List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 67

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 67 (2 Black) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1862 and 1863.

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 66th volume of U. S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Jeremiah S. Black. Black was Reporter of Decisions from 1861 to 1862, covering volumes 66 and 67 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 and 2 of his Black's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Gilman v. City of Sheboygan is 67 U. S. (2 Black) 510 (1863).

The Supreme Court is established by 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 (one chief justice and five associate justices). Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices (always including one chief justice). When the cases in 67 U. S. (2 Black) were decided the Court comprised these nine members:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate(Vote) Tenure on Supreme Court Roger B. Taney Chief Justice Maryland John Marshall March 15, 1836(29–15) March 28, 1836–October 12, 1864(Died) James Moore Wayne Associate Justice Georgia William Johnson January 9, 1835(Acclamation) January 14, 1835–July 5, 1867(Died) John Catron Associate Justice Tennessee newly created seat March 8, 1837(28–15) May 1, 1837–May 30, 1865(Died) Samuel Nelson Associate Justice New York Smith Thompson February 14, 1845(Acclamation) February 27, 1845–November 28, 1872(Retired) Robert Cooper Grier Associate Justice Pennsylvania Henry Baldwin August 4, 1846(Acclamation) August 10, 1846–January 31, 1870(Retired) Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis January 12, 1858(26–23) January 21, 1858–July 25, 1881(Died) Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean January 24, 1862(38–1) January 27, 1862–January 24, 1881(Retired) Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel July 16, 1862(Acclamation) July 21, 1862–October 13, 1890(Died) David Davis Associate Justice Illinois John Archibald Campbell December 8, 1862(Acclamation) December 10, 1862–March 4, 1877(Resigned)

In the Prize Cases, 67 U. S. (2 Black) 635 (1863) the Supreme Court held, 5 4, that the blockade of the Southern ports ordered by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War was constitutional. The blockade of the South resulted in the capture of dozens of American and foreign ships, both those attempting to run the highly efficient blockade and smuggle goods and munitions to the South, as well as those attempting to smuggle exports from the South.

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 & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition United States v. Castillero 17 (1863) Clifford none Catron; Wayne N. D. Cal. multiple Calais S. B. Co. v. Scudder 372 (1863) Nelson Miller Miller; Clifford C. C. D. Me. reversed United States v. Galbraith 394 (1863) Nelson none none N. D. Cal. reversed King v. Ackerman 408 (1863) Grier none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. affirmed City of Chicago v. Robbins 418 (1863) Davis none none C. C. N. D. Ill. reversed Ward v. Chamberlain 430 (1863) Clifford none Grier C. C. N. D. Ohio certification Wabash et al. Co. v. Beers 448 (1863) Miller none none C. C. D. Ind. reversed Chilton v. Braiden's Adm'x 458 (1863) Grier none none C. C. D. C. affirmed Curtis's Adm'x v. Fiedler 461 (1863) Clifford none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. reversed Taylor v. Morton 481 (1863) Clifford none none C. C. D. Mass. affirmed Mississippi & M. R. R. Co. v. Ward 485 (1863) Catron none Nelson D. Iowa dismissed Noonan v. Lee 499 (1863) Swayne none none D. Wis. multiple Gilman v. City of Sheboygan 510 (1863) Swayne none none D. Wis. reversed Griffing v. Gibb 519 (1863) Wayne none none N. D. Cal. reversed Bronson v. La Crosse & M. R. R. Co. 524 (1863) Davis none none C. C. D. Wis. dismissal denied Sumner v. Hicks 532 (1863) Swayne none none D. Wis. affirmed Wright v. Bales 535 (1863) Wayne none none C. C. S. D. Ohio reversed Ogilvie v. Knox Ins. Co. 539 (1863) Grier none none C. C. D. Ind. dismissed Callan v. May 541 (1863) Taney none none C. C. D. C. dismissed Wright v. Sill 544 (1863) Swayne none none C. C. N. D. Ohio affirmed Parker v. Winnipiseogee et al. Co. 545 (1863) Swayne none none C. C. D. N. H. affirmed Lindsey v. Hawes 554 (1863) Miller none none C. C. N. D. Ill. reversed Dredge v. Forsyth 563 (1862) Clifford none none C. C. N. D. Ill. reversed Kellogg v. Forsyth 571 (1862) Clifford none none C. C. N. D. Ill. reversed Congdon & T. M. Co. v. Goodman 574 (1862) Taney none none Tenn. dismissed Russell v. Ely 575 (1862) Miller none none D. Wis. affirmed The Ship Potomac 581 (1862) Grier none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. affirmed Randall v. Howard 585 (1863) Davis none none C. C. D. Md. affirmed City of Nebraska City v. Campbell 590 (1863) Nelson none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Neb. affirmed United States v. Chaboya 593 (1863) Miller none none N. D. Cal. affirmed Leffingwell v. Warren 599 (1862) Swayne none none D. Wis. reversed Parrish's Lessee v. Ferris 606 (1863) Nelson none none C. C. S. D. Ohio affirmed United States v. Grimes 610 (1863) Grier none none N. D. Cal. reversed Rothwell v. Dewees 613 (1863) Miller none none C. C. D. C. affirmed People ex rel. Bank of Comm. v. City of New York 620 (1863) Nelson none none N. Y. reversed Prize Cases 635 (1863) Grier none Nelson multiple multiple Appleton v. Bacon 699 (1863) Nelson none none C. C. D. C. reversed De Krafft v. Barney 704 (1863) Taney none none C. C. D. C. dismissed Koehler v. Black River F. I. Co. 715 (1863) Davis none none D. Wis. affirmed Mesa v. United States 721 (1863) per curiam none none not indicated dismissed Moran v. Miami Cnty. 722 (1863) Wayne none none C. C. D. Ind. reversed