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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 24

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Supreme Court of the United States
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Authorised byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 24 (11 Wheat.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1825 and 1826.[1]

Nominative reports

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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").

Henry Wheaton

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Starting with the 14th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Henry Wheaton. Wheaton was Reporter of Decisions from 1816 to 1827, covering volumes 14 through 25 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 12 of his Wheaton's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Brooks v. Marbury is 24 U.S. (11 Wheat.) 78 (1826).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 24 U.S. (11 Wheat.)

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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 24 U.S. (11 Wheat.) 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)
Bushrod Washington Associate Justice Virginia James Wilson December 20, 1798
(Acclamation)
November 9, 1798
(Recess Appointment)

November 26, 1829
(Died)
William Johnson Associate Justice South Carolina Alfred Moore March 24, 1804
(Acclamation)
May 7, 1804

August 4, 1834
(Died)
Thomas Todd Associate Justice Kentucky new seat March 2, 1807
(Acclamation)
March 3, 1807

February 7, 1826
(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)

Citation style

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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 24 U.S. (11 Wheat.)

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Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
The Marianna Flora 1 (1825) Story none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Etting v. Second Bank of the United States 59 (1826) Marshall none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Brooks v. Marbury 78 (1826) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Harding v. Handy 103 (1826) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. multiple
Cassell v. Carroll 134 (1826) Story none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Second Bank of the United States v. Smith 171 (1826) Thompson none none C.C.D.C. reversed
United States v. Vanzandt 184 (1826) Washington none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Otis v. Walter 192 (1826) Johnson none none Mass. reversed
Hinde's Lessee v. Longworth 199 (1826) Thompson none none C.C.D. Ohio reversed
Littlepage v. Fowler 215 (1826) Johnson none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Taylor's Devisee v. Owing 226 (1826) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Perkins v. Hart 237 (1826) Washington none none C.C.D. Ohio certification
Armstrong v. Toler 258 (1826) Marshall none none C.C.D. Pa. affirmed
Chirac v. Reinicker 280 (1826) Story none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
Finley v. Second Bank of the United States 304 (1826) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. multiple
Wetzell v. Bussard 309 (1826) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Fowle v. City of Alexandria 320 (1826) Story none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Piles v. Bouldin 325 (1826) Duvall none none C.C.D.W. Tenn. reversed
Governeur's Heirs v. Robertson 332 (1826) Johnson none none C.C.D. Ky. certification
Shelby v. Guy 361 (1826) Johnson none none not indicated reversed
Walker v. Griffin's Heirs 375 (1826) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. multiple
Doe v. Winn 380 (1826) Thompson none none C.C.D. Ga. certification
United States v. Amedy 392 (1826) Story none none C.C.D. Va. certification
The Antelope 413 (1826) per curiam none none C.C.D. Ga. certification
Williams v. Second Bank of the United States 414 (1826) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ohio dismissed
Barnes v. Williams 415 (1826) Marshall none none not indicated certification
United States v. Kelly 417 (1826) Washington none none C.C.D. Pa. certification
United States v. Tappan 419 (1826) Thompson none none C.C.D. Mass. certification
Chace v. Vasquez 429 (1826) per curiam none none C.C.D. Md. dismissed
Mills v. Second Bank of the United States 431 (1826) Story none none C.C.D. Ohio affirmed
Miller's Heirs v. McIntire 441 (1826) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Carnochan v. Christie 446 (1826) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ga. reversed
United States v. Ortega 467 (1826) Washington none none C.C.E.D. Pa. certification

Notes and references

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  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.

See also

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