This is a list of cases reported in volume 29 (4 Pet.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1830.Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.
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").
Richard Peters, Jr. Starting with the 26th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Richard Peters Jr. Peters was Reporter of Decisions from 1828 to 1843, covering volumes 26 through 41 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 16 of his Peters's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Van Ness v. City of Washington is 29 U.S. (4 Pet.) 232 (1830).
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 29 U.S. (4 Pet.)
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). 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 29 U.S. (4 Pet.) 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 (Acclamation) –July 6, 1835(Died) William Johnson Associate Justice South Carolina Alfred Moore (Acclamation) –August 4, 1834(Died) Gabriel Duvall Associate Justice Maryland Samuel Chase (Acclamation) –January 12, 1835(Resigned) Joseph Story Associate Justice Massachusetts William Cushing (Acclamation) –September 10, 1845(Died) Smith Thompson Associate Justice New York Henry Brockholst Livingston (Acclamation) –December 18, 1843(Died) John McLean Associate Justice Ohio Robert Trimble (Acclamation) –April 4, 1861(Died) Henry Baldwin Associate Justice Pennsylvania Bushrod Washington (41–2) –April 21, 1844(Died)
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. "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time. e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
List of cases in 29 U.S. (4 Pet.)
Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Carver v. Jackson 1 (1830) Story none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Ex parte Bradstreet 102 (1830) Marshall none none N.D.N.Y. mandamus denied Ex parte Tillinghast 108 (1830) Marshall none none original admission to bar Boyce v. Edwards 111 (1830) Thompson none none C.C.D.S.C. reversed United States v. Morrison 124 (1830) Marshall none none C.C.E.D. Va. multiple Columbian Insurance Company v. Ashby 139 (1830) Thompson none none C.C.D.C. affirmed Harris v. d'Wolf 147 (1830) Marshall none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Beaty v. Knowler's Lessee 152 (1830) McLean none none C.C.D. Ohio affirmed Wilcox v. Plummer's Executors 172 (1830) Johnson none none C.C.D.N.C. certification Bartle v. Nutt 184 (1830) Baldwin none none C.C.D.C. affirmed Caldwell v. Taggart 190 (1830) Johnson none none C.C.W.D. Va. reversed Lloyd v. Scott 205 (1830) McLean none none C.C.D.C. reversed Van Ness v. City of Washington 232 (1830) Story none none C.C.D.C. affirmed Lagrange v. Chouteau 287 (1830) Marshall none none Mo. affirmed Conard v. Nicoll 291 (1830) Baldwin none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed King v. Hamilton 311 (1830) Thompson none none C.C.D. Ohio multiple Galt v. Galloway 332 (1830) McLean none none C.C.D. Ohio multiple Ronkendorff v. Taylor's Lessee 349 (1830) McLean none none C.C.D.C. reversed Bank of the United States v. Tyler 366 (1830) Baldwin none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed Saunders v. Gould 392 (1830) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. certification Spratt v. Spratt 393 (1830) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. reversed Craig v. Missouri 410 (1830) Marshall none Johnson; Thompson; McLean Mo. reversed Hollingsworth v. Barbour 466 (1830) Baldwin none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts v. Town of Pawlet 480 (1830) Story none Baldwin C.C.D. Vt. certification Soulard v. United States 511 (1830) Marshall none none D. Mo. continued Providence Bank v. Billings 514 (1830) Marshall none none R.I. affirmed
Notes and references
See also Certificate of division
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