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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 110

List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 110

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 110 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1884.

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Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 110 U.S.

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
See also: List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office
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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).[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 110 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

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Notable Cases in 110 U.S.

Kellogg Bridge Co. v. Hamilton

Kellogg Bridge Company v. Hamilton, 110 U.S. 108 (1884), involved an Implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose lawsuit. The Supreme Court held that under the circumstances of this case (shoddy construction of a bridge), the buyer had the right to rely and necessarily relied on the judgment of the seller and not upon his own. In ordinary circumstances, the buyer has the opportunity to inspect the article sold and the seller is not the maker, so they stand on equal grounds of ignorance. But when the seller is the manufacturer, the fair presumption is that it understands the process of manufacture and knows of any latent defect caused by such process which reasonable diligence might have prevented.

Hurtado v. California

In Hurtado v. California, 110 U.S. 516 (1884), the Supreme Court allowed state governments, as distinguished from the federal government, to avoid using grand juries in criminal prosecutions. The Court ruled that Hurtado, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, was not deprived of due process by lack of a grand jury hearing.

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See also: United States district court
See also: United States circuit court
See also: United States federal courts

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.

List of cases in volume 110 U.S.

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Notes and references

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      "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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