Term recap
October Term 1873 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1873, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
201
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
22
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 20, 1873 and the last on May 18, 1874. The busiest single day was March 18, 1874 with 30 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1873 · 6 decisions
November 1873 · 27 decisions
- Goodwin v. United States
- Knode v. Williamson
- Stitt v. Huidekopers
- Masterson v. Howard
- Ray v. Smith
- Reed v. Gardner
- Railroad Co. v. Brown
- United States v. Henry
- Eldred v. Bank
- Carpenter v. United States
- The Merritt
- Steamboat Company v. the Collector
- Philp v. Nock
- Eunson v. Dodge
- The Emily Souder
- The Adelia
- State v. Stoll
- Westray v. United States
- Lamb v. Davenport
- Daniel v. Whartenby
- Conway v. Stannard
- Horn v. Lockhart
- Cutner v. United States
- Board of Public Works v. Columbia College
- United States v. Lapène
- Supervisors v. United States
- Harrell v. Beall
December 1873 · 33 decisions
- Railroad Co. v. Orr
- Willett v. Fister
- Telegraph Co. v. Eyser
- Mulhall v. Keenan
- Railroad Co. v. Peniston
- Best v. Polk
- Weber v. Board of Harbor Commissioners
- United States v. Boutwell
- Batesville Institute v. Kauffman
- Lasere v. Rochereau
- Ex Parte Atocha
- Tacey v. Irwin
- Rea v. Missouri
- The Star of Hope
- Brent v. Maryland
- Adams v. Burke
- Smiths v. Shoemaker
- Lucas v. Brooks
- Snow v. United States
- Packet Company v. McCue
- Manufacturing Company v. United States
- Life Insurance v. Francisco
- Railroad Co. v. Fuller
- St. Clair County v. Lovingston
- Salomon v. United States
- Sohn v. Waterson
- United States v. Isham
- Town of Ohio v. Marcy
- United States v. Buzzo
- Hall v. Jordan
- Sawyer v. Hoag
- Hodges v. Vaughan
- Wilson v. City Bank
January 1874 · 39 decisions
- The Wenona
- McCarthy v. Mann
- Allen & Co. v. Ferguson
- Glenn v. Johnson
- The Favorita
- The Rio Grande
- Grant v. Strong
- Miller v. Joseph
- Bean v. Beckwith
- Coffin v. Ogden
- The Sapphire
- Stuart v. United States
- Sykes v. Chadwick
- Hicks v. Kelsey
- Atkins v. Disintegrating Co.
- Shrewsbury v. United States
- Hailes v. Van Wormer
- Cooper v. Omohundro
- Insurance Co. v. Folsom
- Henshaw v. Bissell
- Railroad Company v. Fort
- University v. Finch
- Kitchen v. Rayburn
- United States v. Arwo
- Bulkley v. United States
- Crews v. Brewer
- Jones v. United States
- Kibbe v. Benson
- Day v. Micou
- The Lucille
- Miltenberger v. Cooke
- Bartholow v. Bean
- Tiffany v. National Bank of Mo.
- Tiffany v. Boatman's Institution
- Walker v. The State Harbor Commissioners
- Insurance Co. v. Dunn
- Railroad Co. v. Stout
- American Wood-Paper Co. v. Fibre Disintegrating Co.
- Ex Parte Lange
March 1874 · 46 decisions
- Insurance Co. v. Seaver
- The Pennsylvania
- Coit v. Robinson
- Trask v. Maguire
- Clarke v. Boorman's Executors
- Chaffee & Co. v. United States
- Stowe v. United States
- Zantzingers v. Gunton
- Railroad Company v. Church
- Gray v. Rollo
- Ex Parte State Insurance Company
- Bullard v. Bank
- The Falcon
- Town of Queensbury v. Culver
- Mitchell v. Tilghman
- Caldwell's Case
- Dollar Savings Bank v. United States
- Railway Company v. Allerton
- Sawyer v. Prickett
- Barings v. Dabney
- Knowles v. The Gaslight and Coke Company
- Rees v. City of Watertown
- Cook v. Tullis
- Bartemeyer v. Iowa
- Case of the Sewing MacHine Companies
- Minot v. Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad
- Thompson v. Whitman
- Klein v. Russell
- Carpenter v. Rannels
- Eldred v. Sexton
- Nugent v. the Supervisors
- Morgan's v. Gay
- Cropley v. Cooper
- Davenport v. Dows
- Stevenson v. Williams
- Nunez v. Dautel
- Espy v. Bank of Cincinnati
- Burke v. Miltenberger
- Head v. The University
- Insurance Co. v. Baring
- United States v. Jonas
- Cornett v. Williams
- Mayor v. Ray
- Ryan v. United States
- Roach v. Summers
- Railroad Company v. Richmond
April 1874 · 20 decisions
- Tappan v. Merchants' National Bank
- Peete v. Morgan
- Bank v. Cooper
- Packet Co. v. Sickles
- United States v. Herron
- United States v. Innerarity
- Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad v. Carolina National Bank
- The Lottawanna
- Holladay v. Daily
- City of Memphis v. Brown
- Williams v. Bankhead
- Butt v. Ellett
- Robertson v. Carson
- The Mayor v. Lindsey
- Pacific Railroad v. Maguire
- Humaston v. Telegraph Co.
- Washing-Machine Co. v. Tool Co.
- Burton v. Driggs
- North Missouri Railroad v. Maguire
- National Bank of Washington v. Texas
May 1874 · 30 decisions
- Knapp v. Railroad Co.
- McPhaul v. Lapsley
- Hershfield v. Griffith
- Hornbuckle v. Toombs
- Kehr v. Smith
- Claims of Marcuard
- Conrad's Lots
- Warren v. Van Brunt
- Davis v. Bilsland
- Heine v. Levee Commissioners
- Pahlman v. Collector
- Twenty Per Cent. Cases
- McQuiddy v. Ware
- United States v. Cook
- Osborne v. United States
- Insurance Co. v. Fogarty
- Galpin v. Page
- Stockdale v. Insurance Companies
- Creighton v. Kerr
- The Confiscation Cases
- MacKay v. Easton
- Ex Parte Robinson
- Board of Commissioners v. Gorman
- Simpson v. Greeley
- Oregon Steam Navigation Co. v. Winsor
- Tioga Railroad v. Blossburg & Corning Railroad
- Aicardi v. State
- The Corn-Planter Patent
- Township of Pine Grove v. Talcott
- Habich v. Folger
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