List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 22


This is a list of cases reported in volume 22 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1824.

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, The Margaret is 22 U.S. 421.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 22 U.S. (9 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 22 U.S. were decided, the Court comprised these seven justices:
PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
Tenure on Supreme Court
John MarshallChief JusticeVirginiaOliver Ellsworth


July 6, 1835
Bushrod WashingtonAssociate JusticeVirginiaJames Wilson



November 26, 1829
William JohnsonAssociate JusticeSouth CarolinaAlfred Moore


August 4, 1834
Thomas ToddAssociate JusticeKentuckynew seat


February 7, 1826
Gabriel Duvall
Associate JusticeMarylandSamuel Chase


January 12, 1835
Joseph Story
Associate JusticeMassachusettsWilliam Cushing


September 10, 1845
Smith ThompsonAssociate JusticeNew YorkHenry Brockholst Livingston


December 18, 1843

Notable Cases in 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.)

''Gibbons v. Ogden''

Gibbons v. Ogden, , is a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court held that the power to regulate interstate commerce granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution encompassed the power to regulate navigation.

''United States v. Perez''

In United States v. Perez, the Supreme Court held that when a criminal trial results in a hung jury, the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment does not bar a retrial.

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.
Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinionDissenting opinionLower CourtDisposition
Gibbons v. OgdenMarshallJohnsonnoneN.Y.reversed
Kirk v. Smith ex rel. PennMarshallnoneJohnsonC.C.D. Pa.affirmed
Taylor v. MasonMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Md.affirmed
M'Creery's Lessee v. SomervilleStorynonenoneC.C.D. Md.affirmed
The ApollonStorynonenoneC.C.D. Ga.multiple
The Emily and the CarolineThompsonnonenoneC.C.D.S.C.affirmed
The MerinoWashingtonnonenoneC.C.D. Ala.multiple
The St. JagoJohnsonnonenoneC.C.D. Md.reversed
The MargaretStorynonenoneC.C.D. Md.reversed
Two Hundred Chests of TeaStorynonenoneC.C.D. Mass.reversed
Mason v. MuncasterStorynonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Doddridge v. ThompsonMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Ohioreversed
Riggs v. TayloeToddnonenoneC.C.D.C.reversed
Hughes v. EdwardsWashingtonnonenoneC.C.D. Ky.affirmed
Stephens v. McCargoMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Ky.affirmed
Love v. Simms's LesseeJohnsonnonenoneC.C.D.W. Tenn.reversed
Stewart v. IngleWashingtonnonenoneC.C.D.C.certiorari denied
Peyton v. RobertsonMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.dismissed
Ex parte BurrMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.mandamus denied
Smith v. McIverMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.W. Tenn.affirmed
Mullen v. TorranceMarshallnonenoneD. Miss.reversed
Walker v. TurnerWashingtonnonenoneC.C.D. Tenn.reversed
Catlett v. BrodieStorynonenoneC.C.D.C.conditionally dismissed
Baits v. PetersMarshallnonenoneD. Ala.reversed
Sebree v. DorrStorynonenoneC.C.D. Ky.reversed
Kerr v. Moon's DeviseesWashingtonnonenoneC.C.D. Ohioreversed
Meredith v. PicketMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Ky.reversed
Walden ex rel. Denn v. CraigMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Ky.dismissed
United States v. PerezStorynonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.certification
Renner v. Bank of ColumbiaThompsonnonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
McGruder v. Bank of WashingtonJohnsonnonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Ex parte WoodStorynonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.mandamus issued
The Monte AllegreThompsonnonenoneD. Md.affirmed
McIver v. WattlesMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.dismissed
Walton v. United StatesDuvallnonenoneD. Miss.affirmed
The FannyWashingtonnonenoneC.C.D. Md.reversed
Danforth v. WearJohnsonnonenoneC.C.D.W. Tenn.reversed
Miller v. StewartStorynoneJohnsonC.C.D. N.J.certification
United States v. KirkpatrickStorynonenoneW.D. Pa.reversed
Osborn v. Bank of United StatesMarshallnoneJohnsonC.C.D. Ohiomultiple
Second Bank of the United States v. Planters' BankMarshallnoneJohnsonC.C.D. Ga.certification