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Case name | Citation | Summary |
Ex parte Bollman | 1807 | habeas corpus, definition of treason, Supreme Court's power to issue writs to circuit courts |
Strawbridge v. Curtiss | 1806 | federal diversity jurisdiction |
Bailiff v. Tipping | 1805 | a citation (a court order for a person to appear) must accompany a writ of error in order for the Supreme Court to hear the case |
Little v. Barreme | 1804 | presidential and congressional power |
Stuart v. Laird | 1803 | enforceability of rulings issued by judges who have since been removed from office |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | judicial review of laws enacted by the United States Congress |
Talbot v. Seeman | 1801 | Marine salvage rights in time of war |
New York v. Connecticut | 1799 | first original jurisdiction suit between two States |
Calder v. Bull | 1798 | ex post facto clause applies to criminal, not civil cases |
Hollingsworth v. Virginia | 1798 | ratification of Eleventh Amendment, presidential approval is unnecessary for Constitutional amendment |
Hylton v. United States | 1796 | tax on carriages |
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 |