Term recap
October Term 1879 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1879, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
219
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
25
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 27, 1879 and the last on May 20, 1880. The busiest single day was March 18, 1880 with 34 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1879 · 1 decision
November 1879 · 29 decisions
- Garneau v. Dozier
- United States v. Hirsch
- Ex Parte Reed
- Soule v. United States
- Mining Co. v. Taylor
- NORTH v. McDONALD
- Elastic Fabrics Co. v. Smith
- Fairfield v. County of Gallatin
- Kirtland v. Hotchkiss
- Market Co. v. Hoffman
- Hatch v. Oil Co.
- Cowell v. Springs Co.
- Jeffrey v. Moran
- Railway Company v. Twombly
- United States v. Steffens
- Tintsman v. National Bank
- Ex Parte French
- Railroad Co. v. Fraloff
- Railroad Co. v. Trook
- Ex Parte Perry
- Emigrant Co. v. County of Adams
- Holden v. Trust Co.
- Hurt v. Hollingsworth
- United States v. Dawson
- Broder v. Water Co.
- Steam-Engine Co. v. Hubbard
- United States v. Curtis. Curtis v. United States
- Gas Company v. Pittsburgh
- Arthur v. Herold
December 1879 · 24 decisions
- Moore v. Simonds
- Meyer v. Construction Company
- Paving Co. v. Mulford
- Pompton v. Cooper Union
- Lansdale v. Daniels
- Hinckley v. Railroad Co.
- Powers v. Comly
- Railroad Co. v. Blair
- Craig v. Smith
- May v. Sloan
- Clark v. Trust Co.
- Canal Co. v. Ray
- County of Cass v. Gillett
- Brownsville v. Cavazos
- Oates v. National Bank
- Marquez v. Frisbie
- Bast v. Bank
- Stewart v. Platt
- Railroad Co. v. Schutte
- West v. Smith
- National Bank v. Carpenter
- Phillips v. Moore
- Wood v. Carpenter
- Kain v. Gibboney
January 1880 · 26 decisions
- Gay v. Parpart
- Dickerson v. Colgrove
- Pollard v. Railroad Co.
- Ayers v. Chicago
- Hough v. Railway Co.
- Babbitt v. Finn
- Watt v. Starke
- Railway Company v. Slack
- Improvement Co. v. Slack
- Wills v. Russell
- United States v. Kimball
- Hall v. Russell
- National Bank v. Hall
- United States v. Clamorgan
- Phillips v. Gilbert
- Bible Society v. Grove
- Greenleaf v. Goodrich
- Hauenstein v. Lynham
- Trenouth v. San Francisco
- Savings Bank v. Ward
- United States v. Bowen
- Baker v. Selden
- Worthington v. Mason
- Creswell v. Lanahan
- Bank of America v. Banks
- Phelps v. Harris
February 1880 · 15 decisions
- Ex Parte Railway Co.
- Dow v. Johnson
- French v. Wade
- Railroad Co. v. Collector
- Terry v. Little
- United States v. Perryman
- Dauterive v. United States
- Railroad Co. v. White
- School District v. Insurance Co.
- Leggett v. Avery
- Butterfield v. Smith
- United States v. Ellsworth
- United States v. Lawson
- Duncan v. Gegan
- Bank v. Sherman
March 1880 · 63 decisions
- Woodfolk v. Seddon
- Burns v. Meyer
- Cox v. National Bank
- Pierce v. Wade
- Vance v. Burbank
- Meeks v. Olpherts
- Ex Parte Clarke
- Ex Parte Virginia
- Virginia v. Rives
- Ex Parte Siebold
- Tennessee v. Davis
- Litchfield v. County of Webster
- Montgomery v. Sawyer
- Wolsey v. Chapman
- Simmons v. Wagner
- Hatch v. Dana
- Cowdrey v. Vandenburgh
- Empire v. Darlington
- Wright v. Nagle
- Packett Co. v. St. Louis
- Roberts v. Bolles
- Vicksburg v. Tobin
- Shaw v. Railroad Co.
- Savings Bank v. Creswell
- Newton v. Commissioners
- Railway Co. v. Philadelphia
- People v. Weaver
- Meguire v. Corwine
- Trust Co. v. National Bank
- Christian Union v. Yount
- Mount Pleasant v. Beckwith
- Case v. Bank
- Cummings v. National Bank
- Williams v. Weaver
- Jones v. Clifton
- Strauder v. West Virginia
- Pelton v. National Bank
- People's Bank v. National Bank
- The" Florida"
- Gates v. Goodloe
- United States v. Lippitt
- Planing-Machine Co. v. Keith
- Guy v. Baltimore
- National Bank v. Graham
- Imhaeuser v. Buerk
- Lovell v. Davis
- Insurance Co. v. Gridley
- Pacific Railroad v. Ketchum
- South Carolina v. Gaillard
- United States v. Peck
- Fleitas v. Cockrem
- Railway Company v. Renwick
- Smith v. Ayer
- Gay v. Alter
- Douglass v. County of Pike
- Thomas v. Railroad Co.
- Walden v. Skinner
- Jones v. Blackwell
- MacHine Co. v. Gage
- Arthur v. Dodge
- Durant v. Essex Co.
- Railroad Company v. Alabama
- Railroad Co. v. Tennessee
April 1880 · 37 decisions
- Grand Trunk Ry. Of Canada v. Walker
- Dallas County v. Huidekoper; Same v. Davol
- Manufacturing Co. v. Trainer
- Anthony v. County of Jasper
- Parish v. United States
- Ketchum v. St. Louis
- Case v. Beauregard
- National Bank v. Burkhardt
- Railroad Co. v. Turrill
- Missouri v. Lewis
- United States v. Murry
- National Bank v. United States
- Shaw v. Railroad Co.
- Silliman v. United States. United States v. Silliman
- Gunton v. Carroll
- Bowditch v. Boston
- The" Sabine"
- Branch v. United States
- Manning v. Insurance Co.
- Langford v. Monteith
- Bechtel v. United States
- County of Livingston v. Darlington
- Langford v. United States
- Aldridge v. Muirhead
- Kidd v. Johnson
- Casey v. Adams
- Trenier v. Stewart
- Goddard v. Ordway
- Nougué v. Clapp
- Railway Co. v. Heck
- Scipio v. Wright
- Water-Meter Co. v. Desper
- Hollingsworth v. Flint
- Parks v. Booth
- Young v. Bradley
- Jones v. Guaranty & Indemnity Co.
- Nagle v. Rutledge
May 1880 · 24 decisions
- Wright v. Blakeslee
- Brooks v. Railway Co.
- Kirk v. Hamilton
- Crampton v. Zabriskie
- Railway Co. v. United States
- Stone v. Mississippi
- Wheeler v. Insurance Co.
- Railroad Co. v. National Bank
- Embry v. United States
- Moulor v. Insurance Company
- Myer v. Car Co.
- Meyer v. Hornby
- The" City of Panama"
- Baker v. Humphrey
- National Bank v. County of Yankton
- Lumber Co. v. Buchtel
- National Bank v. Dayton
- Kennedy v. Creswell
- Whitney v. Wyman
- Menasha v. Hazard
- Mohr v. Manierre
- Railroad Co. v. United States
- Howard v. Railway Co.
- In Re City Nat. Bank of Ft. Worth
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