List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Waite Court


This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court decided during the Waite Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Morrison Waite from March 4, 1874 through March 23, 1888.
Case nameCitationSummary
Totten v. United Statesjurisdiction over espionage agreements
Rubber-Tip Pencil Co. v. Howard
Murdock v. City of Memphis
Minor v. HappersettFourteenth Amendment and the right of women to vote
Kohl v. United StatesEminent domain
Phillips v. Payne
United States v. Reese
United States v. Cruikshankapplication of the First and Second Amendments to the states
Munn v. Illinoiscorporations and agricultural regulation
Cochrane v. Deener
Mobile Life Insurance Co. v. Brame
Pennoyer v. Neffbases of personal jurisdiction over defendants
Davidson v. City of New Orleans
City of Elizabeth v. American Nicholson Pavement Co.experimental use exception to the on-sale bar in United States patent law
Reynolds v. United Statespolygamy and freedom of religion
Wilkerson v. Utahcapital punishment
Trade-Mark CasesCopyright Clause does not give Congress the power to regulate trademarks
Baker v. Seldendifferences between copyright & patent law
Strauder v. West Virginiaexclusion of blacks from juries
Springer v. United Statesconstitutionality of income tax set up by the Revenue Act of 1864
Kilbourn v. Thompsonlimitations on Congressional investigations
Egbert v. Lippmannearly case concerning the on-sale bar in patent law
United States v. McBratney
United States v. Lee
Ex parte Curtis
Pace v. Alabamaaffirmed that Alabama's anti-miscegenation statute banning interracial marriage and interracial sex was not a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
United States v. Harris No Congressional power to pass ordinary criminal statutes
Civil Rights Casespower of federal government to prohibit racial discrimination by private parties
Ex parte Crow Dogrepeal of law dealing with Native American Indians requires express language by Congress
Kellogg Bridge Co. v. Hamilton
Juilliard v. Greenman
Hurtado v. Californiano requirement that states use a grand jury to indict a defendant in a murder prosecution
Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Saronycopyrightability of photographs
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Woodworthinsurance law
Elk v. Wilkinscitizenship of Native Americans
Head Money Casestreaties
Cole v. La Grangethe court held that the Missouri legislature could not authorize a city to issue bonds to assist corporations in their private business.
Head v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
Barbier v. Connolly
Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Commissioners of Emigration
Davison v. Von Lingen
Drennen v. London Assurance Co.
Hollister v. Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co.
Hess v. Reynolds
Polleys v. Black River Improvement Co.
Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Speck
Griffith v. Godey
Rowell v. Lindsay
Findlay v. McAllister
Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Ga. v. PettusAn appeal regarding monies owed and a lein upon the roadbed, depots, side tracks, turnouts, trestles, and bridges owned and used by the appellants.
Steele v. United States
Clawson v. United States
Bicknell v. Comstock
United States v. Mueller
Consolidated Safety-Valve Co. v. Crosby Steam Gauge & Valve Co.
Bryan v. Kennett
Northern Liberty Market Co. v. Kelly
Tucker v. Masser
Cardwell v. American Bridge Co.
Voss v. Fisher
Price v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
Dakota County v. Glidden
Caillot v. Deetken
Cheong Ah Moy v. United States
Anderson County Commissioners v. Beal
Harvey v. United States
Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey v. Mills
Presser v. Illinois
Looney v. District of Columbia
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. United States
Coon v. Wilson
Spaids v. Cooley
Sully v. Drennan
Avegno v. Schmidttitle to mortgaged property confiscated by the U.S. government during the Civil War
Stone v. Chisolm
Thornley v. United States
Baylis v. Travellers' Ins. Co.right to trial by jury in a civil case
Pneumatic Gas Co. v. Berry
Ex parte Bigelow
City of Quincy v. Jackson
Town of Santa Anna v. Frank
McArthur v. Scott
Cannon v. United States
Hyatt v. Vincennes National Bank
United States v. Jordan
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Crane
Prentice v. Stearns
Morgan v. Hamlet
Chase v. Curtis
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Berry
Morgan v. United States
Provident Institution for Savings v. Mayor of Jersey City
Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Cheyenne
Erhardt v. Boaro,
Erhardt v. Boaro,
Richards v. Mackall
Peugh v. Davis
Gumbel v. Pitkin
Fussell v. Gregg
City of St. Louis v. Myers
Brown v. United States
Chicago Life Insurance Co. v. Needles
Pearce v. Ham
Ayers v. Watson
California Artificial Stone Paving Co. v. MolitorPatent infringement case on an improvement in concrete paving
Winona & St. Peter R. Co. v. BarneyPublic land grant for Railroad construction
Kansas Pacific R. Co. v. DunmeyerLand ownership dispute
Schmieder v. Barneycase regarding description of articles subject to duty
Camp v. United Statescase to recover an alleged balance due as compensation for collecting and delivering to the United States a large amount of cotton in bales which was captured and abandoned property
Maxwell's Executors v. Wilkinsonwrit of error brought by the executors of a former collector of the port of New York to reverse a judgment in an action brought against him by the defendant in error to recover duties paid by them on imported iron
Flagg v. Walkercase where the deeds for several parcels of land were transferred from Flagg, who was in financial difficulty, to Walker in return for paying off Flagg's debts and profits from the sale against a mortgage for other property owned by Flagg.
Blake v. City and County of San Francisco
Fourth National Bank of St. Louis v. Stout
Boyer v. Boyer
Soon Hing v. Crowley
United States v. Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad Co.
Ex parte Fisk
Cooper Manufacturing Co. v. Ferguson
Carter v. Burr
Gregory v. Hartley
United States v. Steever
Hardin v. Boyd
Railroad Commission Casescontracts, police power, regulation of transport
Boyd v. United States
Yick Wo v. Hopkinsequal protection, racially neutral laws administered in a discriminatory manner
United States v. Kagamafederal court jurisdiction over crimes committed on Indian reservations
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroadcorporate personhood
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinoisregulation of interstate commerce by individual states, creation of ICC
Ker v. Illinoislegality of abduction of criminal suspect abroad
Ex parte Bain
Runkle v. United Statesthe president cannot delegate the power vested in him to pass finally upon the sentence when he is the only person to whom has been committed the judicial power of making a final determination
The Telephone Casespatent law