Term recap
October Term 1891 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1891, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
262
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
27
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 19, 1891 and the last on May 16, 1892. The busiest single day was May 16, 1892 with 38 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1891 · 7 decisions
November 1891 · 25 decisions
- Hickman v. Fort Scott
- McLean v. Clapp
- Kneeland v. Luce
- McClain v. Ortmayer
- Lau Ow Bew
- Marshall v. Holmes
- Kneeland v. Luce
- McCreary v. Pennsylvania Canal Co.
- American Net & Twine Co. v. Worthington
- Seitz v. Brewers' Refrigerating MacHine Co.
- Leadville Coal Co. v. McCreery
- Davis v. Patrick
- Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co. v. Consolidated Safety Valve Co.
- Metropolitan Nat. Bank v. Claggett
- Cross v. Allen
- Rector v. Lipscomb
- Adams v. Bellaire Stamping Co.
- Patent Clothing Co. v. Glover
- Fire Ins. Assn., Ltd. v. Wickham
- Johnson v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
- Willcox & Gibbs Sewing MacHine Co. v. Ewing
- Olcott v. Headrick
- Rogers v. United States
- Moline Plow Co. v. Webb
- Craig v. Continental Insurance
December 1891 · 29 decisions
- Henderson Bridge Co. v. Henderson City
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. Jopes
- McLish v. Roff
- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Wright
- Ferry v. King County
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. v. Roberts
- Coghlan v. South Carolina Railroad
- Pearce v. Rice
- Sparhawk v. Yerkes
- Myers v. Groom Shovel Co.
- Thompson v. Baker
- Smyth v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co.
- Hall v. Cordell
- Finn v. Brown
- Hammond v. Johnston
- Chever v. Horner
- Franklin County v. German Savings Bank
- Maine v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.
- New Orleans v. New Orleans Water Works Co.
- Farnsworth v. Duffner
- Martin v. Gray
- McElvaine v. Brush
- Van Stone v. Stillwell & Bierce Manufacturing Co.
- Claassen v. United States
- Simmons v. United States
- Wauton v. DeWolf
- Kaukauna Water Power Co. v. Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Co.
- Knight v. United States Land Assn.
- Deseret Salt Co. v. Tarpey
January 1892 · 36 decisions
- Chaffee County v. Potter
- Boyd v. United States
- Gisborn v. Charter Oak Life Insurance
- Scott v. Ellery
- Fisk v. Henarie
- Sunflower Oil Co. v. Wilson
- Kennedy v. McKee
- St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. v. Todd County
- Tyler v. Cass County
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Washington Territory Ex Rel. Dustin
- Wiggins Ferry Co. v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.
- Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad v. Gibbes
- Simmons Creek Coal Co. v. Doran
- Doon Township v. Cummins
- Stutsman County v. Wallace
- Pacific Express Co. v. Seibert
- In Re Fassett
- Counselman v. Hitchcock
- McNee v. Donahue
- Thompson v. United States
- Eames v. Kaiser
- Magone, Collector v. Rosenstein
- Phelps v. Siegfried
- United States v. Des Moines Navigation & Railway Co.
- Louisville Water Co. v. Clark
- Petri v. Commercial Nat. Bank of Chicago
- South Branch Lumber Co. v. Ott
- Delaware City, Salem & Philadelphia Steamboat Navigation Co. v. Reybold
- Nishimura Ekiu v. United States
- United States v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad
- Horner v. United States
- Bird v. Benlisa
- Clark v. Sidway
- Hedden v. Iselin
- Home Benefit Assn. v. Sargent
- Convers v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad
February 1892 · 37 decisions
- Boyd v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Thayer
- District of Columbia v. Hutton
- New Orleans Pacific Railway Co. v. Parker
- Smale v. Mitchell
- National Steamship Co. v. Tugman
- United States v. Witten
- Sioux City & Iowa Falls Town Lot & Land Co. v. Griffey
- Tyler v. Savage
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Winter's Administrator
- In Re Woods
- Field v. Clark
- Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Wellman
- United States v. Ballin
- Lawrence v. Nelson
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway v. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
- New Orleans City & Lake Railroad v. New Orleans
- The Barbed Wire Patent
- Michigan Insurance Bank v. Eldred
- Chandler v. Pomeroy
- Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States
- Winona & St. Peter Railroad v. Plainview
- Ludeling v. Chaffe
- Horner v. United States
- Union Mutual Life Insurance v. Hanford
- Nebraska v. Iowa
- Waterman v. Alden
- Horn Silver Mining Co. v. New York State
- United States v. Texas
- The Sylvia Handy
- In Re Cooper
- Hammond v. Hopkins
- Sullivan v. Iron Silver Mining Co.
- Budd v. New York
- Briggs v. United States
- Fielden v. Illinois
- Schwab v. Berggren
- Iron Silver Mining Co. v. Mike & Starr Gold & Silver Mining Co.
March 1892 · 26 decisions
- Gandy v. Main Belting Co.
- Dunwoody v. United States
- Hoyt v. Latham
- United States v. Wilson
- Lau Ow Bew v. United States
- Heinze v. Arthur's Executors
- Liebenroth v. Robertson
- Kent v. Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railway & Iron Co.
- Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. v. Electrical Supply Co.
- Butler v. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
- Larkin v. Upton
- Wilson v. Seligman
- In Re Heath
- Camden v. Stuart
- Gordon v. Third Nat. Bank of Chattanooga
- Lacassagne v. Chapuis
- Tripp v. Santa Rosa Street Railroad
- Haley v. Breeze, County Treasurer
- Brenham v. German American Bank
- United States v. Budd
- Rice v. Sanger
- Waterman v. Banks
- Porter v. Banks
- Dillman v. Hastings
- Bedon v. Davie
- Southern Kansas Railway Co. v. Briscoe
April 1892 · 52 decisions
- Logan v. United States
- Glaspell v. Northern Pacific Railroad
- Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Ives
- Coosaw Mining Co. v. South Carolina
- United States v. Sanges
- Pope Manufacturing Co. v. Gormully
- Hartford Life Annuity Insurance v. Unsell
- McLane v. King
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad v. Hawthorne
- The Blue Jacket
- Keator Lumber Co. v. Thompson
- Sherman v. Grinnell
- Red River Cattle Co. v. Sully
- Missouri Ex Rel. Quincy, Missouri & Pacific Railroad v. Harris
- Pope Manufacturing Co. v. Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Co.
- Pope Manufacturing Co. v. Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Co.
- Pope Manufacturing Co. v. Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Co.
- O'Neil v. Vermont
- Isaacs v. Jonas
- Northern Pac. R. Co. v. Ellis
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Amato
- Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co. v. Blake
- Sharon v. Tucker
- Stellwagen v. Tucker
- Dodge v. Tulleys
- Smith v. Gale
- Belford v. Scribner
- Torrence v. Shedd
- United States Ex Rel. Jones v. CTY. COURT OF MACON CTY.
- Kellam v. Keith
- Ficklen v. Shelby County Taxing District
- National Exchange Bank of Baltimore v. Peters
- Crawford v. Neal
- Adams v. Louisiana Board of Liquidation
- Sage v. Louisiana Board of Liquidation
- Nesbit v. Riverside Independent District
- Pendleton v. Russell
- Crotty v. Union Mutual Life Insurance
- Windett v. Union Mutual Life Insurance
- White v. Rankin
- Robertson v. Salomon
- Meyerheim v. Robertson
- Brown v. Massachusetts
- Lewis v. Barnhart
- Quincy, Missouri & Pacific Railroad v. Humphreys
- Sessions v. Romadka
- Underwood v. Metropolitan National Bank
- Roberts v. Lewis
- United States v. Eaton
- Gregory v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
- Kendall v. San Juan Silver Mining Co.
- Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co. v. Oregonian Ry. Co., Limited
May 1892 · 50 decisions
- Brenham v. German American Bank
- Brown v. Smart
- People Ex Rel. New York Electric Lines Co. v. Squire
- Topliff v. Topliff
- New England Mortgage Security Co. v. Gay
- Goode v. Gaines
- Culver v. Wilkinson
- Lehigh Valley Railroad v. Pennsylvania
- St. Joseph & St. Louis Railroad v. Humphreys
- Furrer v. Ferris
- Barnett v. Denison
- Willard v. Willard
- Meehan v. Valentine
- Glenn v. Marbury
- Shaw v. Quincy Mining Co.
- Pewabic Mining Co. v. Mason
- Cross v. United States
- Meagher v. Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Co.
- Oteri v. Scalzo
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hillmon
- Kissam v. Anderson
- Matthews v. Warner
- Galliher v. Cadwell
- Washington v. Opie
- Miller v. Ammon
- Felix v. Patrick
- Jenkins v. Collard
- Franklin Telegraph Co. v. Harrison
- Baker's Executors v. Kilgore
- Freeman v. Asmus
- Hancock v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Cox
- Telfener v. Russ
- Rossman v. Hedden
- Hoyt v. Horne
- South Spring Hill Gold Mining Co. v. Amador Medean Gold Mining Co.
- Clay Center v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
- Pickering v. Lomax
- Bardon v. Northern Pacific Railroad
- The Corsair
- Ryan v. Hard
- Benson Mining & Smelting Co. v. Alta Mining & Smelting Co.
- Earnshaw v. Cadwalader
- Dowling v. Exchange Bank of Boston
- Aerkfetz v. Humphreys
- McDonald v. Belding
- Nebraska v. Iowa
- St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute Railroad v. Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad
- Cox v. Hart
- Interstate Com. Commiss. v. B. & O. RAILROAD
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