List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 61

This is a list of cases reported in volume 61 (20 How.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1857 and 1858.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, Smith v. City of Washington is 61 U.S. (20 How.) 135 (1858).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 61 U.S. (20 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 61 U.S. (20 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) John Archibald Campbell Associate Justice Alabama John McKinley (Acclamation) –April 30, 1861(Resigned) Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis (26–23) –July 25, 1881(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. "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 61 U.S. (20 How.)

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Morgan v. Curtenius 1 (1858) Grier none none C.C.D. Ill. affirmed Wynn v. Morris 3 (1857) Catron none none Ark. dismissed Garland v. Wynn 6 (1857) Catron none none Ark. affirmed Jones v. McMasters 8 (1858) Nelson none none D. Tex. affirmed Bacon v. Howard 22 (1858) Grier none none D. Tex. affirmed Christ Church v. Philadelphia County 26 (1857) Campbell none none Pa. dismissed Doswell v. De la Lanza 29 (1858) McLean none none D. Tex. reversed Wade v. Leroy 34 (1858) Campbell none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. certification Hudgins v. Kemp I 45 (1858) Nelson none none C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed Hudgins v. Kemp II 54 (1858) Nelson none none C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed Brown v. Shannon 55 (1858) Taney none none C.C.D. Md. dismissed United States v. Cambuston 59 (1858) Nelson none none N.D. Cal. reversed Dynes v. Hoover 65 (1858) Wayne none none C.C.D.C. affirmed Withers v. Buckley 84 (1858) Daniel none none Miss. affirmed Secombe v. Steele 94 (1858) Campbell none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Minn. affirmed Commerce Bank v. Buckner 108 (1858) Wayne none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Teller v. Patten 125 (1858) McLean none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Mattingly v. Boyd 128 (1858) Catron none none C.C.D.W. Tenn. reversed McMicken v. Perin 133 (1858) McLean none none C.C.E.D. La. dismissed Smith v. City of Washington 135 (1858) Grier none none C.C.D.C. affirmed Lyon v. Bertram 149 (1858) Campbell none none C.C.D.C. affirmed Hungerford v. Sigerson 156 (1858) McLean none none D. Wis. affirmed Grant v. Poillon 162 (1858) McLean none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Hyde v. Stone 170 (1858) Campbell none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Leitensdorfer v. Webb 176 (1858) Daniel none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed Fisher v. Haldeman 186 (1858) Grier none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Thompson v. Selden 194 (1858) Taney none none C.C.D.C. affirmed Dean v. Mason 198 (1858) McLean none none C.C.D.R.I. reversed Carroll v. Dorsey 204 (1857) Taney none none C.C.D.C. dismissed Chaffee v. Hayward 208 (1858) Catron none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed Day v. Union India Rubber Company 216 (1858) Nelson none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Payne v. Niles 219 (1858) Taney none none C.C.E.D. La. dismissed McGavock v. Woodlief 221 (1858) Nelson none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Covington Drawbridge Company v. Shepherd 227 (1858) Taney none Daniel C.C.D. Ind. affirmed White v. Burnley 235 (1858) Catron none none D. Tex. affirmed United States v. Breitling 252 (1858) Taney none none C.C.S.D. Ala. reversed Hemmenway v. Fisher 255 (1857) Taney none none C.C.D. Mass. amendment denied United States v. Pacheco 261 (1858) Taney none none N.D. Cal. dismissed Spencer v. Lapsley 264 (1858) Campbell none Daniel D. Tex. affirmed Ex parte Mussina 280 (1858) McLean none none E.D. Tex. mandamus denied Silsby v. Foote I 290 (1858) Nelson none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. dismissed The Steamboat Magnolia 296 (1858) Grier McLean Daniel; Campbell M.D. Ala. reversed Goodman v. Simonds 343 (1858) Clifford none none C.C.D. Mo. reversed Gazzam v. Phillips's Lessee 372 (1858) Nelson none none Ala. reversed Silsby v. Foote II 378 (1858) Nelson none Daniel; Grier C.C.N.D.N.Y. multiple People's Ferry Company v. Beers 393 (1858) Catron none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed McCormick v. Talcott 402 (1858) Grier none Daniel C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed United States v. Fossat 413 (1858) Campbell none none N.D. Cal. reversed Suydam v. Williamson 427 (1858) Clifford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Brown v. Wiley 442 (1858) Grier none none D. Tex. affirmed Warner v. Norton 448 (1858) McLean none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Stinson v. Dousman 461 (1858) Campbell none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Minn. affirmed Roberts v. Cooper 467 (1858) Grier Daniel none C.C.D. Mich. affirmed Ingraham v. Dawson 486 (1858) Catron none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Sigerson v. Mathews 496 (1858) McLean none none C.C.D. Mo. affirmed Marks v. Dickson 501 (1858) Catron none none La. affirmed Selden v. Myers 506 (1858) Taney none none C.C.D.C. affirmed Ahl v. Johnson 511 (1858) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Minn. reversed Moreland v. Page 522 (1858) Grier none none Iowa dismissed McFaul v. Ramsey 523 (1858) Grier none none D. Iowa affirmed Beers v. Arkansas 527 (1858) Taney none none Ark. dismissed Bank of Washington v. Arkansas 530 (1858) Taney none none Ark. dismissed Barton v. Forsyth 532 (1858) Taney none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Williams v. Gibbes 535 (1858) Nelson none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed Whyte v. Gibbes 541 (1858) Nelson none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed Snow v. Hill 543 (1858) McLean none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Holcombe v. McKusick 552 (1858) Nelson none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Minn. dismissed McCargo v. Chapman 555 (1858) McLean none none C.C.S.D. Miss. dismissed Irvine v. Marshall 558 (1858) Daniel none Nelson Sup. Ct. Terr. Minn. reversed Sampson v. Peaslee 571 (1858) Wayne none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Ex parte Ransom 581 (1858) Nelson none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. mandamus denied Taylor v. Carryl 583 (1858) Campbell none Taney Pa. affirmed

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