List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 27

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 27 (2 Pet.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1829.

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 (these are called "nominative reports").

Starting with the 26th volume of U. S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Richard Peters, Jr. Peters was Reporter of Decisions from 1828 to 1843, covering volumes 26 through 41 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 16 of his Peters's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Smith v. Foxall is 27 U. S. (2 Pet.) 595 (1829).

In Pennock v. Dialogue, 27 U. S. (2 Pet.) 1 (1829), the Supreme Court held invalid a patent on a method of making hose because the inventor had commercially exploited the invention for years before filing the patent application. The case has been cited many times for the proposition that the U. S. patent system was not established for the purpose of enriching inventors or their financiers but rather for the purpose of furthering the public interest by stimulating technological progress.

Willson v. Black Bird Creek Marsh Co., 27 U. S. (2 Pet.) 245 (1829), was a significant Supreme Court decision regarding the definition of the Commerce Clause in Article 1 sec. 8, cl. 3 of the U. S. Constitution. Willson, the owner of a sloop licensed under federal navigation laws, broke through a dam built by the Black Bird Creek Marsh Co. that blocked his passage. The company brought a case against Willson, claiming that Delaware authorized the building of the dam through a law which was passed under the police power of the state in order to clean up a health hazard, and there was no legislation by Congress dealing with the same subject matter. Willson claimed that the law authorizing the building of the dam was a violation of the Commerce Clause. He believed he had a constitutional right to navigate coastal streams, and Delaware's actions were motivated by private profits. Chief Justice John Marshall affirmed the lower court's decision, that because no federal law dealt specifically with the situation, and since the Delaware law did not violate Congress' Dormant Commerce Clause power, the state law was valid.

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 (from the US District Courts) 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 (i. e., in which cases could be filed directly with the Supreme Court without first having been heard by a lower federal or state court). 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

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Pennock v. Dialogue 1 (1829) Story none none C. C. D. Pa. affirmed Columbian Insurance Company v. Lawrence 25 (1829) Marshall none none C. C. D. C. reversed Gardner v. Collins 58 (1829) Story none none C. C. D. R. I. certification Williams v. Second Bank of the United States 96 (1829) Washington none none C. C. D. Ohio affirmed Venable v. Second Bank of the United States 107 (1829) Story none none C. C. D. Ky. affirmed Second Bank of the United States v. Corcoran 121 (1829) Washington none none C. C. D. C. affirmed Jackson v. Twentyman 136 (1829) per curiam none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. dismissed Van Ness v. Pacard 137 (1829) Story none none C. C. D. C. affirmed Boyce v. Anderson 150 (1829) Marshall none none C. C. D. Ky. affirmed Thompson v. Tolmie 157 (1829) Thompson none none C. C. D. C. reversed Townsley v. Sumrall 170 (1829) Story none none C. C. D. Ky. affirmed Le Roy Bayard Company v. Johnson 186 (1829) Washington none none C. C. D. C. affirmed Hunt v. Wickliffe 201 (1829) Marshall none none C. C. D. Ky. reversed Patterson v. Jenks 216 (1829) Marshall none none C. C. D. Ga. reversed Harper v. Butler 239 (1829) Marshall none none D. Miss. reversed Powell's Lessee v. Harman 241 (1829) Marshall none none C. C. D. W. Tenn. certification Ritchie v. Mauro 243 (1829) Marshall none none C. C. D. C. dismissed Willson v. Black Bird Creek Marsh Company 245 (1829) Marshall none none Del. affirmed Foster v. Neilson 253 (1829) Marshall none none D. La. affirmed Bank of Kentucky v. Wister 318 (1829) Johnson none none C. C. D. Ky. affirmed Bank of Kentucky v. Ashley 327 (1829) Johnson none none C. C. D. Ky. affirmed Second Bank of the United States v. Weisiger 331 (1829) Johnson none none C. C. D. Ky. reversed Campbell's Executors v. Francis 354 (1829) Johnson none none C. C. D. C. affirmed American Fur Company v. United States 358 (1829) Washington none none D. Ind. reversed Dandridge v. Washington's Executors 370 (1829) Marshall none none C. C. D. C. reversed Satterlee v. Matthewson 380 (1829) Washington Johnson none Pa. affirmed Reynolds v. McArthur 417 (1829) Marshall none none Ohio affirmed Southwick v. Postmaster General 442 (1829) Marshall none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. dismissed Weston v. City of Charleston 449 (1829) Marshall none Johnson, Thompson S. C. Const. Ct. reversed Second Bank of the United States v. Weisiger 481 (1829) per curiam none none C. C. D. Ky. decree entered Mandeville v. Riggs 482 (1829) Story none none C. C. D. C. reversed Bank of Hamilton v. Dudley's Lessee 492 (1829) Marshall none none Ohio affirmed Second Bank of the United States v. Owens 527 (1829) Johnson none none C. C. D. Ky. certification Second Bank of the United States v. Carneal 543 (1829) Story none none C. C. D. Ohio reversed Canter v. American Ocean Insurance Company 554 (1829) Marshall none none not indicated motion overruled Conolly v. Taylor 556 (1829) Marshall none none C. C. D. Ky. affirmed Beatty v. Kurtz 566 (1829) Story none none C. C. D. C. affirmed Buckner v. Finley 586 (1829) Washington none none C. C. D. Md. certification Smith v. Foxall 595 (1829) Thompson none none C. C. D. C. multiple Chirac v. Reinecker 613 (1829) Story none none C. C. D. Md. reversed Wilkinson v. Leland 627 (1829) Story none none C. C. D. R. I. reversed Le Grand v. Darnall 664 (1829) Duvall none none C. C. D. Md. affirmed Bank of Columbia v. Sweeny 671 (1829) Marshall none none C. C. D. C. affirmed Beach v. Viles 675 (1829) Story none none C. C. D. Mass. affirmed