Term recap
October Term 1896 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1896, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
231
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
28
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 19, 1896 and the last on October 1, 1897. The busiest single day was November 30, 1896 with 36 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1896 · 6 decisions
November 1896 · 47 decisions
- Parsons v. Venzke
- United States v. McMahon
- McElroy v. United States
- Sandy White v. United States
- Central Pacific Railroad v. United States
- Press Publishing Co. v. Monroe
- Tregea v. Modesto Irrigation District
- Wisconsin Central Railroad v. United States
- Fallbrook Irrigation District v. Bradley
- Brown v. United States
- United States v. Verdier
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Nebraska
- Prairie State Bank v. United States
- Noble v. Mitchell
- The Kate
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Chicago
- Stone v. United States
- Cake v. Mohun
- McKee v. United States
- New Orleans Water Works Co. v. New Orleans
- Wilson v. Kiesel
- Glover v. United States
- Carothers v. Mayer
- Wabash Western Railway v. Brow
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Wright
- Edgington v. United States
- Gonzales v. French
- McClellan v. Chipman
- United States v. Elliott
- Acers v. United States
- Lalone v. United States
- Rowe v. United States
- National Accident Society v. Spiro
- Warner v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
- United States v. Delaney
- Draper v. United States
- Chapman v. United States
- Coughran v. Bigelow
- Prather v. United States
- Perrine v. Slack
- Citizens' Bank v. Cannon
- Grimes Dry Goods Co. v. Malcolm
- Willard v. Wood
- Atlantic & Pacific Railroad v. Laird
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Colburn
- Old Jordan Mining & Milling Co. v. Société Anonyme Des Mines
- Fowler v. Lamson
December 1896 · 6 decisions
January 1897 · 23 decisions
- Ex Parte Jones
- In Re Atlantic City Railroad
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. Mathews
- United States v. Northwestern Express, Stage & Transportation Co.
- Ford v. Delta & Pine Land Co.
- Starr v. United States
- France v. United States
- Bushnell v. Leland
- Mills v. United States
- Nofire v. United States
- Carver v. United States
- Osborne v. Florida
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Bloom's Administrator
- Agnew v. United States
- Warner Valley Stock Co. v. Smith
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Co. v. Ellis
- Scott v. Donald
- Missouri v. Iowa
- Hussman v. Durham
- Scott v. Donald
- United States v. Barnette
- Robertson v. Baldwin
- Clarke v. McDade
February 1897 · 32 decisions
- Robinson v. Caldwell
- Pim v. St. Louis
- The Valencia
- Rosencrans v. United States
- Addington v. United States
- Jones v. Brim
- Egan v. Hart
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Indiana
- Adams Express Co. v. Ohio State Auditor
- American Express Co. v. Indiana
- Atlantic & Pacific Railroad v. Mingus
- Deweese v. Reinhard
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Ohio
- United States v. McMillan
- Burlington Gas Light Co. v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co.
- Hopkins v. Grimshaw
- Oakes v. Mase
- United States v. Gorham
- Graves v. United States
- United States v. Winona & St. Peter Railroad
- Dunlop v. United States
- Germania Iron Co. v. United States
- Davis v. United States
- Winona & St. Peter Railroad v. United States
- District of Columbia v. Johnson
- District of Columbia v. Hall
- District of Columbia v. Dickson
- Price v. United States
- In Re Chetwood
- Glover v. Patten
- Smith v. Vulcan Iron Works
- United States v. Union Pac. Ry. Co. Same v. St. Paul & S. C. R. Co.
March 1897 · 28 decisions
- De Vaughn v. Hutchinson
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. New York
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Chicago
- Fourth Street Bank of Philadelphia v. Yardley
- Walker v. New Mexico & Southern Pacific Railroad
- Wade v. Lawder
- Walker v. Brown
- Pauly v. State Loan & Trust Co.
- United States v. Santa Fe
- Swaim v. United States
- Barber v. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Co.
- Allgeyer v. Louisiana
- McCormick v. Market Bank
- The Three Friends
- In Re Kollock
- Grand Lodge F. and A. Masons of La. v. New Orleans
- The Conqueror
- In Re Potts
- In Re Alix
- Adams Express Co. v. Ohio State Auditor
- Henderson Bridge Co. v. Kentucky
- Adams Express Co. v. Kentucky
- Allen v. Georgia
- Panama Railroad v. Napier Shipping Co.
- Gibson v. United States
- Nelson v. Flint
- United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn.
- The Majestic
April 1897 · 34 decisions
- Martin v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
- St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
- The Umbria
- Hooe v. Jamieson
- Iasigi v. Van De Carr
- In Re Hien
- Hunt v. United States
- Gladson v. Minnesota
- American Publishing Co. v. Fisher
- Aberdeen Bank v. Chehalis County
- United States v. American Tobacco Co.
- In Re Chapman
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Sanders
- Manson v. Duncanson
- Moses v. United States
- In Re Eckart
- City Railway Co. v. Citizens' Street Railroad
- Zadig v. Baldwin
- United States v. Greathouse
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Cody
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Barrett
- Carter v. Ruddy
- Allen v. Culp
- Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. Hickey
- In Re Lennon
- Electric Co. v. Dow
- Forsyth v. Hammond
- Whitney v. Fox
- Oxley Stave Co. v. Butler County
- Baltimore v. Baltimore Trust & Guarantee Co.
- Sentell v. New Orleans & Carrollton R. Co.
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Louisville
- Long Island Water Supply Co. v. Brooklyn
- Springville v. Thomas
May 1897 · 54 decisions
- In Re Johnson
- In Re Hall
- Rio Arriba Land & Cattle Co. v. United States
- Twin City Bank v. Nebeker
- Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co. v. Ziegler
- Davis v. Massachusetts
- Tindal v. Wesley
- Wabash Railroad v. Defiance
- Stone v. United States
- Enterprise Mining Co. v. Rico-Aspen Consolidated Mining Co.
- Cross v. Evans
- Whitney v. United States
- London Assurance v. Companhia De Moagens Do Barreiro
- Levy v. Superior Court of San Francisco
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Poirier
- Willis v. Eastern Trust & Banking Co.
- Latta v. Granger
- Compton v. Jesup
- Campbell v. Ellet
- Walker v. Collins
- Burdon Central Sugar Refining Co. v. Payne
- Bryant v. United States
- Lumberman's Bank v. Huston
- New Orleans v. Citizens' Bank
- Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Florida Fruit Exchange
- Hedrick v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad
- Parsons v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
- Indiana v. Kentucky
- California Bank v. Kennedy
- Dominguez De Guyer v. Banning
- Hovey v. Elliott
- St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad v. Steele
- May v. May
- Parsons v. United States
- MacKall v. Willoughby
- Camfield v. United States
- Warner v. New Orleans
- Shapleigh v. San Angelo
- Peck v. Heurich
- The J. P. Donaldson
- Yardley v. Philler
- Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Bank v. Pennsylvania
- Menotti v. Dillon
- United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.
- The Glide
- Louisiana v. New Orleans
- Wight v. United States
- Tla-Koo-Yel-Lee v. United States
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.
- Bauman v. Ross
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.
- MacGreal v. Taylor
- United States v. Reed
- United States v. Sandoval
October 1897 · 1 decision
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