List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Chase Court
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This is a chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the tenure of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase (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 |
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