REPORTS

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CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

OF

THE UNITED STATES,

DECEMBER TERM, 1854.

BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD,

COUNSELOR AT Law, and REFORTER OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUFREME COURT OF THE

UNITED STATES.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

HON. ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice.
HON. JOHN MCLEAN, Associate Justice.
HON. JAMES M. WAYNE, Associate Justice.
HON. JOHN CATRON, Associate Justice.
HON. PETER V. DANIEL, Associate Justice.
HON. SAMUEL NELSON, Associate Justice.
HON. ROBERT C. GRIER, Associate Justice.
HON. BENJAMIN R. CURTIS, Associate Justice.
HON. JOHN A. CAMPBELL, Associate Justice.

CALEB CUSHING, Esq., Attorney-General.
WILLIAM THOMAS CARROLL, Esq., Clerk.

BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, Esq., Reporter.

JONAH D HOOVER, Esq., Marshal.

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LIST OF ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS

ADMITTED DECEMBER TERM, 1854.