This is a list of cases reported in volume 98 of the United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1878 and 1879.Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 98 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 98 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 (63–0) –March 23, 1888(Died) Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis (26–23) –July 25, 1881(Died) Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean (38–1) –January 24, 1881(Retired) Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel (Acclamation) –October 13, 1890(Died) Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat (Acclamation)–December 1, 1897(Retired) William Strong Associate Justice Pennsylvania Robert Cooper Grier (No vote recorded) –December 14, 1880(Retired) Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seat (46–9) –January 22, 1892(Died) Ward Hunt Associate Justice New York Samuel Nelson (Acclamation) –January 27, 1882(Retired) John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis (Acclamation) –October 14, 1911(Died)

Notable Case in 98 U.S. Reynolds v. United States In Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 (1878), the Supreme Court held that religious duty was not a defense to a criminal indictment. Reynolds was the first Supreme Court decision to address the First Amendment's protection of Freedom of religion, impartial juries, and the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.

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 98 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Palmer v. Low 1 (1878) Waite none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Glenny v. Langdon 20 (1878) Clifford none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Bates v. Coe 31 (1878) Clifford none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Kesner v. Trigg 50 (1878) Swayne none none C.C.W.D. Va. affirmed Peters v. Bowman 56 (1878) Swayne none none N.D. Miss. affirmed United States v. Throckmorton 61 (1878) Miller none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Williams v. Hagood 72 (1878) Strong none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed Garratt v. Seibert 75 (1878) Strong none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Ivinson v. Hutton 79 (1878) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. reversed Snell v. Atlantic et al. Ins. Co. 85 (1878) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Daviess Cnty. v. Huidekoper 98 (1879) Hunt none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed Bradley v. United States 104 (1878) Clifford none Miller Ct. Cl. affirmed Wirth v. Branson 118 (1878) Bradley none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed Second Nat'l Bank v. Ancient Masons 123 (1878) Strong none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Giant P. Co. v. California P. Works 126 (1878) Bradley none none C.C.D.C. reversed Citizens' Bank v. Board of Liquid'n 140 (1879) Waite none none La. dismissed Dumont v. United States 142 (1878) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Reynolds v. United States 145 (1879) Field none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Schuyler Cnty. v. Thomas 169 (1878) Hunt none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Orvis v. Powell 176 (1878) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed McKnight v. United States 179 (1879) Swayne none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Stewart v. Sonneborn 187 (1879) Strong none Bradley C.C.M.D. Ala. reversed Snyder v. Sickles 203 (1878) Clifford none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Elcox v. Hill 218 (1878) Hunt none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Andreae v. Redfield 225 (1879) Clifford none Miller C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Ex parte Schwab 240 (1878) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Mich. show cause denied Slaughter v. Glenn 242 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed Gifford v. Helms 248 (1878) Clifford none none C.C.M.D. Ala. reversed Bowen v. Chase 254 (1878) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Beckwith v. Bean 266 (1879) Harlan none Field C.C.D. Vt. reversed City of Little Rock v. National Bank 308 (1878) Hunt none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Blake v. Hawkins 315 (1879) Strong none none C.C.E.D.N.C. reversed Bank v. McVeigh 332 (1878) Waite none none Va. dismissed United States v. Burlington et al. R.R. Co. 334 (1879) Field none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed United States v. Hall 343 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.S.D. Ohio certification Atlantic & G.R.R. Co. v. Georgia 359 (1879) Strong none none Ga. affirmed Cleveland Ins. Co. v. Globe Ins. Co. 366 (1879) Waite none Clifford C.C.N.D. Ohio dismissed United States v. City of New Orleans 381 (1879) Field none none C.C.D. La. reversed Baltimore & P.R.R. Co. v. Grant 398 (1879) Waite none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed Mississippi et al. Co. v. Patterson 403 (1879) Field none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Scull v. United States 410 (1879) Miller none none W.D. Mo. affirmed United States v. City of Baltimore 424 (1879) Miller none none D. La. reversed Foster v. Mora 425 (1879) Miller none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed United States v. Perot 428 (1879) Bradley none none D. La. affirmed Carr v. United States 433 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed The Abbotsford 440 (1879) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed United States v. Benecke 447 (1879) Miller none none C.C.W.D. Mo. certification United States v. Irvine 450 (1879) Miller none none C.C.W.D. Mo. certification Jennison v. Kirk 453 (1879) Field none none Cal. affirmed Flagstaff S.M. Co. v. Tarbet 463 (1879) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Amy v. City of Dubuque 470 (1879) Harlan none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed Harkness v. Hyde 476 (1879) Field none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho reversed Railroad Co. v. Varnell 479 (1879) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed United States v. Thompson 486 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed Airhart v. Massieu 491 (1879) Bradley none none C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed Reed v. McIntyre 507 (1879) Harlan none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Brick v. Brick 514 (1879) Field none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed De Treville v. Smalls 517 (1879) Strong none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed Hooper v. Robinson 528 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.D. Md. reversed Union P.R.R. Co. v. Dodge Cnty. 541 (1879) Waite none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Hendrie v. Sayles 546 (1879) Clifford none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed Barnet v. Second Nat'l Bank 555 (1879) Swayne none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed St. Louis et al. Ry. Co. v. Loftin 559 (1879) Waite none none Ark. affirmed United States v. Sherman 565 (1879) Strong none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed United States v. Union P.R.R. Co. 569 (1879) Miller none Swayne C.C.D. Conn. affirmed Union Nat'l Bank v. Matthews 621 (1879) Swayne none Miller Mo. reversed

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