# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 80

This is a list of cases reported in volume 80 (13 Wall.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1872.

## Nominative reports

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").

### John William Wallace

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, Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co. is 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 166 (1872).
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)".

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 80 U.S. (13 Wall.)

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 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) were decided the Court comprised these nine members:
| 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) |
| 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) |
| William Strong | Associate Justice | Pennsylvania | Robert Cooper Grier | February 18, 1870 (No vote recorded) | March 14, 1870 – December 14, 1880 (Retired) |
| Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly created seat | March 21, 1870 (46–9) | March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died) |

## Notable Cases in 80 U.S. (13 Wall.)
### United States v. Klein

The Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Klein, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 128 (1872) stands for the proposition that the legislative branch cannot impair the exclusive powers of another branch; it recognizes and supports the fundamental value of separation of powers defined by the Constitution. Specifically, Klein means that Congress may not direct the outcome of a case by prescribing the rule of decision, nor may Congress impair the power and effect of a Presidential pardon.

### Tarble's Case

In Tarble's Case, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 397 (1872), the Supreme Court held that a state judge has no jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus, or to continue proceedings under the writ once issued, for the discharge of a person held by the authority of the United States by an officer of the federal government.

### Watson v. Jones

Watson v. Jones, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 679 (1872), was based upon a dispute regarding the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church in Kentucky. The Court held that in adjudications of church property disputes: (1) courts cannot rule on the truth or falsity of a religious teaching; (2) if a previous ecclesiastical authority structure existed before the dispute, then courts should defer to the decision of that structure; and (3) in the absence of such an internal authority structure, courts should defer to the wishes of a majority of the congregation.

## Citation style

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

## List of cases in 80 U.S. (13 Wall.)

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower court | Disposition |
| Bethell v. Mathews | 1 (1872) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Norwich Transportation Company v. Flint | 3 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
| Yeager v. Farwell | 6 (1872) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Webb v. Sharp | 14 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Boyden v. United States | 17 (1872) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| United States v. Wormer | 25 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Low v. Austin | 29 (1872) | Field | none | none | Cal. | reversed |
| United States v. Clyde | 35 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Clyde v. United States | 38 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Toof v. Martin | 40 (1872) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| Wheeler v. Harris | 51 (1872) | Chase | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | dismissed |
| Bevans v. United States | 56 (1872) | Strong | none | Chase | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| Halliburton v. United States | 63 (1872) | Strong | none | Chase | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| Rice v. Houston | 66 (1872) | Davis | none | none | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
| Curtis v. Whitney | 68 (1872) | Miller | none | none | Wis. | affirmed |
| Johnson v. Towsley | 72 (1872) | Miller | none | Clifford | Neb. | affirmed |
| Samson v. Smiley | 91 (1872) | Miller | none | none | Neb. | affirmed |
| Gibson v. Chouteau | 92 (1872) | Field | none | none | Mo. | reversed |
| Norwich Company v. Wright | 104 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
| United States v. Klein | 128 (1872) | Chase | none | Miller | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Carroll v. United States | 151 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Armstrong v. United States | 154 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Pargoud v. United States | 156 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Semmes v. Hartford Insurance Company | 158 (1872) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | reversed |
| Reiche v. Smythe | 162 (1872) | Davis | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Pumpelly v. Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company | 166 (1872) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Wis. | reversed |
| Steinbach v. Insurance Company | 183 (1872) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| Philip v. Nock | 185 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissal denied |
| Hampton v. Rouse | 187 (1872) | Chase | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | dismissed |
| Wells v. McGregor | 188 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Mont. | dismissed |
| Pennsylvania College Cases | 190 (1872) | Clifford | none | none | Pa. | affirmed (both cases) |
| Union Mutual Insurance Company v. Wilkinson | 222 (1872) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Ex parte McNiel | 236 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | E.D.N.Y. | prohibition denied |
| Bath County v. Amy | 244 (1872) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | reversed |
| United States v. Avery | 251 (1872) | Chase | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | certification |
| United States v. Wilder | 254 (1872) | Davis | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Klinger v. Missouri | 257 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | Mo. | dismissed |
| Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company v. Reid | 264 (1872) | Davis | none | none | N.C. | reversed |
| Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company v. Reid | 269 (1872) | Davis | none | none | N.C. | reversed |
| Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Whitton's Administrator | 270 (1872) | Field | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Myers v. Croft | 291 (1872) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | affirmed |
| Pendleton County v. Amy | 297 (1872) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | reversed |
| Williams v. Kirtland | 306 (1872) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
| Delaware and Hudson Canal Company v. Clark | 311 (1872) | Strong | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| The Patapsco | 329 (1872) | Davis | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Bradley v. Fisher | 335 (1872) | Field | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Gay's Gold | 358 (1872) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Robinson v. United States | 363 (1872) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Hall and Long v. Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company | 367 (1872) | Strong | none | none | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | reversed |
| East Saginaw Salt Manufacturing Company v. City of East Saginaw | 373 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | Mich. | affirmed |
| Slaughter's Administrator v. Gerson | 379 (1872) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| Alexander v. Roulet | 386 (1872) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| The Siren | 389 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | D. Mass. | affirmed |
| Tarble's Case | 397 (1872) | Field | none | Chase | Wis. | reversed |
| Kitchen v. Bedford | 413 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | reversed |
| Davenport v. Lamb | 418 (1872) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Ore. | affirmed |
| West Tennessee Bank v. Citizens' Bank | 432 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | La. | dismissed |
| Clinton v. Englebrecht | 434 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
| United States v. Vigil | 449 (1872) | Davis | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. | reversed |
| Tucker v. Spalding | 453 (1872) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Butler v. Watkins | 456 (1872) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Caujolle v. Ferri | 465 (1872) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| The Ariadne | 475 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Carpentier v. Montgomery | 480 (1872) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Chew v. Brumagen | 497 (1872) | Strong | none | none | N.J. | reversed |
| French v. Edwards | 506 (1872) | Field | none | Miller | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. Soutter | 517 (1872) | Bradley | none | Field | C.C.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Kentucky v. Boutwell | 526 (1872) | Davis | none | none | original | mandamus denied |
| Stockwell v. United States | 531 (1872) | Strong | none | Field, Miller | C.C.D. Me. | affirmed |
| Twenty Per Cent Cases | 568 (1872) | Clifford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed (all cases) |
| Blyew v. United States | 581 (1872) | Strong | none | Bradley | C.C.D. Ky. | reversed |
| Mason v. Rollins | 602 (1872) | Chase | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Insurance Company v. Barton | 603 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Dooley v. Smith | 604 (1872) | Miller | none | Field | Ky. | reversed |
| Paige v. Banks | 608 (1872) | Davis | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Bailey | 616 (1872) | Clifford | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| United States v. Russell | 623 (1872) | Clifford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Pugh v. United States | 633 (1872) | Chase | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| United States v. Kimbal | 636 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| White v. Hart | 646 (1872) | Swayne | none | none | Ga. | reversed |
| Osborn v. Nicholson | 654 (1872) | Swayne | none | Chase | C.C.D. Ark. | reversed |
| Ex parte Russell | 664 (1872) | Bradley | none | Chase | Ct. Cl. | mandamus denied |
| Great Western Insurance Company v. Thwing | 672 (1872) | Bradley | none | Clifford | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
| Watson v. Jones | 679 (1872) | Miller | none | Clifford | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
| The Mabey | 738 (1872) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D.N.Y. | commission denied |