If you go to the Wayback Machine via web.archive.org you can look at Justia’s archived citations of the case from before 2008. Here’s the URL for Oct. 31, 2006:
http://web.archive.org/web/20061031102938/http://supreme.justia.com/us/143/135/case.html
On that date and through Feb. 19, 2008, the citation reads, “As remarked by Mr. Chief Justice WAITE in Minor v. Happersett, 21 Wall. 162, 167:”
As of May 19, 2008 and at least through June 25, 2009, the citation reads, “As remarked by Mr. Chief Justice Waite in @ 88 U. S. 167:”
The URL to that archived record is:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080518172703/http://supreme.justia.com/us/143/135/case.html
There can’t be much question that early in 2008 someone tampered with Justia’s record of the court decision. Now Justia’s record has been changed once again (sometime after June 25, 2009), back to the original, correct case name and reference number.
The game’s afoot, Watson.
Nice catch.