List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 70

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 70
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 70 (3 Wall.) of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1865 and 1866. [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").

John William Wallace

Starting with the 66th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was John William Wallace. Wallace was Reporter of Decisions from 1863 to 1874, covering volumes 68 through 90 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 23 of his Wallace's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Gilman v. City of Philadelphia is 70 U.S. (3 Wall.) 713 (1866).

Wallace's Reports were the final nominative reports for the US Supreme Court; starting with volume 91, cases were identified simply as "(volume #) U.S. (page #) (year)".

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 70 U.S. (3 Wall.)

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 70 U.S. (3 Wall.) were decided the following nine (due to the Judicial Circuits Act of 1866) justices were members of the Court:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Mathew Brady, Portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, officer of the United States government (1860-1865).jpg Salmon P. Chase Chief Justice Ohio Roger B. Taney December 6, 1864
(Acclamation)
December 15, 1864

May 7, 1873
(Died)
JMWayne2.jpg James Moore Wayne Associate Justice Georgia William Johnson January 9, 1835
(Acclamation)
January 14, 1835

July 5, 1867
(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)
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)
NClifford.jpg Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis January 12, 1858
(26–23)
January 21, 1858

July 25, 1881
(Died)
Noah Haynes Swayne, photo, head and shoulders, seated.jpg Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean January 24, 1862
(38–1)
January 27, 1862

January 24, 1881
(Retired)
Samuel Freeman Miller - Brady-Handy.jpg Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel July 16, 1862
(Acclamation)
July 21, 1862

October 13, 1890
(Died)
DDavis.jpg David Davis Associate Justice Illinois John Archibald Campbell December 8, 1862
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1862

March 4, 1877
(Resigned)
Stephen Johnson Field, photo half length seated, 1875.jpg Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seatMarch 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(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 70 U.S. (3 Wall.)

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower courtDisposition
Lovejoy v. Murray 1 (1866) Millernonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Plymouth 20 (1866) Nelsonnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
The Kimball 37 (1866) Fieldnonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Castro v. United States 46 (1866) Chasenonenone N.D. Cal. dismissed
The Binghamton Bridge 51 (1866) DavisnoneGrier N.Y. reversed
The Josephine 83 (1866) Chasenonenone C.C.D. La. affirmed
Sheboygan Company v. Parker 93 (1866) Griernonenone C.C.D. Wis. affirmed
Sparrow v. Strong 97 (1866) Chasenonenone Nev. dismissal denied
Lewis v. Campau 106 (1866) Chasenonenone Mich. dismissed
York Company v. Central Railroad 107 (1866) Fieldnonenone C.C.D. Ill. affirmed
Cliquot's Champagne 114 (1866) Swaynenonenone N.D. Cal. affirmed
Fennerstein's Champagne 145 (1866) Swaynenonenone N.D. Cal. affirmed
Walker v. Western Transportation Company 150 (1866) Millernonenone C.C.D. Ill. affirmed
The Thompson 155 (1866) Davisnonenone S.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Louisiana 164 (1866) Griernonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Blackburn v. Crawfords 175 (1866) SwaynenoneClifford C.C.D. Md. reversed
Blossom v. Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad Company 196 (1866) Cliffordnonenone D. Wis. affirmed
Turnpike Company v. Maryland 210 (1866) Nelsonnonenone Md. affirmed
The Cornelius 214 (1866) Millernonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
The Convoy's Wheat 225 (1866) Millernonenone N.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Cheshire 231 (1866) Fieldnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Nebraska v. Lockwood 236 (1866) Swaynenonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Neb. affirmed
City of Providence v. Babcock 240 (1865) Davisnonenone C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
Blanchard v. Brown 245 (1866) Davisnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Daniels v. Rock Island Railway Company 250 (1866) Swaynenonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. certification
Newell v. Norton 257 (1866) Griernonenone C.C.D. La. affirmed
The Ottawa 268 (1866) Cliffordnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
City of Cincinnati v. Morgan 275 (1866) Nelsonnonenonenot indicatedaffirmed
Havemeyer v. Iowa County 294 (1866) Swaynenonenone C.C.D. Wis. certification
Merced Mining Company v. Boggs 304 (1866) Chasenonenone Cal. dismissed
The Granite State 310 (1866) Griernonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Suffolk Manufacturing Company v. Hayden 315 (1866) Nelsonnonenonenot indicatedaffirmed
Cheang-Kee v. United States 320 (1866) Chasenonenone C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Thomson v. Lee County 327 (1866) Davisnonenone C.C.D. Iowa reversed
Minnesota Mining Company v. National Mining Company 332 (1866) Griernonenone Mich. affirmed
Buck v. Colbath 334 (1866) Millernonenone Minn. affirmed
McAndrews v. Thatcher 347 (1866) Cliffordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Brown v. Tarkington 377 (1866) Nelsonnonenone C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
McGuire v. Massachusetts I 382 (1866) Chasenonenone Mass. Super. Ct. motions denied
McGuire v. Massachusetts II 387 (1866) Nelsonnonenone Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed
Comstock v. Crawford 396 (1866) Fieldnonenone C.C.D. Wis. affirmed
United States v. Holliday 407 (1866) Millernonenone C.C.E.D. Mich. certification
De Sobry v. Nicholson 420 (1866) Swaynenonenone C.C.D. La. affirmed
Barrel v. Transportation Company 424 (1866) Chasenonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. dismissed
The Iron-Clad Atlanta 425 (1866) Fieldnonenone D. Mass. affirmed
Peralta v. United States 434 (1866) Davisnonenone N.D. Cal. affirmed
United States v. Cutting 441 (1866) Griernonenone C.C.D.N.Y. reversed
United States v. Fisk 445 (1866) Griernonenone C.C.D.N.Y. affirmed
Green v. Van Buskerk 448 (1866) Chasenonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. supersedeas granted
The Sally Magee 451 (1866) Swaynenonenone S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Simpson and Company v. Dall 460 (1866) Davisnonenonenot indicatedreversed
Beard v. Federy 478 (1866) Fieldnonenone C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed
Bank for Savings v. Collector of Internal Revenue 495 (1866) Cliffordnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. certification
The Bermuda 514 (1866) Chasenonenone E.D. Pa. affirmed
The Hart 559 (1866) Chasenonenone S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Bollinger's Champagne 560 (1866) Nelsonnonenone C.C.D. Cal. reversed
The Douro 564 (1866) Chasenonenone S.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Mohawk 566 (1866) Millernonenone C.C.D. Mich. reversed
Van Allen v. New York 573 (1866) NelsonChasenone N.Y. reversed
The Admiral 603 (1866) Cliffordnonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
The Reform 617 (1866) Cliffordnonenone C.C.D. Va. reversed
Younge v. Guilbeau 636 (1866) Fieldnonenone W.D. Tex. reversed
United States v. Scott 642 (1866) Millernonenone C.C.D. Ind. certification
United States v. Murphy 649 (1866) Millernonenone C.C.D. Wis. certification
Rogers v. Burlington 654 (1866) CliffordnoneField, Miller C.C.D. Iowa reversed
United States v. Circuit Judges 673 (1866) NelsonnoneField C.C.D. Cal. appeal on behalf of U.S.
Merriam v. Haas 687 (1866) per curiam nonenone"Fed. Ct. Minn." (sic)dismissal denied
United States v. Dashiel 688 (1866) CliffordnoneGriernot indicateddismissal denied
Minnesota Company v. Chamberlain 704 (1866) Chasenonenone C.C.D. Wis. affirmed
Gilman v. City of Philadelphia 713 (1866) SwaynenoneClifford C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Secrist v. Green 744 (1866) Davisnonenone C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
United States v. Gomez 752 (1866) Cliffordnonenone S.D. Cal. reversed
The Herald 768 (1866) Chasenonenone C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Dehon v. Bernal 774 (1866) Millernonenone N.D. Cal. affirmed

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.

    See also