American Insurance Co. v. 356 Bales of Cotton

American Insurance Company v. 356 Bales of Cotton

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued March 8, 10–11, 1828
Decided March 15, 1828

Full case name

The American Insurance Company, and The Ocean Insurance Company, (of New-York,) v. 356 Bales of Cotton, David Canter

Citations

26 U.S. 511 (more)

1 Pet. 511, 1828 WL 2951 (U.S.S.C.), 7 L.Ed. 242

Prior history

From the Circuit Court of the United States, District of South Carolina

Court membership

Chief Justice John Marshall

Associate Justices Bushrod Washington · William Johnson Gabriel Duvall · Joseph Story Smith Thompson · Robert Trimble

Case opinions

Majority

Marshall, joined by unanimous

American Insurance Company v. 356 Bales of Cotton, 26 U.S. 511 (1828), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The case involved the validity of a local court established by Congress in the Florida Territory whose judges lacked life tenure, as mandated by Article III of the Constitution. Chief Justice John Marshall upheld the courts on the basis of Congress's broad power to enact local laws for territories. The case was later discussed in Dred Scott v. Sandford, where Chief Justice Roger Taney distinguished it in holding that Congress could not ban slavery within a territory.

References

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