Term recap
October Term 1881 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1881, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
229
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
23
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 25, 1881 and the last on October 1, 1882. The busiest single day was March 18, 1882 with 34 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1881 · 11 decisions
November 1881 · 21 decisions
- The "S. S. Osborne"
- Jones v. Randolph
- Insurance Co. v. Railroad Co.
- Dudley v. Easton
- Barton v. Barbour
- Porter v. Graves
- Davis v. Wells
- Metcalf v. Williams
- Koon v. Insurance Co.
- National Bank v. Insurance Co.
- Davis v. Speiden
- Fort v. Roush
- Kelly v. Pittsburgh
- Klein v. Insurance Co.
- Driesbach v. National Bank
- Loring v. Frue
- Mining Co. v. Anglo-Californian Bank
- Mining Co. v. Cullins
- Insurance Co. v. Trefz
- Nevada Bank v. Sedgwick
- The 'Woodland.'
December 1881 · 27 decisions
- James v. McCormack
- Keyser v. Farr
- Boughton v. Exchange Bank
- Davis v. Gaines
- Egbert v. Lippmann
- National Bank v. Johnson
- Vigel v. Hopp
- Morrison v. Stalnaker
- Collins v. Riley
- Pickering v. McCullough
- Giles v. Little
- Walker v. Powers
- Sage v. Wyncoop
- United States v. Taylor
- Belk v. Meagher
- Conner v. Long
- Hale v. Finch
- Williams v. Nottawa
- The" Annie Lindsley"
- Lámar v. Micou
- Ex Parte Woollen
- Louisville v. Savings Bank
- Gautier v. Arthur
- Libby v. Hopkins
- Thompson v. Insurance Co.
- Wood v. Railroad Co.
- Wood v. Weimar
January 1882 · 39 decisions
- Micas v. Williams
- Cummings v. Jones
- Hyde v. Ruble
- Huntington v. Palmer
- Hawes v. Oakland
- Elwood v. Flannigan
- Dugger v. Bocock
- Bonaparte v. Tax Court
- Davis v. Fredericks
- Clark v. Fredericks
- Jones v. Buckell
- Bradley v. United States
- Worley v. Tobacco Co.
- Micou v. National Bank
- Rosenblatt v. Johnston
- Murphy v. United States
- Griggs v. Houston
- Wells v. Nickles
- Ex Parte Ferry Co.
- Draper v. Davis
- Ex Parte Gordon
- Ex Parte Hagar
- Bronson v. Schulten
- Stow v. Chicago
- Bank v. Tennessee
- Draper v. Springport
- Quinby v. Conlan
- Davis v. Friedlander
- Vinton v. Hamilton
- Miller v. Brass Co.
- James v. Campbell
- Neslin v. Wells
- Ex Parte Rowland
- Ex Parte Cockcroft
- Swope v. Leffingwell
- County of Clay v. Society for Savings
- United States v. Steamship Company
- Merrell v. Tice
- Gottfried v. Miller
March 1882 · 59 decisions
- Young v. Steamship Co.
- Russell v. Stansell
- Brandies v. Cochrane
- United States v. Tyler
- Bennecke v. Insurance Co.
- Manufacturing Co. v. Cowing
- Greenwood v. Freight Co.
- Root v. Railway Co.
- United States v. Temple
- Scovill v. Thayer
- Burley v. Flint
- Lewis v. Commissioners
- Thatcher v. Rockwell
- Poppe v. Langford
- United States v. Babbitt
- Ager v. Murray
- Merritt v. Welsh
- McCormick v. Knox
- Hopt v. People
- County of Moultrie v. Fairfield
- Loudon v. Taxing District
- Chatfield v. Boyle
- Fox v. Cincinnati
- Pott v. Arthur
- Stewart v. Lansing
- County of Ralls v. Douglass
- Warnock v. Davis
- Britton v. Niccolls
- Heald v. Rice
- Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway Co. v. United States
- Lehnbeuter v. Holthaus
- Moores v. National Bank
- Blair v. Gray
- Savings Bank v. Archbold
- Printing House v. Trustees
- Mason v. Sargent
- Smelting Co. v. Kemp
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. United States
- French v. Gapen
- St. Louis v. Knapp Company
- Chicago & Vincennes Railroad v. Fosdick
- Koshkonong v. Burton
- Union Pacific Railroad v. United States
- United States v. McBratney
- United States v. Savings Bank
- Paper-Bag MacHine Co. v. Nixon
- Hecht v. Boughton
- Davenport v. County of Dodge
- Pollard v. Vinton
- Taylor v. Ypsilanti
- United States v. Granite Co.
- Smith v. Field
- The " Scotland"
- Bantz v. Frantz
- Railroad Co. v. Ellerman
- The "S. C. Tryon"
- New Buffalo v. Iron Co.
- Bonnifield v. Price
- Mathews v. MacHine Co.
April 1882 · 43 decisions
- The "S. S. Osborne"
- Mellon v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
- Hewitt v. Phelps
- United States v. Emholt
- Scheffer v. Railroad Co.
- Hitchcock v. Buchanan
- Hauselt v. Harrison
- United States v. Canda
- Simmons v. Ogle
- The " Francis Wright"
- Louisiana v. Pilsbury
- Guidet v. Brooklyn
- Guaranty Co. v. Board of Liquidation
- Manchester v. Ericsson
- Hannibal v. Fauntleroy
- Swift & Co. v. United States
- Blennerhassett v. Sherman
- Rives v. Duke
- Ex Parte Slayton
- Evansville Bank v. Britton
- Russell v. Farley
- Insurance Company v. Foley
- Manufacturing Co. v. Bradley
- United States v. Hunt
- Marchand v. Frellsen
- Wade v. Walnut
- Head v. Hargrave
- National Bank v. Watsontown Bank
- Railroad Co. v. Loftin
- Hills v. Exchange Bank
- Supervisors v. Stanley
- Telegraph Co. v. Texas
- Ottawa v. National Bank
- United States v. Carll
- Hammock v. Loan & Trust Co.
- Asylum v. New Orleans
- Sullivan v. Burnett
- Louisiana v. Taylor
- Corbin v. County of Black Hawk
- Warren v. Stoddart
- Marsh v. McPherson
- Insurance Co. v. Bruce
- United States v. Rindskopf
May 1882 · 28 decisions
- Wurts v. Hoagland
- Ex Parte Hoard
- Ex Parte Mason
- Ex Parte Boyd
- Packing Co. v. Provision Co.
- Harvey v. United States
- The " Potomac"
- Bridge v. Excelsior Co.
- Stevenson v. Texas Railway Co.
- Packet Co. v. Catlettsburg
- Johnson v. Railroad Co.
- Post v. Supervisors
- Gordon v. Butler
- Flanders v. Seelye
- Upton v. McLaughlin
- Lincoln v. French
- Loom Co. v. Higgins
- Carite v. Trotot
- Ralls County Court v. United States
- New Orleans v. Morris
- United States v. Smith
- Venable v. Richards
- Oglesby v. Attrill
- Leathers v. Blessing
- Corbin v. Van Brunt
- Bridge Co. v. United States
- Dowell v. Mitchell
- Trustees v. Greenough
October 1882 · 1 decision
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