List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases_by_the_Ellsworth_Court

Supreme Court of the United States
Ellsworth Court
Rutledge Court ← → Marshall Court
	March 8, 1796 – December 15, 1800; (4 years, 282 days)
Seat	Old City Hall; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
No. of positions	6
	Ellsworth Court decisions

Supreme Court of the United States
Rutledge Court
Jay Court ← → Ellsworth Court
	August 12, 1795 – December 28, 1795; (138 days)
Seat	Old City Hall; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
No. of positions	6
	Rutledge Court decisions

Supreme Court of the United States
Jay Court
none ← → Rutledge Court
	October 19, 1789 – June 29, 1795; (5 years, 253 days)
Seat	Old City Hall; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
No. of positions	6
	Jay Court decisions

List of United States Supreme Court cases prior to the Marshall Court

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This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the tenures of Chief Justices John Jay (October 19, 1789 – June 29, 1795), John Rutledge (August 12, 1795 – December 28, 1795), and Oliver Ellsworth (March 8, 1796 – December 15, 1800), respectively the Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth Courts.

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Case name	Citation	Summary
Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Jay, October 19, 1789
Van Staphorst v. Maryland	(1791)	first docketed case of the Supreme Court, settled before arguments
West v. Barnes	2 U.S. 401 (1791)	first decision of the Supreme Court, strictly interpreting procedural filing requirements mandated by statute
Georgia v. Brailsford	2 U.S. 402 (1792)	A State may sue in the Supreme Court to enjoin payment of a judgment on foreign debt until it can be ascertained to whom the money belongs
Hayburn's Case	2 U.S. 409 (1792)	justiciability and separation of powers
Georgia v. Brailsford	2 U.S. 415 (1793)	suits in which states may be a party; continuation of Georgia v. Brailsford (1792)
Chisholm v. Georgia	2 U.S. 419 (1793)	first “major” case; federal jurisdiction over suits vs. states; state sovereign immunity; led to Eleventh Amendment
Georgia v. Brailsford	3 U.S. 1 (1794)	first jury trial in the Supreme Court; conclusion of Georgia v. Brailsford (1792)
United States v. Todd	(1794)	Case regarding invalid pension of a Revolutionary War veteran. The case was initially unpublished, a note paraphrasing the case was appended to the opinion in United States v. Ferreira, 54 U.S. 40, 52 (1849). A transcript of the records of the case is published in Washington and Lee Law Review.

Case name	Citation	Summary
Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Rutledge, August 12, 1795
United States v. Peters	3 U.S. 121 (1795)	Federal district court has no authority over a foreign privateer when the captured ship was not within its jurisdiction.
Talbot v. Janson	3 U.S. 133 (1795)	United States citizens did not waive all claims to U.S. citizenship by either renouncing citizenship of an individual state or by becoming a citizen of another country.

Case name	Citation	Summary
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

Jay Court
none ← → Rutledge Court
October 19, 1789 – June 29, 1795 (5 years, 253 days)
Seat	Old City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
No. of positions	6
Jay Court decisions

Rutledge Court
Jay Court ← → Ellsworth Court
August 12, 1795 – December 28, 1795 (138 days)
Seat	Old City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
No. of positions	6
Rutledge Court decisions

Ellsworth Court
Rutledge Court ← → Marshall Court
March 8, 1796 – December 15, 1800 (4 years, 282 days)
Seat	Old City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
No. of positions	6
Ellsworth Court decisions

Jay Court