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American Insurance Company v. 356 Bales of Cotton 26 U.S. 511 (1828) 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.