Term recap
October Term 1895 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1895, 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
26
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 21, 1895 and the last on May 25, 1896. The busiest single day was March 2, 1896 with 44 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1895 · 11 decisions
- Ritchie v. McMullen
- Indiana v. Kentucky
- Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad v. United States
- Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad v. Countryman
- McKee v. Lamon
- McKee v. Latrobe
- McCormick v. Hayes
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. United States
- Richmond Nervine Co. v. Richmond
- Gilfillan v. McKee
- Sweet v. Rechel
November 1895 · 32 decisions
- The Incandescent Lamp Patent
- Sonn v. Magone
- United States v. Chaves
- Winona & St. Peter Land Co. v. Minnesota
- Winona & St. Peter Land Co. v. Minnesota
- Patton v. United States
- Weeks v. Bridgman
- Shiver v. United States
- California v. Holladay
- Wheeler v. United States
- Borgmeyer v. Idler
- Isaacs v. United States
- Thiede v. Utah Territory
- Thorn Wire Hedge Co. v. Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co.
- Hilton's Administrator v. Jones
- United States v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
- Bucklin v. United States
- Magone v. Wiederer
- United States v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
- Folsom v. Ninety Six
- Moore v. Missouri
- Clune v. United States
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Griffith
- McDowell v. United States
- Dejonge v. Magone
- Gillis v. Stinchfield
- Cowley v. Northern Pacific Railroad
- United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.
- Stewart v. McHarry
- Goode v. United States
- Mills v. Green
- Lambert v. Barrett
December 1895 · 32 decisions
- The Bayonne
- Bucklin v. United States
- United States v. Healey
- Washington & Idaho Railroad v. Cœur D'Alene Railway & Navigation Co.
- Washington & Idaho Railroad v. Osborn
- Folsom v. United States
- Washington & Idaho Railroad v. Cœur D'Alene Railway & Navigation Co.
- Ansbro v. United States
- Goldsby v. United States
- Streep v. United States
- Little Rock & Memphis Railroad v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
- McCarty v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
- Bamberger v. Schoolfield
- New Orleans Flour Inspectors v. Glover
- Markham v. United States
- Ballew v. United States
- Davis v. United States
- In Re Keasbey & Mattison Co.
- Lehigh Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Kelly
- Whitten v. Tomlinson
- Allison v. United States
- Townsend v. Vanderwerker
- Interior Construction & Improvement Co. v. Gibney
- Beuttell v. Magone
- Central Railroad Company v. Keegan
- Kohl v. Lehlback
- Haws v. Victoria Copper Mining Co.
- Moore v. United States
- United States v. Sayward
- In Re Sanford Fork & Tool Co.
- Keane v. Brygger
- Jersey City & Bergen Railroad v. Morgan
January 1896 · 27 decisions
- Iowa Central Railway Co. v. Iowa
- United States v. Thornton
- Van Wagenen v. Sewall
- Dickson v. Patterson
- Union Mutual Life Insurance v. Kirchoff
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Pool
- Hickory v. United States
- Eldridge v. Trezevant
- Pierce v. United States
- Gill v. United States
- Spalding v. Chandler
- Chappell v. United States
- Bartlett v. Lockwood
- Kirby v. Tallmadge
- Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad v. United States
- Johnson v. United States
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Fitzgerald
- Carver v. United States
- Laing v. Rigney
- Jacksonville, Mayport, Pablo Railway & Navigation Co. v. Hooper
- Nalle v. Young
- United States v. Fuller
- Rosen v. United States
- First Nat. Bank of Garnett v. Ayers
- Gregory v. Van Ee
- Chemical Bank v. City Bank of Portage
- United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co.
February 1896 · 3 decisions
March 1896 · 63 decisions
- Graves v. Saline County
- Hansen v. Boyd
- Cochran v. Blout
- Lynch v. Murphy
- District of Columbia v. Lyon
- Harrison v. Fortlage
- Hamilton v. Brown
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. James
- Phoenix Fire & Marine Insurance v. Tennessee
- Union Pac. Ry. Co. v. Callaghan
- Fishback v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
- Marks v. United States
- Washington Gas Light Co. v. District of Columbia
- Leighton v. United States
- Davis v. Elmira Savings Bank
- Ainsa v. United States
- Schroeder v. Young
- Ball v. Halsell
- Evansville v. Dennett
- Baltzer v. North Carolina
- Spalding v. Mason
- Smith v. United States
- Douglas v. Wallace
- Carey v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co.
- Bank of Commerce v. Tennessee Ex Rel. Memphis
- Home Insurance & Trust Co. v. Tennessee Ex Rel. Memphis
- Memphis City Bank v. Tennessee Ex Rel. Memphis
- Mercantile Bank v. Tennessee Ex Rel. Memphis
- Planters' Insurance v. Tennessee Ex Rel. Memphis
- France v. Connor
- Shelby County v. Union & Planters' Bank
- Durham v. Seymour
- United States v. Stanford
- United States v. Zucker
- Spalding v. Vilas
- Spalding v. Dickinson
- Smith v. McKay
- Geer v. Connecticut
- New Orleans Flour Inspectors v. Glover
- In Re Emblen
- Baltzer v. North Carolina
- Beebe v. United States
- Durland v. United States
- The Delaware
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. O'Brien
- Swearingen v. United States
- Dushane v. Beall
- United States v. Texas
- Central Pacific Railroad v. California
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. California
- Ornelas v. Ruiz
- Matthews v. United States
- Gildersleeve v. New Mexico Mining Co.
- Southworth v. United States
- Stanley v. Schwalby
- Post v. United States
- Rouse v. Hornsby
- Brown v. Walker
- Owens v. Henry
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Telfener v. Russ
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Kentucky
- Pearsall v. Great Northern Railway Co.
April 1896 · 34 decisions
- Bryan v. Brasius
- Great Western Telegraph Co. v. Purdy
- Woodruff v. Mississippi
- McIntire v. McIntire
- Hollander v. Fechheimer
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Peterson
- Great Western Telegraph Co. v. Burnham
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Lewis
- Seneca Nation v. Christy
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Charless
- Davis v. Geissler
- Montgomery v. United States
- Palmer v. Barrett
- Bryan v. Kales
- Bryan v. Pinney
- Andrews v. United States
- Dashiell v. Grosvenor
- Stevenson v. United States
- Smith v. Mississippi
- Gibson v. Mississippi
- Kelsey v. Crowther
- Harwood v. Wentworth
- Graver v. Faurot
- United States v. Julian
- Campbell v. Porter
- Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Co. v. Skottowe
- Girard Insurance & Trust Co v. Cooper
- Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Co. v. Conlin
- Crain v. United States
- Wallace v. United States
- Alberty v. United States
- Central Pacific Railroad v. Nevada
- Fee v. Brown
- Wilson v. United States
May 1896 · 60 decisions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. James
- Kirk v. United States
- Wiggan v. Conolly
- Dibble v. Bellingham Bay Land Co.
- Putnam v. United States
- Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Chicago, Portage & Superior Railway Co.
- Coffin v. United States
- Lowe v. Kansas
- Hennington v. Georgia
- Cornell v. Green
- Webster v. Luther
- Salina Stock Co. v. Salina Creek Irrigation Co.
- United States v. Winchester & Potomac Railroad
- United States v. Rider
- Indiana v. Kentucky
- Wong Wing v. United States
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois
- Talton v. Mayes
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Egeland
- United States v. Laws
- Union National Bank v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gentry
- Edwards v. Bates County
- Hanford v. Davies
- Webster v. Daly
- Hilborn v. United States
- Knights of Pythias v. Kalinski
- Perego v. Dodge
- Burfenning v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
- Rio Grande Western Railway Co. v. Leak
- Harrison v. United States
- Bacon v. Texas
- Telfener v. Russ
- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. June Manufacturing Co.
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Taggart
- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Bent
- Murray v. Louisiana
- Steamer Coquitlam v. United States
- Barnitz v. Beverly
- Eddy v. Lafayette
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Cook
- Brown v. Wygant & Leeds
- Black v. Elkhorn Mining Co.
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Tomlinson
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. James
- Grayson v. Lynch
- United States v. Allen
- Meyer v. Richards
- United States v. Perkins
- United States v. Ball
- Faust v. United States
- Bank of Commerce v. Tennessee Ex Rel. Memphis
- Lucas v. United States
- United States v. Fitch
- Ward v. Race Horse
- United States v. Realty Co.
- Huntington v. Saunders
- Wiborg v. United States
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