List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 12

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 12 (8 Cranch) of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1814. [1]

Contents

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").

William Cranch

Starting with the 5th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was William Cranch. Cranch was Reporter of Decisions from 1801 to 1815, covering volumes 5 through 13 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 9 of his Cranch's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Hall v. Leigh is 12 U.S. (8 Cranch) 50 (1814).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 12 U.S. (8 Cranch)

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 12 U.S. (8 Cranch) were decided, the Court comprised these seven justices:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)		Tenure on Supreme Court
John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832.jpg John Marshall Chief Justice Virginia Oliver Ellsworth January 27, 1801
(Acclamation)		February 4, 1801
–
July 6, 1835
(Died)
BushrodWashington.jpg Bushrod Washington
Associate Justice Virginia James Wilson December 20, 1798
(Acclamation)		November 9, 1798
(Recess Appointment)
–
November 26, 1829
(Died)
WilliamJohnson.jpg William Johnson
Associate Justice South Carolina Alfred Moore March 24, 1804
(Acclamation)		May 7, 1804
–
August 4, 1834
(Died)
Henry Brockholst Livingston.jpg Henry Brockholst Livingston
Associate Justice New York William Paterson December 17, 1806
(Acclamation)		January 20, 1807
–
March 18, 1823
(Died)
Thomas Todd SCOTUS.jpg Thomas Todd
Associate Justice Kentucky new seatMarch 2, 1807
(Acclamation)		March 3, 1807
–
February 7, 1826
(Died)
GabrielDuvall.jpg Gabriel Duvall
Associate Justice Maryland Samuel Chase November 18, 1811
(Acclamation)		November 23, 1811
–
January 12, 1835
(Resigned)
Daguerreotype of Joseph Story, 1844 (edit).jpg Joseph Story
Associate Justice Massachusetts William Cushing November 18, 1811
(Acclamation)		February 3, 1812
–
September 10, 1845
(Died)

Notable case in 12 U.S. (8 Cranch)

United States v. 1960 Bags of Coffee

United States v. 1960 Bags of Coffee, 12 U.S. (8 Cranch) 398 (1814), is an example of a case in rem. In rem jurisdiction ("power about or against the thing") [3] is a legal term describing the power a court may exercise over property (either real or personal) or a "status" against a person over whom the court does not have in personam jurisdiction. Jurisdiction in rem assumes the property or status is the primary object of the action, rather than personal liabilities not necessarily associated with the property. In this case the coffee had been seized for being imported in violation of the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809.

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 12 U.S. (8 Cranch)

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Griffith v. Frazier 9 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Van Ness v. Forrest 30 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. affirmed
Bank of Alexandria v. Herbet 36 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. affirmed
Marcardier v. Chesapeake Insurance Company 39 (1814) Storynonenone C.C.D. Md. reversed
Hall v. Leigh 50 (1814) Livingstonnonenone C.C.D. Md. reversed
City of Alexandria v. Preston 53 (1814) per curiam nonenone C.C.D.C. affirmed
Pleasants v. Maryland Insurance Company 55 (1814) Johnsonnonenone C.C.D. Md. reversed
McCall v. Marine Insurance Company 59 (1814) Storynonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Smith v. Edrington 66 (1814) Washingtonnonenone C.C.D. Va. affirmed
Beale v. Thompson 70 (1814) Storynonenone C.C.D.C. affirmed
Clementson v. Williams 72 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. affirmed
Gracie v. Marine Insurance Company 75 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Richards v. Maryland Insurance Company 84 (1814) Johnsonnonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Gracie v. Maryland Insurance Company 84 (1814) per curiam nonenonenot indicatedaffirmed
Crowell v. M'Fadon 94 (1814) Duvallnonenone Mass. reversed
Beatty's Administrators v. Burnes's Administrators 98 (1814) Storynonenone C.C.D.C. affirmed
Harford v. United States 109 (1814) Storynonenone C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Brown v. United States 110 (1814) MarshallnoneStory C.C.D. Mass. reversed
The Rapid 155 (1814) Johnsonnonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Alexander 169 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Julia 181 (1814) Storynonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Aurora 203 (1814) Livingstonnonenone C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Adventure 221 (1814) Johnsonnonenone C.C.D. Va. reversed
Green v. Liter 229 (1814) Storynonenone C.C.D.R.I. certification
Carter's Heirs v. Cutting 251 (1814) Storynonenone C.C.D.C. reversed
The Venus 253 (1814) WashingtonStory, Marshallnone C.C.D. Mass. multiple
The Merrimack 317 (1814) MarshallStoryStory C.C.D. Md. multiple
The Frances I 335 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Frances II 348 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.R.I. certification
The Frances III 354 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.R.I. certification
The Frances IV 358 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Frances V 359 (1814) Washingtonnonenone C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Frances VI 363 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
Vowles v. Craig 371 (1814) Toddnonenone C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
The Sally 382 (1814) Storynonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Euphrates 385 (1814) Livingstonnonenone C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Mary 388 (1814) per curiam nonenone C.C.D.R.I. certification
United States v. 1960 Bags of Coffee 398 (1814) Johnsonnonenone C.C.D. Md. reversed
The Brigantine Mars 417 (1814) Johnsonnonenone C.C.D. Mass. reversed
The Frances VII 418 (1814) WashingtonnoneLivingston C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Thomas Gibbons 421 (1814) Storynonenone C.C.D. Ga. affirmed
Prince v. Bartlett 431 (1814) Duvallnonenone Mass. affirmed
The St. Lawrence 434 (1814) Livingstonnonenone C.C.D.N.H. affirmed
The Hiram 444 (1814) Washingtonnonenone C.C.D. Mass. reversed
The Joseph 451 (1814) Washingtonnonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Grotius 456 (1814) Washingtonnonenone C.C.D. Mass. certification
Alexander v. Pendleton 462 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. affirmed
Pratt v. Carroll 471 (1814) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. reversed

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.
    3. ↑ Garner, Bryan (2006). Black's Law Dictionary. St. Paul, MN: Thompson/West. p. 362.

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