| Case name
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Citation
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Summary
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| Talbot v. Seeman
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5 U.S. 1 (1801)
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Marine salvage rights in time of war
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| Marbury v. Madison
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5 U.S. 137 (1803)
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judicial review of laws enacted by the United States Congress
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| Stuart v. Laird
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5 U.S. 299 (1803)
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enforceability of rulings issued by judges who have since been removed from office
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| Murray v. The Charming Betsey
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6 U.S. 64 (1804)
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foreign relations and international sovereignty
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| Little v. Barreme
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6 U.S. 170 (1804)
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presidential and congressional power
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| Bailiff v. Tipping
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6 U.S. 406 (1805)
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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
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| Strawbridge v. Curtiss
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7 U.S. 267 (1806)
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federal diversity jurisdiction
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| Ex parte Bollman
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8 U.S. 75 (1807)
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habeas corpus, definition of treason, Supreme Court's power to issue writs to circuit courts
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| Fletcher v. Peck
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10 U.S. 87 (1810)
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property rights
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| United States v. Hudson and Goodwin
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11 U.S. 32 (1812)
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Federal court jurisdiction over common law crimes
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| The Schooner Exchange v. M'Faddon
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11 U.S. 116 (1812)
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capture and possession of foreign ships
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| Fairfax's Devisee v. Hunter's Lessee
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11 U.S. 603 (1813)
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Loyalist property forfeiture
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| Martin v. Hunter's Lessee
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14 U.S. 304 (1816)
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Loyalist property forfeiture, Supreme Court review of state court judgments
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| Laidlaw v. Organ
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15 U.S. 178 (1817)
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the rule of caveat emptor in a commodity delivery contract
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| Craig v. Radford
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16 U.S. 594 (1818)
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Jay Treaty protection of alien enemy defeasible estate; surveying law
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| McCulloch v. Maryland
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17 U.S. 316 (1819)
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doctrine of implied powers
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| Sturges v. Crowninshield
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17 U.S. 122 (1819)
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constitutionality of state bankruptcy laws
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| Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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17 U.S. 518 (1819)
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impairment of contracts
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| Cohens v. Virginia
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19 U.S. 264 (1821)
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judicial review of state supreme court decisions
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| Johnson v. McIntosh
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21 U.S. 543 (1823)
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inability of Native Americans to own land
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| Gibbons v. Ogden
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22 U.S. 1 (1824)
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Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce
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| Osborn v. Bank of the United States
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22 U.S. 738 (1824)
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scope of Article III jurisdiction; interpretation of the 11th Amendment
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| The Antelope
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23 U.S. 66 (1825)
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The Supreme Court's initial consideration of the legitimacy of the international slave trade.
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| Ogden v. Saunders
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25 U.S. 213 (1827)
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state bankruptcy law
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| American Ins. Co. v. 356 Bales of Cotton
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26 U.S. 511 (1828)
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The Territorial Clause and the ability of Congress to set up Article I tribunals
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| Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co.
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27 U.S. 245 (1829)
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Dormant Commerce Clause
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| Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
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30 U.S. 1 (1831)
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Indian nations as foreign states
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| Worcester v. Georgia
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31 U.S. 515 (1832)
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Indian removal
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| Barron v. Baltimore
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32 U.S. 243 (1833)
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reach of the Bill of Rights
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| Ex Parte Madrazzo
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32 U.S. 627 (1833)
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standing in an admiralty case
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| Wheaton v. Peters
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33 U.S. 591 (1834)
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copyright perpetuity; common law copyright
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