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List Of United States Supreme Court Cases, Volume 16

This is a list of cases reported in volume 16 (3 Wheat.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1818.

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").

Henry Wheaton

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, Craig v. Radford is 16 U.S. (3 Wheat.) 594 (1818).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 16 U.S. (3 Wheat.)

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). 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 16 U.S. (3 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)
Henry Brockholst Livingston
Associate Justice New York William Paterson December 17, 1806
(Acclamation)
January 20, 1807

March 18, 1823
(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)

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.

List of cases in 16 U.S. (3 Wheat.)

NOTE: Some decisions have alternate pagination, indicated by "{ }."

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Jackson ex rel. People v. Clarke 1 (1818) Marshall none none C.C.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Friendschaft 14 {7} (1818) Marshall none none C.C.D.N.C. affirmed
M'Iver v. Kyger 53 {24} (1818) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. reversed
The Diana 58 {27} (1818) per curiam none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
The New-York 59 {27} (1818) Livingston none Johnson C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Samuel 77 (1818) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. reversed
The Star 78 {37} (1818) Story none none C.C.D.N.Y. affirmed
The San Pedro 78 (1818) Marshall none none Super. Ct. Terr. Miss. affirmed
Lanusse v. Barker 101 {48} (1818) Johnson none none C.C.D.N.Y. reversed
Hughes v. Union Insurance Company 159 (1818) Marshall none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
Swan v. Union Insurance Company 168 (1818) Marshall none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Dugan v. United States 172 {82} (1818) Livingston none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Olivera v. Union Insurance Company 183 (1818) Marshall none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
Shepherd v. Hampton 200 {94} (1818) Marshall none none D. La. affirmed
Patton v. Nicholson 204 {96} (1818) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Robinson v. Campbell 212 {100} (1818) Todd none none E.D. Tenn. affirmed
Dunlop v. Hepburn 231 (1818) Washington none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
United States v. 150 Crates of Earthen-Ware 232 {110} (1818) Marshall none none D. La. affirmed
Hampton v. M'Connel 234 (1818) Marshall none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
The Fortuna 236 {112} (1818) Johnson none none C.C.D.N.C. affirmed
Gelston v. Hoyt 246 {116} (1818) Story Johnson, Marshall none N.Y. affirmed
United States v. Bevans 336 {157} (1818) Marshall none none C.C.D. Mass. certification
The Æolus 392 (1818) Livingston none Johnson C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Atalanta 409 (1818) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ga. certification
Houston v. Moore 433 (1818) Marshall none none Pa. dismissed
The Anne 435 {201} (1818) Story none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Brown v. Jackson 449 (1818) Todd none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Evans v. Eaton 454 {210} (1818) Marshall none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Lenox v. Prout 520 {240} (1818) Livingston none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Burton's Lessee v. Williams 529 (1818) Johnson none none C.C.D.E. Tenn. affirmed
Murray's Lessee v. Baker 541 (1818) Johnson none none C.C.D. Ga. certification
The Amiable Nancy 546 {252} (1818) Story none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. decree reformed
Craig v. Leslie 563 {260} (1818) Washington none none C.C.D. Va. certification
Cameron v. M'Roberts 591 {272} (1818) per curiam none none C.C.D. Ky. certification
Craig v. Radford 594 {274} (1818) Washington none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Ross v. Triplett 600 {276} (1818) per curiam none none C.C.D.C. certification
The Neptune 601 {277} (1818) Duvall none none D. La. affirmed
United States v. Palmer 610 {281} (1818) Marshall Johnson none C.C.D. Mass. certification

Notes and references

  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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