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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad v. Minnesota 1890 states and railway fees
Hans v. Louisiana 1890 sovereign immunity of states, interpreting the Eleventh Amendment
Davis v. Beason 1890 United States federal courts have jurisdiction to hear charges related to polygamy even though it be part of a religious belief
Botiller v. Dominguez 1889 validity of Spanish and Mexican land grants within the Mexican Cession
Dent v. West Virginia 1889 state licensing of doctors
Kidd v. Pearson 1888 Scope of the Commerce Clause
The Telephone Cases 1888 patent law
Runkle v. United States 1887 the 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
Ker v. Illinois 1886 legality of abduction of criminal suspect abroad
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois 1886 regulation of interstate commerce by individual states, creation of ICC
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad 1886 corporate personhood
United States v. Kagama 1886 federal court jurisdiction over crimes committed on Indian reservations
Yick Wo v. Hopkins 1886 equal protection, racially-neutral laws administered in a discriminatory manner
Railroad Commission Cases 1886 contracts, police power, regulation of transport
Flagg v. Walker 1885 case 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.
Maxwell's Executors v. Wilkinson 1885 writ 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
Camp v. United States 1885 case 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
Schmieder v. Barney 1885 case regarding description of articles subject to duty
Kansas Pacific R. Co. v. Dunmeyer 1885 Land ownership dispute
Winona & St. Peter R. Co. v. Barney 1885 Public land grant for Railroad construction