Term recap
October Term 1874 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1874, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
192
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
22
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 26, 1874 and the last on May 18, 1875. The busiest single day was January 11, 1875 with 21 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1874 · 2 decisions
November 1874 · 34 decisions
- Perris v. Higley
- Hardy v. Harbin
- Avery v. Hackley
- The Teutonia
- Smythe v. Fiske
- Woodson v. Murdock
- United States v. Boecker
- Gillette v. Bullard
- Maryland v. Railroad Co.
- The S. B. Wheeler
- Grosholz v. Newman
- Home Ins. Co. v. Morse
- Sprott v. United States
- Belle of the Sea
- Boley v. Griswold
- Pollard v. Bailey
- Lyon v. Pollard
- Clinkenbeard v. United States
- The Montello
- Stickney v. Wilt
- Hearne v. Marine Insurance
- Equitable Insurance Company v. Hearne
- Marsh v. Whitmore
- Doane v. Glenn
- Mays v. Fritton
- Jackson v. Ludeling
- Titus v. United States
- Ambler v. Whipple
- Railroad Co. v. Androscoggin Mills
- Edwards v. Elliott
- Vannevar v. Bryant
- Douglass v. Douglass, Administrator
- The Mohler
- Cooper & Co. v. Coates & Co.
December 1874 · 23 decisions
- Northwestern Union Packet Co. v. Viles
- Secombe v. Railroad Co.
- Watson v. Bondurant
- United States v. Villalonga
- Cannon v. New Orleans
- Rubber-Tip Pencil Co. v. Howard
- Grand Tower Co. v. Phillips
- Railroad Co. v. Smith
- Lewis v. Cocks
- Green v. Green
- Insurance Co. v. Sea
- County of St. Clair v. Lovingston
- Parcels v. Johnson
- Packet Co. v. Clough
- The Lady Pike
- Adams v. Adams
- The Great Republic
- Jerome v. McCarter
- Sweeney v. Lomme
- Atchison v. Peterson
- United States v. Shrewsbury
- Chambers County v. Clews
- Michaels v. Post
January 1875 · 36 decisions
- French v. Edwards
- Murdock v. City of Memphis
- The Railroad Company v. Maryland. On Motion
- Mathews v. McStea
- Ross v. Jones
- Express Company v. Ware
- Jennisons v. Leonard
- The Dexter
- Scott v. Kelly
- Cadle v. Baker
- Clarion Bank v. Jones
- United States v. Gill
- United States v. Saunders
- United States v. Williamson
- Clark v. Iowa City
- Hamilton v. Dillin
- Treat v. Jemison
- Gardner v. Brown
- Insurance Co. v. Colt
- Mason v. Graham
- Yonley v. Lavender
- Tremaine v. Hitchcock & Co.
- Doe v. Childress
- Basey v. Gallagher
- Longstreth v. Pennock
- The Sea Gull
- Haycraft v. United States
- Ochiltree v. Railroad Co.
- Railway Co. v. McShane
- The Collector v. Richards
- Schulenberg v. Harriman
- Express Co. v. Caldwell
- Decatur Bank v. St. Louis Bank
- Scholey v. Rew
- St. John v. Erie Railway Co.
- Hunnewell v. Cass County
February 1875 · 36 decisions
- Putnam v. Day
- Langdeau v. Hanes
- Case of Broderick's Will
- Fox v. Seal
- Fretz v. Stover
- Insurance Company v. Mahone
- Reedy v. Scott
- Hepburn v. The School Directors
- United States v. O'Grady
- City of Sacramento v. Fowle
- Burnhisel v. Firman
- Erie Railway Co. v. Pennsylvania
- Dupasseur v. Rochereau
- Clark v. Iselin
- Railroad Co. v. Wiswall
- Littlefield v. Perry
- Watson v. Taylor
- Hampton v. Rouse
- Smith v. Nichols
- Maxwell v. Stewart
- Railroad Land Company v. Courtright
- Mitchell v. United States
- Robinson v. Elliott
- Donovan v. United States
- Loan Assn. v. Topeka
- Cary, Collector v. The Savings Union
- Fashnacht v. Frank
- Hill v. Mendenhall
- Garrison v. City of New York
- Vermilye & Co. v. Adams Express Co.
- Pleasants v. Fant
- Taylor v. Thomas
- Lewis v. Hawkins
- Stephen v. Beall
- Gavinzel v. Crump
- Butler v. United States
March 1875 · 28 decisions
- Smith v. Adsit
- Insurance Co. v. Newton
- French v. Hay
- Amsinck v. Bean
- Atlee v. Packet Co.
- Tucker v. Ferguson
- Ex Parte Sawyer
- Morgan v. Campbell
- Trist v. Child
- Railway Co. v. Ramsey
- Brown v. Brackett
- Little, Assignee v. Alexander
- Ray v. Norseworthy
- Moran v. Prather
- United States v. Insurance Companies
- Blake v. National Banks
- Morton v. Nebraska
- Bailey v. Glover
- Terrell v. Allison
- Collar Co. v. Van Dusen
- Railroad Co. v. Pratt
- Randall v. Kreiger
- Sloan v. Lewis
- Ritchie v. Franklin County
- Tilden v. Blair
- In Re Chiles
- Ambler v. Whipple
- Minor v. Happersett
April 1875 · 16 decisions
- Bailey, Collector v. Clark
- Crosby v. Buchanan
- Railroad Co. v. Swasey
- Bailey v. Railroad Co.
- Texas v. Chiles
- Thomas & Co. v. Wooldridge
- Connoyer v. Schaeffer
- House v. Mullen
- Jeffries v. Life Insurance
- Hotchkiss v. National Banks
- Piatt's Administrator v. United States
- French v. Hay
- Moore v. Mississippi
- French v. Hay
- Bailey v. Magwire
- Slack v. Tucker & C
May 1875 · 17 decisions
- Gregory v. McVeigh
- Railroad Co. v. Maryland
- United States v. Farragut
- Sandusky v. National Bank
- Mechanics' and Traders' Bank v. Union Bank
- The Elgee Cotton Cases
- Insurance Co. v. Young's Administrator
- Railroad Company v. Pollard
- Fox v. Gardner
- Dillon v. Barnard
- The Clarita and the Clara
- The Rio Grande
- Wood v. Bailey
- The Lottawanna
- Vigo's Case
- National Bank v. Colby
- Ex Parte Medway
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