List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 12

Summary

This is a list of cases reported in volume 12 (8 Cranch) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1814.[1]

Supreme Court of the United States
Map
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
Authorized byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

Nominative reports edit

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 edit

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 dual form of citation to, for example, Hall v. Leigh is 12 U.S. (8 Cranch) 50 (1814).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 12 U.S. (8 Cranch) edit

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 12 U.S. (8 Cranch) were decided, the Court comprised these seven justices:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
  John Marshall Chief Justice Virginia Oliver Ellsworth January 27, 1801
(Acclamation)
February 4, 1801

July 6, 1835
(Died)
  Bushrod Washington
Associate Justice Virginia James Wilson December 20, 1798
(Acclamation)
November 9, 1798
(Recess Appointment)

November 26, 1829
(Died)
  William Johnson
Associate Justice South Carolina Alfred Moore March 24, 1804
(Acclamation)
May 7, 1804

August 4, 1834
(Died)
  Henry Brockholst Livingston
Associate Justice New York William Paterson December 17, 1806
(Acclamation)
January 20, 1807

March 18, 1823
(Died)
  Thomas Todd
Associate Justice Kentucky new seat March 2, 1807
(Acclamation)
March 3, 1807

February 7, 1826
(Died)
  Gabriel Duvall
Associate Justice Maryland Samuel Chase November 18, 1811
(Acclamation)
November 23, 1811

January 12, 1835
(Resigned)
  Joseph Story
Associate Justice Massachusetts William Cushing November 18, 1811
(Acclamation)
February 3, 1812

September 10, 1845
(Died)

Notable case in 12 U.S. (8 Cranch) edit

United States v. 1960 Bags of Coffee edit

United States v. 1960 Bags of Coffee, 12 U.S. (8 Cranch) 398 (1814), is an example of a case in rem. In rem jurisdiction ("power about or against the thing")[3] is a legal term describing the power a court may exercise over property (either real or personal) or a "status" against a person over whom the court does not have in personam jurisdiction. Jurisdiction in rem assumes the property or status is the primary object of the action, rather than personal liabilities not necessarily associated with the property. In this case the coffee had been seized for being imported in violation of the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809.

Citation style edit

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 12 U.S. (8 Cranch) edit

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Griffith v. Frazier 9 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Van Ness v. Forrest 30 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Bank of Alexandria v. Herbet 36 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Marcardier v. Chesapeake Insurance Company 39 (1814) Story none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
Hall v. Leigh 50 (1814) Livingston none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
City of Alexandria v. Preston 53 (1814) per curiam none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Pleasants v. Maryland Insurance Company 55 (1814) Johnson none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
McCall v. Marine Insurance Company 59 (1814) Story none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Smith v. Edrington 66 (1814) Washington none none C.C.D. Va. affirmed
Beale v. Thompson 70 (1814) Story none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Clementson v. Williams 72 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Gracie v. Marine Insurance Company 75 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Richards v. Maryland Insurance Company 84 (1814) Johnson none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Gracie v. Maryland Insurance Company 84 (1814) per curiam none none not indicated affirmed
Crowell v. M'Fadon 94 (1814) Duvall none none Mass. reversed
Beatty's Administrators v. Burnes's Administrators 98 (1814) Story none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Harford v. United States 109 (1814) Story none none C.C.D.S.C. affirmed
Brown v. United States 110 (1814) Marshall none Story C.C.D. Mass. reversed
The Rapid 155 (1814) Johnson none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Alexander 169 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Julia 181 (1814) Story none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Aurora 203 (1814) Livingston none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Adventure 221 (1814) Johnson none none C.C.D. Va. reversed
Green v. Liter 229 (1814) Story none none C.C.D.R.I. certification
Carter's Heirs v. Cutting 251 (1814) Story none none C.C.D.C. reversed
The Venus 253 (1814) Washington Story, Marshall none C.C.D. Mass. multiple
The Merrimack 317 (1814) Marshall Story Story C.C.D. Md. multiple
The Frances I 335 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Frances II 348 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. certification
The Frances III 354 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. certification
The Frances IV 358 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Frances V 359 (1814) Washington none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Frances VI 363 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
Vowles v. Craig 371 (1814) Todd none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
The Sally 382 (1814) Story none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Euphrates 385 (1814) Livingston none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Mary 388 (1814) per curiam none none C.C.D.R.I. certification
United States v. 1960 Bags of Coffee 398 (1814) Johnson none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
The Brigantine Mars 417 (1814) Johnson none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed
The Frances VII 418 (1814) Washington none Livingston C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
The Thomas Gibbons 421 (1814) Story none none C.C.D. Ga. affirmed
Prince v. Bartlett 431 (1814) Duvall none none Mass. affirmed
The St. Lawrence 434 (1814) Livingston none none C.C.D.N.H. affirmed
The Hiram 444 (1814) Washington none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed
The Joseph 451 (1814) Washington none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Grotius 456 (1814) Washington none none C.C.D. Mass. certification
Alexander v. Pendleton 462 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Pratt v. Carroll 471 (1814) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. reversed

Notes and references edit

  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.
  3. ^ Garner, Bryan (2006). Black's Law Dictionary. St. Paul, MN: Thompson/West. p. 362.

See also edit

External links edit

  • [1] Case reports in volume 12 (8 Cranch) from Court Listener
  • [2] Case reports in volume 12 (8 Cranch) from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
  • [3] Case reports in volume 12 (8 Cranch) from Google Scholar
  • [4] Case reports in volume 12 (8 Cranch) from Justia
  • [5] Case reports in volume 12 (8 Cranch) from Open Jurist
  • Website of the United States Supreme Court
  • United States Courts website about the Supreme Court
  • National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • American Bar Association, How Does the Supreme Court Work?
  • The Supreme Court Historical Society