# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 25

This is a list of cases reported in volume 25 (12 Wheat.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1827.

## Nominative report

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").

### Henry Wheaton

Starting with the 14th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Henry Wheaton. Wheaton was Reporter of Decisions from 1816 to 1827, covering volumes 14 through 25 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 12 of his Wheaton's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Brown v. Maryland is 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 419 (1827).

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.)

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 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) were decided, the Court comprised these seven justices:
| Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote) | Tenure on Supreme Court |
| John Marshall | Chief Justice | Virginia | Oliver Ellsworth | January 27, 1801 (Acclamation) | February 4, 1801 – July 6, 1835 (Died) |
| Bushrod Washington | Associate Justice | Virginia | James Wilson | December 20, 1798 (Acclamation) | November 9, 1798 (Recess Appointment) – November 26, 1829 (Died) |
| William Johnson | Associate Justice | South Carolina | Alfred Moore | March 24, 1804 (Acclamation) | May 7, 1804 – August 4, 1834 (Died) |
| Gabriel Duvall | Associate Justice | Maryland | Samuel Chase | November 18, 1811 (Acclamation) | November 23, 1811 – January 12, 1835 (Resigned) |
| Joseph Story | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | William Cushing | November 18, 1811 (Acclamation) | February 3, 1812 – September 10, 1845 (Died) |
| Smith Thompson | Associate Justice | New York | Henry Brockholst Livingston | December 9, 1823 (Acclamation) | September 1, 1823 – December 18, 1843 (Died) |
| Robert Trimble | Associate Justice | Kentucky | Thomas Todd | May 9, 1826 (25–5) | June 16, 1826 – August 25, 1828 (Died) |

## Notable Case in 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.)
### Ogden v. Saunders

In Ogden v. Saunders, 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 213 (1827), the Supreme Court determined the scope of a bankruptcy law in relation to a clause of the Constitution of the United States. It is notable for its era in producing multiple opinions from the justices, either writing for the Court, concurring, or dissenting.

## 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 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.)

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower court | Disposition |
| The Palmyra | 1 (1827) | Story | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | multiple |
| Martin v. Mott | 19 (1827) | Story | none | none | N.Y. | reversed |
| Clark v. City of Washington | 40 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D.C. | reversed |
| Second Bank of the United States v. Dandridge | 64 (1827) | Story | none | Marshall | C.C.D. Va. | reversed |
| Williams v. Norris | 117 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | Tenn. | dismissed |
| Montgomery v. Hernandez | 129 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Winn's Heirs v. Jackson | 135 (1827) | per curiam | none | none | Ky. | dismissed |
| Postmaster General v. Early | 136 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Ga. | certification |
| Jackson v. Chew | 153 (1827) | Thompson | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Armstrong v. Lear | 169 (1827) | Story | none | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
| Rankin v. Scott | 177 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | D. Mo. | reversed |
| United States v. Tillotson | 180 (1827) | Story | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Thornton v. Wynn | 183 (1827) | Washington | none | none | C.C.D.C. | reversed |
| Mallow v. Hinde | 193 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | C.C.D. Ohio | multiple |
| Connor v. Featherstone | 199 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | C.C.D.W. Tenn. | reversed |
| Edwards' Lessee v. Darby | 206 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | C.C.D.W. Tenn. | reversed |
| Devereaux v. Marr | 212 (1827) | per curiam | none | none | C.C.D.W. Tenn. | dismissed |
| Ogden v. Saunders | 213 (1827) | Johnson | several | several | D. La. | affirmed |
| Mason v. Haile | 370 (1827) | Thompson | none | Washington | C.C.D.R.I. | certification |
| Columbian Insurance Company v. Catlett | 383 (1827) | Story | none | Johnson | C.C.D.C. | multiple |
| General Insurance Insurance Company v. Ruggles | 408 (1827) | Thompson | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| Brown v. Maryland | 419 (1827) | Marshall | none | Thompson | C.C.D. Md. | reversed |
| United States v. Gooding | 460 (1827) | Story | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | certification |
| United States v. Marchant | 480 (1827) | Story | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | certification |
| United States v. 350 Chests of Tea | 486 (1827) | Washington | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Potter v. Gardner | 498 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D.R.I. | multiple |
| United States v. Nicholl | 505 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | not indicated | reversed |
| McGill v. Second Bank of the United States | 511 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
| Drummond v. Prestman's Executors | 515 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | not indicated | reversed |
| Harcourt v. Gaillard | 523 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | not indicated | affirmed |
| Henderson v. Poindexter's Lessee | 530 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | D. Miss. | affirmed |
| The Antelope | 546 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | C.C.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| McLemore v. Powell | 554 (1827) | Story | none | none | C.C.D.W. Tenn. | affirmed |
| United States v. Barker | 559 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Parker v. Judges of the Circuit Court of Maryland | 561 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | mandamus denied |
| Thompson v. Peter | 565 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
| Williams v. Daniel | 568 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Newman v. Jackson | 570 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
| Dunlap v. Dunlap | 574 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| McConnell v. Town of Lexington | 582 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
| Chotard v. Pope | 586 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | not indicated | affirmed |
| Mason v. Matilda | 590 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | C.C.D.C. | reversed |
| Lidderdale's Executors v. Robinson's Executor | 594 (1827) | Johnson | none | none | C.C.D. Va. | certification |
| De la Croix v. Chamberlain | 599 (1827) | Trimble | none | none | D. Ala. | affirmed |
| Davidson v. Taylor | 604 (1827) | Marshall | none | none | not indicated | affirmed |
| Scott v. Shreeve | 605 (1827) | Thompson | none | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
| Ramsay v. Allegre | 611 (1827) | Marshall | Johnson | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |