This is a list of cases reported in volume 80 (13 Wall.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1872.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").

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, Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co. is 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 166 (1872).

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 80 U.S. (13 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). 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 80 U.S. (13 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 (Acclamation) –May 7, 1873(Died) Samuel Nelson Associate Justice New York Smith Thompson (Acclamation) –November 28, 1872(Retired) Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis (26–23) –July 25, 1881(Died) Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean (38–1) –January 24, 1881(Retired) Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel (Acclamation) –October 13, 1890(Died) David Davis Associate Justice Illinois John Archibald Campbell (Acclamation) –March 4, 1877(Resigned) Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat (Acclamation)–December 1, 1897(Retired) William Strong Associate Justice Pennsylvania Robert Cooper Grier (No vote recorded) –December 14, 1880(Retired) Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seat (46–9) –January 22, 1892(Died)

Notable Cases in 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) United States v. Klein The Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Klein, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 128 (1872) stands for the proposition that the legislative branch cannot impair the exclusive powers of another branch; it recognizes and supports the fundamental value of separation of powers defined by the Constitution. Specifically, Klein means that Congress may not direct the outcome of a case by prescribing the rule of decision, nor may Congress impair the power and effect of a Presidential pardon.

Tarble's Case In Tarble's Case, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 397 (1872), the Supreme Court held that a state judge has no jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus, or to continue proceedings under the writ once issued, for the discharge of a person held by the authority of the United States by an officer of the federal government.

Watson v. Jones Watson v. Jones, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 679 (1872), was based upon a dispute regarding the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church in Kentucky. The Court held that in adjudications of church property disputes: (1) courts cannot rule on the truth or falsity of a religious teaching; (2) if a previous ecclesiastical authority structure existed before the dispute, then courts should defer to the decision of that structure; and (3) in the absence of such an internal authority structure, courts should defer to the wishes of a majority of the congregation.

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 80 U.S. (13 Wall.)

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition Bethell v. Mathews1 (1872) Chase none none C.C.D. La. affirmed Norwich Transportation Company v. Flint3 (1872) Bradley none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed Yeager v. Farwell6 (1872) Davis none none C.C.D. Mo. affirmed Webb v. Sharp14 (1872) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Boyden v. United States17 (1872) Strong none none C.C.D. Wis. affirmed United States v. Wormer25 (1872) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. reversed Low v. Austin29 (1872) Field none none Cal. reversed United States v. Clyde35 (1872) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. reversed Clyde v. United States38 (1872) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. reversed Toof v. Martin40 (1872) Field none none C.C.D. Ark. affirmed Wheeler v. Harris51 (1872) Chase none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. dismissed Bevans v. United States56 (1872) Strong none Chase C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Halliburton v. United States63 (1872) Strong none Chase C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Rice v. Houston66 (1872) Davis none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed Curtis v. Whitney68 (1872) Miller none none Wis. affirmed Johnson v. Towsley72 (1872) Miller none Clifford Neb. affirmed Samson v. Smiley91 (1872) Miller none none Neb. affirmed Gibson v. Chouteau92 (1872) Field none none Mo. reversed Norwich Company v. Wright104 (1872) Bradley none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed United States v. Klein128 (1872) Chase none Miller Ct. Cl. affirmed Carroll v. United States151 (1872) Chase none none Ct. Cl. reversed Armstrong v. United States154 (1872) Chase none none Ct. Cl. reversed Pargoud v. United States156 (1872) Chase none none Ct. Cl. reversed Semmes v. Hartford Insurance Company158 (1872) Miller none none C.C.D. Conn. reversed Reiche v. Smythe162 (1872) Davis none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Pumpelly v. Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company166 (1872) Miller none none C.C.D. Wis. reversed Steinbach v. Insurance Company183 (1872) Chase none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed Philip v. Nock185 (1872) Chase none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissal denied Hampton v. Rouse187 (1872) Chase none none C.C.S.D. Miss. dismissed Wells v. McGregor188 (1872) Chase none none Mont. dismissed Pennsylvania College Cases190 (1872) Clifford none none Pa. affirmed (both cases) Union Mutual Insurance Company v. Wilkinson222 (1872) Miller none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed Ex parte McNiel236 (1872) Swayne none none E.D.N.Y. prohibition denied Bath County v. Amy244 (1872) Strong none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed United States v. Avery251 (1872) Chase none none C.C.D.S.C. certification United States v. Wilder254 (1872) Davis none none Ct. Cl. reversed Klinger v. Missouri257 (1872) Bradley none none Mo. dismissed Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company v. Reid264 (1872) Davis none none N.C. reversed Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company v. Reid269 (1872) Davis none none N.C. reversed Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Whitton's Administrator270 (1872) Field none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Myers v. Croft291 (1872) Davis none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Pendleton County v. Amy297 (1872) Strong none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed Williams v. Kirtland306 (1872) Field none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed Delaware and Hudson Canal Company v. Clark311 (1872) Strong none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed - style="background: white"