List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Chase Court
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This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court decided during the Chase Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase from December 15, 1864 through May 7, 1873.
| Case name | Citation | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Ex parte Milligan | 71 U.S. 2 (1866) | habeas corpus, military tribunals |
| Ex parte Garland | 71 U.S. 333 (1866) | retroactive civil disability for former Confederate officers |
| Mississippi v. Johnson | 71 U.S. 475 (1867) | power of the Supreme Court to constitutionally issue an injunction directed at the President |
| Pervear v. Massachusetts | 72 U.S. 475 (1866) | upholding harsh penalty for violation of state liquor laws, and declining to apply Eighth Amendment to the states |
| Crandall v. Nevada | 73 U.S. 35 (1868) | Right to travel bars taxation of parties leaving a state |
| Georgia v. Stanton | 73 U.S. 50 (1868) | power of the Court to rule on constitutionality of Reconstruction Acts; parameters of the Court's jurisdiction |
| United States v. Kirby | 74 U.S. 482 (1868) | construction of criminal statutes |
| Ex parte McCardle | 74 U.S. 506 (1868) | congressional power to limit Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction |
| Texas v. White | 74 U.S. 700 (1869) | constitutionality of state secession |
| Ex parte Yerger | 75 U.S. 85 (1869) | habeas corpus case that became moot when Yerger was released before the court ruling; therefore not actually heard by the Supreme Court |
| Paul v. Virginia | 75 U.S. 168 (1869) | Privileges & Immunities Clause does not apply to corporations, Commerce Clause does not apply to insurance policies |
| Hepburn v. Griswold | 75 U.S. 603 (1870) | constitutionality of legal tender laws |
| Baker v. Morton | 79 U.S. 150 (1870) | land claims in the Nebraska Territory |
| United States v. Klein | 80 U.S. 128 (1871) | separation of powers |
| Taylor v. Taintor | 83 U.S. 366 (1872) | rights and responsibilities of bail bondsmen |
| Slaughterhouse Cases | 83 U.S. 36 (1873) | freedom of employment |
| Bradwell v. State of Illinois | 83 U.S. 130 (1873) | equal protection, exclusion of women from employment |
| Chase Court | |
|---|---|
| December 15, 1864 – May 7, 1873 (8 years, 143 days) | |
| Seat | Old Senate Chamber Washington, D.C. |
| No. of positions | 10 (1864-1866) 8 (1866-1869) 9 (1869-1873) |
| Chase Court decisions | |
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