Term recap
October Term 1897 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1897, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
181
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
29
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 18, 1897 and the last on May 31, 1898. The busiest single day was May 31, 1898 with 25 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1897 · 7 decisions
November 1897 · 24 decisions
- Miller v. Cornwall Railroad
- Fletcher v. Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Alabama Midland Railway Co.
- Zia v. United States
- Crespin v. United States
- Chaves v. United States
- Roff v. Burney
- Ogden City v. Armstrong
- Dennison v. United States
- Underhill v. Hernandez
- Pratt v. Paris Gas Light & Coke Co.
- Hodgson v. Vermont
- United States v. Wilson
- Holtzman v. Douglas
- O'BRIEN v. Miller
- Harrison v. Perea
- Karrick v. Hannaman
- Warner v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- United States v. Crosthwaite
- Williams v. United States
- Nobles v. Georgia
- The Victory & the Plymothian
- Muse v. Arlington Hotel Co.
- Douglas v. Kentucky
December 1897 · 11 decisions
- The Resolute
- The William M. Hoag
- Stewart v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Thompson v. Maxwell Land Grant & Railway Co.
- Hyer v. Richmond Traction Co.
- Adams v. Henderson
- United States v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
- Springer Land Assn. v. Ford
- Bram v. United States
- Michigan Land & Lumber Co. v. Rust
- In Re Tampa Suburban Railroad Company
January 1898 · 24 decisions
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Musser-Sauntry Land, Logging & Manufacturing Co.
- Wilson v. Lambert
- Shepard v. Adams
- Highland Avenue & Belt Railroad v. Columbian Equipment Co.
- Hall v. United States
- Crossley v. California
- Conde v. York
- McHenry v. Alfore
- Castillo v. McConnico
- Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. Austin
- United States v. Passavant
- Hetzel v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- In Re Boardman, Applicant on Behalf of Durrant
- Stuart v. Hayden
- Building and Loan Assn. of Dakota v. Price
- Williams v. Paine
- Holder v. Aultman
- Powers v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
- Union Mutual Life Insurance v. Kirchoff
- Wetmore v. Rymer
- Richardson v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Solan
- Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY
- Benjamin v. New Orleans
February 1898 · 23 decisions
- Cessna v. United States
- Baker v. Cummings
- United States v. Klumpp
- Barrett v. United States (No. 1)
- Levis v. Kengla
- Wetzel v. Minnesota Railway Transfer Co.
- Dull v. Blackman
- United States v. Louisville
- Logan County v. United States
- Thomas v. Gay
- Baker v. Grice
- Willis v. Eastern Trust & Banking Co.
- Richmond & Alleghany Railroad v. R. A. Patterson Tobacco Co.
- United States v. Garlinger
- Brown v. Marion National Bank
- Central National Bank v. Stevens
- Barrett v. United States (No. 2)
- Payne v. Robertson
- United States v. Eaton
- Beley v. Naphtaly
- Smith Vsrv. Naphtaly
- Holden v. Hardy
- Smithsonian Institution v. Meech
March 1898 · 9 decisions
- Savings & Loan Society v. Multnomah County
- Backus v. Fort Street Union Depot Co.
- Merritt v. President, Etc., of Bowdoin College
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Haber
- Wilson v. North Carolina
- United States Ex Rel. Bernardin v. Butterworth
- McCormick Harvesting MacHine Co. v. Aultman
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Behlmer
- United States v. Wong Kim Ark
April 1898 · 22 decisions
- New York Indians v. United States
- Leyson v. Davis
- Budzisz v. Illinois Steel Co.
- Parsons v. District of Columbia
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Omaha
- Missouri Ex Rel. Laclede Gas Light Co. v. Murphy
- Barrow Steamship Co. v. Kane
- Louisville Water Co. v. Kentucky
- The John G. Stevens
- American Surety Company v. Pauly
- Kipley v. Illinois
- Hawker v. New York
- American Surety Company v. Pauly
- Kirwan v. Murphy
- Humes v. United States
- Williams v. Mississippi
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Texas
- Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Texas
- Selvester v. United States
- Calderon v. Atlas Steamship Co.
- Magoun v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank
- Thompson v. Utah
May 1898 · 61 decisions
- Williams v. Eggleston
- Shaw v. Kellogg
- Plaquemines Tropical Fruit Co. v. Henderson
- Virginia & Alabama Coal Co. v. Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Ga.
- Smith v. United States
- Stuart v. Easton
- Jolly v. United States
- Havnor v. New York
- Rhodes v. Iowa
- Vance v. W. A. Vandercook Co.
- Vance v. W. A. Vandercook Co.
- Andersen v. United States
- United States v. Winston
- United States v. Garter
- Texas and Pacific Railway Co. v. Reeder
- Fink v. United States
- Wagoner v. Evans
- Provident Life & Trust Co. v. Mercer County
- Ledbetter v. United States
- New York Indians v. United States
- Holloway v. Dunham
- United States v. Salambier
- United States v. Lies
- Hayes v. United States
- The Carib Prince
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Archibald
- Kingman v. Western Manufacturing Co.
- United States v. Coe
- Schollenberger v. Pennsylvania
- Collins v. New Hampshire
- Pounds v. United States
- Harrison v. Morton
- Detroit Citizens' Street Railway Co. v. Detroit Railway
- Del Monte Mining & Milling Co. v. Last Chance Mining & Milling Co.
- Walrath v. Champion Mining Co.
- Clark v. Fitzgerald
- Johnson v. Drew
- Tinsley v. Anderson
- Central National Bank v. Stevens
- North American Commercial Co. v. United States
- Pullman's Palace Car Co. v. Central Transportation Co.
- District of Columbia v. Bailey
- Young v. Amy
- The Irrawaddy
- Hubbell v. United States
- Tide Water Oil Co. v. United States
- Ely's Administrator v. United States
- United States v. Maish
- Faxon v. United States
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Smith
- Camou v. United States
- Perrin v. United States
- New Orleans v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
- Patapsco Guano Co. v. North Carolina Board of Agriculture
- Smyth v. Ames
- White v. Berry
- White v. Butler
- Thompson v. Missouri
- Baldy v. Hunter
- King v. Mullins
- King v. Panther Lumber Co.
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