Author:Roger Brooke Taney

Opinions of the Court

 * The Garonne, 36 U.S. 73 (1837)
 * McBride v. Hoey, 36 U.S. 167 (1837)
 * Postmaster-General United States v. Trigg, 36 U.S. 173 (1837)
 * United States v. Woolsey, 37 U.S. 27 (1838)
 * Bradstreet v. Thomas, 37 U.S. 59 (1838)
 * M'Niel v. Holbrook, 37 U.S. 84 (1838)
 * West v. Brashear, 37 U.S. 101 (1838)
 * Heirs of Wilson v. Life and Fire Insurance Company of New York, 37 U.S. 140 (1838)
 * Sarghet v. United States, 37 U.S. 143 (1838)
 * Stelle v. Carroll, 37 U.S. 201 (1838)
 * Ex Parte Story, 37 U.S. 339 (1838)
 * Ex Parte Poultneys, 37 U.S. 472 (1838)
 * Garcia v. Lee, 37 U.S. 511 (1838)
 * Van Ness v. Bank of the United States, 38 U.S. 17 (1839)
 * Rhode Island v. Massachusetts (38 U.S. 23), 38 U.S. 23 (1839)
 * Andrews v. Pond, 38 U.S. 65 (1839)
 * Lessee of Reed v. Marsh, 38 U.S. 153 (1839)
 * Ex Parte in the matter of Hennen, 38 U.S. 225 (1839)
 * Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 38 U.S. 519 (1839)
 * Mitchell v. Lenox, 39 U.S. 49 (1840)
 * West v. Brashear (39 U.S. 51), 39 U.S. 51 (1840)
 * Commonwealth Bank of Kentucky v. Griffith, 39 U.S. 56 (1840)
 * Remington v. Linthicum, 39 U.S. 84 (1840)
 * Frevall v. Bache Administrator of Dabadie, 39 U.S. 95 (1840)
 * Bank of Alexandria v. Dyer, 39 U.S. 141 (1840)
 * Keene v. Whitaker, 39 U.S. 170 (1840)
 * Lessee of Brewer v. Blougher, 39 U.S. 178 (1840)
 * Rhode Island and Providence Plantations v. Massachusetts (39 U.S. 210), 39 U.S. 210 (1840)
 * De Valengin's Administrators v. Duffy, 39 U.S. 282 (1840)
 * United States v. Morris (39 U.S. 464), 39 U.S. 464 (1840)
 * Decatur v. Paulding, 39 U.S. 497 (1840)
 * United States v. Stone (39 U.S. 524), 39 U.S. 524 (1840)
 * Holmes v. Jennison, 39 U.S. 540 (1840)
 * Lessee of Coons v. Gallaher, 40 U.S. 18 (1841)
 * The North Carolina, 40 U.S. 40 (1841)
 * Ex parte Anderson Crenshaw, 40 U.S. 119 (1841)
 * Lea v. Kelly, 40 U.S. 213 (1841)
 * Gwin v. Breedlove, 40 U.S. 284 (1841)
 * Fulton v. McAffee, 41 U.S. 149 (1842)
 * Kelsey v. Hobby, 41 U.S. 269 (1842)
 * Prouty v. Ruggles, 41 U.S. 336 (1842)
 * Martin v. Waddell, 41 U.S. 367 (1842)
 * Charlotte Parish v. Ellis, 41 U.S. 451 (1842)
 * Carver v. Hyde, 41 U.S. 513 (1842)
 * Mills v. Brown, 41 U.S. 525 (1842)
 * Williams v. Ash, 42 U.S. 1 (1843)
 * Smith v. Condry, 42 U.S. 28 (1843)
 * McKnight v. Taylor's Trustee, 42 U.S. 161 (1843)
 * Lessee of Jewell v. Jewell, 42 U.S. 219 (1843)
 * Bank of the Metropolis v. New England Bank, 42 U.S. 234 (1843)
 * Nelson v. Carland, 42 U.S. 265 (1843)
 * Taylor v. Savage, 42 U.S. 282 (1843)
 * Minor v. Tillotson (42 U.S. 287), 42 U.S. 287 (1843)
 * Williams v. United States (42 U.S. 290), 42 U.S. 290 (1843)
 * Bronson v. Kinzie, 42 U.S. 311 (1843)
 * Aldridge v. Williams, 44 U.S. 9 (1845)
 * Kendall v. Stokes, 44 U.S. 87 (1845)
 * Curtis v. Martin, 44 U.S. 106 (1845)
 * Swartwout v. Gihon, 44 U.S. 110 (1845)
 * Lessee of Waller v. Best, 44 U.S. 111 (1845)
 * Searight v. Stokes, 44 U.S. 151 (1845)
 * Nugent v. Boyd, 44 U.S. 426 (1845)
 * Maryland v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (44 U.S. 534), 44 U.S. 534 (1845)
 * Stimpson v. West Chester Railroad Company, 44 U.S. 553 (1845)
 * Neil v. Ohio, 44 U.S. 720 (1845)
 * Wilson v. Smith, 44 U.S. 763 (1845)
 * United States v. King (44 U.S. 773), 44 U.S. 773 (1845)
 * Gwinn v. Buchanan, 45 U.S. 1 (1846)
 * Tombigbee Railroad Company v. Kneeland, 45 U.S. 16 (1846)
 * Spalding v. New York ex rel. Backus, 45 U.S. 21 (1846)
 * Maney v. Porter, 45 U.S. 55 (1846)
 * Agricultural Bank of Mississippi v. Rice, 45 U.S. 225 (1846)
 * United States v. Rogers, 45 U.S. 567 (1846)
 * Barry v. Mercein, 45 U.S. 574 (1846)
 * Hunt v. Palao, 45 U.S. 589 (1846)
 * Wood v. Underhill, 46 U.S. 1 (1847)
 * Pepper v. Dunlap, 46 U.S. 51 (1847)
 * Hildeburn v. Turner, 46 U.S. 69 (1847)
 * Alexandria Canal Company v. Swann, 46 U.S. 83 (1847)
 * Barry v. Mercein (46 U.S. 103), 46 U.S. 103 (1847)
 * Mayberry v. Thompson, 46 U.S. 121 (1847)
 * Rowan and Harris v. Runnels, 46 U.S. 134 (1847)
 * United States v. Briggs, 46 U.S. 208 (1847)
 * Sheppard v. Wilson, 46 U.S. 210 (1847)
 * Miners' Bank of Dubuque v. United States ex rel. Grant, 46 U.S. 213 (1847)
 * Thurlow v. Massachusetts, 46 U.S. 504 (1847)
 * Sims v. Hundley, 47 U.S. 1 (1848)
 * Gwin v. Barton, 47 U.S. 7 (1848)
 * Nesmith v. Sheldon, 47 U.S. 41 (1848)
 * Van Ness v. Van Ness, 47 U.S. 62 (1848)
 * Villabolos v. United States, 47 U.S. 81 (1848)
 * Heirs of De Armas v. United States, 47 U.S. 103 (1848)
 * United States v. Curry, 47 U.S. 106 (1848)
 * Forgay v. Conrad, 47 U.S. 201 (1848)
 * Perkins v. Fourniquet, 47 U.S. 206 (1848)
 * Bank of the Metropolis v. New England Bank (47 U.S. 212), 47 U.S. 212 (1848)
 * Houston v. City Bank of New Orleans, 47 U.S. 486 (1848)
 * United States v. Yates, 47 U.S. 605 (1848)
 * Luther v. Borden, 48 U.S. 1 (1849)
 * Matheson v. Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama at Mobile, 48 U.S. 260 (1849)
 * Sadlers v. Hoover, 48 U.S. 646 (1849)
 * Cutler v. Rae, 48 U.S. 729 (1849)
 * Udell v. Davidson, 48 U.S. 769 (1849)
 * Neilson v. Lagow, 48 U.S. 772 (1849)
 * Liews v. Lewis, 48 U.S. 776 (1849)
 * Van Rensselaer v. Watts's Executors, 48 U.S. 784 (1849)
 * Nesmith v. Sheldon (48 U.S. 812), 48 U.S. 812 (1849)
 * United States v. King (48 U.S. 833), 48 U.S. 833 (1849)
 * United States v. Carr, 49 U.S. 1 (1850)
 * United States v. Boisdor, 49 U.S. 113 (1850)
 * Bennett v. Butterworth (49 U.S. 124), 49 U.S. 124 (1850)
 * Maxwell v. Kennedy, 49 U.S. 210 (1850)
 * Wanzer v. Tupper, 49 U.S. 234 (1850)
 * Lord v. Veazie, 49 U.S. 251 (1850)
 * Wilson v. Barnum, 49 U.S. 258 (1850)
 * Gibson v. Stevens, 49 U.S. 384 (1850)
 * Mager v. Grima, 49 U.S. 490 (1850)
 * Perrine v. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, 50 U.S. 172 (1850)
 * Goodtitle v. Kibbe, 50 U.S. 471 (1850)
 * Lamert v. Ghiselin, 50 U.S. 552 (1850)
 * Baldwin v. Ely, 50 U.S. 580 (1850)
 * Fleming v. Page, 50 U.S. 603 (1850)
 * Missouri v. Iowa (51 U.S. 1), 51 U.S. 1 (1851)
 * Strader v. Graham, 51 U.S. 82 (1851)
 * Wilson v. Sanford, 51 U.S. 99 (1851)
 * Ex parte in re Rhodes v. Steamship Galveston, 51 U.S. 144 (1851)
 * Sears v. Eastburn, 51 U.S. 187 (1851)
 * Henderson v. Tennessee, 51 U.S. 311 (1851)
 * Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company v. Maryland, 51 U.S. 376 (1851)
 * Gayler v. Wilder, 51 U.S. 477 (1851)
 * United States v. Guillem, 52 U.S. 47 (1851)
 * Christian v. United States, 52 U.S. 163 (1851)
 * Hortsman v. Henshaw, 52 U.S. 177 (1851)
 * Brooks v. Norris, 52 U.S. 204 (1851)
 * Hogan v. Ross (52 U.S. 294), 52 U.S. 294 (1851)
 * Larman v. Tisdale's Heirs, 52 U.S. 586 (1851)
 * United States v. Turner (52 U.S. 663), 52 U.S. 663 (1851)
 * Bennett v. Butterworth (52 U.S. 669), 52 U.S. 669 (1851)
 * Smith v. Clark, 53 U.S. 21 (1852)
 * Parks v. Turner, 53 U.S. 39 (1851)
 * De Montault v. United States, 53 U.S. 47 (1851)
 * Grand Gulf Railroad v. Marshall, 53 U.S. 165 (1852)
 * Bein v. Heath (53 U.S. 168), 53 U.S. 168 (1852)
 * United States v. Wilkinson, 53 U.S. 246 (1852)
 * Bond Administrator of Cade v. Brown, 53 U.S. 254 (1852)
 * United States v. Reid, 53 U.S. 361 (1852)
 * Saltmarsh v. Tuthill, 53 U.S. 387 (1852)
 * Dinsman v. Wilkes, 53 U.S. 390 (1852)
 * Linton v. Stanton, 53 U.S. 423 (1852)
 * United States v. Porche, 53 U.S. 426 (1852)
 * United States v. Leblanc, 53 U.S. 435 (1852)
 * Kelsey v. Fitzhug, 53 U.S. 443 (1852)
 * United States v. Pillerin, 54 U.S. 9 (1852)
 * Crawford v. Points, 54 U.S. 11 (1852)
 * Doe v. Beebe, 54 U.S. 25 (1852)
 * United States v. Ferreira, 54 U.S. 40 (1852)
 * Barrow v. Hill, 54 U.S. 54 (1852)
 * Mitchell v. Harmony, 54 U.S. 115 (1852)
 * Morsell v. Hall, 54 U.S. 212 (1852)
 * United States v. McCullagh, 54 U.S. 216 (1852)
 * Tremlett v. Adams, 54 U.S. 295 (1852)
 * Lawrence v. Caswell, 54 U.S. 488 (1852)
 * Bautista v. Montgomery, 54 U.S. 498 (1852)
 * Wylie v. Coxe, 55 U.S. 1 (1853)
 * Kanouse v. Martin, 55 U.S. 23 (1852)
 * Ex parte Many, 55 U.S. 24 (1853)
 * Brown v. Aspden's Administrators, 55 U.S. 25 (1853)
 * Kennett v. Chambers, 55 U.S. 38 (1852)
 * Herman v. Phalen, 55 U.S. 79 (1852)
 * Peale v. Phipps (55 U.S. 368), 55 U.S. 368 (1853)
 * Jackson v. Hale, 55 U.S. 525 (1853)
 * Bloomer v. McQuewan, 55 U.S. 539 (1853)
 * O'Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. 62 (1854)
 * Smith v. Ely, 56 U.S. 137 (1854)
 * Phelps v. Mayer, 56 U.S. 160 (1854)
 * Walworth v. Kneeland, 56 U.S. 348 (1854)
 * Carter v. Bennett, 56 U.S. 354 (1854)
 * Den v. Association of the Jersey Company, 56 U.S. 426 (1854)
 * Burgess v. Gray, 57 U.S. 48 (1854)
 * Fourniquet v. Perkins (57 U.S. 82), 57 U.S. 82 (1854)
 * Sizer v. Many, 57 U.S. 98 (1854)
 * Robertson v. Coulter, 57 U.S. 106 (1853)
 * Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company v. Debolt, 57 U.S. 416 (1854)
 * Doe v. Braden, 57 U.S. 635 (1854)
 * Heirs of De La Lande v. Treasurer of the State of Louisiana, 58 U.S. 1 (1855)
 * Shields v. Thomas (58 U.S. 3), 58 U.S. 3 (1855)
 * United States v. Coxe (58 U.S. 41), 58 U.S. 41 (1855)
 * Barribeau v. Brant, 58 U.S. 43 (1854)
 * Bank of Tennessee v. Horn, 58 U.S. 157 (1855)
 * Peck v. Sanderson (58 U.S. 178), 58 U.S. 178 (1855)
 * United States v. Seaman, 58 U.S. 225 (1855)
 * Bruce v. United States, 58 U.S. 437 (1855)
 * Florida v. Georgia (58 U.S. 478), 58 U.S. 478 (1855)
 * Fremont v. United States, 58 U.S. 542 (1855)
 * Ableman v. Booth (59 U.S. 479), 59 U.S. 479 (1856)
 * Maxwell v. Newbold, 59 U.S. 511 (1856)
 * Stairs v. Peaslee, 59 U.S. 521 (1856)
 * Hudgins v. Kemp (59 U.S. 530), 59 U.S. 530 (1856)
 * Prevost v. Greneaux, 60 U.S. 1 (1857)
 * Morgan v. Curtenius (60 U.S. 8), 60 U.S. 8 (1857)
 * Ex parte in the Matter of Secombe, 60 U.S. 9 (1857)
 * Shaffer v. Scudday, 60 U.S. 16 (1857)
 * Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857)

Concurrences

 * Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. 539 (1842)

Dissents

 * Moore v. Brown, 52 U.S. 414 (1851)
 * In re Thomas Kaine an Alleged Fugitive from Great Britain, 55 U.S. 103 (1853)
 * Vincennes University v. Indiana, 55 U.S. 268 (1853)
 * Williams v. Gibbes (58 U.S. 239), 58 U.S. 239 (1855)
 * Southworth v. Osborn, 60 U.S. 22 (1856)

Works about Taney

 * Carl Schurz, “The Removal of the Deposits” (Chapter XV) from Life of Henry Clay.
 * Carl Schurz, “The Removal of the Deposits” (Chapter XV) from Life of Henry Clay.

Dred Scott Case

 * Louisville Journal editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * Albany Evening Journal editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * Richmond Enquirer editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * Milledgeville Federal Union editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * Natchez Courier editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * Charleston Mercury editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * New York Tribune editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * New Hampshire Patriot editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * Illinois State Register editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * Columbus Republican Journal editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * Cincinnati Daily Enquirer editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * Illinois State Register editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * Columbus Republican Journal editorial on the Dred Scott case
 * Cincinnati Daily Enquirer editorial on the Dred Scott case