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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 14

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Number of positions9 (by statute)
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 14 (1 Wheat.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1816.[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, Martin v. Hunter's Lessee is 14 U.S. (1 Wheat.) 304 (1816).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 14 U.S. (1 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 14 U.S. (1 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)

Notable Case in 14 U.S. (1 Wheat.)

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Martin v. Hunter's Lessee

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Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. (1 Wheat.) 304 (1816), was the first case to assert ultimate Supreme Court authority over state courts in civil matters of federal law.

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 14 U.S. (1 Wheat.)

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Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Henry v. Ball 1 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Davis v. Wood 6 (1816) Marshall none none not indicated affirmed
The Samuel 9 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. continued
The Octavia 20 (1816) Story none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Mary and Susan I 25 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Mary and Susan II 46 (1816) Johnson none none C.C.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Rugen 62 (1816) Livingston none none C.C.D. Ga. affirmed
Thompson v. Gray 75 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Anderson v. Longden 85 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
City of New Orleans v. Winter 91 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D. La. reversed
The Aurora 96 (1816) Story none none C.C.D. Pa. affirmed
The Venus 112 (1816) Story Marshall none C.C.D. Ga. certification
Preston v. Browder 115 (1816) Todd none none C.C.D.E. Tenn. affirmed
The Astrea 125 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ga. affirmed
Matson v. Hord 130 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Taylor v. Walton 141 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Barr v. Lapsley 151 (1816) Johnson none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Danforth's Lessee v. Thomas 155 (1816) Todd none none C.C.D.E. Tenn. affirmed
The Antonia Johanna 159 (1816) Story none none C.C.D.N.C. affirmed
The Nereid 171 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. certification
Hepburn v. Dunlop and Company 179 (1816) Washington none none C.C.D.C. reversed
The St. Joze 208 (1816) Story none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Renner v. Marshall 215 (1816) Story none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Morean v. United States Insurance Company 219 (1816) Washington none none C.C.D. Pa. affirmed
Welch v. Mandeville 233 (1816) Story none none C.C.D.C. reversed
L'Invincible 238 (1816) Johnson none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Edward 261 (1816) Washington none Livingston C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Mutual Assurance Society v. Watt's Executors 279 (1816) Johnson none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Walden v. Gratz's Heirs 292 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed
The Harrison 298 (1816) Story none none C.C.D. Md. certification
Harden v. Fisher 300 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D.N.Y. reversed
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee 304 (1816) Story Johnson none Va. affirmed
The Commercen 382 (1816) Story Marshall; Livingston; Johnson none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The George 408 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D. Mass. certification
United States v. Coolidge 415 (1816) Johnson none none C.C.D. Mass. certification
The St. Nicholas 417 (1816) Johnson none none C.C.D. Ga. multiple
Russel v. Transylvania University 432 (1816) Johnson none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
The Elsineur 439 (1816) per curiam none none C.C.D. Ga. certification
The Hiram 440 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Ammidon v. Smith 447 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. certification
Jones v. Shore's Executors 462 (1816) Story none none C.C.D. Va. certification
Patton's Lessee v. Easton 476 (1816) Marshall none none C.C.D.W. Tenn. certification
Ross v. Reed 482 (1816) Todd none none C.C.D.E. Tenn. affirmed

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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