List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 34

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Supreme Court of the United States
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 232 years ago (1789-03-04)[1]
LocationWashington, D.C.
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Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov
Chief Justice of the United States
CurrentlyJohn Roberts
SinceSeptember 29, 2005; 16 years ago (2005-09-29)

This is a list of the 41 cases reported in volume 34 (9 Pet.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States from January 1835 to March 1835.[2]

Nominative reports[]

In 1874, the U.S. government created the United States Reports, and retroactively numbered older privately-published case reports as part of the new series. As a result, cases appearing in volumes 1–90 of U.S. Reports have dual citation forms; one for the volume number of U.S. Reports, and one for the volume number of the reports named for the relevant reporter of decisions (these are called "nominative reports").

Richard Peters, Jr.[]

Starting with the 26th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Richard Peters, Jr. Peters was Reporter of Decisions from 1828 to 1843, covering volumes 26 through 41 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 16 of his Peter's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Scott v. Lloyd is 34 U.S. (9 Pet.) 418 (1835).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 34 U.S. (9 Pet.)[]

The Supreme Court is established by Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which says: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court . . .". The size of the Court is not specified; the Constitution leaves it to Congress to set the number of justices. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 Congress originally fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices).[3] 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 34 U.S. (9 Pet.) were decided, the Court comprised these six justices (Gabriel Duvall retired before the start of the 1835 term due to deafness, and so the Court temporarily had only six members):

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832.jpg John Marshall Chief Justice Virginia Oliver Ellsworth January 27, 1801
(Acclamation)
February 4, 1801

July 6, 1835
(Died)
Daguerreotype of Joseph Story, 1844 (edit).jpg Joseph Story
Associate Justice Massachusetts William Cushing November 18, 1811
(Acclamation)
February 3, 1812

September 10, 1845
(Died)
SmithThompson.jpg Smith Thompson Associate Justice New York Henry Brockholst Livingston December 9, 1823
(Acclamation)
September 1, 1823

December 18, 1843
(Died)
Justice John McLean daguerreotype by Mathew Brady 1849.jpg John McLean Associate Justice Ohio Robert Trimble March 7, 1829
(Acclamation)
January 11, 1830

April 4, 1861
(Died)
Henry baldwin (justice).jpg Henry Baldwin Associate Justice Pennsylvania Bushrod Washington January 6, 1830
(41–2)
January 18, 1830

April 21, 1844
(Died)
JMWayne2.jpg James Moore Wayne Associate Justice Georgia William Johnson January 9, 1835
(Acclamation)
January 14, 1835

July 5, 1867
(Died)

Citation style[]

Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 the federal court structure at the time comprised District Courts, which had general trial jurisdiction; Circuit Courts, which had mixed trial and appellate (from the US District Courts) jurisdiction; and the United States Supreme Court, which had appellate jurisdiction over the federal District and Circuit courts—and for certain issues over state courts. The Supreme Court also had limited original jurisdiction (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.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

  • "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . .
    • e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
  • "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . .
    • e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western
    • e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
    • e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
  • "Adm." = Admiralty Court (a federal court)
  • "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
  • "Ct. Com. Pl." = Court of Common Pleas (a state court)
  • The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time.
    • e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

List of cases in 34 U.S. (9 Pet.)[]

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition of case
Brown v. Swann 1 (1835) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. dismissed
Smith's Lessee v. Trabue's Heirs 4 (1835) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
United States v. Nourse 8 (1835) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Bank of Alexandria v. Swann 33 (1835) Thompson none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Bank of Ga. v. Higginbottom 48 (1835) McLean none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Coulson v. Walton 62 (1835) McLean none none C.C.D.W. Tenn. affirmed
City of New York v. Miln 85 (1835) Marshall none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. & C.C.D. Ky. continued
Caldwell v. Carrington's Heirs 86 (1835) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Bradley v. Washington, A. & G.S.P. Co. 107 (1835) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Delassus v. United States 117 (1835) Marshall none none D. Mo. reversed
Chouteau's Heirs v. United States I 137 (1835) Marshall none none D. Mo. reversed
Chouteau's Heirs v. United States II 147 (1835) Marshall none none D. Mo. reversed
Hiriart v. Ballon 156 (1835) Story none none E.D. La. affirmed
United States v. Clarke 168 (1835) Marshall none none Fla. Super. Ct. affirmed
United States v. Huertas 171 (1835) Marshall none none Fla. Super. Ct. affirmed (part); reversed (part)
Tarver v. Tarver 174 (1835) Thompson none none S.D. Ala. reversed
Field v. United States 182 (1835) Marshall none none E.D. La. reversed
King's Heirs v. Thompson 204 (1835) McLean none none C.C.D.C. reversed
City of New Orleans v. de Armas 224 (1835) Marshall none none La. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
United States v. Bailey I 238 (1835) Story none none C.C.D. Ky. remanded to divided lower court
United States v. Bailey II 267 (1835) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. remanded to divided lower court
Boyce's Ex'rs v. Grundy 275 (1835) Story none none C.C.D.W. Tenn. reversed
Greenleaf v. Birth 292 (1835) McLean none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Beard v. Rowan 301 (1835) Thompson none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
United States v. Robeson 319 (1835) McLean none none E.D. La. reversed
Beers v. Haughton 329 (1835) Story none Thompson, Baldwin C.C.D. Ohio affirmed
Bank of the U.S. v. Waggener 378 (1835) Story none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Piatt v. Vattier 405 (1835) Story none none C.C.D. Ohio affirmed
Scott v. Lloyd 418 (1835) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Fenwick v. Chapman 461 (1835) Wayne none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Harrison v. Nixon 483 (1835) Story none Baldwin C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Chesapeake & O. Canal Co. v. Knapp 541 (1835) McLean none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Life & Fire Ins. Co. v. Adams I 571 (1835) Marshall none none E.D. La. continued
Life & Fire Ins. Co. v. Adams II 573 (1835) Marshall McLean none E.D. La. mandamus denied
Owings v. Hull 607 (1835) Story none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
Livingston v. Story 632 (1835) Thompson McLean none E.D. La. reversed
Winn v. Patterson 663 (1835) Story none none C.C.D. Ga. affirmed
The Brig Burdett 682 (1835) McLean none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Urtetiqui v. Arcy 692 (1835) Thompson none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
Ex parte Milburn 704 (1835) Story none none C.C.D.C. habeas corpus denied
Mitchel v. United States 711 (1835) Baldwin none none Fla. Super. Ct. affirmed (part); reversed (part)

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Lawson, Gary; Seidman, Guy (2001). "When Did the Constitution Become Law?". Notre Dame Law Review. 77: 1–37.
  2. ^ Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

See also[]

  • certificate of division

External links[]

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