| 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 32 (7 Pet.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1833.[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 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 Peters's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Livingston v. Moore is 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 469 (1833).
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 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 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) | |||
| 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) | ||||
(Acclamation) | – April 4, 1861 (Died) | |||||
| Bushrod Washington | (41–2) | – April 21, 1844 (Died) | ||||
Barron v. Baltimore, 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 243 (1833), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case which helped define the concept of federalism in US constitutional law. The Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights applied only to the United States government, and not to the state governments. Over time, in the later 19th and into the 20th Centuries, however, the Court incorporated parts of the Bill of Rights to apply to state governments.
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 & year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States v. MacDaniel | 1 (1833) | McLean | none | none | affirmed | |
| United States v. Ripley | 18 (1833) | McLean | none | none | reversed | |
| United States v. Fillebrown | 28 (1833) | Thompson | none | none | affirmed | |
| United States v. Percheman | 51 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | Fla. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
| Minor v. Tillotson | 99 (1833) | Thompson | none | none | reversed | |
| Nichols v. Fearson | 103 (1833) | Johnson | none | none | reversed | |
| Douglass v. Reynolds, Byrne & Co. | 113 (1833) | Story | none | none | reversed | |
| Estho v. Lear | 130 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | reversed | |
| United States v. Turner | 132 (1833) | Story | none | none | certification | |
| United States v. Mills | 138 (1833) | Thompson | none | none | certification | |
| Pickett's Heirs v. Legerwood | 144 (1833) | Johnson | none | none | dismissed | |
| United States v. Wilson | 150 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | certification | |
| United States v. Brewster | 164 (1833) | per curiam | none | none | certification | |
| Farmers' Bank v. Hooff | 168 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | dismissed | |
| Holmes v. Trout | 171 (1833) | McLean | none | none | affirmed | |
| Yeaton v. Lenox | 220 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | dismissed | |
| Sampeyreac v. United States | 222 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | affirmed | |
| Barron ex rel. Tiernan v. City of Baltimore | 243 (1833) | Thompson | none | none | dismissed | |
| Vattier v. Hinde | 252 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | reversed | |
| Davis v. Packard | 276 (1833) | Thompson | none | none | reversed | |
| Union Bank v. Magruder | 287 (1833) | Story | none | none | affirmed | |
| Shaw v. Cooper | 292 (1833) | McLean | none | none | affirmed | |
| Peyroux v. Howard | 324 (1833) | Thompson | none | none | multiple | |
| Magniac v. Thomson | 348 (1833) | Story | none | none | affirmed | |
| Owings v. Kincannon | 399 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | dismissed | |
| Barlow v. United States | 404 (1833) | Story | none | none | affirmed | |
| Breedlove v. Nicolet | 413 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | affirmed | |
| Duncan's Heirs v. United States | 435 (1833) | McLean | none | none | affirmed | |
| United States v. 84 Boxes of Sugar | 453 (1833) | McLean | none | none | mandamus granted | |
| Tyrell's Heirs v. Rountree | 464 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | affirmed | |
| Livingston v. Moore | 469 (1833) | Johnson | none | none | affirmed | |
| Morris v. Harmer's Lessee | 554 (1833) | Story | none | none | affirmed | |
| Ex parte Watkins | 568 (1833) | Story | none | Johnson, McLean | habeas corpus granted | |
| Scholefield v. Eichelberger | 586 (1833) | Johnson | none | none | affirmed | |
| Scott v. Lunt's Adm'r | 596 (1833) | Story | none | none | reversed | |
| Brashear v. West | 608 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | reversed | |
| St. Colombe's Heirs v. United States | 625 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | reversed | |
| Ex parte Madrazzo | 627 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | dismissed | |
| Ward v. Gregory | 633 (1833) | per curiam | none | none | dismissed | |
| Ex parte Bradstreet | 634 (1833) | Marshall | none | none | mandamus granted | |
| Rhode Island v. Massachusetts | 651 (1833) | per curiam | none | none | subpoena issued | |