List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 79

This is a list of cases reported in volume 79 (12 Wall.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1871 and 1872, and one case from 1870. == Nominative reports == In 1874, the U.S. government created the United States Reports, and retroactively numbered older privately published case reports as part of the new series.