List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 29

This is a list of cases reported in volume 29 (4 Pet.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1830.[1]

Supreme Court of the United States
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38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
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

Nominative reports edit

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").

Richard Peters, Jr. edit

Starting with the 26th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Richard Peters, Jr. Peters was Reporter of Decisions from 1828 to 1843, covering volumes 26 through 41 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 16 of his Peters's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Van Ness v. City of Washington is 29 U.S. (4 Pet.) 232 (1830).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 29 U.S. (4 Pet.) edit

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).[2] 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 29 U.S. (4 Pet.) were decided, the Court comprised these seven justices:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
  John Marshall Chief Justice Virginia Oliver Ellsworth January 27, 1801
(Acclamation)
February 4, 1801

July 6, 1835
(Died)
  William Johnson Associate Justice South Carolina Alfred Moore March 24, 1804
(Acclamation)
May 7, 1804

August 4, 1834
(Died)
  Gabriel Duvall
Associate Justice Maryland Samuel Chase November 18, 1811
(Acclamation)
November 23, 1811

January 12, 1835
(Resigned)
  Joseph Story
Associate Justice Massachusetts William Cushing November 18, 1811
(Acclamation)
February 3, 1812

September 10, 1845
(Died)
  Smith Thompson Associate Justice New York Henry Brockholst Livingston December 9, 1823
(Acclamation)
September 1, 1823

December 18, 1843
(Died)
  John McLean Associate Justice Ohio Robert Trimble March 7, 1829
(Acclamation)
January 11, 1830

April 4, 1861
(Died)
  Henry Baldwin Associate Justice Pennsylvania Bushrod Washington January 6, 1830
(41–2)
January 18, 1830

April 21, 1844
(Died)

Citation style edit

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 29 U.S. (4 Pet.) edit

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Carver v. Jackson 1 (1830) Story none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Ex parte Bradstreet 102 (1830) Marshall none none N.D.N.Y. mandamus denied
Ex parte Tillinghast 108 (1830) Marshall none none original admission to bar
Boyce v. Edwards 111 (1830) Thompson none none C.C.D.S.C. reversed
United States v. Morrison 124 (1830) Marshall none none C.C.E.D. Va. multiple
Columbian Insurance Company v. Ashby 139 (1830) Thompson none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Harris v. d'Wolf 147 (1830) Marshall none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Beaty v. Knowler's Lessee 152 (1830) McLean none none C.C.D. Ohio affirmed
Wilcox v. Plummer's Executors 172 (1830) Johnson none none C.C.D.N.C. certification
Bartle v. Nutt 184 (1830) Baldwin none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Caldwell v. Taggart 190 (1830) Johnson none none C.C.W.D. Va. reversed
Lloyd v. Scott 205 (1830) McLean none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Van Ness v. City of Washington 232 (1830) Story none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Lagrange v. Chouteau 287 (1830) Marshall none none Mo. affirmed
Conard v. Nicoll 291 (1830) Baldwin none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
King v. Hamilton 311 (1830) Thompson none none C.C.D. Ohio multiple
Galt v. Galloway 332 (1830) McLean none none C.C.D. Ohio multiple
Ronkendorff v. Taylor's Lessee 349 (1830) McLean none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Bank of the United States v. Tyler 366 (1830) Baldwin none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Saunders v. Gould 392 (1830) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. certification
Spratt v. Spratt 393 (1830) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Craig v. Missouri 410 (1830) Marshall none Johnson; Thompson; McLean Mo. reversed
Hollingsworth v. Barbour 466 (1830) Baldwin none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts v. Town of Pawlet 480 (1830) Story none Baldwin C.C.D. Vt. certification
Soulard v. United States 511 (1830) Marshall none none D. Mo. continued
Providence Bank v. Billings 514 (1830) Marshall none none R.I. affirmed

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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