List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Taney Court information
Supreme Court of the United States
Taney Court
Marshall Court ←
→ Chase Court
March 28, 1836 – October 12, 1864 (28 years, 198 days)
Seat
Old Supreme Court Chamber (1836–1860)
Old Senate Chamber (1860–1864)
Washington, D.C.
No. of positions
7 (1836–1837)
9 (1837–1863)
10 (1863–1864)
Taney Court decisions
This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court decided during the Taney Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney from March 28, 1836 through October 12, 1864.
Case name
Citation
Summary
United States v. Segui
35 U.S. 306 (1836)
upholding the validity of a Spanish land grant in Florida
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
36 U.S. 420 (1837)
Contract Clause of the Constitution
The Amistad
40 U.S. 518 (1841)
slave trade and slave ownership
Swift v. Tyson
41 U.S. 1 (1842)
Federal common law in diversity jurisdiction cases, later overturned
Prigg v. Pennsylvania
41 U.S. 539 (1842)
runaway slaves
Luther v. Borden
48 U.S. 1 (1849)
guarantee clause of Article Four of the United States Constitution
Passenger Cases
48 U.S. 283 (1849)
taxation of immigrants, constitutionality of state laws regarding foreign commerce
Sheldon v. Sill
49 U.S. 441 (1850)
Congressional control of the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts
Hotchkiss v. Greenwood
52 U.S. 248 (1850)
Early standard for non-obviousness in United States patent law
Strader v. Graham
51 U.S. 82 (1851)
slavery and the application of state laws thereof
Cooley v. Board of Wardens
53 U.S. 299 (1852)
pilotage laws under the Commerce Clause
Dred Scott v. Sandford
60 U.S. 393 (1857)
slavery, the definition of citizenship
Ableman v. Booth
62 U.S. 506 (1859)
The contradiction of Federal law by States
Prize Cases
67 U.S. 635 (1863)
presidential powers in wartime
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