Term recap
October Term 1878 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1878, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
204
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
23
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 28, 1878 and the last on May 18, 1879. The busiest single day was March 18, 1879 with 20 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1878 · 3 decisions
November 1878 · 30 decisions
- Palmer v. Low
- Spofford v. Kirk
- Fertilizing Co. v. Hyde Park
- Dumont v. United States
- Stacey v. Emery
- Pettigrew v. United States
- Four Packages v. United States
- Stewart v. Salamon
- Ford v. Surget
- Railway Co. v. Sayles
- Snell v. Insurance Co.
- Williams v. Hagood
- United States v. Mora
- Orvis v. Powell
- Howland v. Blake
- Work v. Leathers
- Cook v. Pennsylvania
- Gifford v. Helms
- Robertson v. Cease
- Arthur v. Moller
- Hill v. National Bank
- Telegraph Co. v. Davenport
- Nauvoo v. Ritter
- Ivinson v. Hutton
- National Bank v. Grand Lodge
- Powder Co. v. Powder Works
- Bates v. Coe
- Barney v. Dolph
- Kendig v. Dean
- Commissioners v. Bank of Commerce
December 1878 · 27 decisions
- Ex Parte Schwab
- Ruch v. Rock Island
- MO., ETC. RY. CO. v. Kan. Pac. Ry. Co.
- Mattingly v. District of Columbia
- Railroad Companies v. Gaines
- Mimmack v. United States
- United States v. Throckmorton
- United States v. Claflin
- County of Schuyler v. Thomas
- Keith v. Clark
- Wirth v. Branson
- Erwin v. United States
- Newcomb v. Wood
- Peters v. Bowman
- Stoll v. Pepper
- Kesner v. Trigg
- Garratt v. Seibert
- Davie v. Briggs
- Snyder v. Sickles
- Elcox v. Hill
- Bank v. McVeigh
- Gray v. Blanchard
- Little Rock v. National Bank
- Bradley v. United States
- Burgess v. Salmon
- Dold v. United States
- Kihlberg v. United States
January 1879 · 35 decisions
- Vansant v. Gas-Light Co.
- Andreae v. Redfield
- Scull v. United States
- Lyon v. Pollock
- United States v. Baltimore
- Citizens' Bank v. Board of Liquidation
- Blake v. Hawkins
- Reynolds v. United States
- United States v. Union Pacific R. Co.
- Insurance Co. v. Lewis
- Beckwith v. Bean
- McKnight v. United States
- Settlemier v. Sullivan
- Welch v. Cook
- Stewart v. Sonneborn
- Slaughter v. Glenn
- County of Daviess v. Huidekoper
- De Treville v. Smalls
- Quinn v. United States
- United States v. Farden
- Hendrie v. Sayles
- Reed v. McIntyre
- Railroad Co. v. Georgia
- Terhune v. Phillips
- Biebinger v. Continental Bank
- National Bank v. Matthews
- Railroad Co. v. McKinley
- United States v. Kansas Pacific Railway Co.
- United States v. Glab
- United States v. Sioux City & Pacific Railroad
- United States v. Hall
- United States v. Central Pacific Railroad
- Elliott v. Railroad Company
- Union Pacific Railroad v. United States
- United States v. Denver Pacific Railway Co.
February 1879 · 14 decisions
March 1879 · 42 decisions
- Fosdick v. Schall
- United States v. Perot
- Huidekoper v. Locomotive Works
- Fosdick v. Car Co.
- National Bank v. Bank of Commerce
- Grigsby v. Purcell
- Tice v. United States
- Yulee v. Vose
- Hooper v. Robinson
- Hartell v. Tilghman
- Airhart v. Massieu
- Wilkerson v. Utah
- United States v. Fort Scott
- Cleveland Insurance v. Globe Insurance
- Wolf v. Stix
- Wilson v. Salamanca
- Keely v. Sanders
- Boom Co. v. Patterson
- Sherry v. McKinley
- Hussey v. Smith
- Transportation Co. v. Chicago
- United States v. Burlington & Missouri River R. Co.
- Myrick v. Thompson
- Express Co. v. Railroad Co.
- Harris v. McGovern
- Burbank v. Semmes
- United States v. Pugh
- Coleman v. Tennessee
- Commissioners v. Sellew
- Farrell v. United States
- Barnet v. National Bank
- Carr v. United States
- United States v. County of MacOn
- Hackett v. Ottawa
- McBurney v. Carson
- Grafton v. Cummings
- Montgomery v. Samory
- Hosmer v. Wallace
- Railway Co. v. Loftin
- King v. United States
- Case v. Beauregard
- United States v. New Orleans
April 1879 · 38 decisions
- United States v. Sherman
- Canal & Banking Co. v. New Orleans
- Hale v. Frost
- Transportation Co. v. Wheeling
- Barrow v. Hunton
- Railroad Co. v. Varnell
- Supervisors v. Galbraith
- Pence v. Langdon
- Stringfellow v. Cain
- Brooklyn v. Insurance Co.
- Railroad Co. v. Grant
- United States v. Ford
- University v. People
- Orleans v. Platt
- Sage v. Central Railroad
- Bank v. Partee
- Gordon v. Gilfoil
- Amy v. Dubuque
- Alvord v. United States
- Transportation Line v. Cooper
- Whitney v. Cook
- The" Abbotsford"
- Cannon v. Pratt
- Campbell v. Rankin
- Klein v. New Orleans
- Godden v. Kimmell
- Lyons v. Munson
- National Bank v. Case
- Harkness v. Hyde
- Smith v. Railroad Co.
- Railway Co. v. Alling
- Platt v. Union Pacific Railroad
- Jackson v. Ludeling
- Parsons v. Jackson
- Jennison v. Kirk
- Van Norden v. Morton
- Burt v. Panjaud
- Hartman v. Bean
May 1879 · 15 decisions
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