Author:Benjamin Robbins Curtis

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Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809–1874)

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1851-1857), appointed by Millard Fillmore.

Works

Supreme Court Opinions

Opinions of the Court

• Neilson v. Lagow (53 U.S. 98), 53 U.S. 98 (1851)
• Russell v. Southard, 53 U.S. 139 (1851)
• Wilbur v. Almy, 53 U.S. 180 (1852)
• Achison v. Huddleson, 53 U.S. 293 (1852)
• Cooley v. Port of Philadelphia, 53 U.S. 299 (1852)
• McCormick v. Gray, 54 U.S. 26 (1852)
• Neves v. Scott (54 U.S. 268), 54 U.S. 268 (1852)
• Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company v. Howard, 54 U.S. 307 (1852)
• Very v. Levy, 54 U.S. 345 (1852)
• Hagan v. Walker, 55 U.S. 29 (1852)
• Silsby v. Foote (55 U.S. 218), 55 U.S. 218 (1853)
• Christy v. Scott, 55 U.S. 282 (1853)
• General Mutual Insurance Company v. Sherwood, 55 U.S. 351 (1853)
• Webster v. Cooper, 55 U.S. 488 (1853)
• Kanouse v. Martin (56 U.S. 198), 56 U.S. 198 (1854)
• Garrow v. Davis, 56 U.S. 272 (1854)
• Curran v. Bank of the State of Arkansas, 56 U.S. 304 (1853)
• Winans v. Denmead, 56 U.S. 330 (1854)
• Turner v. Yates, 57 U.S. 14 (1854)
• Stuart v. Maxwell, 57 U.S. 150 (1854)
• Carroll v. Lessee of Carroll, 57 U.S. 275 (1854)
• Steamboat New World v. King, 57 U.S. 469 (1854)
• Lawrence v. Minturn, 58 U.S. 100 (1855)
• Shields v. Barrow, 58 U.S. 130 (1855)
• Ring v. Maxwell, 58 U.S. 147 (1855)
• United States v. Nickerson, 58 U.S. 204 (1855)
• Hendrickson v. Hinckley, 58 U.S. 443 (1855)
• Stevens v. Gladding (58 U.S. 447), 58 U.S. 447 (1855)
• Christy v. Alford, 58 U.S. 601 (1855)
• Smith v. Maryland, 59 U.S. 71 (1855)
• Bush v. Person, 59 U.S. 82 (1856)
• Richards v. Holmes, 59 U.S. 143 (1856)
• Schooner Freeman v. Buckingham, 59 U.S. 182 (1856)
• McLaughlin v. Swann, 59 U.S. 217 (1856)
• Den v. Hoboken Land and Improvement Company, 59 U.S. 272 (1856)
• Kinsman v. Parkhurst, 59 U.S. 289 (1856)
• Lafayette Insurance Company v. French, 59 U.S. 404 (1856)
• Crockett v. Steamboat Isaac Newton, 59 U.S. 581 (1856)
• Conner v. Elliott, 59 U.S. 591 (1856)
• Southworth v. Osborn, 60 U.S. 22 (1856)
• Betts v. Lewis, 60 U.S. 72 (1857)
• United States v. Le Baron (60 U.S. 73), 60 U.S. 73 (1856)

Dissents

• Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company v. Louisa Railroad Company, 54 U.S. 71 (1852)
• Salmon Falls Manufacturing Company v. Goddard, 55 U.S. 446 (1853)
• United States v. D'Auterieve, 56 U.S. 14 (1853)
• Florida v. Georgia (58 U.S. 478), 58 U.S. 478 (1855)
• Ex parte in the Matter of Wells, 59 U.S. 307 (1856)
• Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857)

Separate

• Howard v. Ingersoll, 54 U.S. 381 (1852)
• In re Thomas Kaine an Alleged Fugitive from Great Britain, 55 U.S. 103 (1853)