US Case Law Library

Find court opinions that match your case.

Search 312,996+ US court opinions imported from the Caselaw Access Project — Supreme Court, federal circuits, and state high courts. Filter by practice area, state, outcome, and connect with the attorneys who tried them.

312,996+
Court Opinions
266
1754–2019 Span
265
Courts Represented
7,507+
Attorneys with Cases

Latest Opinions · freshly imported court decisions

The most recent court rulings now available in the library. Click through for the full opinion, the attorneys involved, and related cases.

1831 Cases

41 matching opinions . Filter by practice area below, or use the search above for free-text matching against title and syllabus.

Browse by State 28
Browse by Year 40
Remanded 1831

Potter v. Gardner

*Elisha R. Potter, Appellant, v. Hannah Gardner and others. Appeal from the decree of the circuit court of Rhode Island, on the report of the master, made upon a reference to him of the decree of this court, in the case of Potter ». Gardner

30 U.S. 718 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1831

Sheppard v. Taylor

*James Sheppard and others, Appellants, v. Lemuel Taylor and others, Appellees. Seamen's wages. The ship Warren, owned in Baltimore, sailed from that port, in 1806, the officers and seamen haviDg shipped to perform a voyage to the north-wes

30 U.S. 675 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1831

United States v. Robertson

*United States v. Robertson. Construction of bond,. ■Construction of a bond executed by the president and directors of the Bank of Somerset to the United States, for the performance of an agreement made by them with the United States, for t

30 U.S. 641 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1831

Edmondston v. Drake & Mitchel

*Charles Edmondston, Plaintiff in error, v. Drake & Mitchel, Defendants in error. Guarantee. A letter of credit was written by Edmondston, of Charleston, South Carolina, to a commercial house at Havana, in favor of J. & T. Robson, for $50,0

30 U.S. 624 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1831

Patapsco Insurance v. Southgate

*Patapsco Insurance Company, Plaintiffs in error, v. John Southgate and Wright Southgate, Defendants in error. Depositions de bene esse. — Subpoena.-—Marine insu/remoe. — Total loss. Sale by master. — Abandonment. In the caption of a deposi

30 U.S. 604 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1831

Tiernan v. Jackson

*Luke Tiernan, David Williamson, Jr., and Charles Tiernan, Plaintiffs in error, v. James Jackson, Defendant in error. (Jonsi/ruation of contract. — Equitable assignment. Whatever may be the inaccuracy of expression, or the inaptness of the

30 U.S. 580 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1831

Winship v. Bank of the United States

*John Winship and others, Plaintiffs in error, v. The Bank of the United States, Defendant in error. Partnership. If the particular terms of articles of partnership are unknown to the public, they have a right to deal with the firm, in resp

30 U.S. 529 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1831

Smith v. President of the Union Bank

*Clement Smith, Administrator of Samuel Robertson, deceased, Plaintiff in error, v. The President and Directors of The Union Bank of Georgetown, Defendant in error. Decedents' estates. —Conflict of la/ws. Robertson was domiciled at Norfolk,

30 U.S. 518 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1831

Menard v. Aspasia

*Pierre Menard, Plaintiff in error, v. Aspasia, Defendant in error. Slavery. — Ordinance of 1787. — Appellate jurisdiction. The mother of Aspasia, a colored woman, was born a slave at Kaskaskia, in Illinois, previous to 1787, and before tha

30 U.S. 505 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1831

Fowle v. Lawrason's Executor

*William Fowle and the Administrators of Thomas Lawrason, Appellants, v. James Lawrason’s Executor, Appellee. Equity jurisdiction. After an arbitrament and award, an action was instituted at law upon the award, and the court, being of opini

30 U.S. 495 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Personal Injury 1831

Peyton v. Stith

*Townsend B. Peyton and others, Appellants, v. Joseph Stith, Appellee. Land-law of Kentucky. — Adverse possession. — Landlord and tenant. Constructive possession. Jenkin Phillips, on the I8th May 1780, “ enters one thousand acres on the sou

30 U.S. 485 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1831

Peltz v. Clarke

*Alexander M. Peltz et al., Plaintiffs in error, v. Joseph S. Clarke, Defendant in error. Mortgage. It is undoubtedly well settled, as a general rule, that a court of law will not permit an outstanding satisfied mortgage to be set up agains

30 U.S. 481 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1831

Bank of the United States v. Martin

*The Bank of the United States, Plaintiff in error, v. George B. Martin, Defendant in error. Jurisdiction. The district court of the United States for the state of Alabama has not jurisdiction of suits instituted by the Bank of the United S

30 U.S. 479 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1831

Lewis v. Marshall

*Josiah Lewis, Frances Lewis and William Rawle, Executors and Executrix of William Lewis, deceased, and the said Josiah Lewis, Margaret and Louisa Agaid, and Lewis H. Conover, heirs, &c., of said Lewis, and Richard Willing, Eliza M. Willing

30 U.S. 470 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Intellectual Property 1831

Hawkins v. Barney s Lessee

*John Hawkins and William May, Plaintiffs in error, v. Joshua Barney s Lessee, Defendant in error. Constitutional law. — Statutes of limitation. — Evidence m ejectment. The decision of this court, as to the validity of the law of Kentucky,

30 U.S. 457 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1831

Levy Court v. Ringgold

*The Levy Court of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, v. Tench Ringgold, Esq., Marshal of the District of Columbia. Executions for fines in Washington city. The “ act concerning the district of Columbia,” passed 3d of March 180

30 U.S. 451 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1831

Mayor of New Orleans v. United States

*The Mayor, Aldermen and Inhabitants of New Orleans, Appellants, v. The United States, Appellees. Practice. The parol evidence given on the hearing of a petition, in the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisi

30 U.S. 449 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1831

Jackson ex dem. Bradstreet v. Huntington

*James Jackson, ex dem. Martha Bradstreet, Plaint ff in error, v. Henry Huntington, Defendant in error. Disseism. — Election to stand disseised. — Adverse possession. — Statute of limitations. — -Tena/nts in common. Where one having no titl

30 U.S. 402 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1831

Hinde v. Lessee of Vattier

*Thomas Hinde and wife, Plaintiffs in error, v. The Lessee of Charles Vattier. Evidence. — Public documents. — State decisions. The book called the Land Laws of Ohio, published by the authority of a law of that state, is evidence in the cir

30 U.S. 398 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1831

Shankland v. Mayor of Washington

*Alexander B. Shankland, Plaintiff in error, v. The Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of Washington, Defendants in error. Lotteries. — Parol evidence. — Delegation of cmthority. The plaintiff was the owner of a half ticket in “ the fifth c

30 U.S. 390 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Bankruptcy & Debt 1831

Farrar v. United States

*Bernard G. Farrar and Joseph C. Brown, Plaintiffs in error, v. United States. Official bonds. — Action on bond. — Responsibilities of sureties. F. and B. were sureties in a bond for $30,000, given to the United States, as sureties for one

30 U.S. 373 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1831

Tayloe v. Thomson's Lessee

*John Tayloe, Plaintiff in error, v. Edward Thomson’s Lessee, Defendant in error. Hen ofjudgmen t. —Execution.—Insolvency. It seems, there is no act of assembly of Maryland which declares a judgment to be a hen on real estate, before execut

30 U.S. 358 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1831

Lessee of Clarke v. Courtney

*The Lessee of James B. Clarke and others, Plaintiff in error, v. John Courtney and others, Defendants in error. Proof of deed. — Power of attorney. — Adverse possession. The clerk of the court brought into court, under process, a letter of

30 U.S. 319 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1831

Page v. Lloyd

*Maria Wilson Page, relict and administratrix of Mann Page, deceased, Mann Alexander Page and Jane Maria Page, infant children of the said Mann Page, by the said Maria Wlson Page, their mother and next friend, Complainants, v. John Lloyd, e

30 U.S. 304 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Need an attorney for a case like these?

Browse 7,507+ verified US attorneys whose names appear in real court opinions. Filter by practice area and state to find someone with relevant experience.