Pre-1893 cases from the supreme court of the United States.

[I have not found any of these cases elsewhere on the Internet, so I transcribed and posted them here.
[I hope they may be useful to you.]

Sovereignty of the People and of the States:
Chisholm v. Georgia (1793):

Corporate Identity means a voluntary waiver of Sovereign Immunity:
The Bank of the United States v. The Planters' Bank of Georgia (1824):

History of United States Territorial Courts:
Leitensdorfer v. Webb (1858):

Court sometimes acts as military tribunal:
Dynes v. Hoover (1858):

Who are 'enemies' of the United States?
United States v. Cooke [The Venice.] (1865)"

History of Provisional Courts during post-Civil-War 'Reconstruction':
The Grapeshot v. Wallerstein [The Grapeshot.](1870).

The validity of military tribunals:
The Mechanics' & Traders' Bank v. The Union Bank of Louisiana (1875):

Government impairment of contracts:
White v. Hart (1871):

United States owes refund of money paid by innocent party.
United States v. The State National Bank of Boston (1878):

Foreign countries become United States Territories by conquest and/or by cession [history of Porto Rico (renamed Puerto Rico)]:
De Lima v. Bidwell (1901):

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