| Case name | Citation | Summary
|-| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Marshall, February 4, 1801
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| Marbury v. Madison | judicial review of laws enacted by the United States Congress | ||||
| Stuart v. Laird | enforceability of rulings issued by judges who have since been removed from office | ||||
| Little v. Barreme | presidential and congressional power | ||||
| Bailiff v. Tipping | a citation (a court order for a person to appear) must accompany a writ of error in order for the Supreme Court to hear the case | ||||
| Strawbridge v. Curtiss | federal diversity jurisdiction | ||||
| Ex parte Bollman | habeas corpus, definition of treason, Supreme Court's power to issue writs to circuit courts | ||||
| Fletcher v. Peck | property rights | ||||
| United States v. Hudson and Goodwin | Federal court jurisdiction over common law crimes | ||||
| The Schooner Exchange v. M'Faddon | capture and possession of foreign ships | ||||
| Fairfax's Devisee v. Hunter's Lessee | Loyalist property forfeiture | ||||
| Martin v. Hunter's Lessee | Loyalist property forfeiture, Supreme Court review of state court judgments | ||||
| Laidlaw v. Organ | the rule of caveat emptor in a commodity delivery contract | ||||
| McCulloch v. Maryland | doctrine of implied powers | ||||
| Sturges v. Crowninshield | constitutionality of state bankruptcy laws | ||||
| Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward | impairment of contracts | ||||
| Case name | Citation | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Cohens v. Virginia | judicial review of state supreme court decisions | |
| Johnson v. M'Intosh | inability of Native Americans to own land | |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce | |
| Osborn v. Bank of the United States | scope of Article III jurisdiction; interpretation of the 11th Amendment | |
| Ogden v. Saunders | state bankruptcy law | |
| American Ins. Co. v. 356 Bales of Cotton | The Territorial Clause and the ability of Congress to set up Article I tribunals | |
| Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co. | Dormant Commerce Clause | |
| Cherokee Nation v. Georgia | Indian nations as foreign states | |
| Worcester v. Georgia | Indian removal | |
| Barron v. Baltimore | reach of the Bill of Rights | |
| Ex Parte Madrazzo | standing in an admiralty case | |
| Wheaton v. Peters | copyright perpetuity; common law copyright |