Author:David Davis

David Davis
(1815–1886)

David Davis

Works

• "Lincoln as a Lawyer" in Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln
• "Chapter 1" in Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847–1865

Supreme Court opinions

Majority opinions

• Alexander v. Roulet
• Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company v. Brown
• The Amelie
• Avery v. Hackley
• Avery v. United States
• Bailey v. Magwire
• Baker v. Gee
• Baltimore v. Baltimore Railroad
• Bank of the Republic v. Millard
• Bank v. Lanier
• Barnard v. Kellogg
• Bayne v. Morris
• Bayne v. United States
• Bell v. Railroad Company
• Benbow v. Iowa City
• Best v. Polk
• Bigelow v. Berkshire Life Insurance Company
• The Binghamton Bridge
• Black v. Curran
• Blanchard v. Brown
• Bonner v. United States
• Boyce v. Tabb
• Bronson v. Railroad Company
• Burke v. Miltenberger
• Campbell v. City of Kenosha
• Caperton v. Ballard
• Carey v. Donohue
• The Carroll
• Caujolle v. Ferri E
• Chicago City v. Robbins
• City of Sacramento v. Fowle
• City of Winona v. Cowdrey
• The City v. Babcock
• Clearwater v. Meredith
• Cocks v. Izard
• Commonwealth v. Boutwell
• Connoyer v. Schaeffer
• Conway v. Stannard
• Crawshay v. Soutter and Knapp
• Cross v. United States (81 U.S. 479)
• Dair v. United States
• Davenport v. Dows
• De Haro v. United States
• Decatur Bank v. St. Louis Bank
• The Des Moines
• Dolton v. Cain
• Donaldson Assignee v. Farwell
• Drakely v. Gregg
• Drury v. Cross
• Duncan v. Jaudon
• Eames v. Godfrey
• Eldred v. Sexton
• Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. 2 (1866)
• Express Company v. Kountze Brothers
• The Favorita
• Fretz v. Stover
• Furman v. Nichol
• Gaines v. De La Croix
• Gaines v. New Orleans
• Gavinzel v. Crump
• Grant v. United States (74 U.S. 331)
• Gray v. Brignardello
• The Great Republic
• Green v. Van Buskirk (74 U.S. 139)
• Gregg v. Von Phul
• Haffin v. Mason
• Haldeman v. United States
• Halliday v. Hamilton
• Hanrick v. Neely
• Haver v. Yaker
• Hendrick v. Lindsay
• Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works
• Heydenfeldt v. Daney Gold and Silver Mining Company
• Home of the Friendless v. Rouse
• Hume v. Beale's Executrix
• Homestead Company v. Valley Railroad
• Humaston v. American Telegraph Company
• Insurance Company v. Chase
• Insurance Company v. Francis
• Insurance Company v. Slaughter
• Insurance Company v. Weide (78 U.S. 438)
• The Kansas Indians
• Kehr v. Smith
• The Keokuk
• Kibbe v. Ditto
• Knapp v. Western Vermont Railroad Company
• Koehler v. Black River Falls Iron Company
• The Lady Franklin
• Leavenworth Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company v. United States
• Lionberger v. Rouse
• Lobrano v. Nelligan
• Lower v. United States
• Lukins v. Aird
• Lum v. Robertson
• Maddox v. United States
• McKee v. United States (75 U.S. 163)
• McLemore v. Louisiana State Bank
• McQuiddy v. Ware
• Michigan Central Railroad Company v. Mineral Springs Manufacturing Company
• Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. Apms
• Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway Company v. United States
• Missouri v. Kentucky
• Mitchell v. St. Maxent's Lessee
• The Mohler
• The Montello (87 U.S. 430)
• Montgomery v. Bucyrus Machine Works
• Morgan v. Campbell
• Morgan v. United States (81 U.S. 531)
• Morton v. Nebraska
• Mulligan v. Corbins
• Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Snyder
• Myers v. Croft
• The Nassau
• Neale v. Neales
• Newhall v. Sanger
• Nichols v. United States
• Nicolson Pavement Company v. Jenkins
• Ochiltree v. Railroad Company
• Osterberg v. Union Trust Company
• Osterman v. Baldwin
• Packet Company v. McCue
• Paige v. Banks
• Parmelee v. Simpson
• The Patapsco (80 U.S. 329)
• Payne v. Hook
• Pearson v. Duane
• Peete v. Morgan
• Peralta v. United States
• Pickersgill v. Lahens
• The Potomac
• The Quickstep
• Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company v. Reid
• Randall v. Howard
• Reiche v. Smythe
• Reybold v. United States
• Rice v. Houston
• Ritchie v. Franklin County
• Robinson v. Elliott
• Robinson v. United States (80 U.S. 363)
• Rogers v. Marshal
• Rogers v. Ritter
• Roland v. United States
• Ryan v. Bindley
• Ryan v. Carter
• Savery v. Sypher
• Secombe v. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company
• Secrist v. Green
• Serrano v. United States
• Simpson Company v. Dall
• Slawson v. United States
• Smith v. Sheeley
• Smith v. Stevens
• The Spray
• Stansbury v. United States
• The Steamer Syracuse
• Stowe v. United States
• Tacey v. Irwin
• Tameling v. United States Freehold and Emigration Company
• Thomson v. Lee County
• The Thompson
• Thompson v. Bowie
• Thompson v. Railroad Companies
• Tiffany v. Boatman's Institution
• Tiffany v. Lucas
• Township of Elmwood v. Marcy
• United States v. Anderson (76 U.S. 56)
• United States v. Child Company
• United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey
• United States v. Grossmayer
• United States v. Jonas
• United States v. Justice
• United States v. Lane
• United States v. O'Keefe
• United States v. Vigil (80 U.S. 449)
• United States v. Wilder
• United States v. Wright (78 U.S. 648)
• Vose v. Bronson
• Walbrun v. Babbitt
• Walker v. Henshaw
• Walker v. Walker's Executor
• Ward v. United States (77 U.S. 593)
• The Washington University v. Rouse
• Watson v. Sutherland
• Wheeler v. Sage
• White v. Luning
• Wills v. Claflin
• Wilmington Railroad v. Reid
• Witherspoon v. Duncan
• Woods v. Freeman
• Yeager v. Farwell
• Yonley v. Lavender
• Young v. Godbe

Dissents

• Bradley v. Fisher
• Davis v. Gray
• United States v. Crusell (81 U.S. 1)
• Virginia v. West Virginia (78 U.S. 39)

Works about Davis

• Letter from P. B. Blumb to Carl Schurz, 1884-05-25
• “Davis, David” in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, 1900
• “Davis, David” in The New Student's Reference Work, 1914
• Proclamation 5367, by Ronald Reagan, 1985-09-16 (quotes Davis)
• Dissent by Stephen Breyer, 2000 (references an anecdote about Davis)