Term recap
October Term 1903 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1903, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
211
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
27
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 19, 1903 and the last on May 31, 1904. The busiest single day was February 23, 1904 with 30 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1903 · 3 decisions
November 1903 · 33 decisions
- Ross v. Aguirre
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDade
- Kinney v. Columbia Savings & Loan Ass'n
- Ex Parte Joins
- United States v. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
- Hubbert v. Campbellsville Lumber Co.
- Missouri v. Dockery
- Allen v. Pullman's Palace Car Co.
- City of Joplin v. Southwest Missouri Light Co.
- Holden v. Stratton
- Howard v. Fleming
- Continental Nat. Bank of Memphis v. Buford
- Smith v. Indiana
- St. Louis Hay & Grain Co. v. United States
- State Board of Assessors v. Comptoir National D'Escompte
- Sharp v. United States
- Defiance Water Co. v. Defiance
- People's National Bank v. Marye
- Northern Securities Co. v. United States
- Cable v. United States Life Insurance
- Atkin v. Kansas
- Warner v. Searle & Hereth Co.
- Owensboro v. Owensboro Waterworks Co.
- Hibben v. Smith
- Mosheuvel v. District of Columbia
- Anglo-American Provision Co. v. Davis Provision Co. No. 2
- Anglo-American Provision Co. v. Davis Provision Co. No. 1
- Gertgens v. O'CONNOR
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. Tennessee
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. Holloway
- McLoughlin v. Raphael Tuck Co.
- Wisconsin & Michigan Railway Co. v. Powers
- Louisville Trust Co. v. Knott
December 1903 · 13 decisions
- Guaranty Co. v. Pressed Brick Co.
- Schuyler National Bank v. Gadsden
- French Republic v. Saratoga Vichy Spring Co.
- Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Hughes
- Arbuckle v. Blackburn
- Baltimore & Potomac R. Co. v. Landrigan
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Sims
- Deposit Bank v. Frankfort
- Beasley v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
- Toltec Ranch Co. v. Cook
- Toltec Ranch Co. v. Babcock
- White v. United States
- Spencer v. Duplan Silk Co.
January 1904 · 25 decisions
- Gonzales v. Williams
- Cronin v. Adams
- Cronin v. City of Denver
- German Savings & Loan Society v. Dormitzer
- James v. Appel
- Wabash Railroad v. Flannigan
- Citizens' Bank v. Parker
- Benziger v. United States
- McIntire v. McIntire
- New York County National Bank v. Massey
- New York Ex Rel. Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Knight
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co v. New Hope
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Taylor
- Sinclair v. District of Columbia
- Joplin v. Chachere
- Wabash Railroad v. Pearce
- Crossman v. Lurman
- Ward v. Sherman
- Royal Insurance v. Martin
- Commercial National Bank v. Weinhard
- Bedford v. United States
- Rogers v. Alabama
- Stanislaus County v. San Joaquin & King's River Canal & Irrigation Co.
- Shappirio v. Goldberg
- Chesebrough v. United States
February 1904 · 34 decisions
- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Cramer
- South Dakota v. North Carolina
- Spreckels Sugar Refining Co. v. McClain
- Cornell v. Coyne
- Leigh v. Green
- Carstairs v. Cochran
- Cincinnati Street Railway Co. v. Snell
- Wedding v. Meyler
- American Book Co. v. State of Kansas Ex Rel. Nichols
- Ex Parte Frasch
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Railroad & Warehouse Commission
- Julian v. Central Trust Co.
- Bankers Mutual Casualty Co. v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Sainte Marie Railway Co.
- Northern Pacific R. Co. v. Adams
- United States v. Northern Pacific Railroad
- United States v. St. Anthony Railroad
- Central Stock Yards Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railway Co.
- St. Clair County v. Interstate Sand & Car Transfer Co.
- Delaware Indians v. Cherokee Nation
- Buttfield v. Stranahan
- Buttfield v. Bidwell
- United States v. the Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation
- Giles v. Teasley, Board of Registrars
- American Steel & Wire Co. v. Speed
- United States Ex Rel. Steinmetz v. Allen
- Thomas v. United States
- Montague & Co. v. Lowry
- Adams v. New York
- Buttfield v. United States
- Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co. v. Osborn
- Brunswick T. Co. v. NAT. BK. OF BALTIMORE
- Ah How v. United States
- Security Land & Exploration Co. v. Burns
- Security Land and Exploration Company v. Weckey
March 1904 · 14 decisions
- Winous Point Shooting Club v. Caspersen
- Hodges v. Colcord
- Eaton v. Brown
- Northern Securities Co. v. United States
- Cosmopolitan Mining Co. v. Walsh
- Underground Railroad of City of New York v. City of New York
- Fargo v. Hart
- Barney v. City of New York
- Tinker v. Colwell
- Gagnon v. United States
- Adams v. Church
- Huntington v. City of New York
- Boering v. Chesapeake Beach Railway Co.
- Rippey v. Texas
April 1904 · 35 decisions
- People's Gas Light & Coke Co. v. Chicago
- Third Nat. Bank of Buffalo v. Buffalo German Ins. Co.
- United States v. McCoy
- National Mut. Building and Loan Assn. v. Brahan
- Great Southern Fire Proof Hotel Co. v. Jones
- Mutual Life Insurnace v. Hill
- Platt v. Wilmot
- United States v. Commonwealth Title Insurance & Trust Co.
- Bache v. Hunt
- Wright v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance
- Yaple v. Dahl-Millikan Grocery Co.
- Newburyport Water Co. v. Newburyport
- Gloucester Water Supply Co. v. City of Gloucester
- Brown v. Schleier
- United States v. Jones
- Tom Hong v. United States
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baird
- Pope v. Williams
- Sloan v. United States
- Beavers v. Henkel
- Slater v. Mexican National Railroad
- Charles L. Rawson v. Western Sand Blast Company
- Pacific Electric Railway Co. v. Los Angeles
- Houghton v. Payne
- Bates & Guild Co. v. Payne
- Minnesota v. Northern Securities Co.
- Smith v. Payne
- Southern Railway Co. v. Carson
- Jones v. Montague
- Selden v. Montague
- Gibson v. United States
- Damon v. Hawaii
- Lowe v. United States
- Kirby v. American Soda Fountain Co.
- United States v. Sing Tuck or King Do & Thirty-One
May 1904 · 54 decisions
- United States
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. May
- The Iroquois
- City & Suburban Railway v. Svedborg
- Elder v. Horseshoe Mining & Milling Co.
- Raphael v. Trask
- West v. Louisiana
- St. Louis Mining & Milling Co. v. Montana Mining Co.
- Pettit v. Walshe
- Clipper Mining Co. v. Eli Mining & Land Co.
- Bessette v. W. B. Conkey Co.
- R. Ribas Y Hijo v. United States
- Charnock v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
- Fischer v. St. Louis
- Hy-Yu-Tse-Mil-Kin v. Smith
- United States Ex Rel. Holzendorf v. Hay
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Dixon
- Hewit v. Berlin MacHine Works
- Davis v. Mills
- Swarts v. Hammer
- Sun Printing and Publishing Assn. v. Edwards
- Filhiol v. Torney
- Hanks Dental Assn. v. International Tooth Crown Co.
- Ohio Ex Rel. Lloyd v. Dollison
- Hooker v. Burr
- Morris v. Hitchcock
- United States v. Anderson
- United States Ex Rel. Turner v. Williams
- Plymouth Cordage Co. v. Smith
- Cau v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
- Schefe v. St. Louis
- Matter of Christensen Engineering Co.
- Binns v. United States
- Field v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
- Crowley v. United States
- International Postal Supply Co. v. Bruce
- Shepard v. Barron
- Burrell v. Montana
- Schick v. United States
- Public Clearing House v. Coyne
- Knepper v. Sands
- Bradley v. Lightcap
- Kepner v. United States
- Shaw v. City of Covington
- City of Cleveland v. Cleveland City Railway Co.
- Cleveland v. Cleveland Electric Railway Co.
- Chandler v. Dix
- Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. Indiana Ex Rel. Ketcham
- Wynn-Johnson v. Shoup
- McCray v. United States
- Bradley v. Lightcap
- Dimmick v. Tompkins
- Dorr v. United States
- Secundino Mendezona Y Mendezona v. United States
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