Term recap
October Term 1906 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1906, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
202
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
28
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 15, 1906 and the last on May 27, 1907. The busiest single day was February 25, 1907 with 30 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1906 · 3 decisions
November 1906 · 13 decisions
- Commissioners of Wicomico County v. Bancroft
- Covington & Cincinnati Bridge Co. v. Hager
- Northern Assurance Co. of London v. Grand View Building Ass'n
- Matter of Moran
- Cherokee Intermarriage Cases
- United States v. Riggs
- Burt v. Smith
- Andrews v. Eastern Oregon Land Co.
- Taylor v. Burns
- Clark v. Wells
- National Council of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics of the United States v. State Council of Virginia, Junior Order of United American Mechanics of the Virginia
- Goudy v. Meath
- Conboy v. First Nat. Bank of Jersey City
December 1906 · 39 decisions
- C. H. Nichols Lumber Co. v. Franson
- Crane v. Buckley
- New York Foundling Hospital v. Gatti
- United States v. Dalcour
- Guy v. Donald
- Chattanooga Foundry & Pipe Works v. City of Atlanta
- Fair Haven & Westville Railroad v. New Haven
- Offield v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
- Cruit v. Owen
- International Trust Co. v. Weeks
- City of Monterey v. Jacks
- John Woods & Sons v. Carl
- Allen v. Riley
- Mississippi Railroad Commission v. Illinois Central Railroad
- Security Trust & Safety Vault Co. v. City of Lexington
- Mercantile Trust & Deposit Co. v. City of Columbus
- National Live Stock Bank v. First National Bank
- Martin v. Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
- Heyman v. Southern Railway Co.
- SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY v. FLORIDA Ex Rel ELLIS, ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Florida Ex Rel. Ellis
- Northwestern National Life Insurance v. Riggs
- Francis v. Francis
- Appleyard v. Massachusetts
- Moyer v. Nichols
- Pettibone v. Nichols
- St. Mary's Franco-American Petroleum Co. v. West Virginia
- Ex Parte Wisner
- United States Ex Rel. Taylor v. Taft
- Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co. v. Lyon
- United States Ex. Rel. Lowry & Planters Compress Co. v. Allen
- New Jersey v. Anderson
- Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. Mississippi Railroad Commission
- Frederic L. Grant Shoe Company v. W. M. Laird Company
- Rearick v. Pennsylvania
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Hughes
- Gatewood v. North Carolina
- Cahen v. Brewster
- Board of Education of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church v. Illinois
January 1907 · 26 decisions
- Wecker v. National Enameling & Stamping Co.
- Jerome v. Cogswell
- Old Wayne Mut. Life Assn. of Indianapolis v. McDonough
- Wilson v. Shaw
- Bachtel v. Wilson
- Kann v. King
- Garrozi v. Dastas
- Elder v. Colorado Ex Rel. Badgley
- Newman v. Gates
- J. B. Orcutt Co. v. Green
- American Smelting & Refining Co. v. Colorado Ex Rel. Lindsley
- Cleveland Electric Railway Co v. Cleveland & the Forest City Railway Co.
- United States v. G. Falk & Brother
- New York Ex Rel. Hatch v. Reardon
- Ohio Valley National Bank v. Hulitt
- Zartarian v. Billings
- Shropshire, Woodliff & Co. v. Bush
- Northern Lumber Co. v. O'BRIEN
- Montana Mining Co. v. St. Louis Mining & Milling Co.
- Erie Railroad v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.
- Crowe v. Trickey
- Ballard v. Hunter
- East Central Eureka Mining Co. v. Central Eureka Mining Co.
- Armstrong v. Ashley
- Merchants Heat & Light Co. v. J. B. Clow & Sons
- Montant Ex Rel. Haire v. Rice
February 1907 · 35 decisions
- Walker v. McLoud
- Bacon v. Walker
- Bown v. Walling
- City of Chicago v. Mills
- Kansas v. United States
- United States v. Hite
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. United States for the Benefit of Kenyon
- Western Turf Assn. v. Greenberg
- Union Bridge Co. v. United States
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Texas
- Wallace v. Adams
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Cisco Oil Mill
- American R. Co. of Porto Rico v. Castro
- McKay v. Kalyton
- Serra v. Mortiga
- Iglehart v. Iglehart
- McGuire v. Gerstley
- Clark v. Gerstley
- Arthur v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
- Eau Claire National Bank v. Jackman
- Hammond v. Whittredge
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Smith, Huggins & Co.
- United States v. Keatley
- Osborne v. Clark
- Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad v. Boynton
- Allen v. United States
- Doyle v. London Guarantee & Accident Co.
- Computing Scale Co. of America v. Automatic Scale Co.
- Duke v. Turner
- Smithers v. Smith
- Cunningham v. Springer
- Coffey v. County of Harlan
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Babcock
- Iowa Railroad Land Co. v. Blumer
March 1907 · 24 decisions
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.
- Tinsley v. Treat
- Kessler v. Treat
- Halter v. Nebraska
- CITIZENS'SAV. & TR. CO. v. Illinois Cent. RR
- Wilmington Star Mining Co. v. Fulton
- United States Ex Rel. West v. Hitchcock
- Perovich v. United States
- Delamater v. South Dakota
- United States v. Bethlehem Steel Co.
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Slaght
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Slaght
- Martin v. District of Columbia
- Wetmore v. Karrick
- United States v. Mitchell
- Tracy v. Ginzberg
- Urquhart v. Brown
- Tindle v. Birkett
- Davidson Steamship Co. v. United States
- Love v. Flahive
- Hiscock v. Mertens
- Moore v. McGuire
- Empire State-Idaho Mining & Developing Co. v. Hanley
- Rochester Railway Co. v. City of Rochester
April 1907 · 25 decisions
- Pearcy v. Stranahan
- Swing v. Weston Lumber Co.
- Ballentyne v. Smith
- Fields v. United States
- Mercantile Trust Co. v. Hensey
- Johnson v. Browne
- Hunt v. New York Cotton Exchange
- William W. Bierce, Ltd. v. Hutchins
- Kawananakoa v. Polyblank
- The Winnebago
- Peterson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. City of New Orleans
- Behn, Meyer & Co. v. Campbell & Go Tauco
- Quinlan v. Green County
- Travers v. Reinhardt
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Williams
- Patterson v. Colorado Ex Rel. Attorney General of Colo.
- Chanler v. Kelsey
- Barrington v. Missouri
- Whitfield v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. of Hartford
- Harrison v. Magoon
- Home Savings Bank v. City of Des Moines
- Frank v. Vollkommer
- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. North Carolina Corporation Comm'n
May 1907 · 37 decisions
- Hiscock v. Varick Bank of New York
- Chapman & Dewey Land Co. v. Bigelow
- Kansas v. Colorado
- United States v. William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co.
- Adams Express Co. v. Kentucky
- American Express Co. of NY v. Kentucky
- CINCINNATI & C. RY. CO. v. Inter. Com. Com'n
- Yates v. Jones National Bank
- Yates v. Utica Bank
- Stewart v. United States
- Goat & Sheepskin Import Co. v. United States
- Lowrey v. Hawaii
- Henry E. Frankenberg Co. v. United States
- United States v. Farenholt
- Georgia v. Tennesssee Copper Co.
- United States v. Brown
- Ellis v. United States
- Stone v. Southern Illinois & Missouri Bridge Co.
- Smith v. Jennings
- Wyoming Ex Rel. Wyoming Agricultural College v. Irvine
- Kessler v. Eldred
- Adams Express Co. v. Kentucky
- Virginia v. West Virginia
- In Re Pollitz
- Grafton v. United States
- Love v. Flahive
- Romeu v. Todd
- United States v. Heinszen & Co.
- Buck v. Beach
- Security Warehousing Co. v. Hand
- Southern Railway Co. v. Tift
- ILLINOIS CENT. & C. RR v. Inter. Com. Comm.
- United States v. Paine Lumber Co.
- Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co. v. Territorial Board of Equalization of the Territory of Arizona
- Vicksburg v. Vicksburg Waterworks Co.
- Bernheimer v. Converse
- Sauer v. City of New York
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