none | Iowa | dismissed |
| Grame v. Mutual Assurance Society | 676 (1881) | Waite | none | none | Va. | continued |
| Godbe v. Tottle | 576 (1870) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | dismissed |
| Davies v. Slidell | 625 (1876) | Waite | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Diaz v. United States | 590 (1873) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| The Eliza Hancox | 618 (1875) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Faxon v. Russell | 644 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
| Follansbee v. Ballard Paving Company | 651 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Fontaine v. McNab | 652 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Gage v. Carraher | 656 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Gaines v. Lizardi | 555 (1868) | Davis | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
| Garnett v. United States | 579 (1871) | Swayne | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | unclear |
| Davidson v. Starcher | 566 (1869) | Chase | none | none | Minn. | dismissed |
| Davidson v. Connelly | 589 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Minn. | dismissed |
| Dallas County v. Huidekoper | 654 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Cowdrey v. Vandenburgh | 659 (1880) | Field | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Cousin v. Generes | 581 (1871) | Chase | none | none | La. | dismissed |
| Corry v. Campbell | 629 (1878) | Waite | none | none | Ohio | affirmed |
| Connellsville and Southern Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. City of Baltimore | 553 (1867) | Chase | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | dismissal denied |
| Allen v. Tarlton | 596 (1874) | Waite | none | none | La. | dismissed |
| Atherton v. Fowler | 620 (1875) | Waite | none | none | Cal. | dismissal denied |
| Badger v. Ranlett | 677 (1882) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Bailey v. Work | 616 (1875) | Field | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Bank of Montreal v. White | 660 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Bank of New Orleans v. Caldwell | 592 (1873) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Bank of the Republic v. Millard | 656 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Basse v. Brownsville | 610 (1875) | Waite | none | none | Tex. | dismissed |
| Benton County v. Rollens | 665 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Betts v. Mugridge | 644 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Blake v. Fourth National Bank | 616 (1875) | Hunt | none | none | multiple | reversed |
| Brown v. Johnson | 551 (1867) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | reversed |
| Brugere v. Slidell | 598 (1874) | Strong | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Burke v. Tregre | 641 (1879) | Waite | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Burlington and Missouri River Railroad v. Mills County | 568 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | Iowa | affirmed |
| Burr v. Myers | 654 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Case v. Marchand | 642 (1879) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| City of Charleston v. Jessup | 592 (1873) | Field | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | reversed |
| Chicago and Alton Railroad Company v. Wiggins Ferry Company | 678 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Fuller | 595 (1873) | Swayne | none | none | Iowa | affirmed |
| Churchill v. City of Utica | 550 (1866) | Nelson | none | none | N.Y. | reversed |
| Coggeshall v. Hartshorn | 533 (1856) | Taney | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | multiple |
| United States v. Harrison | 531 (1852) | Taney | none | none | E.D. La. | reversed |
| United States v. Carrere | 532 (1853) | Taney | none | none | E.D. La. | reversed |
| Steamboat Niagara | 533 (1855) | Taney | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | dismissed |
| United States v. Osio | 535 (1860) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | dismissed |
| Richardson v. Lawrence County | 536 (1864) | Grier | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | certification |
| United States v. Hallock | 537 (1864) | Grier | none | none | S.D. Fla. | reversed |
| United States v. Olvera | 538 (1864) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.S.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Milwaukee and Minnesota Railroad Company v. Soutter I | 540 (1864) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | dismissed |
| Milwaukee and Minnesota Railroad Company v. Soutter II | 541 (1864) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | dismissed |
| Merriam v. Haas | 542 (1865) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
| Rogers v. City of Keokuk | 546 (1866) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa. | certification |
| Rogers v. Lee County | 547 (1866) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | reversed |
| Duvall v. United States | 548 (1866) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| Horback v. Porter | 549 (1865) | Miller | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Neb. | affirmed |
| Burbank v. Bigelow | 558 (1869) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Smith v. Washington Gaslight Company | 559 (1869) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Finley v. Isett | 561 (1869) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Dutton v. Plairet | 563 (1869) | Chase | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| United States v. Mowry | 564 (1869) | Nelson | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| United States v. Morgan | 565 (1869) | Nelson | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Flanders v. Tweed | 569 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Weed v. Crane | 570 (1870) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| The Northern Belle | 571 (1870) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| City of Kenosha v. Lamson | 573 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Long v. Patton | 573 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Underhill v. Herndon | 574 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Riley v. Welles | 578 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Van Slyke v. Wisconsin | 581 (1871) | Chase | none | none | Wis. | affirmed |
| Holmes v. Sevier | 582 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | reversed |
| Jacoway v. Denton | 583 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | Ark. | dismissed |
| The Des Moines | 584 (1872) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| The St. John | 586 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Germain v. Mason | 587 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. | dismissed |
| Northwestern Union Packet Company v. Home Insurance Company of New York | 588 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Iowa | dismissed |
| The Adelia | 593 (1873) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Hardy v. Harbin | 598 (1874) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Northwestern Union Packet Company v. Viles | 608 (1874) | Strong | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | reversed |
| Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works v. Helm | 610 (1875) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | affirmed |
| Commercial Bank v. Iola | 617 (1875) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Turner v. Ward | 618 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Crary v. Devlin | 619 (1876) | Waite | none | none | N.Y. | dismissed |
| Mead v. Pinyard | 620 (1876) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Berreyesa v. United States | 623 (1876) | Waite | none | none | D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Herhold v. Upton | 624 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Johansson v. Stephanson | 625 (1877) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| First National Bank v. Cook | 628 (1878) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| The Northfield | 629 (1878) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Clark v. Beecher | 631 (1878) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Strong v. United States | 632 (1878) | Harlan | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Goodenough Horseshoe Manufacturing Company v. Rhode Island Horseshoe Company | 635 (1877) | Waite | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | dismissed |
| United States v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company | 637 (1878) | Field | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company v. Vance | 638 (1878) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Dold v. United States | 645 (1878) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Williams v. United States | 648 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| North v. McDonald | 649 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | affirmed |
| Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada v. Walker | 653 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Me. | affirmed |
| Dallas County v. Huidekoper | 655 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Woodfolk v. Seddons | 658 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| White v. United States | 661 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| McLaughlin v. Fowler | 663 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Cal. | affirmed |
| Seward v. Comeau | 665 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Wight v. Condict | 666 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| France v. Missouri ex rel. Smith | 667 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Mo. | dismissed |
| Green v. Fisk | 668 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | dismissed |
| Price v. Kelly | 669 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Glover v. Love | 670 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Continental Bank Note Company v. United States | 671 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Bonnifield v. Price | 672 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | dismissed |
| Mellon v. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company | 673 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| United States v. Canda | 674 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | dismissed |