Term recap
October Term 1885 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1885, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
270
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
28
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 26, 1885 and the last on May 10, 1886. The busiest single day was May 10, 1886 with 29 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1885 · 3 decisions
November 1885 · 32 decisions
- Lancaster v. Collins
- Van Weel v. Winston
- Starin v. New York
- Clay v. Field
- Henderson v. Wadsworth
- Waterville v. Van Slyke
- Moses v. Wooster
- Jacks v. Helena
- Hazlett v. United States
- Merrick's v. Giddings
- Watts v. Camors
- Smith v. Black
- Kentucky Railroad Tax Cases
- Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. Pendleton
- Sargent v. Helton
- Pope v. Allis
- Bell v. First Nat. Bank of Chicago
- Merchants' Bank v. Bergen County
- Deffeback v. Hawke
- SPARKS & Another v. PIERCE & Others
- Alabama v. Burr
- Eachus v. Broomall
- Gibson v. Lyon
- Gage v. Pumpelly
- Jones, Ex'x, Etc. v. Van Benthuysen
- Leonard v. Ozark Land Co.
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. McGee
- Drew v. Grinnell
- BOHLEN v. ARTHURS & Others
- Kurtz v. Moffitt
- Shepherd v. May
- Traer v. Clews
December 1885 · 40 decisions
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Humes
- Davis Sewing MacHine Co. v. Richards
- Ferry v. Livingston
- Thompson v. Allen County
- Effinger v. Kenney
- Arnson v. Murphy
- Pulllman's Palace Car Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
- Hassall v. Wilcox
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Traill County
- Bowman v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
- Clay County v. McAleer
- Campbell v. Holt
- Baltzer v. Raleigh & Augusta Railroad
- New Orleans Water-Works Co. v. Rivers
- Louisville Gas Co. v. Citizens' Gas Co.
- Simmerman v. Nebraska
- Hanley v. Donoghue
- Bridgewater Iron Co. v. Lissberger
- Marvel v. Merritt
- Saxonville Mills v. Russell
- Miller v. Foree
- Utah & Northern Railway v. Fisher
- Holgate v. Eaton
- United States v. Price
- MacKall v. Richards
- Cannon v. United States
- Roberts v. Reilly
- Call v. Palmer
- United States v. Mooney
- Lee v. Johnson
- Coyle v. Davis
- Fisk v. Jefferson Police Jury
- Stewart v. Jefferson Police Jury
- San Mateo County v. Southern Pacific Railroad
- Hewitt v. Filbert
- McClure v. United States
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
- Burnett v. United States
- Winchester & Partridge Manufacturing Co. v. Creary
- Liverpool & London Insurance v. Gunther
January 1886 · 45 decisions
- Smith v. Whitney
- Field v. De Comeau
- Healy v. Joliet & Chicago Railroad Co.
- Webb v. Barnwall
- Doe v. Larmore
- Kings County Savings Institution v. Blair
- BROWN v. GRANT & Others
- Ford v. United States
- Milwaukee v. Kœffler
- Coney v. Winchell
- Southwestern Railroad v. Wright
- Presser v. Illinois
- Renaud v. Abbott
- Mobile v. Watson
- Stone v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
- Stone v. Illinois Central Railroad
- Stone v. New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad
- Anderson v. Santa Anna
- Little v. Hackett
- Mower v. Fletcher
- Brown v. Davis
- United States v. Spiegel
- STEBBINS & Others v. ST. ANNE & Others
- JOHNSON & Another v. WILKINS
- WELLS & Others v. WILKINS
- O'REILLY v. Campbell
- Hunt v. United States
- United States v. Wallace
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
- Gibbons v. District of Columbia
- Fletcher v. Hamlet
- Eureka Lake & Yuba Canal Co. v. Superior Court
- Carrick v. Lámar
- Coffey v. United States
- Walling v. Michigan
- London Assurance Co. v. Drennen
- Ex Parte Brown
- Pennsylvania R. Co. And Others v. St. Louis, A. & T. H. R. Co. St. Louis, A. & T. H. R. Co. v. Indianapolis & St. L. R. Co. And Others
- United States v. Redgrave
- United States v. Perkins
- Laughlin v. District of Columbia
- Dunphy v. Ryan
- Oberteuffer v. Robertson
- Coe v. Errol
- Iron Silver Mining Co. v. Cheesman
February 1886 · 14 decisions
- Central Railroad v. Bourbon County
- Tyre & Spring Works Co. v. Spalding
- Otis v. Oregon Steamship Co.
- Barry v. Edmunds
- Chaffin v. Taylor
- Royall v. Virginia
- Sands v. Edmunds
- Hartog v. Memory
- Shepard v. Carrigan
- Ming v. Woolfolk
- Liebke v. Thomas
- Jones v. Simpson
- Boyd v. United States
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Herbert
March 1886 · 54 decisions
- Preston v. Manard and Another
- Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad v. Dennis
- Higgins v. McCrea
- Reynolds v. Iron Silver Mining Co.
- Waterville v. Van Slyke
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.
- Tennessee v. Pullman Southern Car Co.
- Hagood v. Southern
- Wright v. Kentucky & Great Eastern Railway Co.
- Leather Manufacturers' Bank v. Morgan
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Ohle
- Van Brocklin v. Tennessee
- Harwood v. Dieckerhoff
- Tua v. Carriere
- Patch v. White
- Phelps v. Oaks
- Ex Parte Royall
- Kleinschmidt v. McAndrews
- The Cherokee Trust Funds
- Pickard v. Pullman Southern Car Co.
- Tennessee v. Whitworth
- Graffam v. Burgess
- Akers v. Akers
- Johnson v. Keith
- Barney v. Winona & St. Peter Railroad
- Coffey v. United States
- Ex Parte Royall
- Applegate v. Lexington & Carter County Mining Co.
- Boardman v. Toffey
- Jefferson v. Driver
- Sloane v. Anderson
- Phœnix Insurance v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.
- Fidelity Insurance v. Huntington
- Glasgow v. Lipse
- New Providence v. Halsey
- Rand v. Walker
- Dunphy v. Sullivan
- Core v. Vinal
- Ex Parte Phoenix Ins. Co. Of London, England, and Others. 1
- Kerr v. South Park Commissioners
- Fulkerson v. Holmes
- Knapp v. Homeopathic Mutual Life Insurance
- MacKin v. United States
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
- Sturges v. United States
- Phoenix Life Ins. Co. v. Walrath
- Van Riswick v. Spalding and Others
- Yale Lock Manufacturing Co. v. Sargent
- Hoyt v. Russell
- Marshall v. Hubbard
- Ex Parte Fonda
- Yale Lock Manufacturing Co. v. Sargent
- Dimock v. Revere Copper Co.
- Campbell v. District of Columbia
April 1886 · 53 decisions
- Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
- Littlefield v. Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of Florida
- Stone v. South Carolina
- Union Trust Co. v. Illinois Midland Railway Co.
- Ferguson v. Arthur
- Dingley v. Oler
- Turpin v. Burgess
- Mahomet v. Quackenbush
- Bruce v. Manchester & Keene Railroad
- New York Life Insurance v. Fletcher
- Yale Lock Manufacturing Co. v. Greenleaf
- Hobbs v. McLean
- Burnes v. Scott
- New York Mutual Life Insurance v. Armstrong
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.
- Alabama v. Montague
- State and Others, Trustees, Etc. v. Montague and Others
- Stewart v. Virginia
- Long and Wife v. Bullard
- District of Columbia v. McElligott
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Scammon
- Given v. Wright
- Daviess County v. Dickinson
- Phillips v. Negley
- Jackson v. Lawrence
- Zeigler v. Hopkins
- Cantrell v. Wallick
- Emerson v. Senter
- Benjamin's Heirs v. Dubois
- Dobson v. Dornan
- Johnston v. District of Columbia
- United States Rifle & Cartridge Co. v. Whitney Arms Co.
- Keyes v. Grant
- South Boston Iron Co. v. United States
- Oakley v. Goodnow
- Cambria Iron Co. v. Ashburn
- Cashman v. Amador & Sacramento Canal Co.
- Cape Girardeau County Court v. Hill
- United States v. Landram
- New Orleans Board of Liquidation v. Hart
- Bohanan v. Nebraska
- Mexican Construction Co. v. Reusens
- Hart v. United States
- Cadman v. Peter
- United States v. Wilson
- Spraigue v. Thompson
- Conley v. Nailor
- Iron Silver Mining Co. v. Elgin Mining & Smelting Co.
- Mullan v. United States
- Clay v. Freeman
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. California
- Ex Parte Lothrop
- United States v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.
May 1886 · 29 decisions
- Hopper v. Covington
- Paine v. Central Vermont Railroad
- Graham v. Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad
- Gardner v. Herz
- Arrowsmith v. Harmoning
- Hunt v. Oliver
- Hartranft v. Du Pont
- Johnson v. Wilkins
- Wells and Others v. Wilkins, Sheriff, Etc. (Four Cases.) Goldstucker and Others v. Same
- United States v. Hailey
- United States v. Central Pacific Railroad
- Evans v. Pike
- Libby v. Clark
- Salt Lake City v. Hollister
- Plymouth Gold Mining Co. v. Amador & Sacramento Canal Co.
- Carson v. Hyatt
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad
- Loring v. Palmer
- Snow v. United States
- Cannon v. United States
- Yick Wo v. Hopkins
- United States v. Kagama
- Francis v. Flinn
- United States v. Langston
- Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad
- San Bernardino County v. Southern Pacific Railroad
- Norton v. Shelby County
- Morgan's Steamship Co. v. Louisiana Board of Health
- The City of Norwich
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