Term recap
October Term 1876 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1876, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
224
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
24
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 16, 1876 and the last on May 18, 1877. The busiest single day was May 18, 1877 with 22 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1876 · 18 decisions
- Hoge, Comptroller-General v. Richmond and Danville Railroad Company
- Gaines v. Hale
- South Carolina v. Georgia
- Ex Parte Parks
- New York Life Insurance v. Statham
- Terry v. Hatch
- Terry v. Abraham
- Fuller v. Claflin
- Smith v. Chapman
- Kitchen v. Randolph
- Chemung Canal Bank v. Lowery
- Hurst v. Western and Atlantic Railroad Company
- Birdsall v. Coolidge
- French v. Fyan
- Beaver v. Taylor
- Ryan v. Carter
- West Wisconsin R. Co. v. Board of Supervisors of Trempealeau Cty.
- Grimes v. Sanders
November 1876 · 33 decisions
- Lovejoy v. Spafford
- Kerrison v. Stewart
- Sherman v. Buick
- Claflin v. Houseman
- O'Hara v. MacConnell
- United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey
- SHERLOCK v. Alling, AdmInistrator
- Home Ins. Co. v. City Council of Augusta
- Board of Comm'rs of Tippecanoe Cty. v. Lucas
- United States v. Ferrary
- Ober v. Gallagher
- Bird, Executors v. Louisiana State Bank
- County of Calhoun v. American Emigrant Co.
- Dresser v. Missouri & Iowa Railway Construction Co.
- Selma and Meridian Railroad Company v. Louisiana National Bank of New Orleans
- Hurst v. Hollingsworth
- Wheeler v. Sedgwick
- Schacker v. Hartford Fire Insurance
- Morgan v. Louisiana
- Home Insurance v. Baltimore Warehouse Co.
- Hendrick v. Lindsay
- Tilton v. Cofield
- Dayton v. Lash
- Ex Parte Karstendick
- Smith v. United States
- The "Atlas."
- Shaw v. United States
- Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Co.
- Grant, Collector v. Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company
- Hornor v. Henning
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Snyder
- Talty v. Freedman's Savings & Trust Co.
- Whiteside v. United States
December 1876 · 25 decisions
- Wiswall v. Campbell
- Windsor v. McVeigh
- Bigelow v. Berkshire Life Insurance
- Dodge v. Freedman's Savings & Trust Co.
- Kimball v. Evans
- Hoadley v. San Francisco
- Berreyesa v. United States
- Sage v. Central Rr Co. of Iowa
- Callanan v. Hurley
- Norton v. Switzer
- Cohn v. United States Corset Co.
- Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Horst
- Broughton v. Pensacola
- Smith v. Gaines
- Dunbar v. Myers
- Yznaga Del Valle v. Harrison
- Dalton v. Jennings
- Sawin v. Kenny
- White v. Luning
- Brant v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co.
- Debary v. Arthur, Collector
- The "Juniata."
- County of Callaway v. Foster
- Barkley v. Levee Commissioners
- Wiggins v. People
January 1877 · 39 decisions
- Felton v. United States
- United States v. County of Clark
- Ex Parte Cutting
- Western Union Telegraph Company v. Rogers
- Bond v. Moore
- United States v. Thompson
- Russell v. Dodge
- The "Idaho."
- The "John L. Hasbrouck."
- Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company v. Hopkins
- Humes v. Scruggs
- One Hundred and Ninety-Nine Barrels of Whiskey v. United States
- Utley v. Donaldson
- Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad v. United States
- Huff v. Doyle
- Osterberg v. Union Trust Company
- Smith v. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co.
- Cockle v. Flack
- Pike v. Evans
- Storm v. United States
- Desmare v. United States
- County of Randolph v. Post
- Commissioners of Douglas County v. Bolles
- Cowdrey v. Galveston, Houston, & Henderson Railroad
- City of Winona v. Cowdrey
- STANTON v. Embrey, Administrator
- Commissioners of Marion County v. Clark
- County of Leavenworth v. Barnes
- Board of Supervisors of Wood Cty. v. Lackawana Iron & Coal Co.
- MacKie v. Story
- Doyle v. Wisconsin
- Muller v. Dows
- Omaha v. Hammond
- West Wisconsin Railway Company v. Foley
- United States v. Clark
- United States v. Bostwick
- Cammeyer v. Newton
- Consolidated Fruit-Jar Co. v. Wright
- Badger v. United States Ex Rel. Bolles
March 1877 · 48 decisions
- Ex Parte Jordan
- Foster v. Master and Wardens of Port of New Orleans
- Atlantic Delaine Co. v. James
- Dutcher v. Wright
- Erskine v. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. Erskine
- Jerome v. McCarter
- United States v. Martin
- Commissioners of Johnson County v. January
- Chorp Nning v. United States
- United States v. Smith
- American Bridge Co. v. Heidelbach
- Commissioners of Johnson County v. Thayer
- Township of East Oakland v. Skinner
- McClure v. Township of Oxford
- Inman Steamship Co. v. Tinker
- Melendy v. Rice
- United States v. Phisterer
- Winona & St. Peter Railroad v. Blake
- Kibbe v. DITTO
- Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works
- Fuller v. Yentzer
- Fuller v. Yentzer. Same v. Goodrich
- Bayne v. United States
- Donaldson, Assignee v. Farwell
- Peik v. Chicago & North-Western Railway Co.
- Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad v. Iowa
- Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad v. Ackley
- Stone v. Wisconsin
- Tameling v. United States Freehold and Emigration Co.
- Heydenfeldt v. Daney Gold and Silver Mining Co.
- Munn v. Illinois
- Clark v. Hancock
- Conro v. Crane
- Phipps v. Sedgwick
- The "Margaret."
- Cochrane v. Deener
- Doyle v. Continental Insurance
- Ex Parte Loring
- Hinckley v. Gilman, Clinton, & Springfield Railroad
- United States v. Young
- Ex Parte Smith
- Casey v. Galli
- MacKall v. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
- Collins v. Gilbert
- The "Edith."
- Town of South Ottawa v. Perkins
- Township of Burlington v. Beasley
- People v. Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments
April 1877 · 39 decisions
- Cromwell v. County of Sac
- MacLay v. Sands
- Tate v. Norton
- Clapp v. Mason
- Crim v. Handley
- Hill v. Thompson
- Davis v. Brown
- County of Scotland v. Thomas
- Russell v. Place
- United States v. Fox
- Lowe v. Williams
- Ex Parte Flippin
- Eyster v. Centennial Board of Finance
- National Bank of the Commonwealth v. Mechanics' National Bank
- Corcoran v. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co.
- Waite v. Dowley
- Seitz v. Mitchell
- Beall v. White
- County of Dallas v. MacKenzie
- Bowen v. Chase
- Barney v. Keokuk
- Blake v. Robertson
- First Nat. Bank of Washington v. Whitman
- Merrill v. Yeomans
- Gould v. Day
- Glenny v. Langdon
- Memphis v. Brown
- Goddard v. Ordway
- Cawood Patent
- McCready v. Virginia
- Supervisors v. Kennicott
- Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. Kellogg
- The " Stephen Morgan."
- Hyde v. Woods
- New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance v. Baker
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Schaefer
- Selden v. Equitable Trust Co.
- Allore v. Jewell
- Howell v. Western Railroad Company
May 1877 · 22 decisions
- Boyd v. Alabama
- Forbes v. Gracey
- Davis v. Crouch
- Johnson v. Harmon
- Pike v. Wassell
- Davis v. Alvord
- Stark v. Starr
- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. France
- Stewart v. Salamon
- Sullivan v. Portland & Kennebec Railroad
- Sessions v. Johnson
- Gunn v. Plant
- Southern Express Co. v. Dickson
- Hogan v. Kurtz
- Lippincott v. Mitchell
- Davis v. Indiana
- Relief Fire Ins. Co. of NY v. Shaw
- Eames v. Home Insurance
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Schwenk
- United States v. Joseph
- Town of East Lincoln v. Davenport
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad v. Virginia
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