| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Type: | Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation |
| Authority: | Constitution of the United States, Art. III, §1 |
| Terms: | life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal |
| Positions: | 9 (by statute) |
This is a list of cases reported in volume 25 (12 Wheat.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1827.[1]
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").
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, Brown v. Maryland is 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 419 (1827).
See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
See also: List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office.
See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition.
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 25 U.S. (12 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 | Oliver Ellsworth | (Acclamation) | – July 6, 1835 (Died) | |||
| James Wilson | (Acclamation) | (Recess Appointment) – November 26, 1829 (Died) | ||||
| Alfred Moore | (Acclamation) | – August 4, 1834 (Died) | ||||
| Gabriel Duvall | Samuel Chase | (Acclamation) | – January 12, 1835 (Resigned) | |||
| Joseph Story | William Cushing | (Acclamation) | – September 10, 1845 (Died) | |||
| Henry Brockholst Livingston | (Acclamation) | – December 18, 1843 (Died) | ||||
| Thomas Todd | (25–5) | – August 25, 1828 (Died) | ||||
In Ogden v. Saunders, 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 213 (1827), the Supreme Court determined the scope of a bankruptcy law in relation to a clause of the Constitution of the United States. It is notable for its era in producing multiple opinions from the justices, either writing for the Court, concurring, or dissenting.
See also: United States district court.
See also: United States circuit court.
See also: United States federal courts. 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.
See also: Marshall Court.
| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower court | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Palmyra | 1 (1827) | Story | none | none | multiple | |
| Martin v. Mott | 19 (1827) | Story | none | none | reversed | |
| Clark v. City of Washington | 40 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | reversed | |
| Second Bank of the United States v. Dandridge | 64 (1827) | Story | none | Marshall | reversed | |
| Williams v. Norris | 117 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | dismissed | |
| Montgomery v. Hernandez | 129 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | affirmed | |
| Winn's Heirs v. Jackson | 135 (1827) | per curiam | none | none | dismissed | |
| Postmaster General v. Early | 136 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | certification | |
| Jackson v. Chew | 153 (1827) | Thompson | none | none | affirmed | |
| Armstrong v. Lear | 169 (1827) | Story | none | none | affirmed | |
| Rankin v. Scott | 177 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | reversed | |
| United States v. Tillotson | 180 (1827) | Story | none | none | reversed | |
| Thornton v. Wynn | 183 (1827) | Washington | none | none | reversed | |
| Mallow v. Hinde | 193 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | multiple | |
| Connor v. Featherstone | 199 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | reversed | |
| Edwards' Lessee v. Darby | 206 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | reversed | |
| Devereaux v. Marr | 212 (1827) | per curiam | none | none | dismissed | |
| Ogden v. Saunders | 213 (1827) | Johnson | several | several | affirmed | |
| Mason v. Haile | 370 (1827) | Thompson | none | Washington | certification | |
| Columbian Insurance Company v. Catlett | 383 (1827) | Story | none | Johnson | multiple | |
| General Insurance Insurance Company v. Ruggles | 408 (1827) | Thompson | none | none | affirmed | |
| Brown v. Maryland | 419 (1827) | Marshall | none | Thompson | reversed | |
| United States v. Gooding | 460 (1827) | Story | none | none | certification | |
| United States v. Marchant | 480 (1827) | Story | none | none | certification | |
| United States v. 350 Chests of Tea | 486 (1827) | Washington | none | none | affirmed | |
| Potter v. Gardner | 498 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | multiple | |
| United States v. Nicholl | 505 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | not indicated | reversed |
| McGill v. Second Bank of the United States | 511 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | affirmed | |
| Drummond v. Prestman's Executors | 515 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | not indicated | reversed |
| Harcourt v. Gaillard | 523 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | not indicated | affirmed |
| Henderson v. Poindexter's Lessee | 530 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | affirmed | |
| The Antelope | 546 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | affirmed | |
| McLemore v. Powell | 554 (1827) | Story | none | none | affirmed | |
| United States v. Barker | 559 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | affirmed | |
| Parker v. Judges of the Circuit Court of Maryland | 561 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | mandamus denied | |
| Thompson v. Peter | 565 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | affirmed | |
| Williams v. Daniel | 568 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | affirmed | |
| Newman v. Jackson | 570 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | affirmed | |
| Dunlap v. Dunlap | 574 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | affirmed | |
| McConnell v. Town of Lexington | 582 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | affirmed | |
| Chotard v. Pope | 586 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | not indicated | affirmed |
| Mason v. Matilda | 590 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | reversed | |
| Lidderdale's Executors v. Robinson's Executor | 594 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | certification | |
| De la Croix v. Chamberlain | 599 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | affirmed | |
| Davidson v. Taylor | 604 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | not indicated | affirmed |
| Scott v. Shreeve | 605 (1827) | Thompson | none | none | affirmed | |
| Ramsay v. Allegre | 611 (1827) | Marshall | Johnson | none | affirmed | |