List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 6
This is a list of cases reported in volume 6 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1804 and 1805.
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.William Cranch
Starting with the 5th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was William Cranch. Cranch was Reporter of Decisions from 1801 to 1815, covering volumes 5 through 13 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 9 of his Cranch's Reports. As such, the complete citation to, for example, Wood v. Wagnon is 6 U.S. 10.Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 6 U.S. (2 Cranch)
The Supreme Court is established by Article Three of [the United States Constitution|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 6 U.S. were decided, the Court comprised these six 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 | ||
| William Cushing | Associate [Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice] | Massachusetts | original seat established | – September 13, 1810 | ||
| William Paterson | Associate Justice | New Jersey | Thomas Johnson | – September 8, 1806 | ||
| Samuel Chase | Associate Justice | Maryland | John Blair, Jr. | – June 19, 1811 | ||
| Bushrod Washington | Associate Justice | Virginia | James Wilson | – November 26, 1829 | ||
| William Johnson | Associate Justice | South Carolina | Alfred Moore | – August 4, 1834 |
Notable cases in 6 U.S. (2 Cranch)
''Little v. Barreme''
In Little v. Barreme, , the Supreme Court held that the President of the United States does not have "inherent authority" or "inherent powers" to ignore a law passed by the US Congress.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