This is a list of cases reported in volume 32 (7 Pet.) of ''
United States Reports
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in 1833.
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Richard Peters, Jr.
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Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 32 U.S. (7 Pet.)
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to set the number of justices. Under the
Judiciary Act of 1789 Congress originally fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices).
Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to
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justices (always including one chief justice).
When the cases in 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) were decided, the Court comprised these seven justices:
Notable Cases in 32 U.S. (7 Pet.)
''Barron v. Baltimore''
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Barron v. Baltimore
''Barron v. Baltimore'', 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 243 (1833), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case in 1833, which helped define the concept of federalism in US constitutional law. The Court ruled that the Bill of Rights did not apply to the stat ...
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32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 243 (1833) is a
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case which helped define the concept of
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in
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. The Supreme Court ruled that the
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applied only to the United States government, and not to the
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. Over time, in the later 19th and into the 20th Centuries, however, the Court
incorporated parts of the Bill of Rights to apply to state governments.
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List of cases in 32 U.S. (7 Pet.)
Notes and references
See also
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certificate of division
External links
Case reports in volume 32 (7 Pet.) from Library of Congress
Case reports in volume 32 (7 Pet.) from Court Listener
Case reports in volume 32 (7 Pet.) from the Caselaw Access Project of
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Case reports in volume 32 (7 Pet.) from Google Scholar
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