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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 72

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Supreme Court of the United States
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38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorised byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 72 (5 Wall.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States from 1865 to 1867.[1]

Nominative reports

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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

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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, Christmas v. Russell is 72 U.S. (5 Wall.) 290 (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 72 U.S. (5 Wall.)

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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 72 U.S. (5 Wall.) were decided the Court comprised these nine members:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Salmon P. Chase Chief Justice Ohio Roger B. Taney December 6, 1864
(Acclamation)
December 15, 1864

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

July 5, 1867
(Died)
Samuel Nelson Associate Justice New York Smith Thompson February 14, 1845
(Acclamation)
February 27, 1845

November 28, 1872
(Retired)
Robert Cooper Grier Associate Justice Pennsylvania Henry Baldwin August 4, 1846
(Acclamation)
August 10, 1846

January 31, 1870
(Retired)
Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis January 12, 1858
(26–23)
January 21, 1858

July 25, 1881
(Died)
Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean January 24, 1862
(38–1)
January 27, 1862

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

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

March 4, 1877
(Resigned)
Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat March 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(Retired)

Citation style

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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 72 U.S. (5 Wall.)

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Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
The Springbok 1 (1867) Chase none none S.D.N.Y. multiple
The Peterhoff 28 (1867) Chase none none S.D.N.Y. reversed
United States v. Weed 62 (1867) Miller none none E.D. La. affirmed
Watson v. Sutherland 74 (1867) Davis none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Parmelee v. Simpson 81 (1867) Davis none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Neb. reversed
Woodworth v. Corn E. Ins. Co. 87 (1867) Miller none none N.D. Ill. affirmed
Illinois C.R.R. Co. v. Barron 90 (1867) Nelson none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Hadden v. Collector 107 (1867) Field none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Shelton v. Collector 113 (1867) Swayne none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Stanley v. Colt 119 (1867) Nelson none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed
The Dashing Wave 170 (1867) Chase none none E.D. La. affirmed
The Science 178 (1867) Chase none none E.D. La. affirmed
The Volant 179 (1867) Chase none none E.D. La. reversed
The Teresita 180 (1867) Chase none none E.D. La. affirmed
The Jenny 183 (1867) Chase none none E.D. La. reversed
Ex parte Milwaukee R.R. Co. 188 (1867) Miller none none C.C.D. Wis. supersedeas granted
Barton v. Forsyth 190 (1867) Clifford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. dismissed
Campbell v. City of Kenosha 194 (1867) Davis none none C.C.D. Wis. reversed
Myers v. Fenn 205 (1867) Nelson none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Seaver v. Bigelows 208 (1867) Nelson none none C.C.N.D. Ill. dismissed
United States v. Repentigny 211 (1867) Nelson none none D. Mich. reversed
Croxall v. Shererd 268 (1867) Swayne Miller none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Christmas v. Russell 290 (1866) Clifford none none C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Green v. Van Buskirk 307 (1867) Miller none Nelson N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissal denied
Dwyer v. Dunbar 318 (1867) Swayne none none E.D. Tex. affirmed
Townsend v. Greeley 326 (1867) Field none none Cal. affirmed
Townsend v. Burbank 337 (1867) Chase none none Cal. affirmed
Francis v. United States 338 (1867) Grier none none C.C.D. Mo. affirmed
The Gray Jacket I 342 (1867) Swayne none none E.D. La. affirmed
The Gray Jacket II 370 (1867) Chase none none E.D. La. argument granted
The Hampton 372 (1867) Miller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
The William Bagaley 377 (1867) Clifford none none E.D. La. affirmed
Ewing v. City of St. Louis 413 (1867) Field none none C.C.D. Mo. affirmed
De Groot v. United States 419 (1867) Miller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Nichols v. Levy 433 (1867) Swayne none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. reversed
United States v. Armijo 444 (1867) Field none none N.D. Cal. affirmed
Serrano v. United States 451 (1867) Davis none none D. Cal. reversed
License Tax Cases 462 (1867) Chase none none multiple revenue statues upheld
Pervear v. Massachusetts 475 (1867) Chase none none Mass. affirmed
The Eddy 481 (1867) Clifford none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Hansbrough v. Peck 497 (1867) Nelson none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Howard Ins. Co. v. Chase 509 (1867) Davis none none C.C.D. Me. affirmed
The Sir William Peel 517 (1867) Chase none none E.D. La. affirmed
United States v. Pico 536 (1867) Field none none D. Cal. affirmed
Merchants' Ins. Co. v. Ritchie 541 (1867) Chase none none C.C.D. Mass. dismissed
The Bird of Paradise 545 (1867) Clifford none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed
United States v. Commissioner 563 (1867) Nelson none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Goodrich v. City of Chicago 566 (1867) Swayne none none N.D. Ill. affirmed
The Pearl 574 (1867) Chase none none S.D. Fla. ship & cargo condemned
Jones v. La Vallette 579 (1867) Chase none none C.C.E.D. La. dismissed
Washington S. Packet Co. v. Sickles 580 (1867) Nelson none Miller Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
De Haro v. United States 599 (1867) Davis none none N.D. Cal. affirmed
The Sea Lion 630 (1867) Swayne none Grier S.D. Fla. affirmed
United States v. MacDonald 647 (1867) Clifford none none C.C.D. Me. affirmed
Milwaukee & M.R.R. Co. v. Soutter 660 (1867) Miller none none C.C.D. Wis. reversed
Thompson v. Riggs 663 (1867) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Wolcott v. Des Moines Co. 681 (1867) Nelson none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Nash v. Towne 689 (1867) Clifford none none C.C.D. Wis. affirmed
City of Galena v. Amy 705 (1867) Swayne none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Bates v. Brown 710 (1867) Swayne none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
City of Philadelphia v. Collector 720 (1867) Clifford none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Kansas Indians Cases 737 (1867) Davis none none Kan. reversed
New York Indians 761 (1867) Nelson none none N.Y. reversed
Marshall County v. Schenck 772 (1867) Clifford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Kelly v. Crawford 785 (1867) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
O'Neal v. Kirkpatrick 791 (1867) Nelson none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed
Deery v. Cray 795 (1867) Miller none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
Lee v. Dodge 808 (1865) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Withenbury v. United States 819 (1867) Chase none none S.D. Ill. dismissal denied
Seymour v. Freer 822 (1867) Chase none none C.C.N.D. Ill. dismissal denied
Garrison v. Cass County 823 (1867) Chase none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Neb. dismissed
Alviso v. United States 824 (1867) Chase none none N.D. Cal. dismissed
German v. United States 825 (1867) Chase none none S.D. Cal. dismissed
Ex parte Milwaukee R.R. Co. 825 (1867) Miller none none C.C.D. Wis. mandamus granted
Higueras v. United States 827 (1865) Clifford none none N.D. Cal. affirmed

Notes and references

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  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

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certificate of division

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