Term recap
October Term 1887 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1887, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
292
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
25
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 17, 1887 and the last on May 14, 1888. The busiest single day was May 14, 1888 with 43 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1887 · 22 decisions
- Coffee v. Groover
- Bohanan v. Nebraska
- Addington v. Burke
- United States v. Louisiana
- United States v. Alabama
- The Excelsior
- Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co. v. Simmons
- Morey v. Lockhart
- Gilson v. Dayton
- Sun Insurance v. Kountz Line
- Orient Insurance v. Adams
- Henderson v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Tufts v. Tufts
- Davis v. Key
- Davenport Bank v. Davenport Board of Equalization
- Parker & Whipple Co. v. Yale Clock Co.
- Bull v. Bank of Kasson
- Coan v. Flagg
- Mathews v. United States
- Craig v. Leitensdorfer
- Missouri Ex Rel. Harshman v. Winterbottom
- Finn v. United States
November 1887 · 20 decisions
- Spies v. Illinois
- United States v. Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
- United States v. Mullan
- Hoard v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
- Richter v. Jerome
- United States v. Allen
- Smith & Griggs Manufacturing Co. v. Sprague
- Andrews v. Hovey
- Siemens's Administrator v. Sellers
- Wilkinson v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Cleveland Society for Savings
- Sands v. Manistee River Improvement Co.
- Colorado Coal & Iron Co. v. United States
- Dewey v. West Fairmont Gas Coal Co.
- United States v. Morant
- The Smith
- Oelbermann v. Merritt
- Mustin v. Cadwalader
- In Re Henry
- Cox v. Western Land & Cattle Co.
- Doolan v. Carr
December 1887 · 33 decisions
- North Pennsylvania Railroad v. Commercial Bank of Chicago
- Lamaster v. Keeler
- White v. Barber
- Jewell v. Knight
- Smith v. Craft
- In Re Ayers
- Spraul v. Louisiana
- Benites v. Hampton
- Le Sassier v. Kennedy
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Madison
- Stryker v. Goodnow's Administrator
- Chapman v. Goodnow's Administrator
- Litchfield v. Goodnow's Administrator
- Des Moines Navigation & Railroad v. Iowa Homestead Co.
- Plumb v. Goodnow's Administrator
- Lacombe v. Forstall's Sons
- Teal v. Bilby
- Mugler v. Kansas
- Hailes v. Albany Stove Co.
- Crawford v. Heysinger
- Wilson v. Riddle
- Zeckendorf v. Johnson
- Bond v. Davenport
- Sherman v. Grinnell
- United States v. Hill
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Marlor
- Robison v. Female Orphan Asylum of Portland
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Mares
- Marquette, Houghton, & Ontonagon Railroad v. United States
- Radford v. Folsom
- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Davey
- Talkington v. Dumbleton
- Hefner v. Northwestern Life Insurance
January 1888 · 60 decisions
- Lawther v. Hamilton
- Humiston v. Wood
- Norton v. Hood
- Dryfoos v. Wiese
- Hinchman v. Lincoln
- Beeson v. Johns
- Dreyfus v. Searle
- Roberts v. Benjamin
- Langdon v. Sherwood
- United States Ex Rel. McLean v. Vilas
- Boyd v. Wyly
- Lawson v. Floyd
- Inland & Seaboard Coasting Co. v. Hall
- Gumbel v. Pitkin
- Dundee Mortgage & Trust Investment Co. v. Hughes
- Woodman v. Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Burns
- Vetterlein v. Barnes
- Richards v. MacKall
- Whitney v. Robertson
- Kelly v. Hedden
- In Re Sawyer
- Bissell v. Spring Valley Township
- United States v. Johnston
- Shreveport v. Holmes
- Glen v. Fant
- New Orleans Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
- Baker v. Power
- Union Railroad v. Dull
- Searl v. School District No. 2
- United States v. Gleeson
- Sabariego v. Maverick
- United States v. Bond
- United States v. Mouat
- United States v. Hendee
- United States v. Frerichs
- District of Columbia v. McBlair
- State Nat. Bank of Springfield v. Dodge
- Matthews v. Ironclad Manufacturing Co.
- Shields v. Schiff
- Chapin v. Streeter
- In Re Sherman
- Union Mutual Life Insurance v. Waters
- In Re Craft
- Iron Silver Mining Co. v. Reynolds
- Florence Mining Co. v. Brown
- Marshall v. United States
- Brooks v. Missouri
- Widdicombe v. Childers
- Union Insurance v. Smith
- Porter v. Beard
- Worthington v. Abbott
- Beard v. Porter
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Hall
- King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co. v. Otoe County
- Smith v. Alabama
- United States v. Hess
- Stewart v. Masterson
- Brazee v. Schofield
- Brown v. McConnell
February 1888 · 24 decisions
- District of Columbia v. Gallaher
- Hopkins v. Orr
- Trask v. Jacksonville, Pensacola & Mobile Railroad
- Fayolle v. Texas & Pacific Railroad
- French v. Hopkins
- United States v. Smith
- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Middleport
- Knight v. Paxton
- Great Falls Manufacturing Co. v. Attorney General
- The Strathairly
- Munson v. Mayor, Alderman and Commonalty of New York City
- Phillips v. Mound City Land and Water Assn.
- Thornton v. Schreiber
- United States v. Jung Ah Lung
- Hoadley's Administrators v. San Francisco
- United States v. Morant
- Crawford v. Halsey
- Dow v. Memphis & Little Rock Railroad
- Hoboken v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- Andrews v. Hovey
- Andrews v. Cone
- Pacific National Bank v. Mixter
- Shoecraft v. Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida
- In Re Royall
March 1888 · 33 decisions
- Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. Missouri River Packet Co.
- United States v. Burchard
- Cissel v. Dutch
- Chicago v. Taylor
- Arthur's Executors v. Butterfield
- Dale Tile Manufacturing Co. v. Hyatt
- Felix v. Scharnweber
- Bank of Redemption v. Boston
- Davison v. Davis
- Maynard v. Hill
- Southern Development Co. v. Silva
- Clement v. Packer
- Sage v. Memphis & Little Rock Railroad
- WU Tel. Co. v. Massachusetts
- Bucher v. Cheshire Railroad
- Dolbear v. American Bell Telephone Company
- Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. Hatch
- New Orleans Waterworks Co. v. Louisiana Sugar Refining Co.
- Kreiger v. Shelby Railroad
- Cunningham v. Norton
- Weir v. Morden
- Tompkins v. Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway
- Hartranft v. Langfeld
- Tilghman v. Proctor
- Potts v. United States
- Pembina Consolidated Silver Mining & Milling Co. v. Pennsylvania
- Hoskin v. Fisher
- Friedenstein v. United States
- Origet v. United States
- United States v. San Jacinto Tin Co.
- Wall v. Bissell
- Bowman v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
- Bowerman v. Rogers
April 1888 · 57 decisions
- Union Trust Co. v. Morrison
- Washington Ice Co. v. Webster
- Williams v. Conger
- Spencer v. Merchant
- Missouri Ex Rel. Walker v. Walker
- Hartranft v. Sheppard
- Seagrist v. Crabtree
- Powell v. Pennsylvania
- Nickerson v. Nickerson
- East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad v. Southern Telegraph Co.
- DeWolf v. Hays
- Hartranft v. Oliver
- Yale Lock Manufacturing Co. v. James
- Western Air Line Construction Co. v. McGillis
- Marchand v. Livandais
- Hunt v. Blackburn
- In Re Burdett
- Craig v. Leitensdorfer
- More v. Steinbach
- Page v. United States
- Morgan v. Eggers
- RoBards v. Lamb
- United States v. Weld
- Providence & Stonington Steamship Co. v. Clare's Administratrix
- Lyon v. Perin & Gafe Manufacturing Co.
- Dow v. Beidelman
- St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad v. Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, & Indianapolis Railway Co.
- United States v. Strong
- Nutt v. United States
- United States v. Baker
- Rucker v. Wheeler
- Blacklock v. Small
- Smith v. Bourbon County
- Lawrence v. Merritt
- Marye, Auditor v. Baltimore & O. R. Co. 1
- United States v. Irwin
- Gleason v. District of Columbia
- Kelley v. Milan
- Norton v. Dyersburg
- Forncrook v. Root
- United States v. Louisiana
- Whitbeck v. Mercantile Nat. Bank of Cleveland
- Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. v. Chicago, Pekin & Southwestern Railroad
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. MacKey
- Porter v. White
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Herrick
- United States v. Broadhead
- Jones's Administrator v. Craig
- De Saussure v. Gaillard
- Bayard v. United States Ex Rel. White
- United States Ex Rel. Angarica v. Bayard
- Wisconsin v. Pelican Insurance
- Colton v. Colton
- Cameron v. Hodges
- Culbertson v. H. Witbeck Co.
- United States v. Beebe
- Taylor v. Holmes
May 1888 · 43 decisions
- California v. Central Pacific Railroad
- Cornell v. Weidner
- Noyes v. Mantle
- Mosler Safe & Lock Co. v. Mosler
- Herrman v. Arthur's Executors
- Hendy v. Golden State & Miners' Iron Works
- St. Paul Plough Works v. Starling
- Arkansas Valley Smelting Co. v. Belden Mining Co.
- Mosher v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
- Holland v. Shipley
- Hosford v. Germania Fire Insurance
- Hosford v. Hartford Fire Insurance
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. United States
- Barnard v. District of Columbia
- Ratterman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
- United States v. McLaughlin
- Benson v. McMahon
- Glacier Mountain Silver Mining Co. v. Willis
- Hegler v. Faulkner
- Jenkins v. International Bank of Chicago
- Freedman's Saving & Trust Co. v. Shepherd
- Robertson v. Sichel
- Stuart v. Gay
- Easton v. German-American Bank
- Callan v. Wilson
- Joyce v. Chillicothe Foundry
- Flower v. Detroit
- Arthur's Executors v. Vietor
- Brown v. District of Columbia
- Allen v. Gillette
- Falk v. Moebs
- Robertson v. Downing
- St. Romes v. Levee Steam Cotton Press Co.
- Robbins v. Rollins's Executors
- Calhoun v. Lanaux
- Leloup v. Port of Mobile
- Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Newman
- Travellers' Insurance v. McConkey
- Walker . v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1
- Mahon v. Justice
- Sewall v. Haymaker
- In Re Coy
- Johnson v. Christian
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