List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 58

Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
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Judge term length	life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions	9 (by statute)
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Chief Justice of the United States
Currently	John Roberts
Since	September 29, 2005; 16 years ago

This is a list of the 68 cases reported in volume 58 (17 How.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States from December 1854 to March 1855.^[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").

Benjamin Chew Howard[]

Starting with the 42nd volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Benjamin Chew Howard. Howard was Reporter of Decisions from 1843 to 1860, covering volumes 42 through 65 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 24 of his Howard's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Iasigi v. Brown is 58 U.S. 183 (17 How.) (1855).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 58 U.S. (17 How.)[]

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 58 U.S. (17 How.) were decided the Court comprised these nine members:

Justice	Office	Home State	Succeeded	Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote)	Tenure on Supreme Court
Roger B. Taney	Chief Justice	Maryland	John Marshall	March 15, 1836 (29–15)	March 28, 1836 – October 12, 1864 (Died)
John McLean	Associate Justice	Ohio	Robert Trimble	March 7, 1829 (Acclamation)	January 11, 1830 – April 4, 1861 (Died)
James Moore Wayne	Associate Justice	Georgia	William Johnson	January 9, 1835 (Acclamation)	January 14, 1835 – July 5, 1867 (Died)
John Catron	Associate Justice	Tennessee	newly-created seat	March 8, 1837 (28–15)	May 1, 1837 – May 30, 1865 (Died)
Peter Vivian Daniel	Associate Justice	Virginia	Philip P. Barbour	March 2, 1841 (25–5)	January 10, 1842 – May 31, 1860 (Died)
Samuel Nelson	Associate Justice	New York	Smith Thompson	February 14, 1845 (Acclamation)	February 27, 1845 – November 28, 1872 (Retired)
Robert Cooper Grier	Associate Justice	Pennsylvania	Henry Baldwin	August 4, 1846 (Acclamation)	August 10, 1846 – January 31, 1870 (Retired)
Benjamin Robbins Curtis	Associate Justice	Massachusetts	Levi Woodbury	December 20, 1851 (Acclamation)	October 10, 1851 – September 30, 1857 (Resigned)
John Archibald Campbell	Associate Justice	Alabama	John McKinley	March 22, 1853 (Acclamation)	April 11, 1853 – April 30, 1861 (Resigned)

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 58 U.S. (17 How.)[]

Case Name	Page & year	Opinion of the Court	Concurring opinion(s)	Dissenting opinion(s)	Lower court	Disposition of case
de la Lande's Heirs v. Louisiana	1 (1855)	Taney	none	none	La.	dismissal denied
Shields v. Thomas	3 (1855)	Taney	none	none	N.D. Iowa	dismissal denied
Arthurs v. Hart	6 (1854)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.E.D. La.	reversed
The S.S. Ohio	17 (1855)	McLean	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	dismissed for want of jurisdiction
The S.S. Falcon	19 (1855)	McLean	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Haydel v. Dufresne	23 (1855)	Catron	none	none	La.	reversed
York & M.L.R.R. Co. v. Winans	30 (1854)	Campbell	none	none	C.C.E.D. Pa.	affirmed
United States v. Coxe	41 (1855)	Taney	none	none	E.D. La.	reversed
Barribeau v. Brant	43 (1854)	Taney	none	none	C.C.D. Mo.	dismissed
Wickliffe v. Owings	47 (1855)	Campbell	none	none	C.C.D. Ky.	reversed
Raymond v. Tyson	53 (1855)	Wayne	none	Campbell	N.D. Cal.	reversed
Troy Iron & Nail Factory v. Odiorne	72 (1854)	Catron	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	affirmed
Battin v. Taggert	74 (1854)	McLean	none	none	C.C.E.D. Pa.	reversed
United States v. 67 Packages of Dry Goods	85 (1855)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.D. La.	reversed
United States v. Nine Cases of Silk Hats	97 (1855)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.E.D. La.	reversed
United States v. One Package of Merchandise	98 (1855)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.E.D. La.	reversed
United States v. One Case of Clocks	99 (1855)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.E.D. La.	reversed
Lawrence v. Minturn	100 (1855)	Curtis	none	none	N.D. Cal.	reversed
Stewart v. United States	116 (1855)	Daniel	none	none	C.C.D.C.	affirmed
Shields v. Barrow	130 (1855)	Curtis	none	none	C.C.E.D. La.	reversed
Ring v. Maxwell	147 (1854)	Curtis	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	remanded to divided lower court
The Propeller Monticello	152 (1855)	Grier	none	Daniel	C.C.N.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Bank of Tenn. v. Horn	157 (1855)	Taney	none	none	C.C.E.D. La.	affirmed
City of Providence v. Clapp	161 (1855)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.D.R.I.	affirmed
The Schooner Catharine	170 (1855)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	reversed
Peck v. Sanderson	178 (1855)	Taney	none	none	C.C.E.D. Pa.	reversed
Iasigi v. Brown	183 (1855)	McLean	none	Curtis, Campbell	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
United States v. Nickerson	204 (1855)	Curtis	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	remanded to divided lower court
Henshaw v. Miller	212 (1855)	Daniel	none	none	C.C.E.D. Va.	remanded to divided lower court
United States ex rel. Tucker v. Seaman	225 (1855)	Taney	none	none	C.C.D.C.	affirmed
McBlair v. Gibbes	232 (1855)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	affirmed
Williams v. Gibbes	239 (1855)	Nelson	none	Taney, Daniel	C.C.D. Md.	reversed
Gooding v. Oliver	274 (1855)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	reversed
Stafford v. Union Bank	275 (1855)	McLean	none	none	D. Tex.	dismissed
Stafford v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co.	283 (1855)	McLean	none	none	D. Tex.	dismissed
United States ex rel. Goodrich v. Guthrie	284 (1855)	Daniel	Curtis	McLean	C.C.D.C.	affirmed
Clark v. Clark	315 (1855)	Catron	none	none	C.C.D.C.	affirmed
Booth v. Clark	322 (1855)	Wayne	none	none	C.C.D.C.	affirmed
Boone v. Missouri Iron Co.	340 (1855)	McLean	none	none	C.C.D. Mo.	affirmed
Burchell v. Marsh	344 (1855)	Grier	none	Nelson	C.C.D. Ill.	reversed
Hinkle v. Wanzer	353 (1855)	Daniel	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ala.	affirmed
Fontain v. Ravenel	369 (1855)	McLean	Taney, Daniel	none	C.C.E.D. Pa.	affirmed
The S.B. John Jay	399 (1855)	Wayne	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
West v. Cochran	403 (1855)	Catron	McLean	none	C.C.D. Mo.	affirmed
Adams v. Law	417 (1855)	Grier	none	none	C.C.D.C.	affirmed
Herndon v. Ridgway	424 (1855)	Campbell	none	none	N.D. Miss.	affirmed
City of Boston v. Lecraw	426 (1855)	Grier	none	none	C.C.D.R.I.	reversed
Bruce v. United States	437 (1855)	Taney	none	none	C.C.D. Mo.	affirmed
Hendrickson v. Hinckley	443 (1855)	Curtis	none	none	C.C.D. Ohio	affirmed
Stevens v. Gladding	447 (1855)	Curtis	none	none	C.C.D.R.I.	reversed
Carpenter v. Pennsylvania	456 (1855)	Campbell	none	none	Pa.	affirmed
Rhodes v. Farmer	464 (1855)	McLean	none	none	N.D. Miss.	affirmed
Wickliffe v. Eve	468 (1855)	Catron	none	none	C.C.D. Ky.	affirmed
Pulliam v. Osborne	471 (1855)	Campbell	none	none	M.D. Ala.	reversed
Minturn v. Maynard	477 (1855)	Grier	none	none	N.D. Cal.	affirmed
Florida v. Georgia	478 (1855)	Taney	none	Curtis, Campbell	original jurisdiction	continued
United States v. Ritchie	525 (1855)	Nelson	Campbell	none	N.D. Cal.	affirmed
Fremont v. United States	542 (1855)	Taney	none	Catron, Campbell	N.D. Cal.	reversed
Webb v. Den	576 (1854)	Grier	none	none	C.C.M.D. Tenn.	affirmed
Coy v. Mason	580 (1855)	McLean	none	none	D. Iowa	affirmed
Wanzer v. Truly	584 (1855)	Campbell	none	Daniel	C.C.S.D. Miss.	reversed
Ayres v. Carver	591 (1855)	Nelson	Catron	none	N.D. Miss.	dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Hays v. Pacific Mail S.S. Co.	596 (1855)	Nelson	Campbell	Daniel	N.D. Cal.	affirmed
Christy v. Alford	601 (1855)	Curtis	none	none	D. Tex.	affirmed
Dennistoun v. Stewart	606 (1855)	Grier	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ala.	reversed
Griffin v. Reynolds	609 (1855)	Campbell	none	none	N.D. Miss.	reversed
Judson v. Corcoran	612 (1855)	Catron	none	none	C.C.D.C.	affirmed
Lewis v. Bell	616 (1855)	Grier	none	none	C.C.D.C.	affirmed

Notes and references[]

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

External links[]

[1] Case reports in volume 58 (17 How.) from Court Listener
[2] Case reports in volume 58 (17 How.) from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
[3] Case reports in volume 58 (17 How.) from Google Scholar
[4] Case reports in volume 58 (17 How.) of Justia
[5] Case reports in volume 58 (17 How.) from Open Jurist
Website of the United States Supreme Court
United States Courts website about the Supreme Court
National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States
American Bar Association, How Does the Supreme Court Work?
The Supreme Court Historical Society

[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.

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