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1863 United States Supreme Court case
Prize Cases
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 10, 1863 Decided March 10, 1863
Full case name
The Brig Amy Warwick; The Schooner Crenshaw; The Barque Hiawatha; The Schooner Brilliante.
Citations
67 U.S. 635 (more)
2 Black 635; 17 L. Ed. 459; 1862 U.S. LEXIS 282
Holding
The President did have the authority to order a blockade and impound ships, even without a formal declaration of war.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Roger B. Taney
Associate Justices
James M. Wayne · John Catron Samuel Nelson · Robert C. Grier Nathan Clifford · Noah H. Swayne Samuel F. Miller · David Davis
Case opinions
Majority
Grier, joined by Wayne, Swayne, Miller, Davis
Dissent
Nelson, joined by Taney, Catron, Clifford
Laws applied
Article II of the United States Constitution, Admiralty law
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