This is a list of cases reported in volume 58 (17 How.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1854 and 1855.Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.

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").

Benjamin Chew Howard Starting with the 42nd volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Benjamin Chew Howard. Howard was Reporter of Decisions from 1843 to 1860, covering volumes 42 through 65 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 24 of his Howard's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Iasigi v. Brown is 58 U.S. 183 (17 How.) (1855).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 58 U.S. (17 How.)

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 58 U.S. (17 How.) were decided the Court comprised these nine members:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate(Vote) Tenure on Supreme Court Roger B. Taney Chief Justice Maryland John Marshall (29–15) –October 12, 1864(Died) John McLean Associate Justice Ohio Robert Trimble (Acclamation) –April 4, 1861(Died) James Moore Wayne Associate Justice Georgia William Johnson (Acclamation) –July 5, 1867(Died) John Catron Associate Justice Tennessee newly created seat (28–15) –May 30, 1865(Died) Peter Vivian Daniel Associate Justice Virginia Philip P. Barbour (25–5) –May 31, 1860(Died) Samuel Nelson Associate Justice New York Smith Thompson (Acclamation) –November 28, 1872(Retired) Robert Cooper Grier Associate Justice Pennsylvania Henry Baldwin (Acclamation) –January 31, 1870(Retired) Benjamin Robbins Curtis Associate Justice Massachusetts Levi Woodbury (Acclamation) –September 30, 1857(Resigned) John Archibald Campbell Associate Justice Alabama John McKinley (Acclamation) –April 30, 1861(Resigned)

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 58 U.S. (17 How.)

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition De la Lande's Heirs v. Louisiana 1 (1855) Taney none none La. dismissal deniedShields v. Thomas 3 (1855) Taney none none N.D. Iowa dismissal deniedArthurs v. Hart 6 (1854) Nelson none none C.C.E.D. La. reversedThe Steamship Ohio 17 (1855) McLean none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed The Steamship Falcon 19 (1855) McLean none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed Haydel v. Dufresne 23 (1855) Catron none none La. reversedNorthern Central Railway v. Winans 30 (1854) Campbell none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmedUnited States v. Coxe 41 (1855) Taney none none E.D. La. reversedBarribeau v. Brant 43 (1854) Taney none none C.C.D. Mo. dismissedWickliffe v. Owings 47 (1855) Campbell none none C.C.D. Ky. reversedRaymond v. Tyson 53 (1855) Wayne none Campbell N.D. Cal. reversedBurden Iron Works v. Odiorne 72 (1854) Catron none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmedBattin v. Taggert 74 (1854) McLean none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversedUnited States v. 67 Packages of Dry Goods 85 (1855) Nelson none none C.C.D. La. reversedUnited States v. Nine Cases of Silk Hats 97 (1855) Nelson none none C.C.E.D. La. reversedUnited States v. One Package of Merchandise 98 (1855) Nelson none none C.C.E.D. La. reversedUnited States v. One Case of Clocks 99 (1855) Nelson none none C.C.E.D. La. reversedLawrence v. Minturn 100 (1855) Curtis none none N.D. Cal. reversedStewart v. United States 116 (1855) Daniel none none C.C.D.C. affirmedShields v. Barrow 130 (1855) Curtis none none C.C.E.D. La. reversedRing v. Maxwell 147 (1854) Curtis none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. certificationThe Propeller Monticello 152 (1855) Grier none Daniel C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmedBank of Tennessee v. Horn 157 (1855) Taney none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmedCity of Providence v. Clapp 161 (1855) Nelson none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmedThe Schooner Catharine 170 (1855) Nelson none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversedPeck v. Sanderson 178 (1855) Taney none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversedIasigi v. Brown 183 (1855) McLean none Curtis; Campbell C.C.D. Mass. reversedUnited States v. Nickerson 204 (1855) Curtis none none C.C.D. Mass. certificationHenshaw v. Miller 212 (1855) Daniel none none C.C.E.D. Va. certificationUnited States ex rel. Tucker v. Seaman 225 (1855) Taney none none C.C.D.C. affirmedMcBlair v. Gibbes 232 (1855) Nelson none none C.C.D. Md. affirmedWilliams v. Gibbes 239 (1855) Nelson none Taney; Daniel C.C.D. Md. reversedGooding v. Oliver 274 (1855) Nelson none none C.C.D. Md. reversedStafford v. Union Bank 275 (1855) McLean none none D. Tex. dismissedStafford v. New Orleans Canal and Banking Company 283 (1855) McLean none none D. Tex. dismissedUnited States ex rel. Goodrich v. Guthrie 284 (1855) Daniel Curtis McLean C.C.D.C. affirmedClark v. Clark 315 (1855) Catron none none C.C.D.C. affirmedBooth v. Clark 322 (1855) Wayne none none C.C.D.C. affirmedBoone v. Missouri Iron Company 340 (1855) McLean none none C.C.D. Mo. affirmedBurchell v. Marsh 344 (1855) Grier none Nelson C.C.D. Ill. reversedHinkle v. Wanzer 353 (1855) Daniel none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmedFontain v. Ravenel 369 (1855) McLean Taney; Daniel none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmedThe Steamboat John Jay 399 (1855) Wayne none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmedWest v. Cochran 403 (1855) Catron McLean none C.C.D. Mo. affirmedAdams v. Law 417 (1855) Grier none none C.C.D.C. affirmedHerndon v. Ridgway 424 (1855) Campbell none none N.D. Miss. affirmedCity of Boston v. Lecraw 426 (1855) Grier none none C.C.D.R.I. reversedBruce v. United States 437 (1855) Taney none none C.C.D. Mo. affirmedHendrickson v. Hinckley 443 (1855) Curtis none none C.C.D. Ohio affirmedStevens v. Gladding 447 (1855) Curtis none none C.C.D.R.I. reversedCarpenter v. Pennsylvania 456 (1855) Campbell none none Pa. affirmedRhodes v. Farmer 464 (1855) McLean none none N.D. Miss. affirmedWickliffe v. Eve 468 (1855) Catron none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmedPulliam v. Osborne 471 (1855) Campbell none none M.D. Ala. reversedMinturn v. Maynard 477 (1855) Grier none none N.D. Cal. affirmedFlorida v. Georgia 478 (1855) Taney none Curtis; Campbell original continuedUnited States v. Ritchie 525 (1855) Nelson Campbell none N.D. Cal. affirmedFremont v. United States 542 (1855) Taney none Catron; Campbell N.D. Cal. reversedWebb v. Den 576 (1854) Grier none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmedCoy v. Mason 580 (1855) McLean none none D. Iowa affirmedWanzer v. Truly 584 (1855) Campbell none Daniel C.C.S.D. Miss. reversedAyres v. Carver 591 (1855) Nelson Catron none N.D. Miss. dismissed Hays v. Pacific Mail Steamship Company 596 (1855) Nelson Campbell Daniel N.D. Cal. affirmedChristy v. Alford 601 (1855) Curtis none none D. Tex. affirmedDennistoun v. Stewart 606 (1855) Grier none none C.C.S.D. Ala. reversedGriffin v. Reynolds 609 (1855) Campbell none none N.D. Miss. reversedJudson v. Corcoran 612 (1855) Catron none none C.C.D.C. affirmedLewis v. Bell 616 (1855) Grier none none C.C.D.C. affirmed

Notes and references

See also certificate of division

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