David Davis
1815–1886 · Cecil County, MD
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Court of the United States | Associate Justice | Abraham Lincoln (Republican) | Dec 8, 1862 | Resignation, Mar 4, 1877 |
Education
- Kenyon College, A.B., 1832
- Read law, 1834
- New Haven Law School (now Yale Law School)
Professional Career
Private practice, Pekin, Illinois, 1835-1836; Private practice, Bloomington, Illinois, 1836-1848; State representative, Illinois, 1844-1846; Delegate, Illinois constitutional convention, 1847; Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1848-1862; U.S. senator from Illinois, 1877-1883
Opinions on This Site
Showing 100 of 182 opinions from 1861 to 1877
- Bayne v. United States 1877
- Kibbe v. DITTO 1877
- Board of Supervisors of Wood Cty. v. Lackawana Iron & Coal Co. 1877
- Huff v. Doyle 1877
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Snyder 1876
- United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey 1876
- West Wisconsin R. Co. v. Board of Supervisors of Trempealeau Cty. 1876
- Osterberg v. Union Trust Co. 1876
- Donaldson v. Farwell 1876
- Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works 1876
- Township of Elmwood v. Marcy 1876
- Reckendorfer v. Faber 1876
- Marcy v. Township of Oswego 1876
- Newhall v. Sanger 1876
- Montgomery v. Bucyrus MacHine Works 1876
- County of Moultrie v. Rockingham Ten-Cent Savings-Bank 1876
- Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United States 1876
- Town of Coloma v. Eaves 1876
- Town of Venice v. Murdock 1876
- Town of Genoa v. Woodruff 1876
- Haldeman v. United States 1876
- Roberts, Trustees v. United States 1876
- Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Arms 1876
- Hall v. Weare 1876
- Wills v. Claflin 1876
- Jackson v. Jackson 1875
- McLemore v. Louisiana State Bank 1875
- Morton v. Nebraska 1875
- Ritchie v. Franklin County 1875
- Morgan v. Campbell 1875
- Robinson v. Elliott 1875
- City of Sacramento v. Fowle 1875
- Fretz v. Stover 1875
- Decatur Bank v. St. Louis Bank 1875
- Ochiltree v. Railroad Co. 1875
- Yonley v. Lavender 1875
- Secombe v. Railroad Co. 1874
- The Mohler 1874
- Avery v. Hackley 1874
- Secomb v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. 1874
- Cross v. United States 1874
- Reybold v. United States 1874
- Slawson v. United States 1874
- La Peyre v. United States 1874
- Hornbuckle v. Toombs 1874
- Hershfield v. Griffith 1874
- Township of Pine Grove v. Talcott 1874
- McQuiddy v. Ware 1874
- Kehr v. Smith 1874
- Oregon Steam Navigation Co. v. Winsor 1874
- Conrad's Lots 1874
- United States v. Six Lots, Hatch 1874
- Peete v. Morgan 1874
- United States v. Jonas 1874
- Burke v. Miltenberger 1874
- Davenport v. Dows 1874
- Barings v. Dabney 1874
- Stowe v. United States 1874
- Nugent v. the Supervisors 1874
- Railroad Company v. Fort 1874
- The Favorita 1874
- Tacey v. Irwin 1873
- Best v. Polk 1873
- Conway v. Stannard 1873
- Railroad Co. v. Brown 1873
- Boyce v. Tabb 1873
- Packet Co. v. McCue 1873
- Young v. Godbe 1873
- Dair v. United States 1873
- Walbrun v. Babbitt 1873
- Hume v. Beale's 1873
- Davis v. Gray 1873
- Lapeyre v. United States 1873
- Duncan v. Jaudon 1873
- Haffin v. Mason 1873
- Williams v. Baker 1873
- Reybold v. United States 1872
- Maddox v. United States 1872
- Morgan v. United States 1872
- Cross v. United States 1872
- Caperton v. Ballard 1872
- United States v. Wilder 1872
- Black v. Curran 1872
- Commonwealth v. Boutwell 1872
- The Des Moines 1872
- Reiche v. Smythe, Collector 1872
- Wilmington Railroad v. Reid, Sheriff 1872
- Raleigh & Gaston Railroad v. Reid 1872
- Caujolle v. Ferrie 1871
- S. T. Nicoll & Co. v. United States 1871
- Grant v. United States 1871
- United States v. Crusell 1871
- Nicolson Pavement Co. v. Jenkins 1871
- Stansbury v. United States 1871
- Lane v. United States 1871
- Anderson v. United States 1871
- Grossmayer v. United States 1871
- O'Keefe v. United States 1871
- Crussell v. United States 1871
- Rice v. Houston 1871