Term recap
October Term 1859 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1859, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
114
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
20
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down December 19, 1859 and the last on May 18, 1860. The busiest single day was March 12, 1860 with 25 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
December 1859 · 11 decisions
- J. W. Hodge, John W. Hunter, Haywood Hunter, Thomas Coleman, and Young Coleman, in Error v. John A. Williams
- George Bondies v. James P. Sherwood
- Middleton v. McGrew
- Lawler v. Claflin
- Maxwell v. Moore
- Chaffee v. Boston Belting Co.
- Sinnot v. Davenport
- Foster v. Davenport
- Eber B. Ward, Survivor, &C., Owner of the Steamboat Detroit v. Charles Thompson
- Flowers v. Foreman
- Morrill v. Cone
January 1860 · 20 decisions
- Nelson v. Leland
- Adams v. Preston
- Richardson v. Goddard
- Springfield Township, of Franklin County, in Error v. John H. Quick, Auditor, and William Robeson, Treasurer, of Franklin County
- Hale v. Gaines
- McMicken's Executors v. Perin
- Rey v. Simpson
- Ogden v. Parsons
- Gridley v. Wynant
- Gridley v. Westbrook
- J. J. B. White v. Wright, Williams, & Co.
- Kock v. Emmerling
- Collins v. Thompson
- Irvine v. Redfield
- Overton v. Cheek
- Parker v. Kane
- Roach v. Chapman
- City of New Orleans v. Gaines
- Green's Administratrix v. Creighton
- Castle v. Bullard
February 1860 · 18 decisions
- Joseph S. Cucullu, in Error v. Louis Emmerling
- Cage's Executors v. Cassidy
- Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad v. Philadelphia & Havre De Grace Steam Towboat Co.
- Aspinwall v. Board of Commissioners of the Cty. of Daviess
- Clifton v. Sheldon
- Brewster v. Wakefield
- United States Ex Rel. Crawford v. Addison
- Lytle v. State of Arkansas
- Kimbro v. Bullitt
- Pennock v. Coe
- Dermott v. Jones
- Nathan E. Hooper, Louisa J. Hooper, and Amanda E. Hooper, Minors, by Absalom Fowler, Their Next Friend, in Error v. Jacob Scheimer
- United States v. Rose
- Sutton v. Bancroft
- United States v. Widow & Heirs of West
- BERTHOLD v. McDONALD
- The United States v. William Bennitz
- United States v. Alviso
March 1860 · 31 decisions
- Emerson v. Slater
- The United States v. James D. Galbraith, John Sine, David, T. Bayley, and Richard H. Stanton
- Bank of Pittsburgh v. Neal
- The Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia, in Error v. Moses C. Mordecai
- Gonzales v. United States
- Verden v. Coleman
- United States v. Pacheco
- Clark v. Bowen
- The United States v. Rafael Garcia
- The United States v. The Widow, Heirs, and Executors, of William E. P. Hartnell, Deceased
- The Executors and Heirs of Augustin De Yturbide, Deceased v. The United States
- United States v. Heirs of De Haro
- Jeter v. Hewitt
- Ogilvie v. Knox Insurance Co.
- United States v. Teschmaker
- The United States v. Andres Pico
- The United States v. Mariano G. Vallejo
- United States v. Osio
- United States v. Noe
- The United States v. Francisco Pico and Others
- Wiseman v. Chiappella
- United States v. Murphy
- Green v. Custard
- Yontz v. United States
- United States v. Widow & Heirs of Berreyesa
- Le Roy v. Tatham
- Lawrence v. Tucker
- Kilbourne v. State Savings Inst. of St. Louis
- Teese v. Huntingdon
- Beaubien v. Beaubien
- Zabriskie v. Cleveland, Columbus, & Cincinnati Railroad
April 1860 · 21 decisions
- United States v. Walker
- Emma B. C. Thompson v. Richard Roe
- Howland v. Greenway
- Anson, Bangs, & Co. v. Blue Ridge Railroad
- Benjamin v. Hillard
- Very v. Watkins
- Refeld v. Woodfolk
- Fuentes v. United States
- Dubuque & Pacific Railroad v. Litchfield
- Bliven v. New England Screw Company.
- United States v. Castillero
- Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, of City of New York v. Ransom
- Morewood v. Enequist
- Dalton v. United States
- New York & Baltimore Transportation Co. v. Philadelphia & Savannah Steam Navigation Co.
- Orient Mutual Insurance v. Wright Ex Rel. Maxwell, Wright, & Co.
- Sun Mutual Insurance v. Wright Ex Rel. Maxwell, Wright, & Co.
- Callan v. Statham
- Oelricks v. Ford
- Adams v. Norris
- Luco v. United States
May 1860 · 13 decisions
- United States v. White
- Haney v. Baltimore Steam Packet Company
- George W. Day, Bowen Matlock, Isaac H. Frothingham, and George W. Warner v. William A. Washburn and John A. Keith
- United States v. Gomez
- United States v. Bolton
- Minturn v. Larue
- Castro v. Hendricks
- Bell v. Mayor and Council of Vicksburg
- FREDERICKSON v. State of Louisiana
- Whitridge v. Dill
- Jenkins v. Banning
- Doe Ex Dem. Mann v. Wilson
- State of Alabama v. State of Georgia
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