Term recap
October Term 1883 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1883, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
271
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
27
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 15, 1883 and the last on October 1, 1884. The busiest single day was May 5, 1884 with 32 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1883 · 11 decisions
November 1883 · 40 decisions
- Opelika City v. Daniel
- The Tornado
- Double-Pointed Tack Co. v. Two Rivers Manuf'g Co. And Others. 1
- Manhattan Life Insurance v. Broughton
- Newman v. Arthur
- ARTHUR, Collector, v. PASTOR & Others
- United States v. Fisher
- United States v. Mitchell
- Hovey v. McDonald
- Louis v. Brown Township
- Ind. & Srr Co. v. Ll & G. Ins. Co.
- Ex Parte Pennsylvania
- Hunt v. Oliver
- Guion v. Liverpool, London, & Globe Insurance
- Winthrop Iron Co. v. Meeker
- Retzer v. Wood
- Snyder v. Marks
- Cragin v. Lovell
- United States v. Gibbons
- Booth v. Tiernan
- New Orleans National Banking Ass'n v. Adams
- Board of Liquidation of the City Debt v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Knox County Court v. United States Ex Rel. Harshman
- Ex Parte Mead, Ex'x, Etc. 1
- Alabama Gold Life Insurance v. Nichols
- LAMAR, Executor, v. McCAY
- Arnson v. Murphy
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Palmes
- United States Ex Rel. Wilson v. Walker
- Meath v. Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners
- Monongahela National Bank v. Jacobus
- Grace v. American Central Insurance
- Louisiana Ex Rel. Folsom v. Mayor and Administrators of New Orleans
- Walsh v. Preston
- Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad v. Des Moines Valley Railroad
- Keyes v. United States
- Bernards Township v. Stebbins
- Warner v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
- Flash v. Conn
- Terre Haute & Indiana Railway Co. v. Struble
December 1883 · 22 decisions
- Miller v. Mayor of New York
- Memphis Gas Light Co. v. Taxing District
- Gilfillan v. Union Canal Co. of Pa.
- Fay v. Cordesman
- Feibelman v. Packard
- Smith v. McNeal
- Bailey v. United States
- Jackson v. Roby
- Leroux v. Hudson
- Schott v. Hudson, Assignee, Etc
- Randall v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Ellis v. Davis
- Townsend v. Little
- Matthews v. Densmore
- United States v. Jones
- Thomas v. Brownville, Fort Kearney, & Pacific Railroad
- Canada Southern Railway Co. v. Gebhard
- Sullivan v. Iron Silver Mining Co.
- Ex Parte Crow Dog
- Young v. Duvall
- Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.
- Robertson v. Pickrell
January 1884 · 64 decisions
- Sweeney v. United States
- Commissioners of County of Cherokee v. Wilson
- Salamanca Township v. Wilson
- Ex Parte Boyer
- Estey v. Burdett
- Clements v. Odorless Excavating Apparatus Co.
- Albright and Others v. Emery
- Winchester & Partridge Manufacturing Co. v. Funge
- Wyman v. Halstead
- Bachman v. Lawson
- Bendey v. Townsend
- Smith v. Greenhow
- Potomac Steamboat Co. v. Upper Potomac Steamboat Co.
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Union Rolling Mill Co.
- Howard v. Carusi
- Sherman County v. Simons
- Goodwin v. Colorado Mortgage Investment Co.
- Martin v. Webb
- Holland v. Challen
- Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad v. Herring
- Taylor v. Bemiss
- Gilmer v. Higley
- United States v. Carey
- Jenness v. Citizens' Nat. Bank of Rome
- Hoff v. Jasper County
- Susquehanna Boom Co. v. West Branch Boom Co.
- Holland v. Chambers
- American Bible Society v. Price
- Frelinghuysen v. Key
- Schreiber v. Sharpless
- Claflin v. Commonwealth Insurance
- Hilton v. Merritt
- Kellogg Bridge Co. v. Hamilton
- Allen v. Withrow
- Bussey v. Excelsior Manufacturing Co.
- United States v. Lawton
- Hart v. Sansom
- United States Ex Rel. Chandler v. Commissioners of Dodge Cty.
- Bissell v. Spring Valley Township
- Redfield v. Ystalyfera Iron Co.
- Quebec Bank of Toronto v. Hellman
- White v. Crow
- Jonesboro City v. Cairo & St. Louis Railroad
- Zane v. Soffe
- Sioux City & Pacific Railroad v. United States
- Dimpfell v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.
- District of Columbia v. Clephane
- Vinal v. West Virginia Oil & Oil Land Co.
- Hambro v. Casey
- Aurrecoechea v. Bangs
- United States v. Graham
- Jenkins v. Loewenthal
- Dows v. Johnson
- First Nat. Bank of Omaha v. Redick
- United States v. Grant
- Peugh v. Davis
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. National Car-Brake Shoe Co.
- Chouteau v. Barlow
- Freeman v. Dawson
- James, Adm'x, Etc. v. Hicks
- Krippendorf v. Hyde
- American File Co. v. Garrett
- Whiteside v. Haselton
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Turrill
February 1884 · 14 decisions
- Tupper v. Wise
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway v. Knox
- Jeffries v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY
- Vogel v. Gruaz
- Corker v. Jones
- East St. Louis & Treasurer of East St. Louis v. United States Ex Rel. Zebley
- United States v. Alexander
- Taylor v. Davis' Administratrix
- United States v. Behan
- Spring Valley Water Works v. Schottler
- Howard County v. Paddock
- Webster v. Buffalo Insurance
- Cable v. Ellis
- State v. Demarest
March 1884 · 55 decisions
- Bean v. Patterson
- Conro v. Crane
- Alexander v. Bryan
- Juilliard v. Greenman
- Iowa v. McFarland
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Locomotive Engine Safety Truck Co.
- Irwin v. Williar
- Hurtado v. California
- Washer v. Bullitt County
- Killian v. Ebbinghaus
- Hopt v. People of Territory of Utah
- Swann v. Wright's
- Swann v. Clark
- Northern Bank of Toledo v. Porter Township Trustees
- Waples v. United States
- Mitchell v. Clark
- Ex Parte Yarbrough
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Denver & New Orleans Railroad
- Dallas County v. McKenzie
- United States v. Brindle
- Slidell v. Grandjean
- McDonald v. Hovey
- Rice v. Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad
- Cheely v. Clayton
- Freedman's Savings & Trust Co. v. Earle
- Cutler v. Kouns
- United States v. Ryder
- Leggett v. Allen
- The Mamie
- Otoe County v. Baldwin
- Lammon v. Feusier
- Swift & Co. v. United States
- Walsh v. Mayer
- United States v. Ulrici
- Ex Parte Virginia
- Stevens v. Griffith
- Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony
- Hollister v. Zion's Co-Operative Mercantile Institution
- Canal Bank v. Hudson
- Dixon County v. Field
- McMurray v. Mallory
- Taylor v. Bowker
- Moore v. Page
- Garretson v. Clark
- Black v. Thorne
- Phœnix Bank v. Risley
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad v. White
- New England Mutual Life Insurance v. Woodworth
- Cooper v. Schlesinger
- Moores v. Citizens' Nat. Bank of Piqua
- Ware v. Galveston City Co.
- Covell v. Heyman
- Rosenthal v. Walker
- Stephens v. Monongahela Bank
- Chouteau v. Gibson
April 1884 · 31 decisions
- Astor v. Merritt
- Burley v. German-American Bank
- Drury v. Hayden
- Hayes v. Michigan Central Railroad
- Teal v. Walker
- Börs v. Preston
- Lovell v. St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance
- Rector v. Gibbon
- Cochrane v. Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik
- Armour v. Hahn
- Turner & Seymour Manufacturing Co. v. Dover Stamping Co.
- Irvine v. Dunham
- Moulor v. American Life Insurance
- United States v. Carpenter
- Chambers v. Harrington
- Eilers v. Boatmen
- Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Shirley
- Santa Cruz County Supervisors v. Santa Cruz Railroad
- Blair v. Cuming County
- Stewart and Another v. Hoyt and Others, Ex'rs, Etc
- Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan
- Hornbuckle v. Stafford
- Gaines v. Miller
- Claiborne County v. Brooks
- CORN EXCHANGE BANK v. SCHEPPERS & Others
- Quinn v. Chapman
- Alley v. Nott
- United States v. Bell
- Anderson v. Philadelphia Warehouse Co.
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Kirk
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Murphy
May 1884 · 32 decisions
- Eagleton Manufacturing Co. v. West, Bradley & Carey Manufacturing Co.
- United States v. Bryant
- Pacific Railroad of Missouri v. Missouri Pacific Ry. Co. And Others. 1
- Barrett v. Failing
- Thompson v. First Nat. Bank of Toledo
- Spindle v. Shreve
- Thorwegan v. King
- Carroll County v. Smith
- Colt v. Colt
- Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. v. Jurey
- Gibbs & Sterrett Manufacturing Co. v. Brucker
- Phillips v. Detroit
- Carver v. United States
- Robb v. Connolly
- Hennequin v. Clews
- Williams v. Morgan
- Hitz v. National Metropolitan Bank
- Badger v. Gutierez's Administratrix
- Factors' & Traders' Insurance v. Murphy
- Ex Parte Hitz
- City and County of San Francisco v. Scott
- Edrington v. Jefferson
- St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. v. Burton
- Baines, Adm'r, Etc. v. Clarke and Others
- Harrington v. Holler
- Friend v. Wise
- Killian v. Ebbinghaus
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Lathrop
- Johnson v. Waters
- Hagar v. Reclamation District No. 108
- Louisiana Ex Rel. Nelson v. Police Jury of St. Martin's Parish
- Butchers' Union Slaughter-House & Live-Stock Landing Co. v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co.
October 1884 · 2 decisions
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