Term recap
October Term 1875 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1875, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
199
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
24
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 25, 1875 and the last on May 18, 1876. The busiest single day was May 18, 1876 with 31 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1875 · 7 decisions
November 1875 · 18 decisions
- Dows v. National Exchange Bank of Milwaukee
- The “Juniata”
- National Bank of Commerce of Boston v. Merchants' Nat. Bank of Memphis
- Brown v. Piper
- Piper v. Moon
- Upton v. Tribilcock
- Ex Parte French
- United States v. Norton
- Nichols v. Eaton
- Cooke v. United States
- Long v. Converse
- Scudder v. Union National Bank
- Carver v. Upton, Assignee
- Sanger v. Upton
- Knotts v. Stearns
- Sawyer v. Turpin
- United States v. Union Pacific Railroad
- Dainese v. Cooke
December 1875 · 12 decisions
January 1876 · 46 decisions
- Muller v. Dows
- Mueller v. Ehlers
- Black v. United States
- United States v. McKee
- McMurray v. Brown
- Kennard v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Morgan
- Wallach v. Van Riswick
- The “Free State”
- Twin-Lick Oil Co. v. Marbury
- Butterfield v. Usher
- The" Sunnyside"
- Neblett v. MacFarland
- Woodruff v. Hough
- New Lamp Chimney Co. v. Ansonia Brass & Copper Co.
- Pollard v. Lyon
- Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. Tisdale
- Wright v. Tebbitts
- Phillips & Colby Construction Co. v. Seymour
- Haines v. Carpenter
- Lloyd v. Fulton
- Baker v. White
- Scammon v. Kimball
- Smith v. Vodges, Assignee
- Welton v. Missouri
- Moore v. United States
- Grand Trunk Railroad v. Richardson
- The" Dove"
- Zeller v. Switzer
- Bolling v. Lersner
- Stott v. Rutherford
- Forsythe v. Kimball
- Mississippi & Missouri Railroad v. Cromwell
- Western Union Telegraph Company v. Western and Atlantic Railroad Company
- IVES v. Hamilton
- Wills v. Claflin
- Otis v. Cullum, Receiver
- Kittredge v. Race
- Williams v. United States
- Dow v. Humbert
- Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Arms
- Romie v. Casanova
- Potts v. Chumasero
- Mayer v. Hellman
- United States v. Allison
- The “Colorado”
- Hall v. Weare
February 1876 · 32 decisions
- Mead v. Pinyard
- Rockhold v. Rockhold
- Warfield v. Chaffe
- Earle v. McVeigh
- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. France
- Smeltzer v. White
- Eyster v. Gaff
- Roberts, Trustees v. United States
- Gilman v. Illinois and Mississippi Telegraph Company. Coykendall, Garnishee v. Idem
- Hoover v. Wise
- United States v. Ashfleld
- United States v. Corliss Steam-Engine Co.
- Clements v. MacHeboeuf
- Webster v. Upton
- McManus v. O'Sullivan
- Osborn v. United States
- Brown v. Atwell
- Lower v. United States Ex Rel
- Gould v. Evansville & Crawfordsville R. Co.
- Lathrop v. Drake
- Stone v. Towne
- Lobenstein v. United States
- Crary v. Devlin
- Townsend v. Todd
- Warren v. Shook
- Lewis v. United States
- Morrison v. Jackson
- Shepley v. Cowan
- Raymond v. Thomas
- Republican River Bridge Co. v. Kansas Pacific Railroad
- Haldeman v. United States
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Hall
March 1876 · 24 decisions
- Amory v. Amory
- The “D. R. Martin”
- United States v. Norton
- Gaines v. Fuentes
- Burbank v. Bigelow
- Barnes v. District of Columbia
- Hoffman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
- Blease v. Garlington
- Commissioners of Laramie County v. COMMISSIONERS OF ALBANY COUNTY
- Hall v. United States
- Morsell v. First National Bank
- Farnsworth, Trustees v. Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company
- Terry v. Tubman
- Chy Lung v. Freeman
- Arthur v. Cumming
- Henderson v. Mayor of the City of New York Commissioners of Immigration v. North German Lloyd
- Kohl v. United States
- United States v. REESE
- Cheatham v. United States
- United States v. Cruikshank
- Town of Venice v. Murdock
- Town of Genoa v. Woodruff
- Town of Coloma v. Eaves
- Angle v. North-Western Mutual Life Insurance
April 1876 · 29 decisions
- Piedmont, Etc. Life-Ins. Co. v. Ewing, Etc.
- Totten v. United States
- Harrison v. Myer
- Hall v. United States
- United States v. Landers
- Wilson v. Boyce
- The 'Coty of Washington.'
- Meyer v. Arthur
- Hobson v. Lord
- Terry v. Commercial Bank of Alabama
- Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United States
- Town of Concord v. Portsmouth Savings Bank
- Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company v. United States
- County of Moultrie v. Rockingham Ten-Cent Savings-Bank
- Board of Liquidation v. McComb
- Converse v. City of Fort Scott
- Lamar v. Browne
- Pace v. Burgess
- Montgomery v. Bucyrus MacHine Works
- Phillips v. Payne
- Savage v. United States
- Taylor v. Secor
- Garsed v. Beall
- Oaksmith's Lessee v. Johnston
- First Nat. Bank of Charlotte v. National Exchange Bank of Baltimore
- O'Brien v. Weld
- Butler v. Thomson
- Walker v. Sauvinet
- Rector v. United States; Hale v. United States; Gaines Et Al. v. United States; Russell v. United States
May 1876 · 31 decisions
- McStay v. Friedman
- The " Galatea."
- Spencer v. United States
- Burdell v. Denig
- Township of Elmwood v. Marcy
- Harshman v. Bates County
- United States v. Diekelman
- Miller v. Dale
- Chamberlain v. St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad
- Magee v. Manhattan Life Insurance
- Markey v. Langley
- Whitfield v. United States
- Branch v. City of Charleston
- The " Alabama " & the " Game-Cock."
- Hammond v. Mason & Hamlin Organ Co.
- Barney Collector v. Watson
- New York Life Insurance Company v. Hendren
- Reckendorfer v. Faber
- Carrol v. Green
- The " America."
- City of St. Louis v. United States
- Franklin Fire Insurance v. Vaughan
- Shuey v. United States
- Newhall v. Sanger
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Georgia
- Humboldt Township v. Long
- Marcy v. Township of Oswego
- Tyng v. Grinnell
- United States v. Ross
- United States v. Raymond
- Garfielde v. United States
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