Term recap
October Term 1860 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1860, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
64
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
12
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down December 31, 1860 and the last on March 18, 1861. The busiest single day was March 14, 1861 with 20 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
December 1860 · 3 decisions
January 1861 · 20 decisions
- Davila v. Mumford
- Pearce v. Page
- Braddock Jones, in Error v. James G. Soulard
- Palmer v. United States
- United States v. Chana
- Angelina R. Eberly and Peyton Lytle, by His Next Friend, A. B. Eberly, in Error v. Lewis Moore and Charles Raylon
- Rector, &C., of Christ Church, Phila. v. Cty. of Phila.
- Amey v. Mayor of Allegheny City
- Richardson v. City of Boston
- Nations v. Johnson
- Sampson v. Welsh
- Chandler v. Von Roeder
- Gue v. Tide Water Canal Co.
- Lessee of Frost v. Frostburg Coal Co.
- Hall v. Papin
- Phillips v. Page
- Almy v. California
- Vigil v. Naylor
- Thompson v. Roberts
- Washington, Alexandria, & Georgetown Steam-Packet Co. v. Sickles
February 1861 · 19 decisions
- Greer v. Mezes
- BISSELL v. City of Jeffersonville
- William S. McEwen and Henry H. Wiley, in Error v. John Den, Lessee of Charles Bulkley and Stuart Brown
- MOORE v. American Transportation Co.
- Kellogg v. Forsyth
- Powhatan Steamboat Co. v. Appomattox Railroad
- League v. Egery
- Foote v. Egery
- Cleveland Insurance Co. v. Reed
- William Wiggins, James M. Jones, and John B. Weller v. John B. Gray and Knowles Taylor
- Martin v. Thomas Ex Rel. Rogers
- Mayer, Trustee v. WHITE, ADM.
- Fackler v. Ford
- United States v. Castro
- Tate v. Carney
- Clements v. Warner
- Adler v. Fenton
- Union Steamship Co. v. New York & Virginia Steamship Co.
- Perin Ex Rel. Perin v. Carey
March 1861 · 22 decisions
- Commonwealth of Ky. v. DENNISON, GOVERNOR, &C.
- Meehan v. Forsyth
- Gregg v. Forsyth
- Ballance v. Forsyth
- Massey v. Papin
- The Board of Commr's of Knox County v. Aspinwall
- MEDBERRY v. State of Ohio
- James D. Porter and Others, in Error v. Bushrod W. Foley
- Reddall v. Bryan
- Joseph A. Sheirburn, in Error v. Jacob De Cordova and Others
- Tracy v. Holcombe
- Suydam v. Williamson
- Curtis v. County of Butler
- Freeman v. Howe
- Howard v. Bugbee
- Belcher v. Linn
- Knight v. Schell
- Berthold v. Goldsmith
- Wheeler v. Nesbitt
- Gaines v. Hennen
- Day v. Washburn
- Lessee of Smith v. McCann
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