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This is a list of notable cases decided by the United States Supreme Court.

This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the tenures of Chief Justices John Jay (19 October 1789 - 29 June 1795), John Rutledge (15 February 1790 - 5 March 1791), and Oliver Ellsworth (8 March 1796 - 15 December 1800).

1789–1819

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Case name Citation Summary
Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Jay, October 19, 1789
Hayburn's Case 2 U.S. 409 (1792) justiciability and separation of powers
Chisholm v. Georgia 2 U.S. 419 (1793) first “major” case; federal jurisdiction over suits vs. states; state sovereign immunity
Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Rutledge, August 12, 1795
Talbot v. Janson 3 U.S. 133 admiralty and citizenship
Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, March 8, 1796
Hylton v. United States 3 U.S. 171 (1796) tax on carriages
Hollingsworth v. Virginia 3 U.S. 378 (1798) ratification of Eleventh Amendment, presidential approval is unnecessary for Constitutional amendment
Calder v. Bull 3 U.S. 386 (1798) ex post facto clause applies to criminal, not civil cases
New York v. Connecticut 4 U.S. 1 (1799) first original jurisdiction suit between two States



|- |colspan="3"|Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Marshall, February 4, 1801 |- | Marbury v. Madison | 5 U.S. 137 (1803) | judicial review of laws enacted by Congress |- | Stuart v. Laird | 5 U.S. 299 (1803) | enforceability of rulings issued by judges who have since been removed from office |- | Little v. Barreme | 6 U.S. 170 (1804) | presidential and congressional power |- | Strawbridge v. Curtiss | 7 U.S. 267 (1806) | federal diversity jurisdiction |- | Ex parte Bollman | 8 U.S. 75 (1807) | habeas corpus, definition of treason, Supreme Court's power to issue writs to circuit courts |- | Fletcher v. Peck | 10 U.S. 87 (1810) | property rights |- | United States v. Hudson and Goodwin | 11 U.S. 32 (1812) | Federal court jurisdiction over common law crimes |- | Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee | 14 U.S. 304 (1816) | Loyalist property forfeiture, Supreme Court review of state court judgments |- | McCulloch v. Maryland | 17 U.S. 316 (1819) | doctrine of implied powers |- | Sturges v. Crowninshield | 17 U.S. 122 (1819) | constitutionality of state bankruptcy laws |- | Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward | 17 U.S. 518 (1819) | impairment of contracts

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1820–1839

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Case name Citation Summary
Cohens v. Virginia 19 U.S. 264 (1821) judicial review of state supreme court decisions
Johnson v. McIntosh 21 U.S. 8 (1823) inability of Native Americans to own land
Gibbons v. Ogden 22 U.S. 1 (1824) Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce
Osborn v. Bank of the United States 22 U.S. 738 (1824) scope of Article III jurisdiction; interpretation of the 11th Amendment
Ogden v. Saunders 25 U.S. 213 (1827) state bankruptcy law
Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co. 27 U.S. 245 (1829) Dormant Commerce Clause
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 30 U.S. 1 (1831) Indian nations as foreign states
Worcester v. Georgia 31 U.S. 515 (1832) Indian removal
Barron v. Baltimore 32 U.S. 243 (1833) reach of the Bill of Rights
Ex Parte Madrazzo 32 U.S. 627 (1833) standing in an admiralty case
Wheaton v. Peters 33 U.S. 591 (1834) copyright perpetuity; common law copyright

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