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| Case name | Citation | Summary |
| Paul v. Virginia | 1869 | Privileges & Immunities Clause does not apply to corporations, Commerce Clause does not apply to insurance policies |
| Ex parte Yerger | 1869 | habeas corpus case that became moot when Yerger was released before the court ruling; therefore not actually heard by the Supreme Court |
| Texas v. White | 1869 | constitutionality of state secession |
| Ex parte McCardle | 1868 | congressional power to limit Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction |
| United States v. Kirby | 1868 | construction of criminal statutes |
| Georgia v. Stanton | 1867 | power of the Court to rule on constitutionality of Reconstruction Acts; parameters of the Court's jurisdiction |
| Crandall v. Nevada | 1868 | Right to travel bars taxation of parties leaving a state |
| Pervear v. Massachusetts | 1866 | upholding harsh penalty for violation of state liquor laws, and declining to apply Eighth Amendment to the states |
| Mississippi v. Johnson | 1867 | power of the Supreme Court to constitutionally issue an injunction directed at the President |
| Ex parte Garland | 1866 | retroactive civil disability for former Confederate officers |
| Ex parte Milligan | 1866 | habeas corpus, military tribunals |
| Prize Cases | 1863 | presidential powers in wartime |