List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 50

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Supreme Court of the United States
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;234 years ago (1789-03-04)
Location Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′26″N77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444 Coordinates: 38°53′26″N77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
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Authorized by Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Website supremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 50 (9 How.) of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1850. [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").

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, Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co. is 50 U.S. (9 How.) 647 (1850).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 50 U.S. (9 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). [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 50 U.S. (9 How.) were decided the Court comprised these nine members:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Roger B. Taney - Brady-Handy.jpg Roger B. Taney Chief Justice Maryland John Marshall March 15, 1836
(29–15)
March 28, 1836

October 12, 1864
(Died)
Justice John McLean daguerreotype by Mathew Brady 1849.jpg John McLean Associate Justice Ohio Robert Trimble March 7, 1829
(Acclamation)
January 11, 1830

April 4, 1861
(Died)
JMWayne2.jpg James Moore Wayne Associate Justice Georgia William Johnson January 9, 1835
(Acclamation)
January 14, 1835

July 5, 1867
(Died)
John Catron - Brady-Handy.jpg John Catron Associate Justice Tennessee newly-created seatMarch 8, 1837
(28–15)
May 1, 1837

May 30, 1865
(Died)
John McKinley.jpg John McKinley Associate Justice Alabama newly-created seatSeptember 25, 1837
(Acclamation)
January 9, 1838

July 19, 1852
(Died)
Peter Vivian Daniel, US Supreme Court Justice, c1860.jpg Peter Vivian Daniel Associate Justice Virginia Philip P. Barbour March 2, 1841
(25–5)
January 10, 1842

May 31, 1860
(Died)
Samuel Nelson - Brady-Handy.jpg Samuel Nelson Associate Justice New York Smith Thompson February 14, 1845
(Acclamation)
February 27, 1845

November 28, 1872
(Retired)
JdgLWoodbury.jpg Levi Woodbury Associate Justice New Hampshire Joseph Story January 31, 1846
(Acclamation)
September 23, 1845

September 4, 1851
(Died)
Robert Cooper Grier - Brady-Handy.jpg Robert Cooper Grier Associate Justice Pennsylvania Henry Baldwin August 4, 1846
(Acclamation)
August 10, 1846

January 31, 1870
(Retired)

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 50 U.S. (9 How.)

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower courtDisposition
Almonester v. Kenton 1 (1850) Catronnonenone La. dismissed
Irwin v. Dixion 10 (1850) Woodburynonenone C.C.D.C. reversed
Walden v. Bodley's Heirs 34 (1850) Catronnonenone C.C.D. Ky. multiple
Wheeler v. Smith 55 (1850) McLeannonenone C.C.D.C. reversed
United States v. Price 83 (1850) GriernoneWoodbury C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Wilson v. Simpson 109 (1850) Waynenonenone C.C.D. La. affirmed
United States v. Reynes 127 (1850) Danielnonenone D. La. reversed
La Roche v. Jones's Lessee 155 (1850) Catronnonenone C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Perrine v. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company 172 (1850) TaneynoneMcLean C.C.D. Del. certification
Neves v. Scott 196 (1850) Nelsonnonenone C.C.D. Ga. reversed
Withers v. Greene 213 (1850) DanielnoneNelson C.C.S.D. Ala. reversed
Benner v. Porter 235 (1850) Nelsonnonenone S.D. Fla. reversed
Mason v. Fearson 248 (1850) Woodburynonenone C.C.D.C. reversed
Strader v. Baldwin 261 (1850) Griernonenone Ohio dismissed
Brabston v. Gibson 263 (1850) McLeannonenone C.C.D. La. reversed
Davis v. Concordia Parish 280 (1850) Waynenonenone La. affirmed
Humphreys v. Smith 297 (1850) Griernonenone C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Lytle v. Arkansas 314 (1850) McLeannoneCatron Ark. reversed
Boswell's Lessee v. Otis 336 (1850) McLeannonenone C.C.D. Ohio certification
United States v. Briggs 351 (1850) Catronnonenone C.C.D. Mich. certification
Gaines v. Nicholson 356 (1850) Nelsonnonenone C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Barrow v. Reab 366 (1850) Woodburynonenone C.C.D. La. affirmed
Harrison v. Vose 372 (1850) Woodburynonenone C.C.D. Me. certification
Hill v. United States 386 (1850) Danielnonenone C.C.S.D. Miss. certification
Tayloe v. Merchants' Fire Insurance Company 390 (1850) NelsonnoneCatron C.C.D. Md. reversed
Townsend v. Jemison 407 (1850) Waynenonenone M.D. Ala. affirmed
Doe v. Eslava 421 (1850) Woodburynonenone Ala. affirmed
Doe v. City of Mobile 451 (1850) Woodburynonenone Ala. affirmed
Goodtitle v. Kibbe 471 (1850) Taneynonenone Ala. affirmed
Atkinson's Lessee v. Cummins 479 (1850) Griernonenone C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
Brown v. United States 487 (1850) Danielnonenone C.C.D.C. reversed
United States v. Roberts 501 (1850) Waynenonenone C.C.D. Ill. reversed
Bank of Alabama v. Dalton 522 (1850) Catronnonenone N.D. Miss. affirmed
Bayard v. Lombard 530 (1850) Griernonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Lamert v. Ghiselin 552 (1850) Taneynonenone C.C.D. Md. certification
United States v. Marigold 560 (1850) Danielnonenone C.C.N.D.N.Y. certification
Forsyth v. United States 571 (1850) Nelsonnonenone N.D. Fla. reversed
Simpson v. United States 578 (1850) Nelsonnonenone N.D. Fla. reversed
Cotton v. United States 579 (1850) Nelsonnonenone N.D. Fla. continued
Baldwin v. Ely 580 (1850) Taneynonenone C.C.D.C. reversed
Hogan v. Ross 602 (1850) per curiam nonenone N.D. Miss. dismissed
Fleming v. Page 603 (1850) Taneynonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. certification
Marriott v. Brune 619 (1850) Woodburynonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
United States v. Southmayd 637 (1850) Woodburynonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Pennsylvania v. Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company 647 (1850) NelsonnoneDaniels original referred to commissioner

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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