Term recap
October Term 1884 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1884, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
256
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
26
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 27, 1884 and the last on May 4, 1885. The busiest single day was May 4, 1885 with 42 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1884 · 6 decisions
November 1884 · 38 decisions
- Mellen v. Wallach
- Butterworth v. United States Ex Rel. Hoe
- Moran v. New Orleans
- United States v. Waddell
- United States v. Flanders
- Elk v. Wilkins
- Adams County v. Burlington & Missouri Railroad
- Nix v. Allen
- Mersman v. Werges
- Horbach v. Hill
- Fort Scott v. Hickman
- Ranney v. Barlow
- Buena Vista County v. Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad
- Ex Parte Crouch
- Ex Parte Royall
- Scotland County v. Hill
- Ayres v. Wiswall
- Great Western Insurance v. United States
- Foster v. Kansas Ex Rel. Johnston
- Pugh v. Fairmount Gold & Silver Mining Co.
- Ex Parte Virginia Commissioners
- Snyder v. United States
- Labette County Commissioners v. United States Ex Rel. Moulton
- Bradstreet Co. v. Higgins
- Hancock v. Holbrook
- California Ex Rel. Hastings v. Jackson
- Morris v. McMillin
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Union Trust Co.
- Grenada County Supervisors v. Brogden
- Grame v. Mutual Assurance Co. of Va.
- Exchange Nat. Bank of Pittsburgh v. Third Nat. Bank of NY
- Heidritter v. Elizabeth Oil-Cloth Co.
- East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad v. Southern Telegraph Co.
- Ogdensburg & L. C. R. Co. v. Nashua & L. R. Co. 1
- Bates County v. Winters
- Hart v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- MacKall v. Richards
- Reynolds v. Crawfordsville First National Bank
December 1884 · 26 decisions
- Brandies v. Cochrane
- Mahn v. Harwood
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Ross
- Batchelor v. Brereton
- Fortier v. New Orleans National Bank
- Lámar v. Micou
- Richardson v. Traver
- Middleton v. Mullica Township
- Birdsell v. Shaliol
- England v. Gebhardt
- New Orleans Insurance Company v. Albro Company
- United States v. North
- Chew Heong v. United States
- State Ex Rel. Markley v. Baldwin
- Power v. Baker
- Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. Pendleton
- Britton v. Thornton
- The Elizabeth Jones
- Carter v. Carusi
- United States v. Great Falls Manufacturing Co.
- Union Metallic Cartridge Co. v. United States Cartridge Co.
- Memphis & Little Rock Railroad v. Railroad Commissioners
- Bond v. Dustin
- Matthews v. Warner
- Edye v. Robertson
- Arthur v. Morgan
January 1885 · 45 decisions
- Bryan v. Kennett
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Ga. v. Pettus
- Rowell v. Lindsay
- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Speck
- Hess v. Reynolds
- Hollister v. Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co.
- Drennen v. London Assurance Co.
- Davison v. Von Lingen
- Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Commissioners of Emigration
- Head v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
- Cole v. La Grange
- Peugh v. Porter
- St. Paul & Duluth Railroad v. United States
- St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad v. Winona & St. Peter Railroad
- Thayer v. Life Assn. of America
- Scharff v. Levy
- Whitney v. Morrow
- Murphy v. Victor Sewing MacHine Co.
- Streeper v. Victor Sewing MacHine Co.
- Martinton v. Fairbanks
- Torrent Arms Lumber Co. v. Rodgers
- Findlay v. McAllister
- Polleys v. Black River Improvement Co.
- Central R. Co. of NJ v. Mills
- Cardwell v. American Bridge Co.
- Northern Liberty Market Co. v. Kelly
- Consolidated Safety-Valve Co. v. Crosby Steam Gauge & Valve Co.
- United States v. Mueller
- Bicknell v. Comstock
- Clawson v. United States
- Ackley School District v. Hall
- Steele v. United States
- Griffith v. Godey
- Tucker v. Masser
- Voss v. Fisher
- Caillot v. Deetken
- Cheong Ah Moy v. United States
- Price and Others v. Pennsylvania R. Co
- Dakota County v. Glidden
- Anderson County Commissioners v. Beal
- Looney v. District of Columbia
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. United States
- Coon v. Wilson
- Avegno v. Schmidt
- Santa Anna v. Frank
February 1885 · 9 decisions
March 1885 · 56 decisions
- McArthur v. Scott
- Hyatt v. Vincennes National Bank
- United States v. Jordan
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Crane
- Prentice v. Stearns
- Morgan v. Hamlet
- Chase v. Curtis
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Berry
- Morgan v. United States
- Provident Institution for Savings v. Mayor of Jersey City
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Cheyenne
- Erhardt v. Boaro
- Erhardt v. Boaro
- Peugh v. Davis
- St. Louis v. Myers
- Chicago Life Insurance v. Needles
- Ayers v. Watson
- California Artificial Stone Paving Co. v. Molitor
- Winona & St. Peter Railroad v. Barney
- Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. Dunmeyer
- Schmieder v. Barney
- Camp v. United States
- Maxwell's Executors v. Wilkinson
- Flagg v. Walker
- Blake v. San Francisco
- Boyer v. Boyer
- Ex Parte FISK
- Gumbel v. Pitkin
- Richards v. MacKall
- Fourth Nat. Bank of St. Louis v. Stout and Others. 1
- United States v. Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad
- Cooper Manufacturing Co. v. Ferguson
- Carter v. Burr
- Gregory v. Hartley
- United States v. Steever
- Hardin v. Boyd
- Davies v. Corbin
- Thompson v. Boisselier
- Murphy v. Ramsey
- Bohall v. Dilla
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Ide
- PUTNAM & Another v. INGRAHAM
- Ex Parte Hughes
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. Wilson
- Sargent v. Hall Safe & Lock Co.
- Electric Railroad Signal Co. v. Hall Railway Signal Co.
- Thomson v. Wooster
- Hayes v. Holly Springs
- Mower v. Fletcher
- Butterworth v. Hill
- Detroit City Railway Co. v. Guthard
- Stephenson v. Brooklyn Cross-Town Railroad
- Gloucester Ferry Co. v. Pennsylvania
- Lámar v. Micou
- Xenia Bank v. Stewart
- State Nat. Bank of Boston v. United States
April 1885 · 34 decisions
- Farmington v. Pillsbury
- Chapman v. Brewer
- Ex Parte Morgan
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Miller
- Doe v. Hyde
- Aurrecoechea v. Bangs
- The Laura
- Litchfield v. Ballou
- United States v. Minor
- Weaver v. Field
- Bissell v. Foss
- Bradstreet Co. v. Higgins
- Marye v. Parsons
- Moore v. Greenhow
- East Alabama Railway Co. v. Doe Ex Dem. Visscher
- The Belgenland
- Walden v. Knevals
- Penn Bank v. Furness
- Amy v. Shelby County Taxing District
- Huntley v. Huntley
- Ex Parte Wilson
- Boatmen's Savings Bank v. State Savings Assn.
- Poindexter v. Greenhow
- White v. Greenhow
- Chaffin v. Taylor
- Allen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Carter v. Greenhow
- Dodge v. Knowles
- Dobson v. Hartford Carpet Co.
- Western Electric Manufacturing Co. v. Ansonia Brass & Copper Co.
- District of Columbia Commissioners v. Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
- Pacific Bank v. Mixter
- Cavender v. Cavender
- Burton v. West Jersey Ferry Co.
May 1885 · 42 decisions
- Pleasants v. Greenhow
- Clawson v. United States
- Hopt v. Utah
- Atlantic Phosphate Co. v. Grafflin
- New Orleans, Spanish Fort & Lake Railroad v. Delamore
- Sturges v. Carter
- Beecher Manufacturing Co. v. Atwater Manufacturing Co.
- Fort Leavenworth Railroad v. Lowe
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. McGlinn
- Ex Parte Hughes
- Martinsburg & Potomac Railroad v. March
- Strang v. Bradner
- Alling v. United States
- Wales v. Whitney
- Richmond Mining Co. v. Rose
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Ham
- MacAlester's Administrator v. Maryland
- Wurts v. Hoagland
- Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
- United States v. Corson
- Brown v. Houston
- Provident Savings Life Assurance Society v. Ford
- Ex Parte Reggel
- Canal & Claiborne Streets Railroad v. Hart
- Hadden v. Merritt
- Wheeler v. New Brunswick & Canada Railroad
- Pirie v. Tvedt
- Gwillim v. Donnellan
- Grant v. Parker
- Richter v. Union Trust Co.
- Crump v. Thurber
- Stewart v. Dunham
- Ehrhardt v. Hogaboom
- The Charles Morgan
- Clark v. Beecher Manufacturing Co.
- Wollensak v. Reiher
- Frasher v. O'CONNOR
- Gray v. National Steamship Co.
- Buncombe County Commissioners v. Tommey
- Mayfield v. Richards
- Smith v. Woolfolk
- UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. Myers
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