Term recap
October Term 1911 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1911, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
241
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
27
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 23, 1911 and the last on June 10, 1912. The busiest single day was February 19, 1912 with 35 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1911 · 5 decisions
November 1911 · 13 decisions
- Finley v. California
- Helm v. Zarecor
- Troy Bank v. G. A. Whitehead & Co.
- Omaha & CB St. Ry. Co. v. Int. Com. Comm.
- Diaz v. United States
- Lenman v. Jones
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Kentucky
- Kalem Co. v. Harper Brothers
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Diffenbaugh
- Curtin v. Benson
- Richardson v. Harmon
- Bryan v. Ker
- Hussey v. United States
December 1911 · 33 decisions
- Munsuri v. Fricker
- Tefft, Weller & Co. v. Munsuri
- Enriquez v. Enriquez
- Anderson v. United Realty Co.
- United States v. Fidelity Trust Co.
- Enriquez v. Enriquez
- Missouri & Kansas Interurban R. Co. v. City of Olathe (No. 2)
- Martin v. West
- Sandoval v. Randolph
- United States v. Stever
- Glickstein v. United States
- United States v. Eckstein
- Grigsby v. Russell
- United States v. Munday
- United States Ex Rel. Turner v. Fisher
- United States v. Congress Construction Co.
- Banker Brothers Co. v. Pennsylvania
- Missouri & Kansas Interurban Railway Co. v. City of Olathe
- MISSOURI & KANSAS INTERURBAN RY. CO. v. City of Olathe
- Ripley v. United States
- Ex Parte Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade of New York
- Mutual Loan Co. v. Martell
- Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad Company
- Chicago Junction Railway Co. v. King
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Updike Grain Co. & Crowell Lumber & Grain Co.
- United States v. Garbish
- Aluminum Co. of America v. Ramsey
- Herrera v. United States
- Consaul v. Cummings
- United States v. Morgan
- United States Ex Rel. Kinney v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
- Lewers & Cooke, Ltd. v. Atcherly
- Mayer v. American Security & Trust Co.
January 1912 · 36 decisions
- Gring v. Ives
- United States v. McMullen
- Cuba Railroad v. Crosby
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Washington Ex Rel. Atkinson
- Red "C" Oil Manufacturing Co. v. Board of Agriculture
- Aran v. Zurrinach
- Porto Rico Sugar Co. v. Lorenzo
- Robinson v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- City of Chicago v. Sturges
- Southern Railway Co. v. Reid
- Peters v. Broward
- United States v. Barnes
- Vogt v. Graff
- Huse v. United States
- Brown v. Alton Water Co.
- Soliah v. Heskin
- Williams v. Walsh
- Southern R. Co. v. Reid & Beam
- Keeney v. Comptroller of New York
- Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. United States Ex Rel. General Electric Co.
- Treat v. Grand Canyon Railway Co.
- Acme Harvester Co. v. Beekman Lumber Co.
- Berryman v. Board of Trustees of Whitman College
- Gandia v. Pettingill
- Rock Island Plow Co. v. Reardon
- Johnson v. Collier
- Second Employers'liability Cases
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Union Pacific Railroad
- Fitz Gerald v. Thompson
- Quong Wing v. Kirkendall
- Noble v. Gallardo Y Seary
- United States v. Wong You
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. F. W. Cook Brewing Co.
- Waskey v. Hammer
- United States Ex Rel. Lowe v. Fisher
- Cherokee Nation & United States v. Whitmire
February 1912 · 41 decisions
- New Marshall Engine Co. v. Marshall Engine Co.
- Ker & Co. v. Couden
- McCarthy v. First Nat. Bank of Rapid City
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Sandoval
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. McCue
- New York Continental Jewell Filtration Company v. District of Columbia
- Latimer v. United States
- Powers v. United States
- Miller v. King
- The San Pedro
- Arrendondo v. Arrendondo
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. O'Connor
- Hendricks v. United States
- Collins v. Texas
- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Tremblay
- Jacob v. Roberts
- United States v. Baruch
- Rocca v. Thompson
- United States v. Citroen
- Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon
- Diaz v. United States
- City of Cincinnati v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- The Abby Dodge
- Ferris v. Frohman
- Kiernan v. Portland, Oregon
- United States v. Nord Deutscher Lloyd
- Meyer v. Wells, Fargo & Co.
- United States Express Co. v. Minnesota
- Lincoln Gas & Electric Light Co. v. City of Lincoln
- Metropolitan Water Co. v. Kaw Valley Drainage District
- Gaar, Scott & Co. v. Shannon
- Jacobs v. Prichard
- Reitler v. Harris
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Wallace
- Fairbanks v. United States
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. United States
- Ontario Land Co. v. Wilfong
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. C. H. Albers Commission Co.
- United States v. Ellicott
- United States v. Southern Pacific Railroad
- United States v. Miller
March 1912 · 15 decisions
- In Re Merchants'stock and Grain Co.
- Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson
- Cedar Rapids Gas Light Co. v. City of Cedar Rapids
- Graham v. Gill
- Wingert v. First Nat. Bank of Hagerstown
- Clason v. Matko
- Adams Express Company v. Croninger
- Henry v. A. B. Dick Co.
- Tang Tun v. Edsell
- United States Ex Rel. Ness v. Fisher
- Ripley v. United States
- Campbell v. United States
- Thomas v. Taylor
- Beutler v. Grand Trunk Junction Railway Co.
- San Juan Light & Transit Co. v. Requena
April 1912 · 37 decisions
- Plummer v. United States
- Gonzales v. Buist
- Holt v. Crucible Steel Co. of America
- Consumers' Co. v. Hatch
- Guarantee Title & Trust Co. v. Title Guaranty & Surety Co.
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. City of Richmond
- Schodde v. Twin Falls Land & Water Co.
- Brinkmeier v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
- World's Fair Mining Co. v. Powers
- J. W. Calnan Co. v. Doherty
- Brown v. Selfridge
- Matter of Loving
- Swanson v. Sears
- Sharpe v. Bonham
- Johnson v. Washington Loan & Trust Co.
- Heckman v. United States
- Wood v. United States
- Haskell v. Kansas Natural Gas Co.
- Converse v. Hamilton
- Standard Oil Co. of Ind. v. Missouri
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Goodrich Transit Co.
- Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. Nichols
- City of Pomona v. Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- Crozier v. Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft
- United States v. Société Anonyme Des Anciens Establissements Cail
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Wynne
- Mullen v. United States
- Gromer v. Standard Dredging Co.
- United States v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis
- Washington Home for Incurables v. American Security & Trust Co.
- American Security & Trust Co. v. Commissioners of the District of Columbia
- Washington Ex Rel. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. v. Fairchild
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Dennis
- Goat v. United States
- Deming Investment Co. v. United States
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States Ex Rel. Humboldt Steamship Co.
- Herndon-Carter Co. v. James N. Norris, Son & Co.
May 1912 · 31 decisions
- City of Louisville v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- B. Altman & Co. v. United States
- Nielsen v. Steinfeld
- The Jason
- Waskey v. Chambers
- American R. Co. of PR v. Birch
- McCaughey v. Lyall
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Castle
- Cross Lake Shooting and Fishing Club v. Louisiana
- Leary v. United States
- Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. Schubert
- English v. Richardson
- Gleason v. Wood
- Graham v. West Virginia
- Choate v. Trapp
- Gritts v. Fisher
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Howell
- State of Maryland v. State of West Virginia
- Chase v. Wetzlar
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Bray
- National Bank of Newport v. National Herkimer County Bank of Little Falls
- Valdes v. Central Altagracia, Inc.
- Stalker v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Kirby
- United States v. Colorado Anthracite Co.
- Johannessen v. United States
- Southern Railway Co. v. Burlington Lumber Co.
- Jordan v. Massachusetts
- Anderson v. Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
- Sexton v. Kessler & Co.
- Bigelow v. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co.
June 1912 · 30 decisions
- Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. v. Wagner Electric & Manufacturing Co.
- Johnson v. United States
- Glasgow v. Moyer
- David Lupton's Sons Co. v. Automobile Club of America
- Messenger v. Anderson
- Shulthis v. McDougal
- Murphy v. California
- Henderson v. Mayer
- Eastern Cherokees v. United States
- Pickford v. Talbott
- Savage v. Jones
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
- Int. Com. Comm. v. Balt. & Ohio RR
- City of Louisville v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- Procter & Gamble Co. v. United States
- Low Wah Suey v. Backus
- RJ Darnell (Inc.) v. Illinois Central R. Co.
- Railroad Commission of the State of Mississippi v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
- Zeckendorf v. Steinfeld
- Hooker v. Knapp
- Ex Parte Webb.
- Flannelly v. Delaware & Hudson Co.
- Standard Stock Food Co. v. Wright
- Creswill v. Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Georgia
- Clairmont v. United States
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Duvall
- Hyde v. United States
- Kindred v. Union Pacific Railroad
- United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Norfolk & Suburban Turnpike R. Co. v. Virginia
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