List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 59
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This is a list of the 94 cases reported in volume 59 (18 How.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States from December 1855 to May 1856.[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, The Steamboat New York is 59 U.S. (18 How.) 223 (1856).
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 59 U.S. (18 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 59 U.S. (18 How.) were decided the Court comprised these nine members:
Portrait | Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote) |
Tenure on Supreme Court |
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Roger B. Taney | Chief Justice | Maryland | John Marshall | March 15, 1836 (29–15) |
March 28, 1836 – October 12, 1864 (Died) |
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John McLean | Associate Justice | Ohio | Robert Trimble | March 7, 1829 (Acclamation) |
January 11, 1830 – April 4, 1861 (Died) |
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James Moore Wayne | Associate Justice | Georgia | William Johnson | January 9, 1835 (Acclamation) |
January 14, 1835 – July 5, 1867 (Died) |
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John Catron | Associate Justice | Tennessee | newly-created seat | March 8, 1837 (28–15) |
May 1, 1837 – May 30, 1865 (Died) |
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Peter Vivian Daniel | Associate Justice | Virginia | Philip P. Barbour | March 2, 1841 (25–5) |
January 10, 1842 – May 31, 1860 (Died) |
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Samuel Nelson | Associate Justice | New York | Smith Thompson | February 14, 1845 (Acclamation) |
February 27, 1845 – November 28, 1872 (Retired) |
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Robert Cooper Grier | Associate Justice | Pennsylvania | Henry Baldwin | August 4, 1846 (Acclamation) |
August 10, 1846 – January 31, 1870 (Retired) |
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Benjamin Robbins Curtis | Associate Justice | Massachusetts |
Levi Woodbury |
December 20, 1851 (Acclamation) |
October 10, 1851 – September 30, 1857 (Resigned) |
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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 59 U.S. (18 How.)[]
Case Name | Page & year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower court | Disposition of case |
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United States v. Reading | 1 (1856) | Wayne | Catron | Daniel | N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
McLean v. Meek | 16 (1856) | Catron | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | affirmed |
Kissell v. St. Louis Pub. Schools | 19 (1856) | Catron | none | none | Mo. | affirmed |
Hartshorn v. Day | 28 (1856) | McLean | none | none | C.C.D.R.I. | dismissed |
United States v. Fremont | 30 (1856) | McLean | Catron | none | N.D. Cal. | dismissed |
Ex parte Sturgess | 40 (1855) | McLean | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | filing time extension denied |
Peck v. Sanderson | 42 (1855) | McLean | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | rehearing denied |
Barnard v. Ashley | 43 (1856) | Catron | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Wright v. Mattison | 50 (1856) | Daniel | none | none | C.C.D. Ill. | reversed |
Graham v. Bayne | 60 (1855) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D. Ill. | reversed |
The Brig Ann C. Pratt | 63 (1855) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Me. | affirmed |
Holroyd v. Pumphrey | 69 (1855) | Campbell | none | none | C.C.D.C. | reversed |
Smith v. Maryland | 71 (1855) | Curtis | none | none | Md. Cir. Ct. | affirmed |
Jones v. League | 76 (1855) | McLean | none | none | D. Tex. | reversed |
Bush v. Person | 82 (1856) | Curtis | none | none | Miss. | affirmed |
Verden v. Coleman | 86 (1855) | Campbell | none | none | Ind. | dismissed |
Minter v. Crommelin | 87 (1856) | Catron | none | none | Ala. | reversed |
McCready v. Goldsmith | 89 (1856) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
United States v. Gatesby | 92 (1856) | Grier | none | Daniel | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
United States ex rel. Mackey v. Coxe | 100 (1856) | McLean | Nelson, Curtis | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
Sessions v. Pintard | 106 (1856) | McLean | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
Curtis v. Petitpain | 109 (1856) | Campbell | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | dismissed |
Jecker Torre & Co. v. Montgomery | 110 (1856) | Daniel | none | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
Ham v. Missouri | 126 (1856) | Daniel | Nelson | none | Mo. | affirmed |
Guild v. Frontin | 135 (1856) | Grier | none | none | N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
Savignac v. Garrison | 136 (1856) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Mo. | reversed |
Parker v. Overman | 137 (1856) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D. Ark. | property deed annulled |
Richards v. Holmes | 143 (1856) | Curtis | none | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
Jones v. Johnston | 150 (1856) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Ill. | reversed |
Griffith v. Bogert | 158 (1856) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Little v. Hall | 165 (1856) | McLean | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Cooper v. Roberts | 173 (1856) | Campbell | none | none | C.C.D. Mich. | reversed |
The Schooner Freeman | 182 (1856) | Curtis | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | reversed |
de la Lande's Heirs v. Louisiana | 192 (1856) | McLean | none | none | La. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Lafayette's Heirs v. Kenton | 197 (1856) | Catron | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | both affirmed |
Craighead v. Wilson | 199 (1856) | McLean | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | dismissed |
Abbott v. Essex Co. | 202 (1856) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
McLaughlin v. Swann | 217 (1856) | Curtis | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | reversed |
The S.B. New York | 223 (1856) | Nelson | none | Daniel | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
The Ship Howard | 231 (1856) | Catron | Daniel | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
McKinney v. Saviego | 235 (1856) | Campbell | none | none | D. Tex. | reversed |
United States v. Minnesota & N.R.R. Co. | 241 (1856) | Nelson | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Minn. | discontinuance granted |
Calcote v. Stanton | 243 (1856) | Grier | none | none | Miss. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
York & C.R.R. Co. v. Myers | 246 (1856) | Campbell | none | none | C.C.D. Me. | affirmed |
Shields v. Thomas | 253 (1856) | Daniel | none | none | N.D. Iowa | affirmed |
Orton v. Smith | 263 (1856) | Grier | none | none | D. Wis. | reversed |
Ward v. Peck | 267 (1856) | Grier | none | Daniel | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Murray's Lessee v. Hoboken Land & Impr. Co. | 272 (1856) | Curtis | none | none | C.C.D.N.J | remanded to divided lower court |
Nutt v. Minor | 286 (1856) | Catron | none | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
Kinsman v. Parkhurst | 289 (1856) | Curtis | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Ransom v. Winn | 295 (1856) | McLean | none | none | C.C.D.C. | dismissed |
McCall's Lessee v. Carpenter | 297 (1856) | Nelson | none | Campbell | C.C.D. Ind. | reversed |
Ex parte Wells | 307 (1856) | Wayne | none | McLean, Curtis | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
Dodge v. Woolsey | 331 (1856) | Wayne | none | Campbell | C.C.D. Ohio | affirmed |
State Bank v. Debolt | 380 (1856) | Wayne | none | none | Ohio | reversed |
State Bank v. Thomas | 384 (1856) | Wayne | none | none | Ohio | reversed |
Wilkins v. Allen | 385 (1856) | Catron | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
Connor v. Peugh's Lessee | 394 (1856) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D.C. | dismissed |
South v. Maryland | 396 (1856) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | reversed |
Lafayette Ins. Co. v. French | 404 (1856) | Curtis | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
Stanford v. Taylor | 409 (1856) | Catron | none | none | C.C.D. Mo. | reversed |
Converse v. Burgess | 413 (1856) | Campbell | none | Taney | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
Stockton v. Ford | 418 (1856) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & B. Bridge Co. I | 421 (1856) | Nelson | Daniel; Grier; Wayne | McLean; Grier; Wayne | original jurisdiction | injunction dissolved |
Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & B. Bridge Co. II | 460 (1856) | Nelson | none | none | original jurisdiction | review of costs denied |
Goslee v. Shute | 463 (1856) | McLean | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Wood v. Davis | 467 (1856) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
Fouvergne v. City of New Orleans | 470 (1856) | Campbell | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Ledoux v. Black | 473 (1856) | Catron | none | none | La. | affirmed |
In re United States v. Booth I | 476 (1856) | Taney | none | none | Wis. | continued |
In re United States v. Booth II | 477 (1856) | Taney | none | none | Wis. | show cause ordered |
Ableman v. Booth | 479 (1856) | Taney | none | none | Wis. | continued |
Bacon v. Robertson | 480 (1856) | Campbell | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | reversed |
Masters v. Barreda | 489 (1856) | Wayne | none | none | C.C.E.D. Va. | affirmed |
Beauregard v. City of New Orleans | 497 (1856) | Campbell | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Union Bank v. Vaiden | 503 (1856) | Wayne | none | none | N.D. Miss. | reversed |
McMicken v. Perin | 507 (1856) | Campbell | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Maxwell v. Newbold | 511 (1856) | Taney | none | none | Mich. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Watson v. Tarpley | 517 (1856) | Daniel | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | reversed |
Stairs v. Peaslee | 521 (1856) | Taney | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | remanded to divided lower court |
Hudgins v. Kemp | 530 (1856) | Taney | none | none | C.C.E.D. Va. | dismissal denied |
The de Arguello | 539 (1856) | Grier | none | Daniel | N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
United States v. Cervantes | 553 (1856) | Grier | none | none | N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
United States v. Vaca | 556 (1856) | Grier | none | none | N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
United States v. Larkin | 557 (1856) | Nelson | none | Campbell | N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
Dennistoun v. Stewart | 565 (1856) | Daniel | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ala. | remanded to divided lower court |
The Steamer Oregon | 570 (1856) | McLean | none | Daniel | C.C.S.D. Ala. | affirmed |
Ogilvie v. Knox Ins. Co. | 577 (1856) | Daniel | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | remanded to divided lower court |
The S.B. Isaac Newton | 581 (1856) | Curtis | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed (both cases) |
The Steamer Southern Belle | 584 (1856) | McLean | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
United States v. Shackleford | 588 (1856) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | remanded to divided lower court |
Conner v. Elliott | 591 (1856) | Curtis | none | none | La. | affirmed |
Pease v. Peck | 595 (1856) | Grier | none | Campbell | C.C.D. Mich. | affirmed |
Strader v. Graham | 602 (1856) | per curiam | none | none | original jurisdiction | costs denied |
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.
See also[]
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External links[]
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