List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 6

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 6 (2 Cranch) of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1804 and 1805. [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 complete citation to, for example, Wood v. Wagnon is 6 U.S. (2 Cranch) 10 (1804).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 6 U.S. (2 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 6 U.S. (2 Cranch) were decided, the Court comprised these six 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)
WilliamCushing.jpg William Cushing
Associate Justice Massachusetts original seat establishedSeptember 26, 1789
(Acclamation)
February 2, 1790

September 13, 1810
(Died)
William Paterson copy.jpg William Paterson
Associate Justice New Jersey Thomas Johnson March 4, 1793
(Acclamation)
March 11, 1793

September 8, 1806
(Died)
Samuel Chase.jpg Samuel Chase
Associate Justice Maryland John Blair, Jr. January 27, 1796
(Acclamation)
February 4, 1796

June 19, 1811
(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)

Notable cases in 6 U.S. (2 Cranch)

Little v. Barreme

In Little v. Barreme , 6 U.S. (2 Cranch) 170 (1804), the Supreme Court held that the President of the United States does not have "inherent authority" or "inherent powers" to ignore a law passed by the US Congress.

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 6 U.S. (2 Cranch)

NOTE: Some decisions have alternate pagination, indicated by "{ }."

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower courtDisposition
Williams v. Lyles 10 {9} (1804) per curiam nonenone C.C.D.C. affirmed
Wood v. Wagnon 10 {9} (1804) per curiam nonenone C.C.D. Ga. reversed
Faw v. Marsteller 10 (1804) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. reversed
Ogle v. Lee 32 {33} (1804) per curiam nonenonenot indicatedcertification
Pennington v. Coxe 33 (1804) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Pa. reversed
The Schooner Charming Betsy 64 (1804) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Pa. reversed
Capron v. Van Noorden 126 (1804) per curiam nonenone C.C.D.N.C. reversed
Head v. Providence Insurance Company 127 (1804) MarshallChasenone C.C.D.R.I. reversed
Little v. Barreme 170 (1804) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Dunlop and Company v. Ball 180 (1804) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. reversed
Blakeney v. Evans 186 {185} (1804) per curiam nonenone C.C.D.C. affirmed
Church v. Hubbart 187 (1804) Cushingnonenone C.C.D. Mass. reversed
The Ship Blaireau 240 (1804) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Ogden v. Blackledge 272 (1804) Cushingnonenone C.C.D.N.C. certification
McIlvaine v. Coxe's Lessee 280 (1805) per curiam nonenone C.C.D.N.J. no decision in this report
Adams v. Woods 336 (1805) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Mass. certification
Winchester v. Hackley 342 (1805) per curiam nonenone C.C.D. Va. affirmed
Reily v. Lamar 344 (1805) Marshallnonenone C.C.D.C. dismissed
United States v. Fisher 358 (1805) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Pa. reversed
Bailiff v. Tipping 406 (1805) per curiam nonenone C.C.D. Ky. dismissed
The Schooner Sally 406 (1805) per curiam nonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Telfair v. Stead's Executors 407 (1805) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Ga. affirmed
Graves v. Boston Marine Insurance Company 419 (1805) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Hepburn v. Ellzey 445 (1805) Marshallnonenone C.C.D. Va. certification

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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