Term recap
October Term 1886 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1886, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
297
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
24
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 25, 1886 and the last on May 27, 1887. The busiest single day was May 27, 1887 with 37 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1886 · 1 decision
November 1886 · 37 decisions
- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. Putnam
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois
- Little v. Giles
- Ex Parte Phenix Insurance Company
- Delano v. Butler
- Whitney v. Butler
- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. O'Brien
- New York Elevated Railroad v. Fifth National Bank
- Jacksonville, Pensacola & Mobile Railroad v. United States
- Pennsylyania Railroad v. St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad
- Harkness v. Russell
- Kansas City, Lawrence, & South Kansas Railroad v. Attorney General
- Choctaw Nation v. United States
- Consolidated Safety-Valve Co. v. Kunkle
- White v. Dunbar
- Dainese v. Kendall
- Buttz v. Northern Pacific Railroad
- Oregon v. Jennings
- Palmer v. Hussey
- Philadelphia Fire Assn. v. New York
- Home Ins. Co. v. State of New York. 1
- Shipman v. District of Columbia
- The Harrisburg
- Story v. Black
- Cunard Steam-Ship Co. (Limited) v. Carey. 1
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway v. Columbus Rolling Mill
- French v. Hall
- Hanrick v. Patrick
- Washington County v. Sallinger
- Freeman v. Alderson
- Willamette Manufacturing Co. v. Bank of British Columbia
- Crow v. Oxford
- Hapgood v. Hewitt
- Continental Insurance v. Rhoads
- East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad v. Grayson
- Newhall v. Le Breton
- New York, Lake Erie, & Western Railroad v. Nickals
December 1886 · 39 decisions
- New Orleans v. Houston
- Hamilton v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
- Wood v. Fort Wayne
- Clark v. Wooster
- McCreery v. Haskell
- Pomace Holder Co. v. Ferguson
- Coit v. Gold Amalgamating Co.
- United States v. Rauscher
- Ker v. Illinois
- Donnelly v. District of Columbia
- Halsted v. Buster
- Buzard v. Houston
- Kramer v. Cohn
- Williamsport Bank v. Knapp
- Wylie v. Northampton Bank
- Newton v. Furst & Bradley Co.
- Street v. Ferry
- Wilson v. Blair
- Johnson v. Chicago & Pacific Elevator Co.
- Campbell v. Laclede Gas Co.
- Winchester, Trustee, and Others v. Heiskell and Others
- Cleveland, Columbus, &C., Railroad v. McClung
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Bates
- Peper v. Fordyce
- Germania Insurance v. Wisconsin
- United States v. Jones
- Brooks v. Clark
- Ashby v. Hall
- California Paving Co. v. Schalicke
- Greenwich Insurance v. Providence & Stonington Steamship Co.
- Wolverton v. Nichols
- Gilbert v. Moline Plough Co.
- Bignall v. Gould
- Thackrah v. Haas
- Eldred v. Bell Telephone Co.
- Whitford v. Clark County
- Sutter v. Robinson
- Huse v. Glover
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. McLaughlin Ex'r, Etc
January 1887 · 57 decisions
- Goetz v. Bank of Kansas City
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Paine
- MacE v. Merrill
- Ex Parte Mirzan
- Hancock v. Holbrook
- Borer v. Chapman
- Ivinson v. Hutton
- Iron Mountain & Helena Railroad v. Johnson
- Ex Parte Ralston
- Cope v. Vallette Dry Dock Co.
- Sharp v. Riessner
- Barrell v. Tilton
- Baldwin v. Black
- Ives v. Sargent
- Hartshorn v. Saginaw Barrel Co.
- Enfield v. Jordan
- Wildenhus's Case
- Allen v. St. Louis Bank
- United States v. Symonds
- United States v. Bishop
- United States v. Philbrick
- United States v. Rockwell
- St. Tammany Water Works v. New Orleans Water Works
- United States v. Saunders
- Hubbard v. Investment Co.
- Nemaha County v. Frank
- Hayes v. Missouri
- Huntington v. Saunders
- United States v. Ramsay
- Heinemann v. Arthur's Executors
- Roberts v. Phoenix Life Ins. Co.
- United States v. Parker
- Little Rock & Ft. S. Ry. v. Worthen, Collector, Etc., and Others. In Error to The
- Kansas Endowment Assn. v. Kansas
- Gibbs v. Crandall
- United States v. Schlesinger
- United States v. Otis
- United States v. Cooper
- Kirby v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
- Crescent City Live Stock Co. v. Batchers' Union Slaughter-House Co.
- In Re Snow
- Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway v. Huntington
- Hibernia Insurance v. St. Louis Transportation Co.
- United States v. Hill
- Phoenix Life Ins. Co. v. Raddin
- Boffinger v. Tuyes
- Meyers v. Block
- Everhart v. Huntsville College
- King Bridge Co. v. Otoe County
- United States v. Pacific Railroad
- United States v. Dunn
- Indianapolis Rolling Mill v. St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad
- Beard v. Nichols
- Schlesinger v. Beard
- Bank of Maysville v. Claypool
- Grant v. Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co. Grant and Another v. Same
- The L. P. Dayton
February 1887 · 10 decisions
March 1887 · 42 decisions
- Martin v. Thompson
- Speidel v. Henrici
- Rolston. v. Missouri Fund Commissioners
- Grier v. Wilt
- Hopt v. Utah
- Plummer v. Sargent
- Rosenbaum v. Bauer
- Herron v. Dater
- United States v. Arjona
- Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing District
- Corson v. Maryland
- Schuler v. Israel
- Laclede Bank v. Schuler
- Carter County v. Sinton
- Accident Insurance v. Crandal
- Fletcher v. Fuller
- People's Savings Bank v. Bates
- Chicago, Burlington, & Kansas City Railroad v. Guffey
- Schley v. Pullman Car Co.
- Porter v. Pittsburg Bessemer Steel Co.
- Baldwin v. Franks
- Fourth Nat. Bank of NY v. Francklyn
- Rice v. United States
- Gilmer v. Stone
- East St. Louis v. Amy
- Gonzales v. Ross
- Marsh v. Shepard
- Dushane v. Benedict
- Viterbo v. Friedlander
- Ex Parte Parker
- Bolles v. Brimfield
- New Orleans National Banking Ass'n v. Le Breton
- Goodwin v. Fox
- Leather Manufacturers' Bank v. Cooper
- Ex Parte Harding
- Ex Parte Bain
- Worden v. Searls
- Richmond v. Irons
- Merchants' Insurance v. Allen
- First Nat. Bank of Cleveland v. Shedd
- Carper v. Fitzgerald
- United States v. McDougall's Administrator
April 1887 · 38 decisions
- Grant v. Phoenix Life Ins. Co.
- Bloomfield v. Charter Oak Bank
- Mercantile Bank v. New York
- Newark Banking Co. v. Newark
- Concord v. Robinson
- Katzenberger v. Aberdeen
- Laidly v. Huntington
- Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway v. Dunn
- Estes v. Gunter
- Fargo v. Michigan
- Barron v. Burnside
- McConihay v. Wright
- Francklyn v. Sprague
- Covington Stock-Yards Co. v. Keith
- Penn v. Calhoun
- Menard v. Goggan
- United States v. Phillips
- Cleveland Rolling Mill v. Rhodes
- Fisher v. Kelsey
- Hinckley v. Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Co.
- United States v. Le Bris
- Parkinson v. United States
- Church v. Kelsey
- Louisiana Bank v. Whitney
- Minneapolis Association v. Canfield
- Huiskamp v. Moline Wagon Co.
- Maxwell Land-Grant Case
- Lehigh Water Co. v. Easton
- Noonan v. Caledonia Mining Co.
- Lanier v. Nash
- Laughlin v. Mitchell
- Carson v. Dunham
- Milwaukee & Northern Railway Co. v. Brooks Locomotive Works
- Ouachita Packet Co. v. Aiken
- Albany & Rensselaer Co. v. Lundberg
- Boynton v. Ball
- The John H. Pearson
- Wilson's v. Deen
May 1887 · 73 decisions
- Carpenter v. Washington & Georgetown Railroad
- Bragg v. Fitch
- McCoy v. Nelson
- Wright v. Roseberry
- Robinson v. Anderson
- Stanley v. Supervisors of Albany
- Frost v. Spitley
- Metropolitan Railroad v. Moore
- McGowan v. American Pressed Tan Bark Co.
- Hartranft v. Wiegmann
- Hartranft v. Winters
- Snow v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
- Peninsular Iron Co. v. Stone
- Lawrence v. Morgan's Railroad & Steamship Co.
- New Jersey Steamboat Co. v. Brockett
- Barnes v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
- State Bank v. St. Louis Rail Fastening Co.
- Hanna v. Maas
- Gibson v. Shufeldt
- Eames v. Andrews
- Beedle v. Bennett
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Knight
- The Manitoba
- Parsons v. Robinson
- Bartram v. Robertson
- Topliff v. Topliff
- Warren v. Moody
- Davis v. Patrick
- Williams v. Supervisors of Albany
- Bullard v. Des Moines & Fort Dodge Railroad
- Sanger v. Nightingale
- Tuttle v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway
- Bean v. Patterson
- Northwestern Life Insurance v. Muskegon Bank
- Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City Railroad v. Guffey
- Sun Insurance v. Kountz Line
- United States v. Auffmordt
- Benziger v. Robertson
- Wisner v. Brown
- Simonton v. Sibley
- Shepherd v. Thompson
- Drexel v. Berney
- Irvine v. the Hesper
- Porter v. Pittsburg Bessemer Steel Co.
- Seibert v. Lewis
- Minneapolis Gas Light Co. v. Kerr Murray Manufacturing Co.
- Harshman v. Knox County
- Walter v. Bickham
- Philadelphia & Southern Steamship Co. v. Pennsylvania
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pendleton
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway v. Vickers
- Whitsitt v. Union Depot & Railroad
- Maxwell Land-Grant Case
- Merchants' Insurance v. Allen
- Adams v. Collier
- Goodlett v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- New Process Fermentation Co. v. Maus
- Gandy v. Marble
- Paxton v. Griswold
- Estes v. Gunter
- Travellers' Insurance v. Edwards
- Clinton v. Missouri Pacific Railway
- Argentine Mining Co. v. Terrible Mining Co.
- Struthers v. Drexel
- Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co. v. Dunn
- Morrison v. Durr
- Texas Transportation Co. v. Seeligson
- Fisher v. Perkins
- McLeod v. Fourth Nat. Bank of St. Louis
- Thorn Wire Hedge Co. v. Fuller
- Runkle v. United States
- Shippen v. Bowen
- Denver & Rio Grande Railway v. Harris
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