Term recap
October Term 1888 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1888, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
250
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
22
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 22, 1888 and the last on May 13, 1889. The busiest single day was May 13, 1889 with 52 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1888 · 13 decisions
- Kidd v. Pearson
- Leather Manufacturers' Bank v. Merchants' Bank
- Dunlap v. Black
- Robinson v. Fair
- Kane v. Northern Central Railway Co.
- Williams v. Conger
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Alabama
- Livingston County v. First Nat. Bank of Portsmouth
- Asher v. Texas
- Chappell v. Bradshaw
- Lovejoy v. United States
- Culliford v. Gomila
November 1888 · 39 decisions
- Crescent Brewing Co. v. Gottfried
- Gaff v. Gottfried. Hack v. Same
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Smith
- United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.
- Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. v. Finzer
- Bundy v. Cocke
- Jaehne v. New York
- Central Bank of Washington v. Hume
- Means v. Dowd
- Ex Parte Terry
- Hennessy v. Woolworth
- Ridings v. Johnson
- Estis v. Trabue
- United States v. Knox
- Brodnax v. Aetna Ins. Co.
- Banks v. Manchester
- United States v. Cook
- Credit Co. v. Arkansas Central Railway Co.
- United States v. Palmer
- Johnson v. Christian
- Stewart v. Wyoming Cattle Ranche Co.
- Cogswell v. Fordyce
- United States v. DeWalt
- Pacific Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. O'Connor
- United States v. Reisinger
- Brown v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co.
- Fire Ins. Ass'n, Limited v. Wickham
- Jones v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
- Pollak v. Brush Electric Ass'n of St. Louis
- Marshall v. United States
- Clark v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Wood v. Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co.
- United States v. Foster
- Cornelius v. Kessel
- Hunt v. Blackburn
- United States v. McDonald
- The Gazelle and Cargo
- Quimby v. Boyd
- Pacific Express Co. v. Malin
December 1888 · 21 decisions
- Denny v. Bennett
- Danville v. Brown
- Farmers' Friend Manufacturing Co. v. Challenge Corn-Planter Co.
- Dublin Tp. v. Milford Five Cent Sav. Inst
- Menendez v. Holt
- Ryder v. Holt
- German Savings Bank v. Franklin County
- The Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co.
- Purdy v. Lansing
- Glasgow v. Baker
- Hoyt's Administrator v. Hanbury
- Ware v. Allen
- Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co. v. Goodyear Rubber Co.
- Walston v. Nevin
- Metcalf v. Watertown
- Marsh v. Nichols, Shepard & Co.
- Callaghan v. Myers
- Kennedy v. Hazelton
- United States v. Iron Silver Mining Co.
- Stachelberg v. Ponce
- Cragin v. Powell
January 1889 · 39 decisions
- McCormick v. Graham's Administrator
- Sargent v. Burgess
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Beckwith
- Shreveport v. Cole
- Currie, Mayor v. United States Ex Rel. Jacobs
- New Orleans v. Louisiana Construction Co.
- Rosenwasser v. Spieth
- Baldwin v. Kansas
- Wallace. v. Johnstone
- Noble v. Hammond
- Anderson v. Miller
- Camden v. Mayhew
- Arrowsmith v. Gleason
- Tillson v. United States
- Farnsworth v. Territory of Montana
- Dent v. West Virginia
- Inman v. South Carolina Railway Co.
- Stoutenburgh v. Hennick
- Bate Refrigerating Co. v. Hammond
- Hill v. Chicago & Evanston Railroad
- Hanover Fire Insurance v. Kinneard
- Marrow v. Brinkley
- Probst v. Trustees of the Board of Domestic Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
- Seibert v. United States Ex Rel. Harshman
- Galigher v. Jones
- Wade v. Metcalf
- The Farmers'loan and Trust Co.
- Barton v. United States
- Kimmish v. Ball
- National Security Bank v. Butler
- Robertson v. Perkins
- Brown v. Sutton
- Carr v. Hamilton
- Ely v. New Mexico & Arizona Railroad
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McAlpine
- Morris v. Gilmer
- White v. Cotzhausen
- Harris v. Barber
- Ruckman v. Cory
February 1889 · 7 decisions
March 1889 · 35 decisions
- Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix Insurance
- Allen v. Smith
- United States Ex Rel. Levey v. Stockslager
- Norton v. Board of Comm'rs of Taxing Dist. of Brownsville
- Commissioners of Taxing Dist. of Brownsville v. Loague
- Norton v. Taxing District of Brownsville
- McKenna v. Simpson
- Kimberly v. Arms
- Peters v. Active Manufacturing Co.
- Peters v. Hanson
- City National Bank of Fort Worth v. Hunter
- United States v. Marshall Silver Mining Co.
- Shotwell v. Moore
- Goodwin v. Fox
- Insurance Co. of North America v. Guardiola
- Woodstock Iron Co. v. Richmond & Danville Extension Co.
- Ralston v. Turpin
- Chapman v. Barney
- Béné v. Jeantet
- Schraeder Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Packer
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. v. Oregonian Railway Co.
- Badger v. Cusimano
- Parker v. Dacres
- Ballard v. Searls
- Collins Co. v. Coes
- Arkansas Valley Land & Cattle Co. v. Mann
- Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
- United States v. Watson
- Calton v. Utah
- Brown v. District of Columbia
- Moore v. Crawford
- Richardson v. Green
- Thompson v. Hall
- Bullitt County v. Washer
- CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILWAY COMPANY v. Gray
April 1889 · 44 decisions
- Rude v. Westcott
- Smith v. Adams
- Lyon v. Alley
- Williamson v. New Jersey
- The Alaska
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Hopkins
- District of Columbia v. Gannon
- District of Columbia v. Emerson
- Stevens v. Nichols
- Buxton v. Traver
- Botiller v. Dominguez
- United States v. Pile
- Dent v. Ferguson
- Nichols, Shepard & Co. v. Marsh
- Parley's Park Silver Mining Co. v. Kerr
- United States v. Insley
- Manhattan Bank of Memphis v. Walker
- Davies v. Miller
- Hammer v. Garfield Mining & Milling Co.
- Amy v. Watertown
- Amy v. Watertown
- Knowlton v. City of Watertown
- Gon-Shay-Ee
- Robertson v. Salomon
- Hunt v. Blackburn
- Knowlton v. Watertown
- United States v. Averill
- Brock v. Northwestern Fuel Co.
- Captain Jack
- Reynes v. Dumont
- Gibbs v. Consolidated Gas Co. of Baltimore
- Friedlander v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
- Shepherd v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Hurlbut v. Schillinger
- Central Trust Co. v. Seasongood
- Union Trust Co. v. Southern Inland Navigation & Improvement Co.
- Andes v. Slauson
- Badeau v. United States
- United States v. Cumming
- Wilson v. Edmonds
- Hassall v. Wilcox
- Kilbourn v. Sunderland
- Stillwell & Bierce Manufacturing Co. v. Phelps
- Butler v. Boston & Savannah Steamship Co.
May 1889 · 52 decisions
- Huling v. Kaw Valley Railway & Improvement Co.
- Synnott v. Shaughnessy
- The Chinese Exclusion Case
- New York & Colorado Mining Syndicate & Co. v. Fraser
- Redfield v. Parks
- Peters v. Active Mfg. Co.
- McKinley v. Wheeler
- Picard v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
- Andrus v. St. Louis Smelting & Refining Co.
- Dunlap v. Northeastern Railroad
- United States v. Haynes
- District of Columbia v. Cornell
- Lake County v. Rollins
- Lake County v. Graham
- Jones v. Van Doren
- Michigan Insurance Bank v. Eldred
- Hill v. Harding
- United States v. Jones
- United States v. Drew
- Kennon v. Gilmer
- Allman v. United States
- United States v. Davis
- Terry v. Sharon
- United States v. Hall
- United States v. Perrin
- United States v. Reilly
- Palmer v. Arthur
- Spalding v. Manasse
- Abendroth v. Van Dolsen
- Douglass v. Lewis
- Fowle v. Park
- United States Mutual Accident Ass'n v. Barry
- Thompson v. Hubbard
- Stewart v. Masterson
- Cornely v. Marckwald
- Coler v. Cleburne
- Nielsen
- New Orleans v. Gaines's Administrator
- Parker
- Stickney v. Stickney
- Crehore v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.
- Morgan v. Struthers
- Bacon v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
- Savin
- Cuddy
- Segrist v. Crabtree
- Veach v. Rice
- Hawkins v. Glenn
- Embrey v. Jemison
- Mellen v. Moline Malleable Iron Works
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co.
- Freeland v. Williams
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