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Case name Citation Summary Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Jay, October 19, 1789: Van Staphorst v. Maryland (1791) first docketed case of the Supreme Court, settled before arguments West v. Barnes: 2 U.S. 401 (1791) first decision of the Supreme Court, strictly interpreting procedural filing requirements mandated by statute ...
This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the Marshall Court, the tenure of Chief Justice John Marshall from February 4, 1801 through July 6, 1835.
Court historians and other legal scholars consider each chief justice who presides over the Supreme Court of the United States to be the head of an era of the Court. [1] These lists are sorted chronologically by chief justice and include most major cases decided by the court.
Supreme Court of the United States Marshall Court Ellsworth Court ← → Taney Court Chief Justice John Marshall February 4, 1801 – July 6, 1835 (34 years, 152 days) Seat Old Supreme Court Chamber Washington, D.C. No. of positions 6 (1801-1807) 7 (1807-1835) Marshall Court decisions The Marshall Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1801 to 1835, when John Marshall ...
In 1801, Adams appointed Marshall to the Supreme Court. Marshall quickly emerged as the key figure on the court, due in large part to his personal influence with the other justices. Under his leadership, the court moved away from seriatim opinions, instead issuing a single majority opinion that elucidated a clear rule. The 1803 case of Marbury v.
It includes United States Supreme Court cases that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Cases of the Supreme Court of the United States decided by the Marshall Court , the period during the tenure of Chief Justice John Marshall (1801–35).
This is a list of cases before the United States Supreme Court that the Court has agreed to hear and has not yet decided. [1] [2] [3] Future argument dates are in parentheses; arguments in these cases have been scheduled, but have not, and potentially may not, take place.
The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, agreed to hear the case but declined to rule on the merits of the case. The Court determined that the framers of the Constitution did not consider the Indian Tribes as foreign nations but more as "domestic dependent nation[s]" and consequently the Cherokee Nation lacked the standing to sue ...