Term recap
October Term 1905 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1905, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
175
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
28
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 25, 1905 and the last on May 28, 1906. The busiest single day was January 2, 1906 with 22 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1905 · 4 decisions
November 1905 · 25 decisions
- Nederland Life Insurance v. Meinert
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad
- Rankin v. Barton
- Marvin v. Trout
- Attorney General of Michigan Ex Rel. Kies v. Lowrey
- Corkran Oil & Development Co. v. Arnaudet
- Tampa Water Works Co. v. Tampa
- Chesapeake Beach Railway Co. v. Washington, Potomac & Chesapeake Railroad
- Union Refrigerator Transit Co. v. Kentucky
- California Reduction Co. v. Sanitary Reduction Works
- Simpson v. United States
- Sweeney v. Carter Oil Co.
- Rogers v. Peck
- Cochran v. Montgomery County
- Hartman v. Butterfield Lumber Co.
- Donovan v. Pennsylvania Co.
- Carroll v. Greenwich Ins. Co. of NY
- United States v. Utah, Nevada & California Stage Co.
- Jack v. Kansas
- French v. Taylor
- McCune v. Essig
- Gardner v. Michigan
- Hafemann v. Gross
- Royal Insurance v. Miller
- Estes v. Timmons
December 1905 · 14 decisions
- South Carolina v. United States
- Trono v. United States
- Manigault v. Springs
- Petri v. F. E. Creelman Lumber Co.
- Foppiano v. Speed
- Clark v. Roller
- Riggins v. United States
- New York Ex Rel. Lieberman v. Van De Carr
- ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. McKENDREE
- Alexander v. Crollott
- Sjoli v. Dreschel
- Russian-American Packing Co. v. United States
- Royal Packing Co. v. United States
- Minnesota Iron Co. v. Kline
January 1906 · 32 decisions
- Herrick v. Boquillas Land & Cattle Co.
- Howard v. Perrin
- Knoxville Water Co. v. Knoxville
- United States Ex Rel. Drury v. Lewis
- Owensboro Waterworks Co. v. Owensboro
- Montana Catholic Missions v. Missoula County
- Speer v. Colbert
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Deer
- Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Big Sandy and Pomeroy Packet Co. v. Bay
- Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Bohon
- Albright v. Territory of New Mexico Ex Rel. Sandoval
- Ballmann v. Fagin
- Peoria Gas & Electric Co. v. Peoria
- United States Ex Rel. Hill v. American Surety Co. of NY
- Mead v. Portland
- Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. Thompson
- Succession of Serralles v. Esbri
- Campbell v. California
- Guardian Trust & Deposit Co. v. Fisher
- Howard v. Kentucky
- Nutt v. Knut
- Kolze v. Hoadley
- Graham v. Folsom
- Carter v. Hawaii
- Armour Packing Co. v. Lacy
- Hallenborg v. Cobre Grande Copper Co.
- Warner v. Grayson
- Guss v. Nelson
- Gunter v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- San Antonio Traction Co. v. Altgelt
- Carfer v. Caldwell
- Hibernia Savings & Loan Society v. San Francisco
February 1906 · 17 decisions
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.
- United States v. New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co.
- Rector v. City Deposit Bank Co.
- Rector v. Commercial National Bank
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. United States
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. United States
- Martin v. Texas
- Strickley v. Highland Boy Gold Mining Co.
- Looney v. Metropolitan Railroad
- First Nat. Bank of Ottawa v. Converse
- Security Mutual Life Insurance v. Prewitt
- Whitney v. Dresser
- Travelers Insurance v. Prewitt
- United States v. Bitter Root Development Co.
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Missouri v. Illinois
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
March 1906 · 15 decisions
- Louisiana v. Mississippi
- CB & Q. RAILWAY v. Drainage Comm'rs.
- United States v. Clark
- Territory of New Mexico v. Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company
- Hale v. Henkel
- McAlister v. Henkel
- Alexander v. United States
- Valentina v. Mercer
- Nelson v. United States
- Felts v. Murphy
- Otis Co. v. Ludlow Manufacturing Co.
- Kentucky v. Powers
- Ex Parte National Enameling and Stamping Company
- A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. v. Broderick & Bascom Rope Co.
- St. Louis Dressed Beef & Provision Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.
April 1906 · 36 decisions
- De La Rama v. De La Rama
- United States v. Downing
- Wisconsin v. Hitchcock
- The Wildcroft
- United States v. Wickersham
- Keen v. Keen
- Wyman v. Wallace
- Frenzer v. Wallace
- Poppleton v. Wallace
- Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Mayes
- Amadeo v. Northern Assurance Co.
- Joy v. City of St. Louis
- Soper v. Lawrence Brothers Co.
- York Manufacturing Co. v. Cassell
- Rodriguez v. Vivoni
- Christopher v. Norvell
- Michigan Central Railroad v. Powers
- Brown v. Gurney
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. People Ex Rel. City of Chicago
- Blair v. City of Chicago
- Haddock v. Haddock
- Cleveland v. Cleveland Electric Railway Co.
- St. John v. New York
- Powers v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.
- Rawlins v. Georgia
- Perez v. Fernandez
- Louisiana v. Mississippi
- Oregon v. Hitchcock
- Iowa v. Illinois
- Hazelton v. Sheckells
- First Nat. Bank of Baltimore v. Staake
- McHarg v. Staake
- United States v. Milliken Imprinting Co.
- United States v. Cherokee Nation
- Whitney v. Dick
- Sawyer v. United States
May 1906 · 32 decisions
- Security Mutual Life Insurance v. Prewitt
- Darlington v. Turner
- In Re Lincoln
- Gila Bend Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. Gila Water Co.
- United States v. Dieckerhoff
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Mugg
- Pearson v. Williams
- United States v. Cornell Steamboat Co.
- Hulbert v. City of Chicago
- Halsell v. Renfrow
- Merchants' Nat. Bank of Cincinnati v. Wehrmann
- Vicksburg v. Vicksburg Waterworks Co.
- Devine v. Los Angeles
- James v. United States
- Ortega v. Lara
- Millard v. Roberts
- Santa Fe Pacific Railroad v. Holmes
- Cox v. Texas
- Ayer & Lord Co. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Burton v. United States
- McDermott v. Severe
- Hodges v. United States
- Lincoln v. United States
- McDonald v. Dewey
- O'CONOR v. Texas
- Bush v. Elliott
- Naganab v. Hitchcock
- United States v. American Sugar Refining Co.
- McNeill v. Southern Railway Co.
- Missouri v. Illinois
- Franklin Sugar Refining Co. v. United States
- New York Ex Rel. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Miller
Want next term the moment it happens? Get email alerts for every decision, usually within minutes of release.
Holding lines are from the syllabi prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and are not part of the Court's opinions. Case data from supremecourt.gov and CourtListener (Free Law Project). SCOTUS Alerts is an independent project, not affiliated with the U.S. Supreme Court.