Term recap
October Term 1908 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1908, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
183
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
27
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 19, 1908 and the last on June 1, 1909. The busiest single day was February 23, 1909 with 32 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1908 · 4 decisions
November 1908 · 19 decisions
- New York Ex Rel. Silz v. Hesterberg
- Twining v. New Jersey
- Berea College v. Kentucky
- Louisiana v. Garfield
- Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co. v. Wilder
- Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co. v. Wilder
- Kaizo v. Henry
- Washington v. Oregon
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley
- Pickford v. Talbott
- Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los Angeles
- Garfield v. United States Ex Rel. Goldsby
- Garfield v. United States Ex Rel. Allison
- Phoenix Bridge Co. v. United States
- American Sugar Refining Co. v. United States
- Wilder v. Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co.
- Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co. v. Territory of Hawaii Ex Rel. Hemenway
- Cotton v. Territory of Hawaii Ex Rel. Holloway
- Bowers Hydraulic Dredging Co. v. United States
December 1908 · 15 decisions
- North American Cold Storage Co. v. City of Chicago
- Fitchie v. Brown
- Miller & Lux, Inc. v. East Side Canal & Irrigation Co.
- Ingersoll v. Coram
- United States v. Keitel
- United States v. Forrester
- United States v. Herr
- United States v. Herr
- Harriman v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Hutchins v. William W. Bierce, Ltd.
- McCandless v. Pratt
- Butler v. Frazee
- McCorquodale v. Texas
- Paddell v. City of New York
- Bailey v. Alabama
January 1909 · 28 decisions
- New York Ex Rel. Kopel v. Bingham
- City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co.
- United States v. Freeman
- United States v. Biggs
- McLean v. Arkansas
- United States v. Sullenberger
- El Paso & Southwestern Railroad v. Vizard
- Miller v. New Orleans Acid & Fertilizer Co.
- Murphy v. John Hofman Co.
- Green County v. Quinlan
- Green County v. Thomas'
- Page v. Rogers
- Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co.
- Southern Realty Investment Co. v. Walker
- Hardaway v. National Surety Co.
- Knop v. Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company
- Beers v. Glynn
- Lemieux v. Young, Trustee
- Rusch v. John Duncan Land & Mining Co.
- Reid v. United States
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Larabee Flour Mills Co.
- Morgan v. Adams
- Rakes v. United States
- Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas (No. 1)
- Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas (No. 2)
- Presidio County v. Noel-Young Bond & Stock Co.
- Moyer v. Peabody
- Palmer v. Texas
February 1909 · 39 decisions
- Continental Wall Paper Co. v. Louis Voight & Sons Co.
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Central Stock Yards Co.
- Standard Oil Co. v. Anderson
- Ontario Land Co. v. Yordy
- Spreckels v. Brown
- Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Deselms
- Crawford v. United States
- Harten v. Löffler
- Matter of Dunn
- Greenameyer v. Coate
- Railroad Commission v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- Laurel Oil & Gas Co. v. Morrison
- United States v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
- Juragua Iron Co. v. United States
- Frederic L. Grant Shoe Co. v. W. M. Laird Co.
- American Express Co. v. United States
- United States v. Marvin
- Toy Toy v. Hopkins
- Hammond Packing Co. v. Arkansas
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Bourman
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. United States
- Nielsen v. Oregon
- Thomas v. Texas
- Bradford v. Morrison
- Johnson v. Mueser
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. United States
- McDaniel v. Traylor
- Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Calhoun
- Carino v. Insular Government of Philippine Islands
- Santos v. Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church, Tambobong Parish
- American Express Co. v. Mullins
- Davidson Bros. Marble Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Gibson
- Mullan v. United States
- Martinez v. La Asociacion De Senoras Damas Del Santo Asilo De Ponce
- The Folmina
- E. C. Atkins & Co. v. Moore
- The Eugene F. Moran
- Bagley v. General Fire Extinguisher Co.
- Fritzlen v. Boatmen's Bank
March 1909 · 5 decisions
April 1909 · 25 decisions
- Turner v. American Security & Trust Co.
- Bonner v. Gorman
- Maiorano v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Keerl v. Montana
- Commercial Mutual Accident Co. v. Davis
- Selliger v. Kentucky Ex Rel. Alexander
- United States v. Dickinson
- Siler v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Siler v. Illinois Central R. Co.
- MURRAY, McSWEEN, AND PATTON, AS THE STATE DISPENSARY COMMISSION, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Ex Rel. RAY, TRUSTEE
- Murray v. Wilson Distilling Co.
- Hepner v. United States
- United States v. Mason
- Keller v. United States
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. McCabe
- Coder v. Arts
- Hurley v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
- Boise Artesian Hot & Cold Water Co. v. Boise City
- Van Gieson v. Maile
- MacFadden v. United States
- United States v. Evans
- Leeds & Catlin Co. v. Victor Talking MacHine Co.
- Leeds & Catlin Company v. Victor Talking Machine Company (No. 2)
- Boquillas Land & Cattle Co. v. Curtis
- American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co.
May 1909 · 41 decisions
- Strong v. Repide
- In Re Winn
- Sand Filtration Corp. of America v. Cowardin
- Manson v. Williams
- Delaware & Hudson Co. v. Albany & Susquehanna Railroad
- United States Ex Rel. Attorney General of the United States v. Delaware & Hudson Co.
- J. M. Ceballos & Co. v. United States
- Matter of Riggs
- United States Ex Rel. Parish v. MacVeagh
- District of Columbia v. Brooke
- Goodrich v. Ferris
- Dupree v. Mansur
- Ubarri v. Laborde
- Woodwell v. United States
- Leech v. Louisiana
- Welch v. Swasey
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. McDonald
- City of Des Moines v. Des Moines City Railway Co.
- Gray v. Noholoa
- Compton v. Alabama
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Eastin & Knox
- Whitcomb v. White
- Peck v. Tribune Co.
- Laborde v. Ubarri
- Merchants National Bank of Baltimore v. United States
- Smithsonian Institution v. St. John
- Collins v. O'NEIL
- Santiago v. Nogueras
- Cabrera v. American Colonial Bank
- Adams Express Co. v. Kentucky
- Tupiño v. La Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas
- Bong v. Alfred S. Campbell Art Co.
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Chiles
- Bryant v. Swofford Bros. Dry Goods Co.
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. United States
- Kreigh v. Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co.
- Joseph Wild & Co. v. Provident Life & Trust Co.
- Rogers v. Jones
- Johnson v. Tennessee
- Washington v. Oregon
- United States v. Shipp
June 1909 · 7 decisions
- Southern Railway Co. v. St. Louis Hay & Grain Co.
- English v. Territory of Arizona Ex Rel. Griffith
- Weems Steamboat Co. of Baltimore v. People's Steamboat Co.
- Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. v. Stranahan
- International Mercantile Marine Co. v. Stranahan
- United States v. National Exchange Bank of Providence
- Expanded Metal Co. v. Bradford
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