Term recap
October Term 1909 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1909, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
177
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
26
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down November 1, 1909 and the last on May 31, 1910. The busiest single day was February 21, 1910 with 41 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
November 1909 · 24 decisions
- Reavis v. Fianza
- Fall v. Eastin
- United States v. Union Supply Co.
- Fleming v. McCurtain
- United States v. Mescall
- Waterman v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Co.
- Haffner v. Dobrinski
- Marbles v. Creecy
- McGilvra v. Ross
- Sylvester v. Washington
- El Paso & Northeastern Railway Co. v. Gutierrez
- Everett v. Everett
- Louisiana Ex Rel. Hubert v. Mayor and Council of New Orleans
- Hanover National Bank of New York v. Suddath
- Hanover National Bank v. Suddath (No. 2)
- Scully v. Squier
- Caliga v. Inter Ocean Newspaper Co.
- The Steamship Jefferson
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Stickney
- Steward v. American Lava Co.
- United States v. Stevenson
- United States v. Stevenson (No. 2)
- Kenney v. Craven
- Rumford Chemical Works v. Hygienic Chemical Co.
December 1909 · 14 decisions
- Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. v. Kirven
- Lathrop, Shea & Henwood Co. v. Interior Construction & Improvement Co.
- United States v. Corbett
- Snyder v. Rosenbaum
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- B. & ORR v. Interstate Comm. Comm.
- Yordi v. Nolte
- United States v. Celestine
- Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co. v. United States
- United States v. Sutton
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Sheegog
- Commissioners of Santa Fé County v. Territory of New Mexico Ex Rel. Coler
- Graves v. Ashburn
- Scott County MacAdamized Road Co. v. Missouri Ex Rel. Hines
January 1910 · 24 decisions
- City of Minneapolis v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Harris
- Komada & Co. v. United States
- Elias v. Ramirez
- Tiglao v. Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
- Mechanical Appliance Co. v. Castleman
- Kuhn v. Fairmont Coal Co.
- First National Bank v. City Council of Estherville
- Henley v. Myers
- Interstate Comm. Comm. v. CHICAGO & C. RR
- Interstate Comm. Comm. v. Ill. Cent. RR
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States Ex Rel. Pitcairn Coal Co.
- Mankin v. United States Ex Rel. Ludowici-Celadon Co.
- MacOn Grocery Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Kansas Ex Rel. Coleman
- North Dakota Ex Rel. Flaherty v. Hanson
- Brill v. Washington Railway & Electric Co.
- Old Nick Williams Co. v. United States
- Wagg v. Herbert
- Lowrey v. Territory of Hawaii
- King v. West Virginia
- Pullman Co. v. Kansas Ex Rel. Coleman
- Conley v. Ballinger
- Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway v. Slade
February 1910 · 45 decisions
- Woodside v. Beckham
- Maryland v. West Virginia
- Laurel Hill Cemetery v. City and County of San Francisco
- Olmsted v. Olmsted
- Forbes v. State Council of Va., Junior Order United American Mechanics of Va.
- Hawaiian Trust Co. v. Von Holt
- Childers v. McClaughry
- Citizens' Central Nat. Bank of NY v. Appleton
- Albright v. Sandoval (No. 2)
- Albright v. Sandoval (No. 2)
- Elkus
- Pickett v. United States
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Minnesota
- Peckham v. Henkel
- Haas v. Henkel
- Chicago Great Western Railway Company, Plff. In Err. v. State of Minnesota
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Kansas Ex Rel. Railroad Commissioners
- Price v. Henkel
- Babbitt v. Dutcher
- Wm. J. Moxley Corp. v. Hertz
- Fraenkl v. Cerecedo Hermanos
- Ludwig v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
- Southern Railway Co. v. Greene
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Gaston
- Pendleton v. United States
- Ballinger v. United States Ex Rel. Frost
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Mazursky
- Penman v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
- Friday v. Hall & Kaul Co.
- Alvarez Y Sanchez v. United States
- Wright v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.
- Blake v. Openhym
- Zartman v. First Nat. Bank of Waterloo
- Hannis Distilling Co. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Andrews
- Saxlehner v. Wagner
- Central Trust Co. v. Central Trust Co. of Ill.
- Toxaway Hotel Co. v. Smathers & Co.
- President of the Monongahela Bridge Co. v. United States
- United States v. Plowman
- Harris v. First National Bank of Mt. Pleasant
- J. J. McCaskill Co v. United States
- Board of Assessors of the Parish v. New York Life Insurance
- Starkweather v. Jenner
- William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co. v. United States
March 1910 · 9 decisions
April 1910 · 22 decisions
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Arkansas
- Southwestern Oil Co. v. Texas
- Southern Railway Co. v. Miller
- Davis v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
- Unity Banking and Saving Company v. Bettman, Trustee of Holzman & Co., Bankrupts
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Nebraska
- Frellsen & Co. v. Crandell
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. v. United States
- Los Angeles Farming & Milling Co. v. City of Los Angeles
- Williams v. Arkansas
- International Textbook Co. v. Pigg
- Todd v. Romeu
- Wynne v. United States
- Boston Chamber of Commerce v. City of Boston
- Lutcher & Moore Lumber Co. v. Knight
- Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United States
- McClellan v. Carland
- Brantley v. Georgia
- St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Railroad v. Wabash Railroad
- United States v. Carter
- Stewart v. Griffith Ex Rel. Ball
- United States v. Welch
May 1910 · 39 decisions
- Citizens National Bank v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Boyle County
- Standard Oil Co. of Ky. v. Tennessee
- Austin W. Lord and J. Monroe Hewlett, Doing Business Under the Firm Name and Style of Lord & Hewlett, Appts. v. United States
- Fay v. Crozer
- Weems v. United States
- Grenada Lumber Co. v. Mississippi
- Heike v. United States
- Holmgren v. United States
- Southern Railway Co. v. King
- Owen v. Dudley & Michener
- Wallach v. Rudolph
- Kidd, Dater & Price Co. v. Musselman Grocer Co.
- Souffront v. La Compagnie Des Sucreries De Porto Rico
- Freeman v. United States
- Columbia Heights Realty Co. v. Rudolph
- Javierre v. Central Altagracia
- Stoffela v. Nugent
- Hutchinson, Pierce & Co. v. Loewy
- Brown-Forman Co. v. Kentucky
- H. C. Cook Co. v. Beecher
- Maryland v. West Virginia
- Dozier v. Alabama
- In Re Cleland
- Thomas v. Sugarman
- Shevlin-Carpenter Co. v. Minnesota
- Rankin v. Emigh
- Herndon v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
- Roach v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
- Chiles v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
- City of Omaha v. Omaha Water Co.
- Franklin v. South Carolina
- Standard Oil Co. v. Brown
- Watson v. Maryland
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Melton
- Hertz v. Woodman
- Interstate Comm. Com. v. C., B. & Qrr Co.
- Sistare v. Sistare
- Ex Parte Gruetter
- Interstate Comm. Com. v. Chi., RI & Pac. Ry.
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