List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 20

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Supreme Court of the United States
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 20 (7 Wheat.) of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1822. [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").

Henry Wheaton

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, Ricard v. Williams is 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.) 59 (1822).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.)

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 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.) 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)

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 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.)

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower courtDisposition
Miller v. Kerr 1 (1822) Toddnonenonenot indicatedaffirmed
Newsom v. Pryor's Lessee 7 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.W. Tenn. affirmed
Tayloe v. Sandiford 13 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. reversed
Taylor's Lessee v. Myers 23 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Ohio certification
Green v. Watkins 27 (1822) Storynonenonenot indicatedaffirmed
Page's Administrators v. Bank of Alexandria 35 (1822) Livingstonnonenone C.C.D.C. reversed
Ex parte Kearney 38 (1822) Storynonenone C.C.D.C. habeas corpus denied
Bayley v. Greenleaf 46 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. affirmed
Browder v. M'Arthur 58 (1822) per curiam nonenonenot indicatedrehearing denied
Ricard v. Williams 59 (1822) Storynonenone C.C.D. Conn. reversed
Bouldin v. Massie's Heirs 122 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Ohio affirmed
Watts v. Lindsey's Heirs 158 (1822) Toddnonenone C.C.D. Ohio affirmed
Matthews v. Zane 164 (1822) Marshallnonenone Ohio affirmed
Hoofnagle v. Anderson 212 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Ohio affirmed
Brown v. Jackson 218 (1822) Livingstonnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Blunt's Lessee v. Smith 248 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.W. Tenn. affirmed
The Santissima Trinidad 283 (1822) Storynonenone C.C.D. Va. affirmed
Evans v. Eaton 356 (1822) StorynoneLivingston C.C.D. Pa. affirmed
Evans v. Hettich 453 (1822) Storynonenone C.C.D. Pa. affirmed
The Gran Para 471 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
The Santa Maria 490 (1822) Livingstonnonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
The Arrogante Barcelones 496 (1822) Johnsonnonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
The Monte Allegre 520 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Crocket v. Lee 522 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Macker's Heirs v. Thomas 530 (1822) Washingtonnonenone C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Columbian Insurance Company v. Wheelright 534 (1822) per curiam nonenone C.C.D.C. dismissed
Blight's Lessee v. Rochester 535 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
The Irresistible 551 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Holbrook v. Union Bank 553 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. affirmed
Marbury v. Brooks 556 (1822) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. reversed
Dorr v. Pacific Insurance Company 581 (1822) Johnsonnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. certiorari granted

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.

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