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This is a '''list of the 57 cases reported in volume 55 (14 How.) of ''[[United States Reports]]''''', decided by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] from December 1852 to March 1853.<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 57 cases reported in volume 55 (14 How.) of ''[[United States Reports]]''''', decided by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] from December 1852 to March 1853.<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]]).
=== Benjamin Chew Howard ===
=== Benjamin Chew Howard ===
Starting with the 42nd volume of ''U.S. Reports'', the [[Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States]] was [[Benjamin Chew Howard]]. Howard was Reporter of Decisions from 1843 to 1860, covering volumes 42 through 65 of ''United States Reports'' which correspond to volumes 1 through 24 of his ''Howard's Reports''. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, ''Philadelphia & Reading R.R. Co. v. Derby'' is 55 U.S. (14 How.) 468 (1853).
Starting with the 42nd volume of ''U.S. Reports'', the [[Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States]] was [[Benjamin Chew Howard]]. Howard was Reporter of Decisions from 1843 to 1860, covering volumes 42 through 65 of ''United States Reports'' which correspond to volumes 1 through 24 of his ''Howard’s Reports''. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, ''Philadelphia & Reading R.R. Co. v. Derby'' is 55 U.S. (14 How.) 468 (1853).


== Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 55 U.S. (14 How.) ==
== Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 55 U.S. (14 How.) ==
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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). Due to an unfilled vacancy, when the cases in 55 U.S. (14 How.) were decided the Court comprised only these eight members:
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). Due to an unfilled vacancy, when the cases in 55 U.S. (14 How.) were decided the Court comprised only these eight members:
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===''Stephens v. Cady''===
===''Stephens v. Cady''===
In ''[[Stephens v. Cady]]'', [https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86804/stephens-v-cady/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20528%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 55 U.S. (14 How.) 528 (1853)], the Supreme Court held that a [[copyright]] is only notional property and has no corporeal tangible substance, so cannot be seized or sold in an execution sale.
In ''[[Stephens v. Cady]]'', [https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86804/stephens-v-cady/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20528%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 55 U.S. (14 How.) 528 (1853)], the Supreme Court held that a [[copyright]] is only notional property without corporeal tangible substance, and so it cannot be seized or sold in an execution sale.


== Citation style ==
== Citation style ==
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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 55 U.S. (14 How.) ==
== List of cases in 55 U.S. (14 How.) ==
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| ''Wylie v. Coxe''
| ''Wylie v. Coxe''
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| ''[[Ex parte]] Many'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86766/ex-parte-william-many/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2024%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 24 (1853)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts|D. Mass.]] || [[mandamus]] denied
| ''[[Ex parte]] Many'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86766/ex-parte-william-many/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2024%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 24 (1853)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts|D. Mass.]] || [[mandamus]] denied
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| ''Brown v. Aspden's Administrators'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86767/brown-v-aspdens/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2025%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 25 (1853)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. Pa.]] || reargument refused
| ''Brown v. Aspden’s Adm’rs'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86767/brown-v-aspdens/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2025%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 25 (1853)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. Pa.]] || reargument refused
|-
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| ''Hagan v. Walker'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86768/hagan-v-walker/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2029%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 29 (1852)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D. Ala.]] || reversed
| ''Hagan v. Walker'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86768/hagan-v-walker/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2029%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 29 (1852)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D. Ala.]] || reversed
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| ''Sample v. Barnes'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86771/sample-v-barnes/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2070%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 70 (1852)] || Daniel || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D. Miss.]] || affirmed
| ''Sample v. Barnes'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86771/sample-v-barnes/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2070%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 70 (1852)] || Daniel || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D. Miss.]] || affirmed
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| ''Raymond's Lessee v. Longworth'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86772/william-f-raymonds-lessee-v-nicholas-longworth/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2076%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 76 (1852)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ohio]] || affirmed
| ''Raymond’s Lessee v. Longworth'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86772/william-f-raymonds-lessee-v-nicholas-longworth/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2076%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 76 (1852)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ohio]] || affirmed
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| ''Herman v. Phalen'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86773/herman-v-phalen/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2079%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 79 (1852)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || reversed
| ''Herman v. Phalen'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86773/herman-v-phalen/?q=%2255%20U.S.%2079%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 79 (1852)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || reversed
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| ''[[Le Roy v. Tatham]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86777/le-roy-v-tatham/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20156%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 156 (1853)] || McLean || none || Nelson || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D.N.Y.]] || reversed
| ''[[Le Roy v. Tatham]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86777/le-roy-v-tatham/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20156%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 156 (1853)] || McLean || none || Nelson || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D.N.Y.]] || reversed
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| ''United States v. Rillieux's Heirs'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86778/united-states-v-heirs-of-rillieux/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20189%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 189 (1853)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana| E.D. La.]] || reversed
| ''United States v. Rillieux’s Heirs'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86778/united-states-v-heirs-of-rillieux/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20189%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 189 (1853)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana| E.D. La.]] || reversed
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| ''United States v. Gusman'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2620912/united-states-v-gusman/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20193%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 193 (1853)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana|E.D. La.]] || reversed
| ''United States v. Gusman'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2620912/united-states-v-gusman/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20193%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 193 (1853)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana|E.D. La.]] || reversed
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| ''de Lane v. Moore'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86783/de-lane-v-moore/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20253%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 253 (1853)] || Daniel || none || none || [[M.D. Ala.]] || affirmed
| ''de Lane v. Moore'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86783/de-lane-v-moore/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20253%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 253 (1853)] || Daniel || none || none || [[M.D. Ala.]] || affirmed
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| ''[[Vincennes University]] v. [[Indiana]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86784/board-of-trustees-for-vincennes-university-v-state-of-indiana/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20268%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 268 (1853)] || McLean || none || Taney || [[Supreme Court of Indiana|Ind.]] || reversed
| ''[[Vincennes University|Vincennes Univ.]] v. [[Indiana]]'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86784/board-of-trustees-for-vincennes-university-v-state-of-indiana/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20268%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 268 (1853)] || McLean || none || Taney || [[Supreme Court of Indiana|Ind.]] || reversed
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| ''Christy v. Scott'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86785/christy-v-scott/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20282%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 282 (1853)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States District Court for the District of Texas|D. Tex.]] || reversed
| ''Christy v. Scott'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86785/christy-v-scott/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20282%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 282 (1853)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States District Court for the District of Texas|D. Tex.]] || reversed
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| ''Hoyt v. Hammekin'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86790/hoyt-v-hammekin-et-ux/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20346%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 346 (1853)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States District Court for the District of Texas| D. Tex.]] || affirmed
| ''Hoyt v. Hammekin'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86790/hoyt-v-hammekin-et-ux/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20346%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 346 (1853)] || McLean || none || none || [[United States District Court for the District of Texas| D. Tex.]] || affirmed
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| ''General Mutual Insurance Co. v. Sherwood'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86791/general-mut-ins-co-v-sherwood/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20351%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 351 (1853)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D.N.Y.]] || reversed
| ''General Mutual Ins. Co. v. Sherwood'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86791/general-mut-ins-co-v-sherwood/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20351%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 351 (1853)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.S.D.N.Y.]] || reversed
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| ''Peale v. Phipps'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86792/peale-v-phipps/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20368%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 368 (1853)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || reversed
| ''Peale v. Phipps'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86792/peale-v-phipps/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20368%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 368 (1853)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. La.]] || reversed
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| ''Winder v. Caldwell'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86796/winder-v-caldwell/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20434%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 434 (1853)] || Grier || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || reversed
| ''Winder v. Caldwell'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86796/winder-v-caldwell/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20434%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 434 (1853)] || Grier || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || reversed
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| ''Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co. v. Goddard'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86797/salmon-falls-mfg-co-v-goddard/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20446%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 446 (1853)] || Nelson || none || Curtis || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Mass.]] || reversed
| ''Salmon Falls Mfg. Co. v. Goddard'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86797/salmon-falls-mfg-co-v-goddard/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20446%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 446 (1853)] || Nelson || none || Curtis || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Mass.]] || reversed
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| ''Nutt v. Minor'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86798/nutt-v-minor/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20464%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 464 (1853)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || reversed
| ''Nutt v. Minor'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86798/nutt-v-minor/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20464%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 464 (1853)] || Catron || none || none || [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|C.C.D.C.]] || reversed
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| ''[[Reading Company|Philadelphia & Reading R.R. Co.]] v. Derby'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86799/philadelphia-reading-r-co-v-derby/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20468%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 468 (1853)] || Grier || none || Daniel || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. Pa.]] || affirmed
| ''[[Reading Company|Philadelphia & R.R.R. Co.]] v. Derby'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86799/philadelphia-reading-r-co-v-derby/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20468%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 468 (1853)] || Grier || none || Daniel || [[United States circuit court|C.C.E.D. Pa.]] || affirmed
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| ''Webster v. Cooper'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86800/webster-v-cooper/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20488%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 488 (1853)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Me.]] || reversed
| ''Webster v. Cooper'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86800/webster-v-cooper/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20488%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 488 (1853)] || Curtis || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Me.]] || reversed
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| ''Bloomer v. McQuewan'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86806/bloomer-v-mcquewan/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20539%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 539 (1853)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.W.D. Pa.]] || affirmed
| ''Bloomer v. McQuewan'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86806/bloomer-v-mcquewan/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20539%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 539 (1853)] || Taney || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.W.D. Pa.]] || affirmed
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| ''Doolittle's Lessee v. Bryan'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86807/doolittles-lessee-v-bryan/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20563%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 563 (1853)] || Grier || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ohio]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]
| ''Doolittle’s Lessee v. Bryan'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86807/doolittles-lessee-v-bryan/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20563%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 563 (1853)] || Grier || none || none || [[United States circuit court|C.C.D. Ohio]] || [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded to divided lower court]]
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| ''Veazie v. Moor'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86808/veazie-v-moor/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20568%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 568 (1853)] || Daniel || none || none || [[Supreme Judicial Court of Maine|Me.]] || affirmed
| ''Veazie v. Moor'' || align="right"|[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86808/veazie-v-moor/?q=%2255%20U.S.%20568%20%22&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on&filed_after=01%2F01%2F1852&filed_before=01%2F01%2F1854&court=scotus 568 (1853)] || Daniel || none || none || [[Supreme Judicial Court of Maine|Me.]] || affirmed

Revision as of 03:25, 17 November 2021

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 57 cases reported in volume 55 (14 How.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States from December 1852 to March 1853.[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”).

Benjamin Chew Howard

Starting with the 42nd volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Benjamin Chew Howard. Howard was Reporter of Decisions from 1843 to 1860, covering volumes 42 through 65 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 24 of his Howard’s Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Philadelphia & Reading R.R. Co. v. Derby is 55 U.S. (14 How.) 468 (1853).

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 55 U.S. (14 How.)

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). Due to an unfilled vacancy, when the cases in 55 U.S. (14 How.) were decided the Court comprised only these eight members:

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

April 4, 1861
(Died)
James Moore Wayne Associate Justice Georgia William Johnson January 9, 1835
(Acclamation)
January 14, 1835

July 5, 1867
(Died)
John Catron Associate Justice Tennessee newly-created seat March 8, 1837
(28–15)
May 1, 1837

May 30, 1865
(Died)
Peter Vivian Daniel Associate Justice Virginia Philip P. Barbour March 2, 1841
(25–5)
January 10, 1842

May 31, 1860
(Died)
Samuel Nelson Associate Justice New York Smith Thompson February 14, 1845
(Acclamation)
February 27, 1845

November 28, 1872
(Retired)
Robert Cooper Grier Associate Justice Pennsylvania Henry Baldwin August 4, 1846
(Acclamation)
August 10, 1846

January 31, 1870
(Retired)
Benjamin Robbins Curtis Associate Justice Massachusetts

Levi Woodbury

December 20, 1851
(Acclamation)
October 10, 1851

September 30, 1857
(Resigned)

Notable cases in 55 U.S. (14 How.)

Le Roy v. Tatham

Le Roy v. Tatham, 55 U.S. (14 How.) 156 (1852), is a decision of the Supreme Court holding that an abstract principle can neither be patented nor claimed as an exclusive right.

Stephens v. Cady

In Stephens v. Cady, 55 U.S. (14 How.) 528 (1853), the Supreme Court held that a copyright is only notional property without corporeal tangible substance, and so it cannot be seized or sold in an execution sale.

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 55 U.S. (14 How.)

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition of case
Wylie v. Coxe 1 (1853) Taney none none C.C.D.C. mandate denied
Ex parte Taylor 3 (1852) per curiam none none original jurisdiction rule to show cause denied
Moore v. Illinois 13 (1852) Grier none McLean Ill. affirmed
Kanouse v. Martin 23 (1852) Taney none none Super. Ct. N.Y. City dismissal denied
Ex parte Many 24 (1853) Taney none none D. Mass. mandamus denied
Brown v. Aspden’s Adm’rs 25 (1853) Taney none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reargument refused
Hagan v. Walker 29 (1852) Curtis none none C.C.S.D. Ala. reversed
Kennett v. Chambers 38 (1852) Taney none none D. Tex. affirmed
Wiswall v. Sampson 52 (1853) Nelson none none C.C.S.D. Ala. reversed
Sample v. Barnes 70 (1852) Daniel none none C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Raymond’s Lessee v. Longworth 76 (1852) Catron none none C.C.D. Ohio affirmed
Herman v. Phalen 79 (1852) Taney none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed
Rundle v. Delaware & Raritan Canal Co. 80 (1853) Grier Catron Daniel C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
In re Kaine 103 (1853) none Catron, Curtis Nelson, Taney, Daniel C.C.S.D.N.Y. habeas corpus & certiorari denied
Lawler v. Walker 149 (1852) Wayne none none Ohio dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Le Roy v. Tatham 156 (1853) McLean none Nelson C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
United States v. Rillieux’s Heirs 189 (1853) Catron none none E.D. La. reversed
United States v. Gusman 193 (1853) Catron none none E.D. La. reversed
Troy Iron & Nail Factory v. Corning 193 (1853) Wayne none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. reversed
Silsby v. Foote 218 (1853) Curtis none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed
E.P. Calkin & Co. v. Cocke 227 (1853) Nelson none none Tex. reversed
Downey v. Hicks 240 (1853) McLean none Daniel C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
de Lane v. Moore 253 (1853) Daniel none none M.D. Ala. affirmed
Vincennes Univ. v. Indiana 268 (1853) McLean none Taney Ind. reversed
Christy v. Scott 282 (1853) Curtis none none D. Tex. reversed
Christly v. Findley 296 (1852) Curtis none none D. Tex. reversed
Christly v. Young 296 (1852) Curtis none none D. Tex. reversed
Doss v. Tyack 297 (1853) Grier none none D. Tex. affirmed
Christly v. Henley 297 (1853) Curtis none none D. Tex. remanded to divided lower court
Perkins v. Fourniquet I 313 (1853) Wayne none none C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Perkins v. Fourniquet II 328 (1853) Taney none none C.C.S.D. Miss. reversed
Harris v. Hardeman 334 (1853) Daniel none none C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Hoyt v. Hammekin 346 (1853) McLean none none D. Tex. affirmed
General Mutual Ins. Co. v. Sherwood 351 (1853) Curtis none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Peale v. Phipps 368 (1853) Taney none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed
Cunningham v. Ashley 377 (1853) McLean none none Ark. reversed
Bosley v. Wyatt 390 (1853) Taney none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Ennis v. Smith 400 (1853) Wayne none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Winder v. Caldwell 434 (1853) Grier none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Salmon Falls Mfg. Co. v. Goddard 446 (1853) Nelson none Curtis C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Nutt v. Minor 464 (1853) Catron none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Philadelphia & R.R.R. Co. v. Derby 468 (1853) Grier none Daniel C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed
Webster v. Cooper 488 (1853) Curtis none none C.C.D. Me. reversed
Sheppard v. Graves I 505 (1853) Daniel none none D. Tex. affirmed
Sheppard v. Graves II 512 (1853) Daniel none none D. Tex. affirmed
Marsh v. Brooks 513 (1853) Catron none none S.D. Iowa affirmed
Jackson v. Hale 525 (1853) Taney none none D. Wis. affirmed
Stephens v. Cady 528 (1853) Nelson none none C.C.D.R.I. reversed
Stainback v. Rae 532 (1853) Nelson none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed
Bloomer v. McQuewan 539 (1853) Taney none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed
Doolittle’s Lessee v. Bryan 563 (1853) Grier none none C.C.D. Ohio remanded to divided lower court
Veazie v. Moor 568 (1853) Daniel none none Me. affirmed
Boyden v. Burke 575 (1853) Grier none none C.C.D.C. reversed
Walker v. Robbins 584 (1853) Catron none none C.C.S.D. Miss. affirmed
Huff v. Hutchinson 586 (1853) McLean none none D. Wis. affirmed
Goesele v. Bimeler 589 (1853) McLean none none C.C.D. Ohio affirmed
Deacon v. Oliver 610 (1853) Grier none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed

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.