Term recap
October Term 1904 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1904, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
194
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
27
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 24, 1904 and the last on October 1, 1905. The busiest single day was February 20, 1905 with 24 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1904 · 1 decision
November 1904 · 21 decisions
- Schweer v. Brown
- Crawford v. Burke
- Amado v. United States
- Stevenson v. Fain
- Dobbins v. Los Angeles
- Daly v. Elton
- Wright v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Thomas v. Board of Trustees of the Ohio State University
- Bradford v. Southern Railway Co.
- Fayerweather v. Ritch
- Metropolitan Railroad v. District of Columbia
- Kaufman v. Tredway
- New v. Oklahoma
- Patterson v. Hewitt
- Birkett v. Columbia Bank
- City of Seattle v. Kelleher
- The Blackheath
- Citizens' Nat. Bank of Kansas City v. Donnell
- Baltimore Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Baltimore
- Olsen v. Smith
- National Exchange Bank of Tiffin v. Wiley
December 1904 · 22 decisions
- Lockhart v. Leeds
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. American Trading Co.
- Helena Water Works Co. v. Helena
- Cramer v. Wilson
- Hill v. McCord
- United States v. Thomas
- Hartigan v. United States
- Ex Parte the Republic of Colombia
- United States v. Martinez
- City of San Juan v. St. John's Gas Co.
- United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
- Bullis v. O'Beirne
- Humbird v. Avery
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Swearingen
- Missouri v. Nebraska
- Keely v. Moore
- Wetmore v. Markoe
- Harding v. Illinois
- Hunt v. Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance
- Lee v. Robinson
January 1905 · 30 decisions
- Comstock v. Eagleton
- Butte City Water Co. v. Baker
- Lucius v. Cawthon-Coleman Co.
- Sixto v. Sarria
- Scott v. Carew
- Wolff v. District of Columbia
- American Express Co. v. Iowa
- Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. McGuire
- Moore v. United States
- Adams Express Co. v. Iowa
- Courtney v. Pradt
- Smalley v. Laugenour
- First National Bank of Jacksboro v. Lasater
- Union Stock Yards Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Murphey
- Fullerton v. Texas
- Slavens v. United States
- United States v. United Verde Copper Co.
- Hodge v. Muscatine County
- United States v. Harvey Steel Co.
- Burton v. United States
- Madisonville Traction Company v. Saint Bernard Mining Company
- Cook v. Marshall County
- Rooney v. North Dakota
- United States v. Crosley
- Swift & Co. v. United States
- Munsey v. Clough
- Small v. Rakestraw
- Ramsey v. Tacoma Land Co.
- Creede & Cripple Creek Mining & Milling Co. v. Uinta Tunnel Mining & Transportation Co.
February 1905 · 30 decisions
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Ely
- Thompson v. Fairbanks
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Hasse
- Allen v. Alleghany Co.
- Flanigan v. Sierra County
- Wheeler v. Plumas County
- United States v. Montana Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
- The Germanic
- McDaniel v. Traylor
- Smiley v. Kansas
- McCaffrey v. Manogue
- United States v. Engard
- Oklahoma City v. McMaster
- City of Worcester v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.
- Vanderbilt v. Eidman
- Western Tie & Timber Co. v. Brown
- Coulter v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Scottish Union & National Insurance v. Bowland
- Hamburg American Steamship Co. v. Grube
- Caledonian Coal Co. v. Baker
- Doctor v. Harrington
- Utermehle v. Norment
- Jacobson v. Massachusetts
- Corry v. Mayor and Council of Baltimore
- District of Columbia v. Barnes
- Kehrer v. Stewart
- National Cotton Oil Co. v. Texas
- Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Texas
- United States v. Whitridge
- San Francisco National Bank v. Dodge
March 1905 · 12 decisions
- Gregg v. Metropolitan Trust Co.
- City of Dawson v. Columbia Avenue Saving Fund, Safe Deposit, Title & Trust Co.
- Missouri v. Nebraska
- Harriman v. Northern Securities Co.
- McClaine v. Rankin
- Dallemagne v. Moisan
- United States v. Stinson
- Caro v. Davidson
- Clyatt v. United States
- Bartlett v. United States
- United States v. Mills
- Greer County v. Texas
April 1905 · 34 decisions
- Keppel v. Tiffin Savings Bank
- Lincoln v. United States
- H. Hackfeld & Co. v. United States
- McMichael v. Murphy
- Middletown National Bank v. Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan Railway Co.
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
- Chrisman v. Miller
- New Orleans Gas Light Co. v. Drainage Commission of New Orleans
- Iron Cliffs Co. v. Negaunee Iron Co.
- Stillman v. Combe
- Western Electrical Supply Co. v. Abbeville Electric Light & Power Co.
- Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance v. Meyer
- United States v. Smith
- McMillen v. Ferrum Mining Co.
- Matter of Strauss
- United States v. Cadarr
- Carter v. Gear
- Bishop v. United States
- Whitaker v. McBride
- Matter of Heff
- In Re Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Knapp v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
- Rassmussen v. United States
- Muhlker v. New York & Harlem Railroad
- Covington v. First Nat. Bank of Covington
- Humphrey v. Tatman
- Lochner v. New York
- Benson v. Henkel
- Remington v. Central Pacific Railroad
- Pabst Brewing Co. v. Crenshaw
- Beavers v. Haubert
- Howe Scale Co. v. Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
- Steigleder v. McQuesten
- Bonin v. Gulf Co.
May 1905 · 43 decisions
- Rodriguez v. United States
- Dunbar v. Green
- Allen v. Arguimbau
- In Re Glaser
- Schlosser v. Hemphill
- Harris v. Balk
- Riverdale Cotton Mills v. Alabama & Georgia Manufacturing Co.
- Harley v. United States
- Holden v. Stratton
- Board of Trade of Chicago v. Christie Grain & Stock Co.
- W. L. Wells Co. v. Gastonia Cotton Manufacturing Co.
- United States v. Ju Toy
- First Nat. Bank of Chicago v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.
- Thompson v. Darden
- United States v. Winans
- Cimiotti Unhairing Co. v. American Fur Refining Co.
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. United States
- Birrell v. New York & Harlem Railroad
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Pennsylvania
- Clark v. Nash
- Harding v. Harding
- Old Dominion Steamship Co. v. Virginia
- Savannah, Thunderbolt & Isle of Hope Railway v. Savannah
- Empire State-Idaho Mining & Developing Co. v. Hanley
- Lavagnino v. Uhlig
- Cunnius v. Reading School District
- Gleason v. White
- Farrell v. O'Brien
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Dashiell
- Board of Trade v. Hammond Elevator Co.
- Great Western Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Harris
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. West Coast Naval Stores Co.
- Van Reed v. People's National Bank of Lebanon
- Leonard v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
- Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias v. Meyer
- Ah Sin v. Wittman
- Hyde v. Shine
- Dimond v. Shine
- Union Trust Co. v. Wilson
- Kendall v. American Automatic Loom Co.
- Whitney v. Wenman
- New York Ex Rel. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. v. New York State Board of Tax Commissioners
- New York Ex Rel. Brooklyn City Railroad v. New York State Board of Tax Commissioners
October 1905 · 1 decision
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