List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 71
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 71 (4 Wall.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1866 and 1867.[1]
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").
John William Wallace
Starting with the 66th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was John William Wallace. Wallace was Reporter of Decisions from 1863 to 1874, covering volumes 68 through 90 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 23 of his Wallace's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Thompson v. Bowie is 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 463 (1867).
Wallace's Reports were the final nominative reports for the US Supreme Court; starting with volume 91, cases were identified simply as "(volume #) U.S. (page #) (year)".
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 71 U.S. (4 Wall.)
The Supreme Court is established by
When the cases in 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) were decided the following nine justices were members of the Court:
Portrait | Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote) |
Tenure on Supreme Court |
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Salmon P. Chase | Chief Justice
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Ohio | Roger B. Taney | December 6, 1864 (Acclamation) |
December 15, 1864 – May 7, 1873 (Died) | |
James Moore Wayne |
Associate Justice | Georgia | William Johnson | January 9, 1835 (Acclamation) |
January 14, 1835 – July 5, 1867 (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) | |
Nathan Clifford | Associate Justice | Maine | Benjamin Robbins Curtis | January 12, 1858 (26–23) |
January 21, 1858 – July 25, 1881 (Died) | |
Noah Haynes Swayne | Associate Justice | Ohio | John McLean | January 24, 1862 (38–1) |
January 27, 1862 – January 24, 1881 (Retired) | |
Samuel Freeman Miller | Associate Justice | Iowa | Peter Vivian Daniel
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July 16, 1862 (Acclamation) |
July 21, 1862 – October 13, 1890 (Died) | |
David Davis | Associate Justice | Illinois | John Archibald Campbell | December 8, 1862 (Acclamation) |
December 10, 1862 – March 4, 1877 (Resigned) | |
Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly-created seat | March 10, 1863 (Acclamation) |
May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired) |
Notable Cases in 71 U.S. (4 Wall.)
Ex parte Milligan
Ex parte Garland
Mississippi v. Johnson
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
- "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
- 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 71 U.S. (4 Wall.)
Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
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Stearns v. United States | 1 (1867) | per curiam
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none | none | not indicated | certiorari granted |
Brobst v. Brobst | 2 (1867) | Chase | none | none | not indicated | remanded |
Ex parte Milligan | 2 (1866) | Davis | Chase | none | C.C.D. Ind. | certification |
McGee v. Mathis | 143 (1866) | Chase | none | none | Ark.
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reversed |
United States v. Hoffman | 158 (1867) | Miller | none | none | N.D. Cal. | prohibition denied |
Walker v. United States | 163 (1866) | Chase | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | dismissed |
Brown v. Wiley | 165 (1867) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
Locke v. City of New Orleans | 172 (1867) | Field | none | none | La.
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affirmed |
Sturdy v. Jackaway | 174 (1867) | Grier | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | certification |
Missouri and Mississippi Railroad Company v. Rock | 177 (1867) | Miller | none | none | Iowa
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dismissed |
United States v. Dashiel | 182 (1866) | Nelson | none | none | W.D. Tex. | reversed |
United States v. Allsbury | 186 (1866) | Nelson | none | none | W.D. Tex. | affirmed |
Leftwitch v. Lecanu | 187 (1867) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
City of New York v. Sheffield | 189 (1867) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Christy v. Pridgeon | 196 (1866) | Field | none | none | E.D. Tex. | affirmed |
Lanfear v. Hunley | 204 (1866) | Swayne | none | none | La.
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affirmed |
Witherspoon v. Duncan | 210 (1867) | Davis | none | none | Ark.
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affirmed |
Rutherford v. Geddes | 220 (1867) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Evans v. Patterson | 224 (1867) | Grier | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
Hughes v. United States | 232 (1866) | Field | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Mitchell v. St. Maxent's Lessee | 237 (1866) | Davis | none | none | N.D. Fla. | affirmed |
People ex rel. Duer v. City of New York | 244 (1867) | Nelson | none | Chase | N.Y. | affirmed |
Graham v. United States | 259 (1867) | Field | none | none | D. Cal.
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affirmed |
Brown v. Bass | 262 (1867) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | reversed |
Mitchell v. Burlington and Mount Pleasant Plank Road Company | 270 (1867) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | reversed |
Larned v. Burlington and Mount Pleasant Plank Road Company | 275 (1867) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | reversed |
Cummings v. Missouri | 277 (1867) | Field | none | Miller | Mo. | reversed |
Ex parte Garland | 333 (1867) | Field | none | Miller | original | confirmed to bar |
Barrows v. Kindred | 399 (1867) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | reversed |
United States v. Hathaway | 404 (1867) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | certification |
United States v. Quimby | 408 (1867) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | certification |
Gilman v. Lockwood | 409 (1867) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | reversed |
The Moses Taylor | 411 (1867) | Field | none | none | San Francisco County Ct. | reversed |
Semple v. Hagar | 431 (1867) | Grier | none | none | Cal. | dismissed |
Rock Island County v. United States | 435 (1867) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
Davidson v. Lanier | 447 (1867) | Chase | none | none | N.D. Miss. | reversed |
Bradley v. Illinois | 459 (1867) | Nelson | none | none | Ill. | reversed |
Thompson v. Bowie | 463 (1867) | Davis | none | Grier | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
Mississippi v. Johnson | 475 (1867) | Chase | none | none | original | dismissed |
Saulet v. Shepherd | 502 (1867) | Grier | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Bentley v. Coyne | 509 (1867) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
Purcell v. Miner I | 513 (1867) | Grier | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
Purcell v. Miner II | 519 (1867) | Grier | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | rehearing denied |
Commissioner of Patents v. Whiteley | 522 (1867) | Swayne | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
Von Hoffman v. City of Quincy | 535 (1867) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | reversed |
The Hine v. Trevor | 555 (1867) | Miller | none | none | Iowa
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reversed |
Newell v. Nixon | 572 (1866) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Sparrow v. Strong | 584 (1867) | Chase | none | none | Nev. | dismissed |
Bell v. Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company | 598 (1867) | Davis | none | none | N.D. Miss. | affirmed |
Ryan v. Thomas | 603 (1867) | Chase | none | none | Mo. | dismissed |
Pearson v. Duane | 605 (1867) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | certification |
Ware v. United States | 617 (1867) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
The Nassau | 634 (1867) | Davis | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
United States v. Le Baron | 642 (1866) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ala. | reversed |
New Orleans Railroad Company v. Lindsay | 650 (1866) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Robbins v. City of Chicago | 657 (1867) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
United States v. McMasters | 680 (1866) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
Notes and references
- ^ 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
External links
- [1] Case reports in volume 71 (4 Wall.) from Library of Congress
- [2] Case reports in volume 71 (4 Wall.) from Court Listener
- [3] Case reports in volume 71 (4 Wall.) from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
- [4] Case reports in volume 71 (4 Wall.) from Google Scholar
- [5] Case reports in volume 71 (4 Wall.) from Justia
- [6] Case reports in volume 71 (4 Wall.) 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
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