# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 66

This is a list of cases reported in volume 66 (1 Black) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1861 and 1862.

## 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").

### Jeremiah Sullivan Black

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, The Steamer New Philadelphia is 66 U.S. (1 Black) 62 (1862).

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 66 U.S. (1 Black)

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).
Due to two unfilled vacancies, when the cases in 66 U.S. (1 Black) were decided the Court comprised only these seven members:
| 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) |

## 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 66 U.S. (1 Black)

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| Dutton v. Strong | 23 (1861) | Clifford | none | none | D. Wis. | reversed |
| United States v. Hensley | 35 (1861) | Grier | none | none | N.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Bacon v. Hart | 38 (1862) | Taney | none | none | not indicated | dismissed |
| Weightman v. City of Washington | 39 (1862) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D.C. | reversed |
| Wabash and Erie Canal v. Beers | 54 (1862) | Taney | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
| United States v. Babbit | 55 (1862) | Swayne | none | none | D. Iowa | reversed |
| The Steamer New Philadelphia | 62 (1862) | Wayne | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Clark v. Hackett | 77 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D.N.H. | affirmed |
| Hager v. Thomson | 80 (1862) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | affirmed |
| Hecker v. Fowler | 95 (1862) | Taney | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | dismissal denied |
| Dermott v. Wallach | 96 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D.C. | reversed |
| O'Brien v. Smith | 99 (1862) | Taney | none | none | not indicated | affirmed |
| Stiles v. Davis | 101 (1861) | Nelson | none | none | N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| 4,885 Bags of Linseed | 108 (1861) | Taney | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| Hogg v. Ruffner | 115 (1861) | Grier | none | none | D. Ind. | reversed |
| The Barque Island City | 121 (1862) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| O'Brien v. Perry | 132 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | Mo. | affirmed |
| Bryan v. United States | 140 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D.C. | reversed |
| Gregg v. Tesson | 150 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Nelson v. Woodruff | 156 (1862) | Wayne | none | none | S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| The Brig Collenberg | 170 (1862) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Carondelet v. City of St. Louis | 179 (1862) | Catron | none | none | Mo. | affirmed |
| Hodge v. Combs | 192 (1862) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
| Magwire v. Tyler | 195 (1862) | Catron | none | Taney | Mo. | affirmed |
| Bates v. Illinois Central Railroad Company | 204 (1862) | Catron | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Johnston v. Jones | 209 (1862) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| United States v. Knight's Administrator I | 227 (1862) | Clifford | none | Wayne | N.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Rogers v. Law | 253 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D.C. | affirmed |
| Massachusetts v. Federal Street Meeting House | 262 (1862) | Grier | none | none | Mass. | dismissed |
| United States v. Wilson | 267 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Pratt v. Fitzhugh | 271 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | dismissed |
| Moffitt v. Garr | 273 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| United States v. Vallejo | 283 (1862) | Wayne | none | none | D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company v. Wheeler | 286 (1862) | Taney | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | certification |
| United States v. Neleigh | 298 (1862) | Grier | none | none | N.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Farni v. Tesson | 309 (1862) | Grier | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Harkness v. Underhill | 316 (1862) | Catron | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Laflin v. Herrington | 326 (1862) | Wayne | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| United States v. Covilland | 339 (1861) | Catron | none | none | N.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Singleton v. Touchard | 342 (1862) | Grier | none | none | C.C.N.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Clagett v. Kilbourne | 346 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Farney v. Towle | 350 (1862) | Taney | none | none | N.Y. Super. Ct. | dismissed |
| Crews v. Burcham | 352 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Rice v. Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company | 358 (1862) | Clifford | none | Nelson; Wayne | D. Minn. | reversed |
| Woods v. Lawrence County | 386 (1862) | Wayne | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | certification |
| The Ship Marcellus | 414 (1862) | Grier | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| Cleveland v. Chamberlain | 419 (1862) | Grier | none | none | D. Wis. | dismissed |
| Vance v. Campbell | 427 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | reversed |
| Haussknecht v. Claypool | 431 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | reversed |
| Jefferson Branch Bank v. Skelly | 436(1862) | Wayne | none | none | Ohio | reversed |
| Washington v. Ogden | 450 (1862) | Grier | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| McCool v. Smith | 459 (1862) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Verden v. Coleman | 472 (1862) | Grier | none | none | Ind. | dismissed |
| Franklin Branch Bank v. Ohio | 474 (1862) | Wayne | none | none | Ohio | reversed |
| Leonard v. Davis | 476 (1862) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Mich. | reversed |
| United States v. Jackalow | 484 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | certification |
| United States v. Knight's Administrator II | 488 (1862) | Taney | none | none | N.D. Cal. | rehearing denied |
| Flanigan v. Turner | 491 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| The Water Witch | 494 (1862) | Grier | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| White's Administrator v. United States | 501 (1862) | Grier | none | none | N.D. Cal. | mandamus denied |
| Ex parte Gordon | 503 (1862) | Taney | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | prohibition denied |
| Foster v. Goddard | 506 (1862) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| Hoyt v. Shelden | 518 (1862) | Taney | none | none | N.Y. Super. Ct. | dismissed |
| The Steamer St. Lawrence | 522 (1862) | Taney | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Law v. Cross | 533 (1862) | Grier | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| United States v. Vallejo | 541 (1862) | Nelson | none | Grier; Wayne | N.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Inbusch v. Farwell | 566 (1862) | Clifford | none | none | D. Wis. | affirmed |
| The Propeller Commerce | 574 (1862) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Silliman v. Hudson River Bridge Company | 582 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | certification |
| Pindell v. Mullikin | 585 (1862) | Catron | none | none | C.C.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Sherman v. Smith | 587 (1862) | Nelson | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Glasgow v. Hortiz | 595 (1862) | Grier | none | none | Mo. | affirmed |
| Conway v. Taylor's Executor | 603 (1862) | Swayne | none | none | Ky. | affirmed |