This is a list of cases reported in volume 116 of ''

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in 1885 and 1886.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 116 U.S.

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to set the number of justices. Under the

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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 volume 116 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

Notable Cases in 116 U.S.

''Presser v. Illinois''

In '' Presser v. Illinois''
116 U.S. 252 (1886)
the Supreme Court held "Unless restrained by their own constitutions, state legislatures may enact statutes to control and regulate all organizations, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations except those which are authorized by the militia laws of the United States". The Court decided that the

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limited only the power of Congress and the national government to control firearms, not that of the states, and that the right to peaceably assemble stated in the First Amendment was not protected except to petition the government for a redress of grievances. ''Presser'' was overruled by the Supreme Court in 2010 ''via'' ''

McDonald v. City of Chicago ''McDonald v. City of Chicago'', 561 U.S. 742 (2010), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms", as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated b ...

''.

''Boyd v. United States''

'' Boyd v. United States''
116 U.S. 616 (1886)
arose when 35 cases of

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were seized at the Port of New York for unpaid import duties. To prove the case, the government compelled E.A. Boyd & Sons to produce their invoice from the Union Plate Glass Company of Liverpool, England. Boyd complied, but claimed the order was a form of

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. On appeal, the Supreme Court held that "a search and seizure asequivalent oa compulsory production of a man's private papers" and the search was "an 'unreasonable search and seizure' within the meaning" of the

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. Although never expressly overruled, some aspects of the Court's opinion in ''Boyd'' have been limited or negated by subsequent decisions.

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(''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.

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List of cases in volume 116 U.S.

Notes and references

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