List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 64

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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 59 cases reported in volume 64 (23 How.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States from December 1859 to May 1860.[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, Yontz v. United States is 64 U.S. (23 How.) 495 (1860).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 64 U.S. (23 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 64 U.S. (23 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
Roger B. Taney - Brady-Handy.jpg Roger B. Taney Chief Justice Maryland John Marshall March 15, 1836
(29–15)
March 28, 1836

October 12, 1864
(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)
JMWayne2.jpg James Moore Wayne Associate Justice Georgia William Johnson January 9, 1835
(Acclamation)
January 14, 1835

July 5, 1867
(Died)
John Catron - Brady-Handy.jpg John Catron Associate Justice Tennessee newly-created seat March 8, 1837
(28–15)
May 1, 1837

May 30, 1865
(Died)
Peter Vivian Daniel, US Supreme Court Justice, c1860.jpg Peter Vivian Daniel Associate Justice Virginia Philip P. Barbour March 2, 1841
(25–5)
January 10, 1842

May 31, 1860
(Died)
Samuel Nelson - Brady-Handy.jpg Samuel Nelson Associate Justice New York Smith Thompson February 14, 1845
(Acclamation)
February 27, 1845

November 28, 1872
(Retired)
Robert Cooper Grier - Brady-Handy.jpg Robert Cooper Grier Associate Justice Pennsylvania Henry Baldwin August 4, 1846
(Acclamation)
August 10, 1846

January 31, 1870
(Retired)
John Archibald Campbell - Brady-Handy.jpg John Archibald Campbell Associate Justice Alabama John McKinley March 22, 1853
(Acclamation)
April 11, 1853

April 30, 1861
(Resigned)
NClifford.jpg 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 64 U.S. (23 How.)[]

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition of case
Anson Bangs & Co. v. Blue Ridge R.R. Co. 1 (1860) Nelson none none C.C.N.D. Ga. conditional dismissal
Teese v. Huntingdon 2 (1860) Clifford none none N.D. Cal. affirmed
Lawrence v. Tucker 14 (1860) Wayne none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Richardson v. Goddard 28 (1860) Grier none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Middleton v. McGrew 45 (1859) Campbell none none E.D. Tex. affirmed
Oelricks v. Ford 49 (1860) Nelson none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Dubuque & P.R.R. Co. v. Litchfield 66 (1860) Catron none none D. Iowa reversed
Green's Adm'x v. Creighton 90 (1860) Campbell none none C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Cage's Ex'rs v. Cassidy 109 (1860) Campbell none none C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Pennock v. Coe 117 (1860) Nelson none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Flowers v. Foreman 132 (1859) Wayne none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Benjamin v. Hillard 149 (1860) Campbell none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Ogden v. Parsons 167 (1860) Grier none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Irvine v. Redfleld 170 (1860) Wayne none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. remanded to divided lower court
Castle v. Bullard 172 (1860) Clifford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Beaubien v. Beaubien 190 (1860) Nelson none none C.C.D. Mich. affirmed
Philadelphia, W. & B.R.R. v. Philadelphia & H.G. Towboat 209 (1860) Grier none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Dermott v. Jones 220 (1860) Wayne none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Hooper v. Scheimer 235 (1860) Catron none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed
United States v. White 249 (1860) Grier none none N.D. Cal. reversed
United States v. Bennitz 255 (1860) Campbell none none N.D. Cal. reversed
United States v. Rose 262 (1860) Campbell none none N.D. Cal. reversed
United States v. Osio 273 (1860) Clifford none none N.D. Cal. reversed
Haney v. Baltimore Steam Packet Co. 287 (1860) Grier none Taney C.C.D. Md. reversed
Day v. Washburn 309 (1860) Wayne none none C.C.D. Ind. dismissal denied
United States v. Noe 312 (1860) Campbell none none N.D. Cal. reversed
United States v. Alviso 318 (1860) Campbell none none N.D. Cal. affirmed
Sutton v. Bancroft 320 (1860) Grier none none W.D. Ark. affirmed
United States v. Pico 321 (1860) Campbell none none N.D. Cal. reversed
United States v. Gomez 326 (1860) Wayne none none S.D. Cal. dismissal vacated
United States v. Bolton 341 (1860) Catron none none N.D. Cal. reversed
Adams v. Norris 353 (1860) Campbell none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Wiseman v. Chiappella 368 (1860) Wayne none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Zabriskie v. Cleveland, C. & C.R.R. Co. 381 (1860) Campbell none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Orient Mut. Ins. Co. v. Wright ex rel. Maxwell Wright & Co. 401 (1860) Nelson none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
Sun Mut. Ins. Co. v. Wright ex rel. Maxwell Wright & Co. 412 (1860) Nelson none Clifford C.C.D. Md. reversed
Bliven v. New Eng. Screw Co. I 420 (1860) Clifford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Bliven v. New Eng. Screw Co. II 433 (1860) Clifford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Minturn v. Larue 435 (1860) Nelson none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Castro v. Hendricks 438 (1860) Campbell none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Bell v. City of Vicksburg 443 (1860) Campbell none none C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Frederickson v. Louisiana 445 (1860) Campbell none none La. affirmed
Whitridge v. Dill 448 (1860) Clifford none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Jenkins v. Banning 455 (1860) Clifford none none D. Wis. affirmed
Doe v. Wilson 457 (1860) Catron none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
United States v. Castillero 464 (1860) Clifford none none S.D. Cal. affirmed
Very v. Watkins 469 (1860) Wayne none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed
United States v. Murphy 476 (1860) Campbell none none N.D. Cal. reversed
Callan v. Statham 477 (1860) Nelson none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Clifton v. Sheldon 481 (1860) Nelson none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed
Green v. Custard 484 (1860) Grier none none W.D. Tex. reversed
City of New York v. Ransom 487 (1860) Grier none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Morewood v. Enequist 491 (1860) Grier none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Yontz v. United States 495 (1860) Catron none none N.D. Cal. affirmed
United States v. Berreyesa's Heirs 499 (1860) Campbell none none N.D. Cal. affirmed
Gridley v. Wynant 500 (1860) Campbell none none N.D. Iowa affirmed
Gridley v. Westbrook 503 (1860) Campbell none none N.D. Iowa affirmed
Alabama v. Georgia 505 (1860) Wayne none none original jurisdiction boundary decreed
Luco v. United States 515 (1860) Grier none none N.D. Cal. affirmed

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[]

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