This is a list of cases reported in volume 111 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1884.
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| Established | March 4, 1789 |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W |
| Composition method | Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation |
| Authorised by | Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1 |
| Judge term length | life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal |
| Number of positions | 9 (by statute) |
| Website | supremecourt |
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 111 U.S.
editThe 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).[1] 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 111 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 |
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Morrison Waite | Chief Justice | Ohio | Salmon P. Chase | January 21, 1874 (63–0) |
March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888 (Died) |
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Samuel Freeman Miller | Associate Justice | Iowa | Peter Vivian Daniel | July 16, 1862 (Acclamation) |
July 21, 1862 – October 13, 1890 (Died) |
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Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly created seat | March 10, 1863 (Acclamation) |
May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired) |
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Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly created seat | March 21, 1870 (46–9) |
March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died) |
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John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | November 29, 1877 (Acclamation) |
December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died) |
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William Burnham Woods | Associate Justice | Georgia | William Strong | December 21, 1880 (39–8) |
January 5, 1881 – May 14, 1887 (Died) |
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Stanley Matthews | Associate Justice | Ohio | Noah Haynes Swayne | May 12, 1881 (24–23) |
May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889 (Died) |
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Horace Gray | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | December 20, 1881 (51–5) |
January 9, 1882 – September 15, 1902 (Died) |
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Samuel Blatchford | Associate Justice | New York | Ward Hunt | March 22, 1882 (Acclamation) |
April 3, 1882 – July 7, 1893 (Died) |
Notable Case in 111 U.S.
editBurrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony
editIn Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53 (1884), the Supreme Court upheld the power of Congress to extend copyright protection to photography. Regarding the interpretation of ”writings” in the Constitution, the Court held that Congress has ”properly declared these to include all forms of writing, printing, engraving, etching, &c., by which the ideas in the mind of the author are given visible expression”. The Court noted that ”maps and charts” were among the subjects of the first Copyright Act of 1790, and that etchings and engravings were added when it was first amended in 1802. The members of Congress that passed these first copyright acts were contemporaries of the Framers of the Constitution, and many of them attended the Constitutional Convention itself. As such, their interpretation of the Constitution, the Court decided, ”is of itself entitled to very great weight, and when it is remembered that the rights thus established have not been disputed during a period of nearly a century, it is almost conclusive”.
Citation style
editUnder 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 111 U.S.
editNotes and references
edit- ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
External links
edit- [1] Case reports in volume 111 from Library of Congress
- [2] Case reports in volume 111 from Court Listener
- [3] Case reports in volume 111 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
- [4] Case reports in volume 111 from Google Scholar
- [5] Case reports in volume 111 from Justia
- [6] Case reports in volume 111 from Open Jurist
- Website of the United States Supreme Court
- United States Courts website about the Supreme Court
- National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States
- American Bar Association, How Does the Supreme Court Work?
- The Supreme Court Historical Society
