| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward |
1819 |
impairment of contracts |
| Sturges v. Crowninshield |
1819 |
constitutionality of state bankruptcy laws |
| McCulloch v. Maryland |
1819 |
doctrine of implied powers |
| Laidlaw v. Organ |
1817 |
the rule of caveat emptor in a commodity delivery contract |
| Martin v. Hunter's Lessee |
1816 |
Loyalist property forfeiture, Supreme Court review of state court judgments |
| Fairfax's Devisee v. Hunter's Lessee |
1813 |
Loyalist property forfeiture |
| The Schooner Exchange v. M'Faddon |
1812 |
capture and possession of foreign ships |
| United States v. Hudson and Goodwin |
1812 |
Federal court jurisdiction over common law crimes |
| Fletcher v. Peck |
1810 |
property rights |
| Ex parte Bollman |
1807 |
habeas corpus, definition of treason, Supreme Court's power to issue writs to circuit courts |
| Strawbridge v. Curtiss |
1806 |
federal diversity jurisdiction |
| Bailiff v. Tipping |
1805 |
a citation (a court order for a person to appear) must accompany a writ of error in order for the Supreme Court to hear the case |
| Little v. Barreme |
1804 |
presidential and congressional power |
| Stuart v. Laird |
1803 |
enforceability of rulings issued by judges who have since been removed from office |
| Marbury v. Madison |
1803 |
judicial review of laws enacted by the United States Congress |
| Talbot v. Seeman |
1801 |
Marine salvage rights in time of war |
| New York v. Connecticut |
1799 |
first original jurisdiction suit between two States |
| Calder v. Bull |
1798 |
ex post facto clause applies to criminal, not civil cases |
| Hollingsworth v. Virginia |
1798 |
ratification of Eleventh Amendment, presidential approval is unnecessary for Constitutional amendment |
| Hylton v. United States |
1796 |
tax on carriages |