List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 62

Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Established	March 4, 1789; 232 years ago
Location	Washington, D.C.
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Composition method	Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized by	Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term length	life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions	9 (by statute)
Website	supremecourt.gov
Chief Justice of the United States
Currently	John Roberts
Since	September 29, 2005; 16 years ago

This is a list of the 67 cases reported in volume 62 (21 How.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States from December 1858 to March 1859.^[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, New York v. Dibble is 62 U.S. (21 How.) 366 (1859).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 62 U.S. (21 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 62 U.S. (21 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)
John Archibald Campbell	Associate Justice	Alabama	John McKinley	March 22, 1853 (Acclamation)	April 11, 1853 – April 30, 1861 (Resigned)
Nathan Clifford	Associate Justice	Maine	Benjamin Robbins Curtis	January 12, 1858 (26–23)	January 21, 1858 – July 25, 1881 (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 62 U.S. (21 How.)[]

Case Name	Page & year	Opinion of the Court	Concurring opinion(s)	Dissenting opinion(s)	Lower court	Disposition of case
The Steamer Louisiana	1 (1858)	Campbell	none	Daniel	C.C.D. Md.	affirmed
The Propeller Niagara	7 (1859)	Clifford	none	none	D. Wis.	affirmed
Union Ins. Co. v. Hoge	35 (1859)	Nelson	none	Daniel	C.C.N.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Leggett v. Humphreys	66 (1859)	Daniel	none	none	C.C.S.D. Miss.	affirmed
Richmond v. City of Milwaukee I	80 (1859)	Taney	none	none	D. Wis.	dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Rice v. Minnesota & N.R.R. Co.	82 (1858)	Taney	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Minn.	annulment of judgment denied
Kelsey v. Forsyth	85 (1858)	Taney	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Winans v. N.Y. & E.R.R. Co.	88 (1859)	Grier	none	Daniel	C.C.N.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Pennsylvania v. Ravenel	103 (1858)	Nelson	none	Daniel	C.C.E.D. Pa.	affirmed
Covington Drawbridge Co. v. Shepherd	112 (1858)	Catron	none	Daniel	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
Livermore v. Jenckes	126 (1859)	Wayne	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Barreda v. Silsbee	146 (1859)	Clifford	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	affirmed
United States v. Sutter	170 (1859)	Campbell	none	Clifford (in part)	N.D. Cal.	affirmed (part); reversed (part)
The Ship John Fraser	184 (1859)	Taney	none	Nelson, Grier, Clifford	C.C.D.S.C.	reversed
Insurance Co. v. Mordecai	195 (1859)	Taney	none	none	C.C.W.D. Va.	dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Philadelphia, W. & B.R.R. Co. v. Quigley	202 (1859)	Campbell	Daniel	none	C.C.D. Md.	reversed
Campbell v. Boyreau	223 (1859)	Taney	none	none	C.C.N.D. Cal.	affirmed
French's Lessee v. Spencer	228 (1859)	Catron	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
Smith v. Orton	241 (1859)	Catron	none	none	D. Wis.	reversed
Allen v. Newberry	244 (1859)	Nelson	Daniel	none	D. Wis.	affirmed
Maguire v. Card	248 (1859)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.D. Cal.	reversed
Charles Belcher & Co. v. Lawrason	251 (1859)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.E.D. La.	affirmed
Pemberton v. Lockett	257 (1859)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.D.C.	reversed
Poorman v. Woodward	266 (1859)	Catron	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ohio	affirmed
Doe ex rel. Dickins v. Mahana	276 (1859)	Catron	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ohio	reversed
Hill v. Smith	283 (1859)	Grier	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	reversed
Ford v. Williams	287 (1858)	Grier	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	reversed
Lownsdale v. Parrish	290 (1859)	Catron	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Or.	dismissed
Morehouse v. Phelps	294 (1859)	Catron	none	none	Ill.	reversed
Brown v. Huger	305 (1859)	Daniel	none	none	C.C.W.D. Va.	affirmed
Kendall v. Winsor	322 (1859)	Daniel	none	none	C.C.D.R.I.	affirmed
Thomas v. Lawson	331 (1859)	Daniel	none	none	C.C.E.D. Ark.	affirmed
McKinlay v. Morrish	343 (1859)	Wayne	none	none	N.D. Cal.	affirmed
United States v. City Bank	356 (1859)	Wayne	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ohio	affirmed
New York ex rel. Cutler v. Dibble	366 (1859)	Grier	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	affirmed
N.Y. & L.U.S. Mail S.S. Co. v. Rumball	372 (1859)	Clifford	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Montgomery v. Anderson	386 (1859)	Taney	none	none	C.C.D. Mo.	reversed
Ballance v. Forsyth	389 (1859)	Taney	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	reinstatement of case denied
Mason v. Gamble	390 (1859)	Taney	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Richmond v. City of Milwaukee II	391 (1859)	Taney	none	none	D. Wis.	reinstatement of case denied
Porter v. Foley	393 (1859)	Taney	none	none	Ky. Ct. App.	dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Martin v. Imhsen	394 (1859)	Grier	none	none	C.C.E.D. La.	affirmed
Combs v. Hodge	397 (1859)	Campbell	none	none	C.C.D.C.	remanded to amend pleadings
United States v. Nye	408 (1859)	Campbell	none	none	N.D. Cal.	reversed
United States v. Bassett	412 (1859)	Campbell	none	none	N.D. Cal.	reversed
White Water Valley Canal Co. v. Vallette	414 (1859)	Campbell	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
Easton v. Salisbury	426 (1859)	McLean	none	none	Mo.	affirmed
McCarty v. Roots	432 (1859)	McLean	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
Pearce v. Madison & I.R.R. Co.	441 (1859)	Campbell	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
United States v. Fossatt	445 (1859)	Campbell	none	none	N.D. Cal.	dismissed
Sturgis v. Clough	451 (1859)	Grier	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	reversed
Western Tel. Co. v. Magnetic Tel. Co.	456 (1859)	McLean	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	affirmed
Western Tel. Co. v. Penniman	460 (1859)	McLean	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	affirmed
Converse v. United States	463 (1859)	Taney	none	Campbell	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
Fenn v. Holme	481 (1859)	Daniel	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	reversed
Clearwater v. Meredith	489 (1859)	McLean	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	reversed
Lea v. Polk Cnty. Copper Co.	493 (1859)	Catron	none	Daniel	C.C.E.D. Tenn.	affirmed
Ableman v. Booth	506 (1859)	Taney	none	none	Wis.	reversed (both cases)
Rogers v. Law	526 (1859)	McLean	none	none	C.C.D.C.	dismissed
Brittan v. Barnaby	527 (1859)	Wayne	none	Daniel	C.C.D. Cal.	reversed
Knox Cnty. v. Aspinwall	539 (1859)	Nelson	none	Daniel	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
Knox Cnty. v. Wallace	546 (1859)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
Chamberlain v. Ward	548 (1859)	Clifford	none	Daniel	C.C.S.D. Ohio	affirmed
Ward v. Chamberlain	572 (1859)	Clifford	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ohio	affirmed
White v. Vermont & M.R.R. Co.	575 (1859)	Nelson	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
Walker v. Smith	579 (1859)	Grier	none	none	C.C.D.C.	affirmed
Barber v. Barber	582 (1859)	Wayne	none	Daniel	D. Wis.	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 62 (21 How.) from Court Listener
[2] Case reports in volume 62 (21 How.) from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
[3] Case reports in volume 62 (21 How.) from Google Scholar
[4] Case reports in volume 62 (21 How.) of Justia
[5] Case reports in volume 62 (21 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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