American Ins. Co. v. 356 Bales of Cotton

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=American Ins. Co. v. 356 Bales of Cotton
ArgueDate=March 8
ArgueDateB=10
ArgueDateC=11
ArgueYear=1828
DecideDate=March 15
DecideYear=1828
FullName=The American Insurance Company, and The Ocean Insurance Company, (of New-York,) v. 356 Bales of Cotton, David Canter
USVol=26
USPage=511
Citation=1 Pet. 511, 1828 WL 2951 (U.S.S.C.), 7 L.Ed. 242
Prior=From the Circuit Court of the United States, District of South Carolina
Subsequent=
Holding=
SCOTUS=1826-1828
Majority=Marshall
JoinMajority="unanimous"
LawsApplied=

"American Ins. Co. v. 356 Bales of Cotton", 26 U.S. 511 (1828) [ [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=26&page=511 26 U.S. 511] Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.] , was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The case involved the validity of a local court established by Congress in the Florida Territory whose judges lacked life tenure, as mandated by Article III of the Constitution. Chief Justice John Marshall upheld the courts on the basis of Congress's broad power to enact local laws for territories. The case was later discussed in "Dred Scott v. Sandford", where Chief Justice Roger Taney distinguished it in holding that Congress could not ban slavery within a territory.

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