Term recap
October Term 1890 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1890, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
304
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
31
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 27, 1890 and the last on May 25, 1891. The busiest single day was March 2, 1891 with 38 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1890 · 1 decision
November 1890 · 31 decisions
- La Confiance Compagnie Anonyme D'Assurance v. Hall
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.
- Dable Grain Shovel Co. v. Flint
- Shenfield v. Nashawannuck Manufacturing Co.
- Harding v. Woodcock
- Hostetter v. Park
- Butler v. Steckel
- Fishburn v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
- York v. Texas
- In Re Huntington
- The Max Morris
- Hennessy v. Bacon
- Crowley v. Christensen
- Texas Land and Cattle Company v. Scott
- Florsheim v. Schilling
- Fitzgerald & Mallory Construction Co. v. Fitzgerald
- Williams v. United States
- Seeberger v. Cahn
- Lawrence v. Rector
- Gurnee v. Patrick County
- Devere v. The Haverton
- In Re Grimley
- United States v. Trinidad Coal & Coking Co.
- In Re Morrissey
- Jones v. United States
- Falk v. Robertson
- Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co. v. Texas Central Railway Co.
- Fourth National Bank of New York v. American Mills Company
- Wheeler v. Jackson
- MacFarland v. Jackson
- French v. Carter
December 1890 · 37 decisions
- Broom v. Armstrong
- Dobson v. Lees
- In Re Lancaster
- United States v. Griffith
- United States v. Lynch
- Holden v. Minnesota
- Handley v. Stutz
- Solomons v. United States
- Grover & Baker Sewing MacHine Co. v. Radcliffe
- Auffmordt v. Hedden
- Montana Railway Co. v. Warren
- Johnson v. Risk
- The Nacoochee
- Central Nat. Bank v. United States
- Cleary v. Ellis Foundry Co.
- Lloyd v. McWilliams
- Fond Du Lac County v. May
- Busell Trimmer Co. v. Stevens
- The Propeller Burlington
- Union Stock Yards Bank v. Gillespie
- May v. Juneau County
- Hamilton v. Home Insurance
- Bank of British North America v. Cooper
- Wellford v. Snyder
- Bassett v. United States
- Ambler v. Eppinger
- St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. v. Phelps
- Cadwalader v. Partridge
- New York Belting & Packing Co. v. New Jersey Car Spring & Rubber Co.
- In Re Pennsylvania Company
- In Re Pennsylvania Co.
- Merritt v. Cameron
- Robertson v. Oelschlaeger
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Artery
- Bass v. Taft
- MacKall v. Casilear
- Hoffman v. Overbey
January 1891 · 34 decisions
- Green v. Elbert
- Preston v. Prather
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Fifth Baptist Church
- In Re Converse
- Ayers v. Watson
- Red River Cattle Co. v. Needham
- Sire v. Ellithorpe Air Brake Co.
- Smith v. Gale
- United States Ex Rel. Redfield v. Windom
- Caldwell v. Texas
- Cheney v. Hughes
- Joy v. St. Louis
- Packer v. Bird
- United States v. Connor
- Brimmer v. Rebman
- Egan v. Clasbey
- Duncan v. Navassa Phosphate Co.
- Pleasant Township v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.
- United States v. Page
- Cope v. Cope
- Butler v. Gage
- Massachusetts Benefit Assn. v. Miles
- Sioux City Street Railway Co. v. Sioux City
- Whitehead v. Shattuck
- Bent v. Thompson
- Cook v. United States
- Superior City v. Ripley
- Coburn v. Cedar Valley Land & Cattle Co.
- Chicago, Santa Fé & California Railroad v. Price
- Consolidated Roller Mill Co. v. Walker
- Tubbs v. Wilhoit
- Reagan v. Aiken
- United States v. Central Pacific Railroad
- United States v. Kingsley
February 1891 · 19 decisions
- In Re Cooper
- St. Louis v. Rutz
- Beardsley v. Beardsley
- Alexander v. United States
- Crumpton v. United States
- United States v. Green
- Kauffman v. Wootters
- Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad v. Daughtry
- Miller v. Clark
- Ames v. Moir
- Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co. v. Wheeling Bridge Co.
- Upshur v. Briscoe
- North v. Peters
- Wadsworth v. Adams
- Brown v. Trousdale
- Beaupre v. Noyes
- Tuskaloosa N. Ry. Co. v. Gude
- United States Mortgage Co. v. Sperry
- Waterman v. MacKenzie
March 1891 · 68 decisions
- Worthington v. Robbins
- Kneeland v. American Loan & Trust Co.
- Lawrence Manufacturing Co. v. Tennessee Manufacturing Co.
- Lawrence Manufacturing Co. v. Janesville Cotton Mills
- Clark v. Bever
- Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad v. Pullman Southern Car Co.
- Merrill v. Monticello
- Russell v. Post
- Missouri v. Andriano
- New Orleans v. Gaines's Administrator
- In Re Graham
- Fogg v. Blair
- Central Trust Co. v. Kneeland
- Anderson v. Watt
- Cook County v. Calumet & Chicago Canal & Dock Co.
- Stockmeyer v. Tobin
- Cressey v. Meyer
- Troy Laundry MacHinery Co. v. Dolph
- Case Manufacturing Co. v. Soxman
- Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railroad v. Wilson
- Williams v. United States
- Simmons v. Saul
- Bunt v. Sierra Butte Gold Mining Co.
- Logan County National Bank v. Townsend
- Hanner v. Moulton
- Barney v. Oelrichs
- Pullman's Palace Car Co. v. Central Transportation Co.
- St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. v. Greenalgh
- St. Paul, M. & M. Ry. Co. v. Wenzel
- Covington Stock-Yards Co. v. Keith
- Central Transportation Co. v. Pullman's Palace Car Co.
- Heath v. Wallace
- St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Northern Pacific Railroad
- Gormley v. Bunyan
- Schell's Executors v. Fauché
- King v. Doane
- Ducie v. Ford
- San Francisco City and County v. Le Roy
- Clay v. Field
- Stout v. Mastin
- Johnson v. Powers
- Guaranty Trust and Safe Deposit Co. v. Green Cove Springs and Melrose Railroad
- Callan v. Bransford
- Northwestern Fuel Co. v. Brock
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Commercial Union Insurance
- Bayne v. Wiggins
- British Queen Mining Co. v. Baker Silver Mining Co.
- Howard v. Stillwell & Bierce Manufacturing Co.
- United States v. Brewer
- Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping MacHine Co. v. Skinner
- East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Co. v. Frazier
- Manchester v. Massachusetts
- Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assn. v. Hamlin
- Etheridge v. Sperry
- Brown Chemical Co. v. Meyer
- United States Ex Rel. Boynton v. Blaine
- In Re Duncan
- Leeper v. Texas
- Mellen v. Buckner
- Timmons v. Elyton Land Co.
- Handley v. Stutz
- Talbott v. Silver Bow County
- Underwood v. Dugan
- The Sydney
- Hoff v. Iron Clad Manufacturing Co.
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Converse
- Dolan v. Jennings
- Peake v. New Orleans
April 1891 · 40 decisions
- Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad v. United States
- Interstate Land Co. v. Maxwell Land Grant Co.
- Williams v. Passumpsic Savings Bank
- In Re Manning
- Davis's Administrator v. Weibbold
- Inland & Seaboard Coasting Co. v. Tolson
- Snyder v. Fiedler
- Electric Gas-Lighting Co. v. Boston Electric Co.
- Electric Gas Lighting Co. v. Tillotson
- Union Edge Setter Co. v. Keith
- Fowler v. Hamill
- In Re Ingalls
- Shelton v. Platt
- Seeberger v. Farwell
- Davis v. Texas
- Wilson v. Everett
- Natal v. Louisiana
- Sanford v. Sanford
- Mason v. Robertson
- Western Electric Co. v. LaRue
- Bock v. Perkins
- Magone v. Luckemeyer
- Pennoyer v. McConnaughy
- Allen v. Pullman's Palace Car Co.
- Henderson v. Carbondale Coal & Coke Co.
- Redfield v. Bartels
- Bybee v. Oregon & California Railroad
- Boone County v. Burlington & Missouri River Railroad
- Scotland County Court v. United States Ex Rel. Hill
- Stevenson v. Barbour
- Illinois Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Wade
- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Ward
- Hill v. Chicago & Evanston Railroad
- Harper County Commissioners v. Rose
- International Tooth Crown Co. v. Gaylord
- Hughes v. Dundee Mortgage Co.
- Scott v. Neely
- In Re Washington & Georgetown Railroad
- Birdseye v. Schaeffer
- New Orleans v. Louisiana Construction Co.
May 1891 · 74 decisions
- Cluett v. McNeany
- Pullman's Palace Car Co. v. Pennsylvania
- United States v. Ewing
- Massachusetts v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
- United States v. Poinier
- United States v. McDermott
- United States v. Van Duzee
- Ball v. United States
- Marsh v. Nichols, Shepard & Co.
- Wan Shing v. United States
- Lent v. Tillson
- In Re Wood
- In Re Claasen
- Hardin v. Jordan
- In Re Shibuya Jugiro
- Mitchell v. Smale
- Cluett v. Claflin
- Essex Public Road Board v. Skinkle
- Dwight v. Merritt
- The E. A. Packer, Scully
- Gleeson v. Virginia Midland Railroad
- Reynolds v. Stockton
- Higgins v. Keuffel
- Humphreys v. McKissock
- Block v. Darling
- Manning v. Amy
- Woodward v. Jewell
- Rogers v. Durant
- Halsted v. Buster
- Uniontown Bank v. MacKey
- Mullan v. United States
- Kneeland v. Lawrence
- United States v. Barber
- Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Clements
- Stein v. Bienville Water Supply Co.
- Pullman's Palace Car Co. v. Hayward
- Quock Ting v. United States
- United States v. Dalles Military Road Co.
- In Re Garnett
- Potter v. Couch
- In Re Wilson
- Marchand v. Griffon
- Gorman v. Havird
- Chicago Distilling Co. v. Stone
- Albright v. Oyster
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Botsford
- Insurance Co. of North America v. Hibernia Insurance
- In Re Mayfield
- In Re Rahrer
- Caldwell v. State of Texas
- In Re Delgado
- Parker v. Ormsby
- Denny v. Pironi
- In Re Ross
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. McBride
- Briggs v. Spaulding
- McAllister v. United States
- Pacific National Bank v. Eaton
- Carpenter v. Strange
- Schutz v. Jordan
- Thayer v. Butler
- Butler v. Eaton
- Clark Thread Co. v. Willimantic Linen Co.
- Wingard v. United States
- St. Paul Plow Works v. Starling
- Kneeland v. Bass Foundry & MacHine Works
- Lewisburg Bank v. Sheffey
- Evans v. State Bank
- Gregory Consolidated Mining Co. v. Starr
- Reynolds v. Burns
- Martin v. Barbour
- Williams v. Heard
- Crutcher v. Kentucky
- Voight v. Wright
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