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1 Nominative reports  


1.1  Benjamin Chew Howard  






2 Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 59 U.S. (18 How.)  




3 Citation style  




4 List of cases in 59 U.S. (18 How.)  




5 Notes and references  




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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.<ref>Anne Ashmore, ''DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS'', Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.</ref>

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.<ref>Anne Ashmore, ''DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS'', Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.</ref>

== Nominative reports ==

== Nominative reports ==

In 1874, the U.S. government created the ''United States Reports'', and retroactively numbered older privately-published [[Law report|case reports]] as part of the new series. As a result, cases appearing in volumes 1–90 of ''U.S. Reports'' have dual [[Case citation|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 "[[Nominate reports|nominative reports]]").

In 1874, the U.S. government created the ''United States Reports'', and retroactively numbered older privately-published [[Law report|case reports]] as part of the new series. As a result, cases appearing in volumes 1–90 of ''U.S. Reports'' have dual [[Case citation|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 ”[[Nominate reports|nominative reports]]”).

=== Benjamin Chew Howard ===

=== 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).

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.) ==

== Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 59 U.S. (18 How.) ==
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{{see also|List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition}}

{{see also|List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition}}

{{see also|Taney Court}}

{{see also|Taney Court}}

The Supreme Court is established by [[Article Three of the United States Constitution|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 of the United States|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).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/supreme_court|title=Supreme Court Research Guide |access-date=7 April 2021 |publisher=Georgetown Law Library}}</ref> Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to [[Seventh Circuit Act of 1807|seven]], [[Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act of 1837|nine]], [[Tenth Circuit Act of 1863|ten]], and back to [[Judiciary Act of 1869|nine]] justices (always including one chief justice). When the cases in 59 U.S. (18 How.) were decided the Court comprised these nine members:

The Supreme Court is established by [[Article Three of the United States Constitution|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 of the United States|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).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/supreme_court|title=Supreme Court Research Guide |access-date=7 April 2021 |publisher=Georgetown Law Library}}</ref> Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to [[Seventh Circuit Act of 1807|seven]], [[Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act of 1837|nine]], [[Tenth Circuit Act of 1863|ten]], and back to [[Judiciary Act of 1869|nine]] justices (always including one chief justice). When the cases in 59 U.S. (18 How.) were decided the Court comprised these nine members:

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

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

* "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . .

* ”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

** ''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 . . .

* ”D.” = United States District Court for the District of . . .

** ''e.g.,''"D. Mass." = [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts]]

** ''e.g.,''”D. Mass.” = [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts]]

* "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western

* ”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.,''”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]]

** ''e.g.,''”M.D. Ala.” = [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama]]

* "Adm." = [[Admiralty Court]] (a federal court)

* ”Adm.” = [[Admiralty Court]] (a federal court)

* "Ct. Cl." = [[United States Court of Claims]]

* ”Ct. Cl.” = [[United States Court of Claims]]

* "C.P." = [[Court of Common Pleas]] (a state court)

* ”C.P.” = [[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.

* 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.,''”Pa.” = [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]]

** ''e.g.,''"Me." = [[Supreme Judicial Court of Maine]]

** ''e.g.,''”Me.” = [[Supreme Judicial Court of Maine]]


== List of cases in 59 U.S. (18 How.) ==

== List of cases in 59 U.S. (18 How.) ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"

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|-

|-

! scope="col" style="width: 400px;" | Case Name

! scope="col" style="width: 350px;" | Case Name

! scope="col" style="width: 75px;" | Page & year

! scope="col" style="width: 80px;" | Page & year

! scope="col" style="width: 10px;" | Opinion of the Court

! scope="col" style="width: 10px;" | Opinion of the Court

! scope="col" style="width: 130px;" | Concurring opinion(s)

! scope="col" style="width: 106px;" | Concurring opinion(s)

! scope="col" style="width: 130px;" | Dissenting opinion(s)

! scope="col" style="width: 106px;" | Dissenting opinion(s)

! scope="col" style="width: 116px;" | Lower court

! scope="col" style="width: 125px;" | Lower court

! scope="col" style="width: 200px;" | Disposition of case

! scope="col" style="width: 233px;" | Disposition of case

|-

|-

| ''United States v. Reading'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86963/united-states-v-reading/?q=%2259%20U.S.%201%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 1 (1856)] || Wayne || Catron || Daniel || [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California|N.D. Cal.]] || affirmed

| ''United States v. Reading'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86963/united-states-v-reading/?q=%2259%20U.S.%201%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 1 (1856)] || Wayne || Catron || Daniel || [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California|N.D. Cal.]] || affirmed
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| ''United States v. Fremont'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86967/united-states-v-fremont/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2030%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 30 (1856)] || McLean || Catron || none || [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California|N.D. Cal.]] || dismissed

| ''United States v. Fremont'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86967/united-states-v-fremont/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2030%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 30 (1856)] || McLean || Catron || none || [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California|N.D. Cal.]] || dismissed

|-

|-

| ''Ex parte Sturgess'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86968/ex-parte-in-the-matter-of-lathrop-l-sturgess-v-christian-harrold-also/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2040%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 40 (1855)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || extension of time for filing denied

| ''[[Ex parte]] Sturgess'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86968/ex-parte-in-the-matter-of-lathrop-l-sturgess-v-christian-harrold-also/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2040%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 40 (1855)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || extension for filing denied

|-

|-

| ''Peck v. Sanderson'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86969/peck-v-sanderson/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2042%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 42 (1855)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. Pa.]] || rehearing denied

| ''Peck v. Sanderson'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86969/peck-v-sanderson/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2042%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 42 (1855)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. Pa.]] || rehearing denied

|-

|-

| ''Barnard v. Ashley'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86970/barnards-heirs-v-ashleys-heirs/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2043%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 43 (1856)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D.N.Y.]] || affirmed

| ''Barnard v. Ashley'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86970/barnards-heirs-v-ashleys-heirs/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2043%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 43 (1856)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D.N.Y.]] || affirmed
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| ''Holroyd v. Pumphrey'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86974/john-holroyd-in-error-v-levi-pumphrey/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2069%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 69 (1855)] || Campbell || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || reversed

| ''Holroyd v. Pumphrey'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86974/john-holroyd-in-error-v-levi-pumphrey/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2069%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 69 (1855)] || Campbell || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || reversed

|-

|-

| ''Smith v. [[Maryland]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86975/smith-v-maryland/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2071%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 71 (1855)] || Curtis || none || none || [[Maryland Circuit Courts|Cir. Ct. State of Md.]] || affirmed

| ''Smith v. [[Maryland]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86975/smith-v-maryland/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2071%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 71 (1855)] || Curtis || none || none || [[Maryland Circuit Courts|Md. Cir. Ct.]] || affirmed

|-

|-

| ''Jones v. League'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86976/jones-v-league/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2076%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 76 (1855)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States District Court for the District of Texas |D. Tex.]] || reversed

| ''Jones v. League'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86976/jones-v-league/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2076%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 76 (1855)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States District Court for the District of Texas |D. Tex.]] || reversed
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| ''United States v. Gatesby'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86981/united-states-v-jones/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2092%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 92 (1856)] || Grier || none || Daniel || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed

| ''United States v. Gatesby'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86981/united-states-v-jones/?q=%2259%20U.S.%2092%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 92 (1856)] || Grier || none || Daniel || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed

|-

|-

| ''United States [[Ex rel.|ex rel.]] Mackey v. Coxe'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86982/united-states-v-coxe/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20100%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 100 (1856)] || McLean || Nelson, Curtis || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed

| ''United States [[ex rel.]] Mackey v. Coxe'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86982/united-states-v-coxe/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20100%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 100 (1856)] || McLean || Nelson, Curtis || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed

|-

|-

| ''Sessions v. Pintard'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86983/sessions-v-pintard/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20106%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 106 (1856)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. Ark.]] || affirmed

| ''Sessions v. Pintard'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86983/sessions-v-pintard/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20106%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 106 (1856)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. Ark.]] || affirmed
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| ''The Schooner Freeman'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86995/schooner-freeman-c-v-buckingham/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20182%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 182 (1856)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.N.D.N.Y.]] || reversed

| ''The Schooner Freeman'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86995/schooner-freeman-c-v-buckingham/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20182%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 182 (1856)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.N.D.N.Y.]] || reversed

|-

|-

| ''de la Lande's Heirs v. [[Louisiana]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86996/poydras-de-la-landes-heirs-v-treasurer-of-louisiana/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20192%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 192 (1856)] || McLean || none || none || [[Supreme Court of Louisiana|La.]] || dismissed for want of jurisdiction

| ''de la Lande’s Heirs v. [[Louisiana]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86996/poydras-de-la-landes-heirs-v-treasurer-of-louisiana/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20192%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 192 (1856)] || McLean || none || none || [[Supreme Court of Louisiana|La.]] || dismissed for want of jurisdiction

|-

|-

| ''Lafayette's Heirs v. Kenton'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86997/the-heirs-of-general-lafayette-in-error-v-joseph-kenton-the-heirs-of/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20197%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 197 (1856)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || both affirmed

| ''Lafayette’s Heirs v. Kenton'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86997/the-heirs-of-general-lafayette-in-error-v-joseph-kenton-the-heirs-of/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20197%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 197 (1856)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || both affirmed

|-

|-

| ''Craighead v. Wilson'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86998/craighead-v-wilson/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20199%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 199 (1856)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || dismissed

| ''Craighead v. Wilson'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86998/craighead-v-wilson/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20199%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 199 (1856)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || dismissed
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| ''McKinney v. Saviego'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87003/mckinney-v-saviego/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20235%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 235 (1856)] || Campbell || none || none || [[United States District Court for the District of Texas|D. Tex.]] || reversed

| ''McKinney v. Saviego'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87003/mckinney-v-saviego/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20235%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 235 (1856)] || Campbell || none || none || [[United States District Court for the District of Texas|D. Tex.]] || reversed

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| ''United States v. [[Chicago Great Western Railway|Minnesota & Northwestern R.R. Co.]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87004/united-states-v-minnesota-northwestern-r-co/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20241%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 241 (1856)] || Nelson || none || none || [[Minnesota Supreme Court|Sup. Ct. Terr. Minn.]] || discontinuance granted

| ''United States v. [[Chicago Great Western Railway|Minnesota & Nw. R.R.]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87004/united-states-v-minnesota-northwestern-r-co/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20241%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 241 (1856)] || Nelson || none || none || [[Minnesota Supreme Court|Sup. Ct. Terr. Minn.]] || discontinuance granted

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| ''Calcote v. Stanton'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87005/james-l-calcote-in-error-v-frederick-stanton-and-henry-s-buckner/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20243%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 243 (1856)] || Grier || none || none || [[Supreme Court of Mississippi|Miss.]] || dismissed for want of jurisdiction

| ''Calcote v. Stanton'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87005/james-l-calcote-in-error-v-frederick-stanton-and-henry-s-buckner/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20243%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 243 (1856)] || Grier || none || none || [[Supreme Court of Mississippi|Miss.]] || dismissed for want of jurisdiction
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| ''Ward v. Peck'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87009/ward-v-peck/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20267%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 267 (1856)] || Grier || none || Daniel || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || affirmed

| ''Ward v. Peck'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87009/ward-v-peck/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20267%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 267 (1856)] || Grier || none || Daniel || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || affirmed

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| ''[[Murray's Lessee v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co.|Murray's Lessee v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co.]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87010/murrays-lessee-v-hoboken-land-improvement-co/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20272%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 272 (1856)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D.N.J ]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]

| ''[[Murray's Lessee v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co.|Murray’s Lessee v. Hoboken Land & Impr. Co.]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87010/murrays-lessee-v-hoboken-land-improvement-co/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20272%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 272 (1856)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D.N.J ]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]

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| ''Nutt v. Minor'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87011/william-d-nutt-of-alexander-hunter-deceased-in-error-v-philip-h-minor/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20286%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 286 (1856)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed

| ''Nutt v. Minor'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87011/william-d-nutt-of-alexander-hunter-deceased-in-error-v-philip-h-minor/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20286%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 286 (1856)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
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| ''Ransom v. Winn'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87013/ransom-v-daviss-administrators/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20295%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 295 (1856)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || dismissed

| ''Ransom v. Winn'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87013/ransom-v-daviss-administrators/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20295%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 295 (1856)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || dismissed

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| ''McCall's Lessee v. Carpenter'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87014/lessee-of-mccall-v-carpenter/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20297%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 297 (1856)] || Nelson || none || Campbell || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ind.]] || reversed

| ''McCall’s Lessee v. Carpenter'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87014/lessee-of-mccall-v-carpenter/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20297%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 297 (1856)] || Nelson || none || Campbell || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ind.]] || reversed

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| ''[[Ex parte Wells]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87015/ex-parte-wells/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20307%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 307 (1856)] || Wayne || none || McLean, Curtis || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed

| ''[[Ex parte Wells]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87015/ex-parte-wells/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20307%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 307 (1856)] || Wayne || none || McLean, Curtis || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
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| ''Wilkins v. Allen'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87019/joseph-wilkins-v-david-allen/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20385%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 385 (1856)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.W.D. Pa.]] || affirmed

| ''Wilkins v. Allen'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87019/joseph-wilkins-v-david-allen/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20385%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 385 (1856)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.W.D. Pa.]] || affirmed

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| ''Connor v. Peugh's Lessee'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87020/connor-v-peughs-lessee/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20394%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 394 (1856)] || Grier || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || dismissed

| ''Connor v. Peugh’s Lessee'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87020/connor-v-peughs-lessee/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20394%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 394 (1856)] || Grier || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || dismissed

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| ''South v. [[Maryland]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87021/daniel-south-v-maryland/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20396%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 396 (1856)] || Grier || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Md.]] || reversed

| ''South v. [[Maryland]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87021/daniel-south-v-maryland/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20396%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 396 (1856)] || Grier || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Md.]] || reversed

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| ''Lafayette Insurance Co. v. French'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87022/the-lafayette-ins-co-v-french/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20404%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 404 (1856)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ind.]] || affirmed

| ''Lafayette Ins. Co. v. French'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87022/the-lafayette-ins-co-v-french/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20404%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 404 (1856)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ind.]] || affirmed

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| ''Stanford v. Taylor'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87023/stanford-v-taylor/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20409%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 409 (1856)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Mo.]] || reversed

| ''Stanford v. Taylor'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87023/stanford-v-taylor/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20409%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 409 (1856)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Mo.]] || reversed
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| ''Stockton v. Ford'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87025/stockton-v-ford/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20418%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 418 (1856)] || Nelson || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || affirmed

| ''Stockton v. Ford'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87025/stockton-v-ford/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20418%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 418 (1856)] || Nelson || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || affirmed

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| ''[[Pennsylvania]] v. [[Wheeling Suspension Bridge|Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co.]] I'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87026/pennsylvania-v-wheeling-belmont-bridge-co/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20421%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 421 (1856)] || Nelson || Daniel; Grier & Wayne (part) || McLean; Grier & Wayne (part) || [[Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States|original jurisdiction]] || [[injunction]] dissolved

| ''[[Pennsylvania]] v. [[Wheeling Suspension Bridge|Wheeling & B. Bridge Co.]] I'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87026/pennsylvania-v-wheeling-belmont-bridge-co/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20421%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 421 (1856)] || Nelson || Daniel; Grier & Wayne (part) || McLean; Grier & Wayne (part) || [[Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States|original jurisdiction]] || [[injunction]] dissolved

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| ''[[Pennsylvania]] v. [[Wheeling Suspension Bridge|Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co.]] II'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87027/pennsylvania-v-wheeling-belmont-bridge-co/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20460%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 460 (1856)] || Nelson || none || none || [[Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States|original jurisdiction]] || review of costs denied

| ''[[Pennsylvania]] v. [[Wheeling Suspension Bridge|Wheeling & B. Bridge Co.]] II'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87027/pennsylvania-v-wheeling-belmont-bridge-co/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20460%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 460 (1856)] || Nelson || none || none || [[Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States|original jurisdiction]] || costs review denied

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| ''Goslee v. Shute'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87028/goslee-v-shutes/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20463%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 463 (1856)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || affirmed

| ''Goslee v. Shute'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87028/goslee-v-shutes/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20463%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 463 (1856)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || affirmed
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| ''The Steamer Oregon'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87049/the-steamer-oregon-v-rocca/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20570%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 570 (1856)] || McLean || none || Daniel || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D. Ala.]] || affirmed

| ''The Steamer Oregon'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87049/the-steamer-oregon-v-rocca/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20570%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 570 (1856)] || McLean || none || Daniel || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D. Ala.]] || affirmed

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| ''Ogilvie v. Knox Insurance Co.'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87050/adam-ogilvie-v-the-knox-insurance-company/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20577%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 577 (1856)] || Daniel || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ind.]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]

| ''Ogilvie v. Knox Ins. Co.'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87050/adam-ogilvie-v-the-knox-insurance-company/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20577%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 577 (1856)] || Daniel || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ind.]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]

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| ''The [[Steamboat|Steam Boat]] Isaac Newton'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87051/crockett-v-newton-c/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20581%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 581 (1856)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D.N.Y.]] || reversed (both cases)

| ''The [[Steamboat|Steam Boat]] Isaac Newton'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/87051/crockett-v-newton-c/?q=%2259%20U.S.%20581%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1855&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1857&court=scotus 581 (1856)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D.N.Y.]] || reversed (both cases)

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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.)

    See also: List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office
    See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition
    See also: Taney Court

    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
    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

    See also: United States district court
    See also: United States court of appeals
    See also: United States federal courts

    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.

    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
    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 Public 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. extension for filing 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 Steam Boat 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 & Nw. R.R. 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 & Cumberland R.R. Co. v. Myers 246 (1856) Campbell none none C.C. 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 of Ohio v. Debolt 380 (1856) Wayne none none Ohio reversed
    State Bank of Ohio 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 (part) McLean; Grier & Wayne (part) original jurisdiction injunction dissolved
    Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & B. Bridge Co.II 460 (1856) Nelson none none original jurisdiction costs review 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 Steam Boat 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

    1. ^ 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.

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