Term recap
October Term 1899 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1899, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
215
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
33
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 30, 1899 and the last on May 28, 1900. The busiest single day was April 9, 1900 with 24 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1899 · 7 decisions
November 1899 · 11 decisions
December 1899 · 25 decisions
- Hays v. United States
- Seeberger v. McCormick
- New England Railroad v. Conroy
- Bolles v. Outing Co.
- Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United States
- New Orleans v. Stempel
- Malony v. Adsit
- Arkansas Building and Loan Assn. v. Madden
- Bradfield v. Roberts
- Niles v. Cedar Point Club
- The Pedro
- The Buena Ventura
- The Guido
- King v. Cross
- Abbott v. Tacoma Bank of Commerce
- Tullis v. Lake Erie & Western Railroad
- Guaranty Savings Bank v. Bladow
- La Abra Silver Mining Co. v. United States
- Bardes v. Hawarden First National Bank
- Hamilton v. Rathbone
- United States v. Pena
- Chavez v. United States
- Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
- Peabody v. United States
- United States v. Chavez
January 1900 · 30 decisions
- Whitcomb v. Smithson
- Wilcox v. Eastern Oregon Land Co.
- Messinger v. Eastern Oregon Land Co.
- Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co. v. Illinois
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Behlmer
- Blake v. McClung
- Blackburn v. Portland Gold Mining Co.
- United States v. Gleason
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Amacker
- Canada Sugar Refining Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
- Telluride Power Transmission Co. v. Rio Grande Western Railway Co.
- United States v. Oregon & California Railroad
- The Newfoundland
- New Orleans v. Warner
- Cruickshank v. Bidwell
- Rae v. Homestead Loan & Guaranty Co.
- Holt v. Indiana Manufacturing Co.
- Bolln v. Nebraska
- Louisiana v. Texas
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Tompkins
- Clark v. Kansas City
- Chew Hing Lung v. Wise
- Lindsay & Phelps Co. v. Mullen
- United States v. Bellingham Bay Boom Co.
- Glass v. Concordia Parish Police Jury
- Dickerman v. Northern Trust Co.
- United States v. Tennessee & Coosa Railroad
- Southern Railway Co. v. Carnegie Steel Co.
- Jackson v. Emmons
- Moss v. Dowman
February 1900 · 19 decisions
- Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad v. Continental Trust Co.
- Roberts v. United States
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Cumberland
- Warburton v. White
- Roller v. Holly
- United States v. Mrs. Gue Lim
- Matteson v. Dent
- United States v. Parkhurst-Davis Mercantile Co.
- The Adula
- United States v. Ortiz
- LACKAWANNA & C. CO. v. FARMERS'LOAN & C. CO.
- Whitman v. Oxford National Bank
- Thormann v. Frame
- Benedict v. United States
- Adirondack Railway Co. v. New York State
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. Voigt
- Walsh v. Columbus, Hocking Valley & Athens Railroad
- Wright v. Columbus, Hocking Valley & Athens Railroad
- Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad v. Bell
March 1900 · 24 decisions
- Murphy v. Massachusetts
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Chicago
- The Panama
- Weyerhaueser v. Minnesota
- The Benito Estenger
- Jellenik v. Huron Copper Mining Co.
- Huntington v. Laidley
- Maxwell v. Dow
- Aldrich v. Chemical National Bank
- Overby v. Gordon
- Bryar v. Campbell
- The Carlos F. Roses
- Quackenbush v. United States
- Thorp v. Bonnifield
- Hancock National Bank v. Farnum
- Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas
- Union Refrigerator Transit Co. v. Lynch
- Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Lake Street Elevated Railroad
- Jamestown & Northern Railroad v. Jones
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Gardner
- Carmichael v. Eberle
- United States v. Elder
- In Re Grossmayer
- Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Texas
April 1900 · 41 decisions
- Black v. Jackson
- Bristol v. Washington County
- Hyde v. Bishop Iron Company
- The Albert Dumois
- United States v. Harris
- Knights of Pythias v. Withers
- Camden & Suburban Railway Co. v. Stetson
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Schmidt
- Forsyth v. Vehmeyer
- Caffrey v. Oklahoma Territory
- Arnold v. Hatch
- Carter v. Texas
- Petit v. Minnesota
- Ohio Oil Company v. Indiana
- Consolidated Canal Co. v. Mesa Canal Co.
- Henkel v. Cincinnati
- Gundling v. Chicago
- Credits Commutation Co. v. United States
- Phinney v. SHEPPARD, &C., HOSPITAL TRUSTEES
- United States v. Northern Pacific Railroad
- Chrystal Springs Land & Water Co. v. Los Angeles
- Keim v. United States
- Ohio Oil Company v. INDIANA (NO. 3)
- Saranac Land & Timber Co. v. Comptroller of New York
- Potts v. Hollen
- Ex Parte Baez
- Doherty v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
- Wesley v. Eells
- Werlein v. New Orleans
- American Express Co. v. Michigan
- Crawford v. Hubbell
- Adams v. Cowen
- Boske v. Comingore
- Tennessee v. Virginia
- Mast, Foos & Co. v. Stover Manufacturing Co.
- De Lamar's Nevada Gold Mining Co. v. Nesbitt
- Apache County v. Barth
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Illinois
- Shoshone Mining Co. v. Rutter
- Bad Elk v. United States
- Carter v. Roberts
May 1900 · 58 decisions
- Daggs v. Phœnix National Bank
- Los Angeles v. Los Angeles City Water Co.
- Roehm v. Horst
- Taylor and Marshall v. Beckham
- Osborne v. San Diego Land & Town Co.
- L'Hote v. New Orleans
- Earle v. Pennsylvania
- Williams v. Wingo
- High v. Coyne
- Leovy v. United States
- Smith v. Reeves
- Howard v. De Cordova
- Erb v. Morasch
- Chamberlin v. Browning
- Knapp, Stout & Co. v. McCaffrey
- Knowlton v. Moore
- Rider v. United States
- Fidelity Insurance Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. McClain
- Murdock v. Ward
- Sherman v. United States
- Plummer v. Coler
- In Re Connaway as Receiver of the Moscow National Bank
- Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad v. Thiebaud
- Castner v. Coffman
- Hawley v. Diller
- Tarpey v. Madsen
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Martin
- Moran v. Horsky
- Taylor and Marshall v. Beckham
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Ann Arbor Railroad
- North American Transportation & Trading Co. v. Morrison
- Clarke v. Clarke
- Earle v. Conway
- Browning v. De Ford
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Howard
- McDonnell v. Jordan
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Clark
- Bardes v. Hawarden Bank
- White v. Schloerb
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Phinney
- Ex Parte the Union Steamboat Company
- Moffett, Hodgkins & Clarke Co. v. Rochester
- Mitchell v. McClure
- Motes v. United States
- Pittsburgh & Lake Angeline Iron Co. v. Cleveland Iron Mining Co.
- New York Life Insurance v. Cravens
- Sully v. American National Bank
- Corralitos Co. v. United States
- Deserant v. Cerillos Coal Railroad
- Banholzer v. New York Life Insurance
- May v. New Orleans
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Sears
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hill
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Allen
- Fitzpatrick v. United States
- Hicks v. Knost
- Wheeler v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
- Dewey v. United States
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