List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 15

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 15 (2 Wheat.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1817.[1]

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").

Henry Wheaton

Starting with the 14th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Henry Wheaton. Wheaton was Reporter of Decisions from 1816 to 1827, covering volumes 14 through 25 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 12 of his Wheaton's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Beverly v. Brooke is 15 U.S. (2 Wheat.) 100 (1817).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 15 U.S. (2 Wheat.)

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 15 U.S. (2 Wheat.) 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 15 U.S. (2 Wheat.)

Laidlaw v. Organ

Laidlaw v. Organ, 15 U.S. (2 Wheat.) 178 (1817), established the rule of caveat emptor in the United States. The Supreme Court's opinion can be interpreted to mean that withholding information calculated to deceive the other party can cause a contract to be void on equitable grounds. Laidlaw has been recognized by US legal scholars as a central case in the history of US contract law. It was the first case in which the Supreme Court adopted the rule of caveat emptor and "was one of the first cases to come before the [Supreme] Court involving a contract for future delivery of a commodity."[3] It is also the first case to start to articulate a doctrine of forbidding active concealment.

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 15 U.S. (2 Wheat.)

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition
Slocum v. Mayberry 1 (1817) Marshall none none R.I. affirmed
Greenleaf v. Cook 13 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Otis v. Walter 18 (1817) Johnson none none Mass. reversed
M'Iver v. Ragan 25 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D.W. Tenn. affirmed
Hunter v. Bryant 32 (1817) Johnson none none C.C.D. Pa. reversed
Duvall v. Craig 45 (1817) Story none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Coolidge v. Payson 66 (1817) Marshall none none not indicated affirmed
The Dos Hermanos 76 (1817) Story none none D. La. affirmed
Beverly v. Brooke 100 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
McCoul v. Lekamp's Administratrix 111 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D. Va. affirmed
United States v. Sheldon 119 (1817) Washington none none C.C.D. Vt. certification
The Mary 123 (1817) Johnson none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed
The San Pedro 132 (1817) Washington none none Super. Ct. Terr. Miss. dismissed
The Ariadne 143 (1817) Washington none none C.C.D. Pa. affirmed
The William King 148 (1817) Johnson none none C.C.D.N.Y. affirmed
The Fortuna 161 (1817) Johnson none none C.C.D.N.C. certification
The Bothnea 169 (1817) Johnson none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Laidlaw v. Organ 178 (1817) Marshall none none D. La. reversed
Rutherford v. Greene's Heirs 196 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D. Tenn. affirmed
Johnson v. Pannel's Heirs 206 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Patterson v. United States 221 (1817) Washington none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
The Pizarro 227 (1817) Story none none C.C.D. Ga. affirmed
United States v. Tenbroek 248 (1817) Duvall none none C.C.D. Pa. dismissed
Chirac v. Chirac's Lessee 259 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
The George 278 (1817) Johnson none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
The Argo 287 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D. Mass. continued
Morgan's Heirs v. Morgan 290 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Liter v. Green 306 (1817) Story none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Shipp v. Miller's Heirs 316 (1817) Story Marshall Marshall C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
The Anna Maria 327 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D. Md. reversed
Colson v. Thompson 336 (1817) Washington none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed
The Eleanor 345 (1817) Johnson none none C.C.D. Mass. dismissed
Inglee v. Coolidge 363 (1817) Story none none Mass. dismissed
M'Cluny v. Silliman 369 (1817) per curiam none none Ohio mandamus denied
The London Packet 371 (1817) Marshall none none not indicated continued
Lenox v. Roberts 373 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Colson v. Lewis 377 (1817) Washington none none C.C.D. Ky. certification
Leeds v. Marine Insurance Company 380 (1817) Washington none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Raborg v. Peyton 385 (1817) Story none none C.C.D.C. certification
Union Bank v. Laird 390 (1817) Story none none C.C.D.C. reversed
United States v. Barker 395 (1817) Marshall none none C.C.D.N.Y. dismissed
Thelusson v. Smith 396 (1817) Washington none none C.C.D. Pa. affirmed

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.
  3. ^ Morton J. Horwitz (1977). The Transformation of American Law, 1780–1860. Harvard University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0674903715.

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