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| Case name | Citation | Summary |
| Talbot v. Janson | 1795 | admiralty and citizenship |
| United States v. Peters | 1795 | Federal district court has no authority over a foreign privateer when the captured ship was not within its jurisdiction. |
| Georgia v. Brailsford | 1794 | Jury nullification |
| Chisholm v. Georgia | 1793 | first “major” case; federal jurisdiction over suits vs. states; state sovereign immunity; led to Eleventh Amendment |
| Hayburn's Case | 1792 | justiciability and separation of powers |
| West v. Barnes | 1791 | first decision of the Supreme Court, strictly interpreting procedural filing requirements mandated by statute |
| Van Staphorst v. Maryland | 1791 | first docketed case of the Supreme Court, settled before arguments |