This is a list of cases reported in volume 13 (9 Cranch) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1815.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").

William Cranch 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, Terrett v. Taylor is 13 U.S. (9 Cranch) 43 (1815).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 13 U.S. (9 Cranch)

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 13 U.S. (9 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 (Acclamation) –July 6, 1835(Died) Bushrod Washington Associate Justice Virginia James Wilson (Acclamation) (Recess Appointment)–November 26, 1829(Died) William Johnson Associate Justice South Carolina Alfred Moore (Acclamation) –August 4, 1834(Died) Henry Brockholst Livingston Associate Justice New York William Paterson (Acclamation) –March 18, 1823(Died) Thomas Todd Associate Justice Kentucky new seat (Acclamation) –February 7, 1826(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)

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 13 U.S. (9 Cranch)

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Mandeville v. Union Bank 9 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. affirmed Meigs v. M'clung's Lessee 11 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D.E. Tenn. affirmed Simms v. Guthrie 19 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed Speake v. United States 28 (1815) Story none Livingston, Marshall C.C.D.C. affirmed Taber v. Perrott 39 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. reversed Terrett v. Taylor 43 (1815) Story none none C.C.D.C. certification The Brig Short Staple 55 (1815) Marshall none Story C.C.D. Mass. reversed Parker v. Rule's Lessee 64 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D.W. Tenn. affirmed The Brig Struggle 71 (1815) Livingston none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Randolph v. Donaldson 76 (1815) Story none none C.C.D. Va. reversed Polk's Lessee v. Wendal 87 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D.W. Tenn. reversed The Ship Richmond 102 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ga. affirmed Arnold v. United States 104 (1815) Story none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed The St. Lawrence 120 (1815) Story none none C.C.D.N.H affirmed Drummond's Administrators v. Magruder's Trustees 122 (1815) Washington none none C.C.D. Va. reversed The Mary 126 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. reversed Doe v. McFarland 151 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed Clark's Executors v. Van Riemsdyk 153 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D.R.I. reversed Finley v. Williams 164 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed McIver's Lessee v. Walker 173 (1815) Marshall Duvall none C.C.D.E. Tenn. reversed Owens v. Hanney 180 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ga. affirmed The Ship Fanny 181 (1815) Johnson none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed The Frances 183 (1815) Johnson none none C.C.D.R.I. certification 30 Hogsheads of Sugar v. Boyle 191 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed Evans v. Jordan 199 (1815) Washington none none C.C.D. Va. certification The Ship Hazard 205 (1815) Livingston none none C.C.D. Ga. affirmed The Ship Societe 209 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D. Ga. affirmed United States v. Giles 212 (1815) Livingston none none C.C.D.N.Y. certification United States v. Barber 243 (1815) per curiam none none C.C.D. Vt. certification The Schooner Andeline 244 (1815) Story none none C.C.D.N.Y. certification The Brig Ann 289 (1815) Story none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed Town of Pawlet v. Clark 292 (1815) Story Johnson none C.C.D. Vt. certification Otis v. Watkins 339 (1815) Livingston none Marshall Mass. reversed The Brig Alerta 359 (1815) Washington none none D.N. Orleans affirmed The Grotius 368 (1815) Washington none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Gettings v. Burch's Administratrix 372 (1815) Marshall none none C.C.D.C. reversed United States v. Bryan 374 (1815) Livingston none none C.C.D. Del. affirmed The Brig Concord 387 (1815) Story none none C.C.D.N.Y. reversed The Nereide 388 (1815) Marshall Johnson Story C.C.D.N.Y. reversed Pratt v. Law 456 (1815) Johnson none none C.C.D.C. certification

Notes and references

See also certificate of division

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