List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 73

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 73 (6 Wall.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1867 and 1868.

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 John William Wallace. Wallace was Reporter of Decisions from 1863 to 1874, covering volumes 68 through 90 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 23 of his Wallace's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Prentice v. Pickersgill is 73 U. S. (6 Wall.) 511 (1867). Wallace's Reports were the final nominative reports for the US Supreme Court; starting with volume 91, cases were identified simply as "(volume #) U. S. (page #) (year)".

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). To prevent President Andrew Johnson from appointing any justices, a hostile Congress passed the Judicial Circuits Act of 1866, eliminating three of the ten seats from the Supreme Court as they became vacant, and so potentially reducing the size of the court to seven justices. The vacancy caused by the death of Justice John Catron in 1865 had not been filled, so after Justice James Moore Wayne died in July 1867 there were eight justices left on the court when the cases in 73 U. S. (6 Wall.) were decided:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate(Vote) Tenure on Supreme Court Salmon P. Chase Chief Justice Ohio Roger B. Taney December 6, 1864(Acclamation) December 15, 1864–May 7, 1873(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) Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat March 10, 1863(Acclamation)May 10, 1863–December 1, 1897(Retired)

In Crandall v. Nevada, 73 U. S. (6 Wall.) 35 (1868), the Supreme Court held that a state cannot inhibit people from leaving the state by taxing them. A Nevada statute imposed a $1 tax on every person leaving the state by railroad, stage coach, or other vehicles engaged or employed in the business of transporting passengers for hire. The Court reasoned that the right to travel is a fundamental right. The people of the United States constitute one nation, and so no state may impose a tax on a person for the "privilege" of travel from or for passing through it.

In Georgia v. Stanton, 73 U. S. (6 Wall.) 50 (1868), the Supreme Court held that it does not have jurisdiction over the political question of enforcement of the Reconstruction Acts against southern states. The case involved the federal government annulling state governments and replacing them with new ones.

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 Mauran v. Alliance Ins. Co. 1 (1868) Nelson none Chase C. C. D. Mass. affirmed Haight v. Pittsburgh et al. R. R. Co. 15 (1868) Grier none none C. C. W. D. Pa. affirmed The Amelie 18 (1868) Davis none none C. C. D. Mass. affirmed Southern S. S. Co. v. Port of New Orleans 31 (1867) Chase none none La. reversed Crandall v. Nevada 35 (1868) Miller none Clifford Nev. reversed Georgia v. Stanton 50 (1868) Nelson Chase none original dismissed Lukins v. Aird 78 (1867) Davis none none W. D. Ark. reversed Wood v. Steele 80 (1867) Swayne none none C. C. D. Minn. affirmed Wilson v. Wall 83 (1867) Grier none none Ala. reversed The Watchful 91(1868) Miller none none E. D. La. multiple Wicker v. Hoppock 94 (1867) Swayne none none C. C. N. D. Ill. affirmed United States v. Adams 101 (1868) Miller none none Ct. Cl. dismissal denied League v. Atchison 112 (1868) Grier none none E. D. Tex. reversed Osterman v. Baldwin 116 (1867) Davis none none E. D. Tex. affirmed Walker v. Villavaso 124 (1868) Nelson none none La. dismissed Aetna Ins. Co. v. Webster 129 (1868) Chase none none C. C. E. D. Mich. affirmed Thompson v. Central O. R. R. Co. 134 (1868) Davis none none C. C. S. D. Ohio reversed West v. City of Aurora 139 (1868) Chase none none C. C. D. Ind. affirmed Rector v. Ashley 142 (1867) Miller none none Ark. affirmed Providence R. Co. v. Goodyear 153 (1868) Chase none none C. C. D. R. I. dismissal denied Savery v. Sypher 157 (1868) Davis none none C. C. D. Iowa affirmed Reichart v. Felps 160 (1868) Grier none none Ill. affirmed Riggs v. Johnson Cnty. 166 (1868) Clifford none Miller C. C. D. Iowa reversed Weber v. Lee Cnty. 210 (1868) Clifford none none C. C. N. D. Ill. reversed The Rock Island R. R. B. 213 (1867) Field none none N. D. Ill. affirmed The Hypodame 216 (1868) Grier none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. affirmed The Vanderbilt 225 (1868) Clifford none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. affirmed Mason v. Eldred 231 (1868) Field none none C. C. D. Wis. certification Georgia v. Grant 241 (1868) Chase none none original continued The Sea Witch 242 (1868) Chase none none E. D. La. affirmed McClane v. Boon 244 (1868) Nelson none none Or. dismissed Agricultural Co. v. Pierce Cnty. 246 (1867) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. dismissed City of Nashville v. Cooper 247 (1868) Swayne none none C. C. M. D. Tenn. reversed Andrews v. Hensler 254 (1867) Field none none C. C. E. D. La. affirmed Millingar v. Hartupee 258 (1868) Chase none none Pa. dismissed The Flying Scud 263 (1867) Nelson none none E. D. La. multiple The Adela 266 (1868) Chase none none S. D. Fla. affirmed Slater v. Maxwell 268 (1868) Field none none D. W. Va. reversed Lum v. Robertson 277 (1867) Davis none none E. D. Tex. affirmed Barney v. City of Baltimore 280 (1868) Miller none Clifford C. C. D. Md. reversed United States ex rel. Crawford v. Addison 291 (1868) Field none none Sup. Ct. D. C. reversed Clements v. Moore 299 (1868) Swayne none none W. D. Tex. reversed Thompson v. Bowman 316 (1867) Field none none N. D. Miss. reversed Ex parte McCardle 318 (1868) Chase none none C. C. D. Miss. dismissal denied Selz v. Unna 327 (1868) Clifford none none C. C. N. D. Ill. affirmed Lorings v. Marsh 337 (1868) Nelson none none C. C. D. Mass. affirmed Mussina v. Cavazos 355 (1867) Miller none none E. D. Tex. dismissal denied Grisar v. McDowell 363 (1868) Field none none C. C. D. Cal. affirmed The Victory 382 (1868) Miller none none Mo. dismissed United States v. Hartwell 385 (1868) Swayne none Miller C. C. D. Mass. certification Stark v. Starrs 402 (1868) Field none none Or. reversed Turton v. Dufief 420 (1868) Grier none none C. C. D. Md. affirmed Mumford v. Wardwell 423 (1867) Clifford none none C. C. N. D. Cal. affirmed Silver v. Ladd 440 (1868) Chase none none Or. dismissal denied The Grace Girdler 441 (1867) Chase none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. dismissal denied White v. Cannon 443 (1868) Field none none La. affirmed Kail v. Wetmore 451 (1868) Nelson none none C. C. N. D. Ill. dismissed Vose v. Bronson 452 (1868) Davis none none C. C. D. Wis. affirmed Alviso v. United States 457 (1868) Nelson none none N. D. Cal. appeal reinstated Doe v. Considine 458 (1868) Swayne none Grier C. C. S. D. Ohio affirmed Walkley v. City of Muscatine 481 (1868) Nelson none none C. C. D. Iowa affirmed United States v. Eckford 484 (1868) Clifford none none Ct. Cl. reversed Foley v. Smith 492 (1868) Miller none none C. C. E. D. La. affirmed City of Washington v. Dennison 495 (1868) Nelson none none Sup. Ct. D. C. supersedeas denied Ex parte de Groot 497 (1868) Nelson none none Sup. Ct. D. C. mandamus denied The Battle 498 (1868) Nelson none none S. D. Fla. affirmed Gardner v. Collector 499 (1868) Miller none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. affirmed Prentice v. Pickersgill 511 (1868) Chase none none C. C. W. D. Pa. affirmed United States v. City of Keokuk I 514 (1868) Clifford none none C. C. N. D. Ill. reversed United States v. City of Keokuk II 518 (1868) Clifford none none C. C. N. D. Ill. reversed The Ouachita Cotton 521 (1868) Swayne none none C. C. D. Ill. affirmed Hanger v. Abbott 532 (1868) Clifford none none C. C. E. D. Ark. affirmed Clark v. United States 543 (1868) Miller none none Ct. Cl. reversed Tome v. Dubois 548 (1868) Clifford none none C. C. D. Md. affirmed Aetna Ins. Co. v. Hallock 556 (1868) Miller none none C. C. D. Ind. affirmed South F. C. Co. v. Gordon 561 (1868) Swayne none Field C. C. N. D. Cal. reversed United States v. Alire 573 (1868) Nelson none none Ct. Cl. reversed Roberts v. Graham 578 (1868) Swayne none none C. C. N. D. Cal. affirmed The Wren 582 (1868) Nelson none none S. D. Fla. reversed Stearns v. United States 589 (1868) Swayne none none N. D. Cal. affirmed Society for Sav. v. Coite 594 (1868) Clifford none Chase Conn. affirmed Provident Inst. v. Massachusetts 611 (1868) Clifford none Chase Mass. affirmed Hamilton Mfg. Co. v. Massachusetts 632 (1868) Clifford none Chase Mass. affirmed Gaines v. City of New Orleans 642 (1868) Davis none none C. C. D. La. reversed Gaines v. De la Croix 719 (1868) Davis none none C. C. D. La. reversed Williamson v. Suydam 723 (1868) Clifford none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. affirmed Crawshay v. Soutter 739 (1868) Davis none none C. C. D. Wis. affirmed Minnesota R. R. Co. v. Milwaukee & S. P. R. R. Co. 742 (1868) Nelson none none C. C. D. Wis. affirmed Fleming v. Soutter 747 (1868) Nelson none none C. C. D. Wis. affirmed Milwaukee & M. R. R. Co. v. Chamberlain 748 (1868) Nelson none none C. C. D. Wis. multiple La Crosse & M. R. R. Co. v. James 750 (1868) Nelson none none C. C. D. Wis. affirmed James v. Railroad Co. 752 (1868) Nelson none none C. C. D. Wis. various Smith v. Cockrill 756 (1868) Nelson none none C. C. D. Kan. affirmed Union Ins. Co. v. United States 759 (1868) Chase none none C. C. E. D. La. reversed Armstrong's Foundry 766 (1868) Chase none none C. C. E. D. La. reversed United States v. Hart 770 (1868) Nelson none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N. M. affirmed Cavazos v. Trevino 773 (1868) Swayne none none E. D. Tex. affirmed Strong v. United States 788 (1867) Clifford none none N. D. Fla. affirmed