| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
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| United States v. Bales of Cotton Marked J.H.B. | 556 (1868) | Chase | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
| United States v. Barnett | 676 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| United States ex rel. Amy v. Burlington | 568 (1870) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | reversed |
| United States v. Burton | 566 (1869) | Nelson | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| United States v. Cook | 555 (1868) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | certification |
| United States v. De Haro | 544 (1866) | Grier | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | dismissed |
| United States v. Hodson | 580 (1870) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | reversed |
| United States v. Mayrand | 552 (1867) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | certification |
| United States v. Mynderse | 580 (1871) | Chase | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | certification |
| United States v. Pollard | 577 (1870) | Davis | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| United States v. Six Lots | 596 (1874) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| United States v. Stafford | 590 (1873) | Chase | none | none | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | certification |
| United States v. Williams | 652 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Upton v. Mason | 675 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | affirmed |
| Upton v. Steele | 675 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | dismissed |
| Van Norden v. Washburn | 627 (1877) | Waite | none | none | La. | dismissed |
| Ex parte Waples | 579 (1871) | Swayne | none | none | original | prohibition denied |
| Washington County v. United States ex rel. Mortimer | 571 (1870) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Whitney v. First National Bank | 664 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Vt. | reversed |
| Willard v. Willard | 568 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Williams v. Nolan | 551 (1866) | Nelson | none | none | N.Y. | reversed |
| Williamson v. Moore | 557 (1868) | Clifford | none | none | N.Y. | dismissal denied |
| Watterson v. Payne | 534 (1858) | Taney | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Wilson v. Goodrich | 640 (1878) | Waite | none | none | Mass. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
| Windsor v. McVeigh | 617 (1875) | Waite | none | none | Va. Corp. Ct. | dismissal denied |
| Woodman Pebbling Machine Company v. Guild | 597 (1874) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
| Woolfolk v. Nisbet | 650 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Underhill v. Patton | 575 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Tillinghast v. Van Buskirk I | 557 (1869) | Davis | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | reversed |
| Tillinghast v. Van Buskirk II | 553 (1867) | Miller | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | dismissal denied |
| Thompson v. Perrine | 677 (1883) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Poweshiek County v. United States ex rel. Durant | 576 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Supervisors v. Durant | 571 (1870) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Sturtevant v. Herndon | 575 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Stevens v. De Aubrie | 580 (1870) | Davis | none | none | Kan. | affirmed |
| Steever v. Rickman | 678 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
| South Carolina ex rel. Robb v. Gurney | 593 (1873) | Hunt | none | none | S.C. | reversed |
| Sea v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company | 659 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | dismissed |
| Schow v. Harriman | 609 (1875) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Roberts v. Bolles | 670 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Richmond Mining Company v. Eureka Mining Company | 664 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Nev. | affirmed |
| Ralls County Court v. United States ex rel. George | 675 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Priest v. Folger | 597 (1874) | Hunt | none | none | Mass. | affirmed |
| Ponder v. Delanney | 651 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Plant v. Stovall | 584 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Ga. | affirmed |
| Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works v. National Bank | 626 (1877) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | dismissed |
| Ex parte Pargoud | 567 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | Ct. Cl. | mandamus granted |
| Oulton v. Savings and Loan Society | 615 (1875) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Oulton v. San Francisco Savings Union | 591 (1873) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Oulton v. California Insurance Company | 615 (1875) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Norton v. Jamison | 591 (1873) | Chase | none | none | La. | dismissed |
| Northwestern Life Insurance Company v. Martin | 640 (1878) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | dismissed |
| Moulder v. Forrest | 567 (1869) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Morrill v. Wisconsin | 626 (1877) | Waite | none | none | Wis. | affirmed |
| Mississippi v. Stanton | 554 (1867) | Nelson | none | none | original | dismissed |
| Town of Mineral Point v. Lee | 552 (1867) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Milwaukee and Minnesota Railroad Company | 554 (1868) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | mandamus denied |
| Mackall v. Richards | 624 (1877) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| McCready v. Virginia | 628 (1877) | Waite | none | none | Va. | affirmed |
| McCollum v. Howard | 577 (1870) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | dismissed |
| The Louisville | 657 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Loud | 582 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | dismissed |
| Levy v. Dangel | 671 (1881) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho | affirmed |
| Lee County v. Clews | 609 (1874) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.M.D. Ala. | affirmed |
| City of Leavenworth v. Kinney | 642 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Lane v. United States | 615 (1875) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Lammers v. Nissen | 650 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Neb. | affirmed |
| Keogh v. Orient Insurance Company | 639 (1878) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Kenner v. United States | 595 (1874) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Kahn v. Hamilton | 677 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | dismissed |
| Jouan v. Divoll | 657 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Jones v. Fritschle | 590 (1873) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. Mo. | dismissed |
| Jaeger v. Moore | 641 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | multiple |
| Ingersoll v. Bourne | 645 (1878) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | dismissed |
| Hunt v. Bender | 556 (1868) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Neb. | dismissed |
| Humbird v. Jackson County | 592 (1873) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | reversed |
| Hearst v. Halligan | 669 (1881) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Haynes v. Pickett | 627 (1877) | Waite | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Hammond v. Massachusetts | 550 (1866) | Nelson | none | none | Mass. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
| Hagar v. California | 639 (1878) | Waite | none | none | Cal. | dismissed |
| Gurnee v. Blair | 659 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | conditional dismissal |
| Groat v. O'Hare | 660 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Gray v. Coan | 589 (1871) | Chase | none | none | Iowa | dismissed |
| Grame v. Mutual Assurance Society | 676 (1881) | Waite | none | none | Va. | continued |
| Godbe v. Tottle | 576 (1870) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | dismissed |
| Davies v. Slidell | 625 (1876) | Waite | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Diaz v. United States | 590 (1873) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| The Eliza Hancox | 618 (1875) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Faxon v. Russell | 644 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
| Follansbee v. Ballard Paving Company | 651 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Fontaine v. McNab | 652 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Gage v. Carraher | 656 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Gaines v. Lizardi | 555 (1868) | Davis | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
| Garnett v. United States | 579 (1871) | Swayne | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | unclear |
| Davidson v. Starcher | 566 (1869) | Chase | none | none | Minn. | dismissed |
| Davidson v. Connelly | 589 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Minn. | dismissed |
| Dallas County v. Huidekoper | 654 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Cowdrey v. Vandenburgh | 659 (1880) | Field | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Cousin v. Generes | 581 (1871) | Chase | none | none | La. | dismissed |
| Corry v. Campbell | 629 (1878) | Waite | none | none | Ohio | affirmed |
| Connellsville and Southern Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. City of Baltimore | 553 (1867) | Chase | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | dismissal denied |
| Allen v. Tarlton | 596 (1874) | Waite | none | none | La. | dismissed |
| Atherton v. Fowler | 620 (1875) | Waite | none | none | Cal. | dismissal denied |
| Badger v. Ranlett | 677 (1882) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Bailey v. Work | 616 (1875) | Field | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Bank of Montreal v. White | 660 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Bank of New Orleans v. Caldwell | 592 (1873) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Bank of the Republic v. Millard | 656 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Basse v. Brownsville | 610 (1875) | Waite | none | none | Tex. | dismissed |
| Benton County v. Rollens | 665 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Betts v. Mugridge | 644 (1879) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Blake v. Fourth National Bank | 616 (1875) | Hunt | none | none | multiple | reversed |
| Brown v. Johnson | 551 (1867) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | reversed |
| Brugere v. Slidell | 598 (1874) | Strong | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Burke v. Tregre | 641 (1879) | Waite | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Burlington and Missouri River Railroad v. Mills County | 568 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | Iowa | affirmed |
| Burr v. Myers | 654 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Case v. Marchand | 642 (1879) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| City of Charleston v. Jessup | 592 (1873) | Field | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | reversed |
| Chicago and Alton Railroad Company v. Wiggins Ferry Company | 678 (1883) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Fuller | 595 (1873) | Swayne | none | none | Iowa | affirmed |
| Churchill v. City of Utica | 550 (1866) | Nelson | none | none | N.Y. | reversed |
| Coggeshall v. Hartshorn | 533 (1856) | Taney | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | multiple |
| United States v. Harrison | 531 (1852) | Taney | none | none | E.D. La. | reversed |
| United States v. Carrere | 532 (1853) | Taney | none | none | E.D. La. | reversed |
| Steamboat Niagara | 533 (1855) | Taney | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | dismissed |
| United States v. Osio | 535 (1860) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | dismissed |
| Richardson v. Lawrence County | 536 (1864) | Grier | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | certification |
| United States v. Hallock | 537 (1864) | Grier | none | none | S.D. Fla. | reversed |
| United States v. Olvera | 538 (1864) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.S.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Milwaukee and Minnesota Railroad Company v. Soutter I | 540 (1864) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | dismissed |
| Milwaukee and Minnesota Railroad Company v. Soutter II | 541 (1864) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | dismissed |
| Merriam v. Haas | 542 (1865) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
| Rogers v. City of Keokuk | 546 (1866) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa. | certification |
| Rogers v. Lee County | 547 (1866) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | reversed |
| Duvall v. United States | 548 (1866) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| Horback v. Porter | 549 (1865) | Miller | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Neb. | affirmed |
| Burbank v. Bigelow | 558 (1869) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Smith v. Washington Gaslight Company | 559 (1869) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Finley v. Isett | 561 (1869) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Dutton v. Plairet | 563 (1869) | Chase | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| United States v. Mowry | 564 (1869) | Nelson | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| United States v. Morgan | 565 (1869) | Nelson | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Flanders v. Tweed | 569 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Weed v. Crane | 570 (1870) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| The Northern Belle | 571 (1870) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| City of Kenosha v. Lamson | 573 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Long v. Patton | 573 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Underhill v. Herndon | 574 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Riley v. Welles | 578 (1870) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Van Slyke v. Wisconsin | 581 (1871) | Chase | none | none | Wis. | affirmed |
| Holmes v. Sevier | 582 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | reversed |
| Jacoway v. Denton | 583 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | Ark. | dismissed |
| The Des Moines | 584 (1872) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| The St. John | 586 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Germain v. Mason | 587 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. | dismissed |
| Northwestern Union Packet Company v. Home Insurance Company of New York | 588 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Iowa | dismissed |
| The Adelia | 593 (1873) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Hardy v. Harbin | 598 (1874) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Northwestern Union Packet Company v. Viles | 608 (1874) | Strong | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | reversed |
| Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works v. Helm | 610 (1875) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | affirmed |
| Commercial Bank v. Iola | 617 (1875) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Turner v. Ward | 618 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Crary v. Devlin | 619 (1876) | Waite | none | none | N.Y. | dismissed |
| Mead v. Pinyard | 620 (1876) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Berreyesa v. United States | 623 (1876) | Waite | none | none | D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Herhold v. Upton | 624 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Johansson v. Stephanson | 625 (1877) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| First National Bank v. Cook | 628 (1878) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| The Northfield | 629 (1878) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Clark v. Beecher | 631 (1878) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Strong v. United States | 632 (1878) | Harlan | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Goodenough Horseshoe Manufacturing Company v. Rhode Island Horseshoe Company | 635 (1877) | Waite | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | dismissed |
| United States v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company | 637 (1878) | Field | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company v. Vance | 638 (1878) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Dold v. United States | 645 (1878) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Williams v. United States | 648 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| North v. McDonald | 649 (1879) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | affirmed |
| Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada v. Walker | 653 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Me. | affirmed |
| Dallas County v. Huidekoper | 655 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Woodfolk v. Seddons | 658 (1880) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| White v. United States | 661 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| McLaughlin v. Fowler | 663 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Cal. | affirmed |
| Seward v. Comeau | 665 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Wight v. Condict | 666 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| France v. Missouri ex rel. Smith | 667 (1880) | Waite | none | none | Mo. | dismissed |
| Green v. Fisk | 668 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | dismissed |
| Price v. Kelly | 669 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Glover v. Love | 670 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Continental Bank Note Company v. United States | 671 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Bonnifield v. Price | 672 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | dismissed |
| Mellon v. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company | 673 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| United States v. Canda | 674 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | dismissed |
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