Term recap
October Term 1871 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1871, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
186
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
23
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 30, 1871 and the last on May 18, 1872. The busiest single day was May 18, 1872 with 17 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1871 · 5 decisions
November 1871 · 37 decisions
- The Western Metropolis
- Parker v. Latey
- Kearney v. Case
- Miller v. Life Insurance
- Villa v. Rodriguez
- Avery v. United States
- Northern Railroad v. The People
- Wadsworth v. Warren
- Perrin v. United States
- Knox v. Exchange Bank
- Germain v. Mason
- Barth v. Clise
- Holladay v. Kennard
- The Steamer Syracuse
- Insurance Co. v. Transportation Co.
- Western Mass. Ins. Co. v. Transportation Co.
- United States v. Crusell
- Junction Railroad v. Bank of Ashland
- United States v. Alexander
- United States v. Burns
- Rogers v. Ritter
- Hannibal Railroad v. Swift
- Scott v. United States
- Thorp v. Hammond
- Smith v. Mason
- Edwards v. Tanneret
- Insurance Company v. Slaughter
- Hanauer v. Doane
- Cooley v. O'Connor
- Bronson's v. Chappell
- Insurance Companies v. Boykin
- Shoemaker v. Kingsbury
- Walker v. Dreville
- United States v. Russell
- Smith v. Sheeley
- Hennessy v. Sheldon
- United States v. New Orleans Railroad
December 1871 · 17 decisions
- Webb, Trustee v. Sharp, Marshal
- Thomas v. City of Richmond
- Toof v. Martin
- Samson v. Smiley
- Yeager v. Farwell
- Insurance Co. v. Bailey
- Rice v. Houston
- United States v. Clyde
- Ward v. Maryland
- Johnson v. Towsley
- Stockwell v. United States
- United States v. Kimbal
- The Patapsco
- Semmes v. Hartford Insurance Company
- Caujolle v. Ferrie
- Hall v. Allen, Assignee
- The Siren
January 1872 · 18 decisions
- Holden v. Joy
- Christmas v. Russell
- Trebilcock v. Wilson
- Bank of West Tennessee v. Citizens' Bank of Louisiana
- West Tennessee Bank v. Citizens' Bank
- Curtis v. Whitney
- The Steamer Webb
- Mahan v. United States
- Armstrong v. Morrill
- People v. Central Railroad
- Tucker v. Spalding
- The Protector
- Mason v. Rollins
- Low v. Austin
- The Delaware
- United States v. Klein
- Nicolson Pavement Company v. Jenkins
- Northwestern Union Packet Co. v. Home Ins. Co. Of New York
February 1872 · 34 decisions
- Bethell v. Mathews
- Alexander v. Roulet
- Myers v. Croft
- Pennsylvania College Cases
- Norwich Transportation Company v. Flint
- Foulke v. Zimmerman
- Wells v. McGregor
- Boyden v. United States
- Halliburton v. United States
- Gibson v. Chouteau
- Railroad Company v. Soutter Et Al.
- Carlton v. Bokee
- Bevans v. United States
- The Ariadne
- United States v. Wormer
- Dooley v. Smith
- Bath County v. Amy
- Wheeler v. Harris
- Pendleton County v. Amy
- Pugh v. McCormick
- The Bridgeport
- Philip v. Nock
- Hurley v. Street
- Railway Co. v. Whitton's Administrator
- Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co.
- Carroll v. United States
- Bartemeyer v. Iowa
- Reiche v. Smythe, Collector
- Gibson v. Warden
- Raleigh & Gaston Railroad v. Reid
- Wilmington Railroad v. Reid, Sheriff
- The Continental
- Canal Co. v. Clark
- Ward v. United States
March 1872 · 24 decisions
- The Laura
- Norwich Co. v. Wright
- Hall & Long v. Railroad Cos.
- Hampton v. Rouse
- City of Lexington v. Butler
- The Thames
- Tarble's Case
- Insurance Co. v. Thwing
- United States v. Vigil
- The Vaughan and Telegraph
- Gay's Gold
- Henderson's Distilled Spirits
- United States v. Avery
- Commonwealth v. Boutwell
- Armstrong v. United States
- The Scotia
- United States v. Crusell
- Slaughter's Administrator v. Gerson
- Butler v. Watkins
- Ex Parte McNiel
- Steinbach v. Insurance Co.
- Ex Parte Russell
- Insurance Co. v. Wilkinson
- The Des Moines
April 1872 · 34 decisions
- The St. John
- Jacoway v. Denton
- Steines v. Franklin County
- Clinton v. Englebrecht
- Davenport v. Lamb
- Watson v. Jones
- Robinson v. United States
- Black v. Curran
- Chew v. Brumagen
- The Java
- Dent v. Emmeger
- Dolton v. Cain
- Bank of Bethel v. Pahquioque Bank
- Salt Co. v. East Saginaw
- Traders' Bank v. Campbell
- Sevier v. Haskell
- The Cayuga
- Blyew v. United States
- Klinger v. Missouri
- Pargoud v. United States
- Bradley v. Fisher
- United States v. Ballard
- Kitchen v. Bedford
- Palmer v. Marston
- French v. Shoemaker
- Kennebec Railroad v. Portland Railroad
- O'DOwD v. Russell
- United States v. Wilder
- Mowry v. Whitney
- Williams v. Kirtland
- White v. Hart
- Improvement Company v. Munson
- Osborn v. Nicholson
- Germain v. Mason
May 1872 · 17 decisions
- Easley v. Kellom
- Bigler v. Waller
- Caperton v. Ballard
- Hook v. Payne
- The Patapsco
- Pugh v. United States
- Carpentier v. Montgomery
- Ex Parte Newman
- Insurance Companies v. Weides
- The Mabey and Cooper
- Paige v. Banks
- The Merrimac
- Cockroft v. Vose
- French v. Edwards
- Insurance Co. v. Barton
- Caperton v. Bowyer
- Twenty Per Cent. Cases
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