List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 20
This is a list of cases reported in volume 20 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1822.
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.Henry Wheaton
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, Ricard v. Williams is 20 U.S. 59.Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.)
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. Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices.When the cases in 20 U.S. were decided, the Court comprised these seven justices:
| Portrait | Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate | Tenure on Supreme Court |
| John Marshall | Chief Justice | Virginia | Oliver Ellsworth | – July 6, 1835 | ||
| Bushrod Washington | Associate Justice | Virginia | James Wilson | – November 26, 1829 | ||
| William Johnson | Associate Justice | South Carolina | Alfred Moore | – August 4, 1834 | ||
| Henry Brockholst Livingston | Associate Justice | New York | William Paterson | – March 18, 1823 | ||
| Thomas Todd | Associate Justice | Kentucky | new seat | – February 7, 1826 | ||
| Gabriel Duvall | Associate Justice | Maryland | Samuel Chase | – January 12, 1835 | ||
| Joseph Story | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | William Cushing | – September 10, 1845 |
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 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. 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.
- "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
- "D." = United States District Court for the District of...
- * e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- "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.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
- "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
- 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.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
List of cases in 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.)
| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion | Dissenting opinion | Lower court | Disposition |
| Miller v. Kerr | Todd | none | none | not indicated | affirmed | |
| Newsom v. Pryor's Lessee | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D.W. Tenn. | affirmed | |
| Tayloe v. Sandiford | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D.C. | reversed | |
| Taylor's Lessee v. Myers | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Ohio | certification | |
| Green v. Watkins | Story | none | none | not indicated | affirmed | |
| Page's Administrators v. Bank of Alexandria | Livingston | none | none | C.C.D.C. | reversed | |
| Ex parte Kearney | Story | none | none | C.C.D.C. | habeas corpus denied | |
| Bayley v. Greenleaf | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed | |
| Browder v. M'Arthur | per curiam | none | none | not indicated | rehearing denied | |
| Ricard v. Williams | Story | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | reversed | |
| Bouldin v. Massie's Heirs | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Ohio | affirmed | |
| Watts v. Lindsey's Heirs | Todd | none | none | C.C.D. Ohio | affirmed | |
| Matthews v. Zane | Marshall | none | none | Ohio | affirmed | |
| Hoofnagle v. Anderson | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Ohio | affirmed | |
| Brown v. Jackson | Livingston | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed | |
| Blunt's Lessee v. Smith | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D.W. Tenn. | affirmed | |
| The Santissima Trinidad | Story | none | none | C.C.D. Va. | affirmed | |
| Evans v. Eaton | Story | none | Livingston | C.C.D. Pa. | affirmed | |
| Evans v. Hettich | Story | none | none | C.C.D. Pa. | affirmed | |
| The Gran Para | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed | |
| The Santa Maria | Livingston | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed | |
| The Arrogante Barcelones | Johnson | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed | |
| The Monte Allegre | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed | |
| Crocket v. Lee | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | reversed | |
| Macker's Heirs v. Thomas | Washington | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | reversed | |
| Columbian Insurance Company v. Wheelright | per curiam | none | none | C.C.D.C. | dismissed | |
| Blight's Lessee v. Rochester | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed | |
| The Irresistible | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed | |
| Holbrook v. Union Bank | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed | |
| Marbury v. Brooks | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D.C. | reversed | |
| Dorr v. Pacific Insurance Company | Johnson | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | certiorari granted |