# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 100

Volume 100 of the [United States Reports](https://www.edgepedia.org/united-states-reports) contains the decisions of the [Supreme Court of the United States](https://www.edgepedia.org/supreme-court-of-the-united-states) issued during the October Term 1879, reported by William Tod Otto<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup>. The Law Library of Congress lists 89 cases in the volume<sup>[2](https://wwws.loc.gov/law/help/us-reports.php)</sup>. It is one of the volumes of the U.S. Reports, the official series in which the Court's opinions are published<sup>[3](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/usreports.aspx)</sup>.

| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Volume | 100 of the United States Reports, the Court's official reporter<sup>[3](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/usreports.aspx)</sup> |
| Court term | October Term 1879<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup> |
| Reporter | William Tod Otto<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup> |
| Number of cases | 89, as listed by the Law Library of Congress<sup>[2](https://wwws.loc.gov/law/help/us-reports.php)</sup> |
| Parallel citation | Also cited as 10 Otto<sup>[4](https://www.courtlistener.com/c/us/100/)</sup> |
| Notable cases | Trade-Mark Cases, Strauder v. West Virginia, Virginia v. Rives, Ex parte Virginia, Tennessee v. Davis<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup> |

## Contents of the volume

Alongside the Court's opinions, each volume of the U.S. Reports carries preliminary and closing materials: a list of the Justices and Court officers serving during the Term, the circuit assignments of the Justices, notices of investitures and retirements, tributes to Justices who have died, a running table of the cases reported, orders issued in summarily decided cases, copies of changes to the Court's Rules and the Federal Rules of Procedure, an index by subject, and a statistical chart of case activity over the three most recent Terms.<sup>[3](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/usreports.aspx)</sup> The GovInfo record for volume 100 shows these components, including the title page, the list of Justices, the general rules and an amendment to them, a memorandum, the allotment of the Justices, a table of cases, a table of cases cited, and the index<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup>.

The volume carries the parallel citation 10 Otto, reflecting the nominative-reporter numbering used for early volumes of the series<sup>[4](https://www.courtlistener.com/c/us/100/)</sup>.

## Notable cases

The cases in the volume were decided between October 1879 and April 1880<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup>. Several became significant in constitutional law.

**Trade-Mark Cases, 100 U.S. 82 (1879).** Decided November 17, 1879, this consolidated case is reported at page 82 of the volume<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://www.loc.gov/item/usrep100082/)</sup>.

**Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1880).** Decided March 1, 1880, and reported at page 303<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup>.

**Virginia v. Rives, 100 U.S. 313 (1880).** Decided March 1, 1880, and reported at page 313<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup>.

**Ex parte Virginia, 100 U.S. 339 (1880).** Decided March 1, 1880, and reported at page 339<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup>.

**Tennessee v. Davis, 100 U.S. 257 (1880).** Decided March 1, 1880, and reported at page 257<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup>.

**Ex parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371 (1880), and Ex parte Clarke, 100 U.S. 399 (1880).** Both were decided March 8, 1880<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup>.

Other cases in the volume include Ex parte French, 100 U.S. 1, the first case reported, decided November 3, 1879; Railroad Co. v. Fraloff, 100 U.S. 24; United States v. Hirsch, 100 U.S. 33; Railway Co. v. Twombly, 100 U.S. 78; Hough v. Railway Co., 100 U.S. 213; Kirtland v. Hotchkiss, 100 U.S. 491; Hauenstein v. Lynham, 100 U.S. 483; and Dow v. Johnson, 100 U.S. 158, decided February 2, 1880<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup>.

## Access

The full volume is available as a PDF (87.2 MB) and as text (1.8 MB) through GovInfo, the Government Publishing Office's online service<sup>[1](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)</sup>. The Supreme Court's website offers free downloads of U.S. Reports volumes, including volume 100 in the range covering volumes 100 through 149<sup>[3](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/usreports.aspx)</sup>. The Library of Congress maintains a digital collection of the U.S. Reports in which individual cases can be located by citation<sup>[6](https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-reports/about-this-collection/)</sup>.

## References

1. [Index, United States Reports, Volume 100, GovInfo](https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-100/USREPORTS-100-BackMatter/context)
2. [U.S. Reports by Volume, Law Library of Congress](https://wwws.loc.gov/law/help/us-reports.php)
3. [U.S. Reports, Supreme Court of the United States](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/usreports.aspx)
4. [Vol. 100 of United States Supreme Court Reports (U.S.), CourtListener](https://www.courtlistener.com/c/us/100/)
5. [U.S. Reports: Trade-Mark Cases, 100 U.S. 82 (1879), Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/usrep100082/)
6. [About this Collection, United States Reports, Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-reports/about-this-collection/)

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