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.

1842 Cases

43 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 Intellectual Property 1842

Prigg v. Pennsylvania

Edward Prigg, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Defendant in Error. A writ of error to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, brought under .the tyventyfifth section of the judiciary act of 118?, to revise the judgment of

41 U.S. 539 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1842

Mauran v. Bullus

Joshua Mauran, Plaintiff in error, v. Edward Bullus, Defendant in error. Construction of a letter of guarantee. In the construction of all written instruments, to ascertain the intention of the parties is the great object of the Court, anc^

41 U.S. 528 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1842

Mills v. Brown

Adam S. Mills and others, Plaintiffs in error, v. William G. Brown and others, and the County of St. Clair, Defendants in error. The Supreme Court has not' jurisdiction on a writ of error to the Supreme Court of a-state, in which the judgme

41 U.S. 525 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1842

Todd v. Daniel

James Todd, Thomas Warren, Tristram G Mitchell, William C. Mitchell, and Woodbury Storer, Administrator of Israel Waterhouse, Deceased, v. Charles Daniel, Complainant and Appellee. Motion to dismiss an appeal. The appellants were the origin

41 U.S. 521 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1842

Carver v. Hyde

Eleazer Carver, Plaintiff in error, v. Joseph A. Hyde and others, Defendants in error. Action for damages for a violation of a patent for an improvement on the cotton gin. The charge of the Circuit Court of Massachusetts upon the facts in t

41 U.S. 513 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1842

Carpenter v. Providence Washington Insurance

Jeremiah Carpenter, Plaintiff in error v. The Providence Washington Insurance Company, Defendants in error. Action on a policy of insurance vn the “ Glenoo Cotton Factory,” against loss or damage by fire. The policy was dated the 27th day o

41 U.S. 495 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1842

Harpending v. Minister, Elders, & Deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church

Smith Harpending, and others, Appellants, v. The Minister, Elders, and Deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York, and others, Appellees. A bill was filed in the Circuit Court of the southern district of New Yor

41 U.S. 455 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1842

Parish v. Ellis

Charlotte A. Parish, Appellant, v. Harvey W. Ellis and Wife, Appellees. The acts of Congress, relating to judicial proceedings in the territory of Florida, give the right' of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, in cases of equ

41 U.S. 451 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1842

Dobbins v. Commissioners of Erie County

Daniel Dobbins, Plaintiff in error, v. The Commissioners of Erie County, Defendants in error. A captain of the United States revenue cutter, on the f¡rie station in Pennsylvania, was rated and assessed for county taxes, as an officer of the

41 U.S. 435 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1842

Martin v. Lessee of Waddell

Merrit Martin and others, Plaintiffs in error, v. The Lessee of William C. H. Waddell, Defendant in error. Ejectment for one hundred acres of land, covered with' water, .in Raritan bay, in the township of Perth Amboy, in the state of New Je

41 U.S. 367 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Family Law 1842

Wood v. United States

Thomas Wood, Junior, Claimant of twenty-two Packages or Pieces of Cloth, Plaintiff in error, v. The United States, Defendants in error. .'he United States filed in the District Court of the United States, for the Maryland district, a libel

41 U.S. 342 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1842

Prouty v. Ruggles

David Prouty and John Mears, Plaintiffs in error, v. Draper Ruggles et al., Defendants in error. The plaintiffs, in the Circuit Court, claimed damages for the'infringement of their patent for “a new and useful improvement in the constructio

41 U.S. 336 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1842

Fresh v. Gilson

William H. Fresh,Plaintiff in error, v. Riah Gilson,Christopher Midlar, and James Fresh, Defendants in error. Liability for the acts of others may be created either by a direct authority given for their performance,.or it may flow from thei

41 U.S. 327 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1842

Roach v. Hulings

James Roach, Administrator of Philip Roach, Plaintiff in error, v. David W. Hulings, Defendant in error. The jury, in rendering their verdict; failed to respond separately to the distinct issues they were sworn to try. The defendant had ple

41 U.S. 319 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Employment Law 1842

Bradstreet v. Potter

Martha Bradstreet, Demandant, Plaintiff in error, v. William F. Potter, Tenant, Defendant in error. The questions presented to this Court on the writ of error being the samé with those ■ in Bradatreét v, Thomas, 12 Petera, 174 the jadgmetit

41 U.S. 317 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1842

Gibson v. Chew

John A. Gibson and Kinchen A. Martin, Plaintiffs in error, v. Beverly Chew, Defendant in error. -The Circuit Courts of the United States have not cognisance of any suit to.recover - the contents, of any prQmissory note- or other chose: in a

41 U.S. 315 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1842

Amis v. Smith

John D. Amis, Plaintiff in error, v. Nathan Smith, Defendant in error. Mississippi. Action on a promissory note against sundry persons surviving partners of the unincorporated Real Estate Bank of Columbus, Mississippi, founded on their cert

41 U.S. 303 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1842

United States v. Eliason

The United States, Plaintiffs in error, v. Mary L. Eliason, Administratrix of William A. Eliason, Defendant in error. Ah action was brought by the United States against Captain Eliason, for a balance due by him as disbursing officer at Fort

41 U.S. 291 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1842

Armstrong v. Treasurer of Athens County

Thomas Armstrong and others, Plaintiffs in error, v. The Treasurer of Athens County, Defendant in error. An act was passed by thb legislature in 1840,' by which certain lands held under conveyances from :the President and Trustees of the Oh

41 U.S. 281 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1842

Kelsey v. Hobby

Charles Kelsey, and Charles M'Intyre, Appellants, v. Alfred M. Hobby, and Thomas P. Bond, Complainants. On the dissolution of a partnership in 1822, it was agreed with the out-going partners, H. and B., that the debts due to the partnership

41 U.S. 269 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1842

Mayor of Mobile v. Hallett

The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Mobile, Plaintiffs in error, v. William E. Hallett, Executor of Joshua Kennedy, deceased, Dependant in error. A grant by the Spanish government, confirmed by the United States, was made of a lot of grou

41 U.S. 261 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1842

Mayor of Mobile v. Eslava

The Mayor and Aldermen of The City of Mobile, Plaintiffs error, v. Miguel D. Eslava, Defendant in error. A lot. of ground, part of the ground on which-Fort Charlotte had been erected, in the city' of Mobile, before the territory was acquire

41 U.S. 234 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1842

United States v. Heirs of Clarke

The United States, Appellants, v. The Heirs of George J. F. Clarke, and The Heirs of George Atkinson, Appellees. A Florida land claim. A grant of fifteen thousand acres by the Spanish Governor of .East Florida, in consideration of important

41 U.S. 228 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1842

Milnor v. Metz

Robert Milnor, John Thompson, David Petrikin, and Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury, Complainants and Appellants, v. George W. Metz, Appellee. M. was discharged by the insolvent laws of Pennsylvania, after having made, according to t

41 U.S. 221 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.