The Constitution in the Supreme Court

by Currie, David P.

• ISBN13: 9780226131092
• ISBN10: 0226131092
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Currie's masterful synthesis of legal analysis and narrative history, gives us a sophisticated and much-needed evaluation of the Supreme Court's first hundred years. "A thorough, systematic, and careful assessment. . . . As a reference work for constitutional teachers, it is a gold mine."--Charles A. Lofgren, Constitutional Commentary

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Part One: Chief Justices Jay and Ellsworth, 1789-1801
Introduction to Part One	3	(3)
Outlines of Federal Jurisdiction	6	(25)
``Cases'' and ``Controversies''	6	(8)
Hayburn's Case	6	(3)
Chandler's Case and United States v. Todd	9	(2)
The Correspondence of the Justices	11	(3)
Suits against States	14	(9)
Chisholm v. Georgia	14	(6)
Hollingsworth v. Virginia	20	(3)
Other Cases	23	(8)
La Vengeance	23	(2)
Wiscart v. D'Auchy	25	(3)
Turner v. Bank of North America	28	(1)
Mossman v. Higginson	29	(2)
Limitations on Congressional and State Powers	31	(34)
Taxes, Treaties, and Retroactivity	31	(18)
Hylton v. United States	31	(6)
Ware v. Hylton	37	(4)
Calder v. Bull	41	(8)
State Constitutions and Congressional Power before 1789	49	(6)
Penhallow v. Doane's Administrators	49	(2)
Cooper v. Telfair	51	(4)
Conclusion to Part One	55	(6)
Part Two: Chief Justice Marshall, 1801-1835
Introduction to Part Two	61	(4)
The Powers of the Federal Courts, 1801-1810	65	(26)
Marbury v. Madison	66	(8)
Original and Appellate Jurisdiction	74	(8)
Stuart v. Laird	74	(4)
United States v. More	78	(1)
Ex parte Bollman	79	(3)
Diversity Jurisdiction	82	(9)
Hepburn v. Ellzey	82	(2)
Strawbridge v. Curtiss	84	(1)
Bank of the United States v. Deveaux	85	(4)
Hodgson v. Bowerbank	89	(2)
Later Jurisdictional Decisions	91	(36)
Review of State Courts	91	(11)
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee	91	(5)
Cohens v. Virginia	96	(6)
Osborn v. Bank of the United States	102	(6)
Other Cases	108	(19)
Houston v. Moore	108	(3)
Judicial Provisions of the Bill of Rights	111	(3)
The Thomas Jefferson	114	(3)
Wayman v. Southard	117	(2)
American Insurance Co. v. Canter	119	(3)
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia	122	(5)
The Contract Clause and Natural Law	127	(33)
Fletcher v. Peck	128	(8)
Other Public Contracts	136	(9)
New Jersey v. Wilson	136	(1)
Terrett v. Taylor	136	(5)
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward	141	(4)
Bankruptcy and Later Cases	145	(15)
Sturges v. Crowninshield	145	(5)
Ogden v. Saunders	150	(6)
Coda	156	(4)
Congressional Authority and Other Limits on State Power	160	(43)
McCulloch v. Maryland	160	(8)
Gibbons v. Ogden	168	(8)
Later Commerce Clause Cases	176	(7)
Brown v. Maryland	176	(5)
Worcester v. Georgia	181	(2)
Other Cases on Congressional Power	183	(3)
Bills of Credit and the Bill of Rights	186	(8)
Craig v. Missouri	186	(3)
Barron v. Mayor of Baltimore	189	(5)
Conclusion to Part Two	194	(7)
Part Three: Chief Justice Taney, 1836-1864
Introduction to Part Three	201	(2)
Contracts and Commerce	203	(34)
The Three Bombshells of 1837	204	(6)
New York v. Miln	204	(2)
Briscoe v. Bank of Kentucky	206	(3)
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge	209	(1)
Later Contract Clause Cases	210	(12)
Bronson v. Kinzie	211	(2)
West River Bridge Co. v. Dix	213	(2)
Butler v. Pennsylvania	215	(2)
The Tax Exemption Cases	217	(2)
Gelpcke v. Dubuque	219	(2)
Summary	221	(1)
Later Commerce Clause Cases	222	(15)
Groves v. Slaughter	222	(3)
The License Cases	225	(2)
The Passenger Cases	227	(3)
Cooley v. Board of Wardens	230	(4)
Aftershocks	234	(3)
Article IV and Federal Powers	237	(50)
Other Limits on State Power	237	(15)
The Privileges and Immunities Clause	237	(4)
Fugitive Slaves	241	(4)
Other Fugitives	245	(4)
Federal Immunities	249	(3)
Federal Jurisdiction	252	(11)
Luther v. Borden	252	(5)
Admiralty Jurisdiction	257	(2)
Diversity Cases	259	(4)
Congressional and Presidential Powers	263	(14)
Scott v. Sandford	263	(10)
The Prize Cases	273	(4)
Conclusion to Part Three	277	(8)
Part Four: Chief Justice Chase, 1865-1873
Introduction to Part Four	285	(2)
Civil War and Reconstruction	287	(43)
Military Trials and Test Oaths	288	(8)
Ex parte Milligan	288	(4)
The Test Oath Cases	292	(4)
Reconstruction	296	(20)
Mississippi v. Johnson	299	(3)
Georgia v. Stanton	302	(2)
Ex parte McCardle	304	(4)
United States v. Klein	308	(3)
Texas v. White	311	(5)
Financial Measures	316	(14)
Federal Taxes	316	(4)
Legal Tender	320	(10)
Limitations on State Power	330	(33)
The Commerce Clause	330	(12)
Gilman v. Philadelphia	331	(1)
The Portwardens Case and Crandall v. Nevada	332	(3)
Woodruff v. Parham	335	(2)
Railroad Taxes	337	(5)
The Slaughter-House Cases	342	(10)
Conclusion to Part Four	352	(9)
Part Five: Chief Justice Waite, 1874-1888
Introduction to Part Five	361	(2)
The Civil War Amendments	363	(40)
Due Process	364	(19)
Procedural Cases	365	(4)
Bartemeyer v. Iowa	369	(1)
The Granger Cases	370	(3)
Davidson v. New Orleans	373	(2)
Mugler v. Kansas	375	(2)
Powell v. Pennsylvania	377	(1)
Related Issues	378	(5)
Equal Protection	383	(10)
Strauder v. West Virginia	383	(2)
Judicial and Administrative Discrimination	385	(2)
Pace v. Alabama	387	(3)
Nonracial Cases	390	(3)
Enforcement and Related Questions	393	(10)
United States v. Reese	393	(2)
Cruikshank and Harris	395	(3)
The Civil Rights Cases	398	(5)
Commerce and Sovereign Immunity	403	(26)
The Commerce Clause and the States	403	(13)
Discrimination and Uniformity	404	(4)
Additional Theories	408	(2)
Segregation and Rates	410	(3)
Taxes and Police Powers	413	(3)
Sovereign Immunity	416	(13)
United States v. Lee	417	(3)
Louisiana v. Jumel	420	(3)
The Virginia Coupon Cases	423	(2)
Hagood v. Southern and In re Ayers	425	(4)
The Powers of Congress	429	(24)
Enumerated and Implied Powers	429	(10)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce	429	(3)
Indians	432	(2)
The Copyright Clause	434	(2)
Investigations and Immunities	436	(3)
The Bill of Rights	439	(9)
Freedom of Religion	439	(3)
Freedom of Expression	442	(2)
Search, Seizure, and Self-Incrimination	444	(4)
Conclusion to Part Five	448	(5)
Epilogue	453	(4)
Appendix A: Justices of the Supreme Court, 1789-1888	457	(4)
Appendix B: The Constitution of the United States	461	(16)
Table of Cases	477	(10)
Index	487