SUPREME COURT REPORTER.

VOL. 4.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

OCTOBER l'ERM. 1883.

MARCH-MAY, 1884,

ROBERT DESTY, EDITOR

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JUSTICES

OF THE

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

OCTOBER TERM, 1883.

CHIEF JUSTICE:

HON. MORRISON R. WAITE.

ASSOCIATES:

Hon. SAMUEL F. MILLER.

Hon. STEPHEN J. FIELD.

HON. JOSEPH P. BRADLEY.
Hon. JOHN M, HARLAN.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WOODS.
Hon. STANLEY MATTHEWS.
Hon. HORACE GRAY.
Hon. SAMUEL BLATCHFORD,

ATTORNEY GENERAL:

Hon. BENJAMIN HARRIS BREWSTER.

SOLICITOR GENERAL:

Hon. SAMUEL FIELD PHILLIPS.

ALLOTMENT OF THE JUSTICES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

APRIL 3, 1882.

FIRST CIRCUIT.
Comprising Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
JUSTICE HIORACE GRAY, of Missachusetts. Appointed December 20, 1881,
by President Arthur.

SE 'ONL CIRCUIT.
Comprising New York, Vermont, and Connecticut.
JUSTICE SAMCEL BLATCHFORD, of New York. Appointed March 27,
1882, by President Arthur.

THIRD CIRCUIT.
Comprising Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delairare.
JUSTICE J. P. BRADLEY, of New Jersey. Appointed March 21, 1870, by
President Grant.

FOURTII CIRCUIT.
nprising Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and

South Carolina.
CHIEF JUSTICE M. R. WAITE, of Ohio. Appointed January 21, 1874, by
President Grant.

FIFTII CIRCUIT.
Comprising Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiann, and Texas.
JUSTICE WILLIAM B. WOODS, of Georgia. Appointed December 21, 1830,
by President Hayes.

SIXTII CIRCUIT.
Comprising Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
JUSTICE STANLEY MATTIIEWS, of Ohio. Appointed May 12, 1881, by
President Garfield.

SEVENTII CIRCUIT.

Comprising Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
JUSTICE J. M. HARLAN, of Kentucky. Appointed November 29, 1877, by
President Ilayes.

EIGIITH CIRCUIT.
Comprising Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and

Colorado,
JUSTICE S. F, MILLER, of Iowa. Appointed July 16, 1802, by President
Lincoln.

NINTII CIRCUIT.
Comprising California, Oregon, and Nevada.
JUSTICE S. J. FIELD, of California. Appointed March 10, 1863, by Presi
dent Lincolu,

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