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This is a '''list of the 49 cases reported in volume 38 (13 Pet.) of ''[[United States Reports]]''''', decided by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] from January 1839 to March 1839.<ref>Anne Ashmore, ''DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS'', Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.</ref>
This is a '''list of the 49 cases reported in volume 38 (13 Pet.) of ''[[United States Reports]]''''', decided by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] from January 1839 to March 1839.<ref>Anne Ashmore, ''DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS'', Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.</ref>
== Nominative reports ==
== Nominative reports ==
In 1874, the U.S. government created the ''United States Reports'', and retroactively numbered older privately-published [[Law report|case reports]] as part of the new series. As a result, cases appearing in volumes 1–90 of ''U.S. Reports'' have dual [[Case citation|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 "[[Nominate reports|nominative reports]]").
In 1874, the U.S. government created the ''United States Reports'', and retroactively numbered older privately-published [[Law report|case reports]] as part of the new series. As a result, cases appearing in volumes 1–90 of ''U.S. Reports'' have dual [[Case citation|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 [[Nominate reports|nominative reports]]).
=== Richard Peters, Jr. ===
=== 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 (reporter)|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 ''Peter's Reports''. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, ''Anthony v. Butler'' is 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) 423 (1839).
Starting with the 26th volume of ''U.S. Reports'', the [[Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States]] was [[Richard Peters (reporter)|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 ''Peter’s Reports''. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, ''Anthony v. Butler'' is 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) 423 (1839).


== Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) ==
== Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) ==
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{{see also|List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition}}
{{see also|List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition}}
{{see also|Taney Court}}
{{see also|Taney Court}}
The Supreme Court is established by [[Article Three of the United States Constitution|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 of the United States|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).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/supreme_court|title=Supreme Court Research Guide |access-date=7 April 2021 |publisher=Georgetown Law Library}}</ref> Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to [[Seventh Circuit Act of 1807|seven]], [[Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act of 1837|nine]], [[Tenth Circuit Act of 1863|ten]], and back to [[Judiciary Act of 1869|nine]] justices (always including one chief justice). When the cases in 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) were decided, the Court comprised these nine justices:
The Supreme Court is established by [[Article Three of the United States Constitution|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 of the United States|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).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/supreme_court|title=Supreme Court Research Guide |access-date=7 April 2021 |publisher=Georgetown Law Library}}</ref> Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to [[Seventh Circuit Act of 1807|seven]], [[Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act of 1837|nine]], [[Tenth Circuit Act of 1863|ten]], and back to [[Judiciary Act of 1869|nine]] justices (always including one chief justice). When the cases in 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) were decided, the Court comprised these nine justices:


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[[Bluebook]] citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.
[[Bluebook]] citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.
* "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . .
* ”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
** ''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 . . .
* ”D. = United States District Court for the District of . . .
** ''e.g.,''"D. Mass." = [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts]]
** ''e.g.,''”D. Mass. = [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts]]
* "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western
* ”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.,''”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]]
** ''e.g.,''”M.D. Ala. = [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama]]
* "Adm." = [[Admiralty Court]] (a federal court)
* ”Adm. = [[Admiralty Court]] (a federal court)
* "Ct. Cl." = [[United States Court of Claims]]
* ”Ct. Cl. = [[United States Court of Claims]]
* "C.P." = [[Court of Common Pleas]] (a state court)
* ”C.P. = [[Court of Common Pleas]] (a state court)
* The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time.
* 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.,''”Pa. = [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]]
** ''e.g.,''"Me." = [[Supreme Judicial Court of Maine]]
** ''e.g.,''”Me. = [[Supreme Judicial Court of Maine]]


== List of cases in 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) ==
== List of cases in 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) ==
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| ''United States v. Levy'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86073/the-united-states-v-moses-e-levy/?q=%2238%20U.S.%2081%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 81 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ky.]]|| affirmed
| ''United States v. Levy'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86073/the-united-states-v-moses-e-levy/?q=%2238%20U.S.%2081%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 81 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ky.]]|| affirmed
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| ''United States v. Drummond'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86074/united-states-v-drummond/?q=%2238%20U.S.%2084%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 84 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || Super Ct. E. Fla.|| reversed
| ''United States v. Drummond'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86074/united-states-v-drummond/?q=%2238%20U.S.%2084%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 84 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || Fla. Super Ct. || reversed
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| ''United States v. Burgevin'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86075/united-states-v-burgevin/?q=%2238%20U.S.%2085%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 85 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || Super Ct. E. Fla.|| reversed
| ''United States v. Burgevin'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86075/united-states-v-burgevin/?q=%2238%20U.S.%2085%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 85 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || Fla. Super Ct.|| reversed
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| ''United States v. Arredondo's Heirs I'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86076/the-us-v-the-heirs-of-fernando-de-la-maza-arredondo/?q=%2238%20U.S.%2088%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 88 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || Super Ct. E. Fla.|| affirmed
| ''United States v. Arredondo’s Heirs I'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86076/the-us-v-the-heirs-of-fernando-de-la-maza-arredondo/?q=%2238%20U.S.%2088%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 88 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || Fla. Super Ct.|| affirmed
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| ''Bradley v. Washington, Alexandria & Georgetown Steam [[Packet boat|Packet]] Co.'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86077/bradley-v-washington-alexandria-georgetown-steam-packet-co/?q=%2238%20U.S.%2089%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 89 (1839)] || Barbour || none || Thompson, Catron, Story || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || reversed
| ''Bradley v. Washington, A. & G’town Steam [[Packet boat|Packet]] Co.'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86077/bradley-v-washington-alexandria-georgetown-steam-packet-co/?q=%2238%20U.S.%2089%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 89 (1839)] || Barbour || none || Thompson, Catron, Story || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || reversed
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| ''[[Second Bank of the United States|Bank of the U.S.]] v. Lee'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86078/the-bank-of-the-united-states-v-elizabeth-lee/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20107%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 107 (1839)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
| ''[[Second Bank of the United States|Bank of the U.S.]] v. Lee'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86078/the-bank-of-the-united-states-v-elizabeth-lee/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20107%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 107 (1839)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
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| ''King v. Thompson'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86080/king-v-thompson/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20128%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 128 (1839)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed (part); reversed (part)
| ''King v. Thompson'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86080/king-v-thompson/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20128%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 128 (1839)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed (part); reversed (part)
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| ''United States v. Arredondo's Heirs II'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86081/united-states-v-the-heirs-of-fm-arredondo/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20133%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 133 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || Super Ct. E. Fla.|| affirmed
| ''United States v. Arredondo’s Heirs II'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86081/united-states-v-the-heirs-of-fm-arredondo/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20133%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 133 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || Fla. Super Ct.|| affirmed
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| ''Wallace v. M'Connell'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86082/wallace-v-mcconnell/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20136%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 136 (1839)] || Thompson || none || none || [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama|S.D. Ala.]] || affirmed
| ''Wallace v. M’Connell'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86082/wallace-v-mcconnell/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20136%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 136 (1839)] || Thompson || none || none || [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama|S.D. Ala.]] || affirmed
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| ''Reed's Lessee v. Marsh'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86083/reed-v-marsh/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20153%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 153 (1839)] || Taney || none || none || [[Supreme Court of Ohio|Ohio]] || dismissed for want of jurisdiction
| ''Reed’s Lessee v. Marsh'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86083/reed-v-marsh/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20153%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 153 (1839)] || Taney || none || none || [[Supreme Court of Ohio|Ohio]] || dismissed for want of jurisdiction
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| ''Ocean Insurance Co. v. Polleys'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86084/ocean-ins-co-v-polleys/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20157%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 157 (1839)] || Story || none || none || [[Maine Supreme Judicial Court|Me.]] || dismissed for want of jurisdiction
| ''Ocean Ins. Co. v. Polleys'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86084/ocean-ins-co-v-polleys/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20157%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 157 (1839)] || Story || none || none || [[Maine Supreme Judicial Court|Me.]] || dismissed for want of jurisdiction
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| ''Walker v. Parker'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86085/walker-v-parker/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20166%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 166 (1839)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
| ''Walker v. Parker'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86085/walker-v-parker/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20166%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 166 (1839)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
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| ''Stein v. Bowman'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86090/stein-v-bowman/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20209%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 209 (1839)] || McLean || none || Baldwin || [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana|E.D. La.]]|| reversed
| ''Stein v. Bowman'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86090/stein-v-bowman/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20209%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 209 (1839)] || McLean || none || Baldwin || [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana|E.D. La.]]|| reversed
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| ''Ex parte Hennen'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86091/ex-parte-duncan-n-hennen/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20225%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 225 (1839)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. La.]] || rule discharged
| ''[[Ex parte]] Hennen'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86091/ex-parte-duncan-n-hennen/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20225%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 225 (1839)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. La.]] || rule discharged
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| ''Bend v. Hoyt'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86092/bend-v-hoyt/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20263%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 263 (1839)] || Story || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D.N.Y.]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]
| ''Bend v. Hoyt'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86092/bend-v-hoyt/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20263%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 263 (1839)] || Story || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D.N.Y.]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]
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| ''van Ness v. Hyatt'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86095/van-ness-v-hyatt/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20294%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 294 (1839)] || Barbour || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
| ''van Ness v. Hyatt'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86095/van-ness-v-hyatt/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20294%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 294 (1839)] || Barbour || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
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| ''Moore v. Bank of the Metropolis'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86096/moore-v-bank-of-metropolis/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20302%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 302 (1839)] || Thompson || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
| ''Moore v. Bank of Metropolis'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86096/moore-v-bank-of-metropolis/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20302%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 302 (1839)] || Thompson || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
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| ''M'Elmoyle ex rel. Bailey v. Cohen'' ||align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86097/mcelmoyle-ex-rel-bailey-v-cohen/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20312%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 312 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ga.]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]
| ''M’Elmoyle [[ex rel.]] Bailey v. Cohen'' ||align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86097/mcelmoyle-ex-rel-bailey-v-cohen/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20312%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 312 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ga.]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]
|-
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| ''Columbian Insurance Co. v. Ashby'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86098/columbian-insurance-company-v-ashby-stribling/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20331%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 331 (1839)] || Story || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
| ''Columbian Ins. Co. v. Ashby'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86098/columbian-insurance-company-v-ashby-stribling/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20331%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 331 (1839)] || Story || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || affirmed
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| ''Moncure v. Dermott'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86099/moncure-v-dermott/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20345%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 345 (1839)] || McKinley || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || reversed
| ''Moncure v. Dermott'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86099/moncure-v-dermott/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20345%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 345 (1839)] || McKinley || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || reversed
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| ''The Brig Sarah Ann'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86103/the-new-england-insurance-company-v-the-sarah-ann/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20387%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 387 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Mass.]] || affirmed
| ''The Brig Sarah Ann'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86103/the-new-england-insurance-company-v-the-sarah-ann/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20387%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 387 (1839)] || Wayne || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Mass.]] || affirmed
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| ''Ex parte Whitney'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86104/ex-parte-myra-clarke-whitney/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20404%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 404 (1839)] || Story || none || none || [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana|E.D. La.]] || [[mandamus]] denied
| ''[[Ex parte]] Whitney'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86104/ex-parte-myra-clarke-whitney/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20404%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 404 (1839)] || Story || none || none || [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana|E.D. La.]] || [[mandamus]] denied
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| ''Emerson's Heirs v. Hall'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86105/heirs-of-emerson-v-hall/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20409%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 409 (1839)] || McLean || none || none || [[Supreme Court of Louisiana|La.]] || reversed
| ''Emerson’s Heirs v. Hall'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86105/heirs-of-emerson-v-hall/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20409%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 409 (1839)] || McLean || none || none || [[Supreme Court of Louisiana|La.]] || reversed
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| ''Williams v. Suffolk Insurance Co.'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86106/williams-v-suffolk-ins-co/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20415%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 415 (1839)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Mass.]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]
| ''Williams v. Suffolk Ins. Co.'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86106/williams-v-suffolk-ins-co/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20415%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 415 (1839)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Mass.]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]
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| ''Anthony v. Butler'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86107/anthony-v-butler/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20423%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 423 (1839)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D.R.I.]] || affirmed
| ''Anthony v. Butler'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86107/anthony-v-butler/?q=%2238%20U.S.%20423%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1838&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1840&court=scotus 423 (1839)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D.R.I.]] || affirmed

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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)[1]
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
Judge term lengthLife tenure
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov
Chief Justice of the United States
CurrentlyJohn Roberts
SinceSeptember 29, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-09-29)

This is a list of the 49 cases reported in volume 38 (13 Pet.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States from January 1839 to March 1839.[2]

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 Peter’s Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Anthony v. Butler is 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) 423 (1839).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 38 U.S. (13 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).[3] 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 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) were decided, the Court comprised these nine justices:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Roger B. Taney Chief Justice Maryland John Marshall March 15, 1836
(29–15)
March 28, 1836

October 12, 1864
(Died)
Joseph Story
Associate Justice Massachusetts William Cushing November 18, 1811
(Acclamation)
February 3, 1812

September 10, 1845
(Died)
Smith Thompson Associate Justice New York Henry Brockholst Livingston December 9, 1823
(Acclamation)
September 1, 1823

December 18, 1843
(Died)
John McLean Associate Justice Ohio Robert Trimble March 7, 1829
(Acclamation)
January 11, 1830

April 4, 1861
(Died)
Henry Baldwin Associate Justice Pennsylvania Bushrod Washington January 6, 1830
(41–2)
January 18, 1830

April 21, 1844
(Died)
James Moore Wayne Associate Justice Georgia William Johnson January 9, 1835
(Acclamation)
January 14, 1835

July 5, 1867
(Died)
Philip P. Barbour Associate Justice

Virginia

Gabriel Duvall March 15, 1836
(30–11)
May 12, 1836

February 25, 1841
(Died)
John Catron Associate Justice Tennessee newly-created seat March 8, 1837
(28–15)
May 1, 1837

May 30, 1865
(Died)
John McKinley Associate Justice Alabama newly-created seat September 25, 1837
(Acclamation)
January 9, 1838

July 19, 1852
(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.

List of cases in 38 U.S. (13 Pet.)

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition of case
Woodward v. Brown 1 (1839) McLean none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Whiting v. Bank of the U.S. 6 (1839) Story none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
van Ness v. Bank of the U.S. 17 (1839) Taney none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Rhode Island v. Massachusetts 23 (1839) Taney none none original jurisdiction motion to order answer denied
Smith v. Richards 26 (1839) Barbour none Story C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Ross v. Duval 45 (1839) McLean none none C.C.E.D. Va. reversed
Andrews v. Pond 65 (1839) Taney none none C.C.S.D. Ala. reversed
United States v. Levy 81 (1839) Wayne none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
United States v. Drummond 84 (1839) Wayne none none Fla. Super Ct. reversed
United States v. Burgevin 85 (1839) Wayne none none Fla. Super Ct. reversed
United States v. Arredondo’s Heirs I 88 (1839) Wayne none none Fla. Super Ct. affirmed
Bradley v. Washington, A. & G’town Steam Packet Co. 89 (1839) Barbour none Thompson, Catron, Story C.C.D.C. reversed
Bank of the U.S. v. Lee 107 (1839) Catron none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Bank of the U.S. v. Peter 123 (1839) McLean none none C.C.D.C. reversed
King v. Thompson 128 (1839) Catron none none C.C.D.C. affirmed (part); reversed (part)
United States v. Arredondo’s Heirs II 133 (1839) Wayne none none Fla. Super Ct. affirmed
Wallace v. M’Connell 136 (1839) Thompson none none S.D. Ala. affirmed
Reed’s Lessee v. Marsh 153 (1839) Taney none none Ohio dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Ocean Ins. Co. v. Polleys 157 (1839) Story none none Me. dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Walker v. Parker 166 (1839) McLean none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
United States v. Hardyman 176 (1839) McLean none none C.C.E.D. Va. remanded to divided lower court
Stokes v. Saltonstall 181 (1839) Barbour none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Clark v. Smith 195 (1839) Catron none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed
Downes & Co. v. Church 205 (1839) Story none none C.C.D. Miss. remanded to divided lower court
Stein v. Bowman 209 (1839) McLean none Baldwin E.D. La. reversed
Ex parte Hennen 225 (1839) Taney none none C.C.D. La. rule discharged
Bend v. Hoyt 263 (1839) Story none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. remanded to divided lower court
Ex parte Hoyt 279 (1839) Story Baldwin none S.D.N.Y. mandamus denied
Hardy v. Hoyt 292 (1839) Story none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. remanded to divided lower court
van Ness v. Hyatt 294 (1839) Barbour none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Moore v. Bank of Metropolis 302 (1839) Thompson none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
M’Elmoyle ex rel. Bailey v. Cohen 312 (1839) Wayne none none C.C.D. Ga. remanded to divided lower court
Columbian Ins. Co. v. Ashby 331 (1839) Story none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
Moncure v. Dermott 345 (1839) McKinley none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Story v. Livingston 359 (1839) Wayne none none E.D. La. affirmed
Wilcox v. Hunt 378 (1839) McKinley none none E.D. La. affirmed
Lupton v. Janney 381 (1839) Story none none C.C.D.C. affirmed
The Brig Sarah Ann 387 (1839) Wayne none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed
Ex parte Whitney 404 (1839) Story none none E.D. La. mandamus denied
Emerson’s Heirs v. Hall 409 (1839) McLean none none La. reversed
Williams v. Suffolk Ins. Co. 415 (1839) McLean none none C.C.D. Mass. remanded to divided lower court
Anthony v. Butler 423 (1839) McLean none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
Bagnell v. Broderick 436 (1839) Catron none McLean C.C.D. Mo. affirmed
Keene v. Whittaker 459 (1839) Wayne none none E.D. La. dismissed
Carr v. Hoxie 460 (1839) Story none none C.C.D.R.I. dismissed
Burton v. Smith 464 (1839) Barbour none none C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed
Meredith v. United States 486 (1839) Story none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Wilcox v. Jackson 498 (1839) Barbour none none Ill. reversed
Bank of Augusta v. Earle 519 (1839) Taney Baldwin McKinley C.C.S.D. Ala. reversed

Notes and references

  1. ^ Lawson, Gary; Seidman, Guy (2001). "When Did the Constitution Become Law?". Notre Dame Law Review. 77: 1–37.
  2. ^ Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

See also