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Case name | Citation | Summary |
Ableman v. Booth | 1859 | The contradiction of Federal law by States |
Dred Scott v. Sandford | 1857 | slavery, the definition of citizenship |
Cooley v. Board of Wardens | 1852 | pilotage laws under the Commerce Clause |
Strader v. Graham | 1851 | slavery and the application of state laws thereof. |
Hotchkiss v. Greenwood | 1850 | Early standard for non-obviousness in United States patent law |
Sheldon v. Sill | 1850 | Congressional control of the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts |
Passenger Cases | 1849 | taxation of immigrants, constitutionality of state laws regarding foreign commerce |
Luther v. Borden | 1849 | guarantee clause of Article Four of the United States Constitution |
Prigg v. Pennsylvania | 1842 | runaway slaves |
Swift v. Tyson | 1842 | Federal common law in diversity jurisdiction cases, later overturned |
The Amistad | 1841 | slave trade and slave ownership |