Term recap
October Term 1912 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1912, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
288
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
27
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 28, 1912 and the last on June 16, 1913. The busiest single day was February 24, 1913 with 41 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1912 · 1 decision
November 1912 · 4 decisions
December 1912 · 32 decisions
- Buck Stove & Range Co. v. Vickers
- Burnet v. Desmornes Y Alvarez
- German Alliance Insurance v. Home Water Supply Co.
- Selover, Bates & Co. v. Walsh
- Jones v. Springer
- Rosenthal v. New York
- Louisiana Navigation Co. v. Oyster Commission
- Taylor v. Columbian University
- Veve v. Sanchez
- United States v. Union Pacific Railroad
- Purity Extract & Tonic Co. v. Lynch
- Miller v. Guasti
- Eubank v. City of Richmond
- Toyota v. Territory of Hawaii
- Central Lumber Co. v. South Dakota
- Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co.
- Zakonaite v. Wolf
- Southwestern Brewery & Ice Co. v. Schmidt
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Jackson Vinegar Co.
- First National Bank of Princeton v. Littlefield
- Four Hundred & Forty-Three Cans of Frozen Egg Product v. United States
- Beach v. United States
- National Surety Co. v. Architectural Decorating Co.
- Robertson v. Gordon
- Murray v. City of Pocatello
- Florida Ex Rel. Wailes v. Croom
- United States v. Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. of Chicago
- McLean v. United States
- Wood v. A. Wilbert's Sons Shingle & Lumber Co.
- Darnell v. Indiana
- Keatley v. Furey
- United States v. Reading Co.
January 1913 · 41 decisions
- Ex Parte United States
- Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co. v. United States
- Pittsburg Steel Co. v. Baltimore Equitable Society
- Marshall Dental Manufacturing Co. v. Iowa
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Henderson Elevator Co.
- Kalanianaole v. Smithies
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Miller
- Preston v. City of Chicago
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. v. Latta
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Hardwick Farmers Elevator Co.
- United States v. Patten
- Hannum v. United States
- Williams v. City of Talladega
- United States v. Union Pacific Railroad
- Thompson v. Thompson
- Illinois Ex Rel. Gersch v. City of Chicago
- Evans v. United States
- Ewing v. City of Leavenworth
- McNamara v. Henkel
- Ubeda v. Zialcita
- Anderson v. Smith
- Plumley v. United States
- Schmidinger v. City of Chicago
- Norfolk and Western Railway Company v. Conley, Attorney General of the State of West Virginia
- El Paso & Southwestern R. Co. v. Eichel & Weikel
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Wulf
- Michigan Central Railroad v. Vreeland
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Greenwood Grocery Co.
- Int. Com. Comm. v. Louis. & Nash. RR
- Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford Co. v. Gaines
- Virtue v. Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.
- Cameron Septic Tank Co. v. City of Knoxville
- Grant v. United States
- Davis v. Las Ovas Co.
- Gray v. Taylor
- Guardian Assurance Co. of London v. Quintana
- Heike v. United States
- De Bary & Co. v. Louisiana
- American Railroad Co. of Porto Rico v. Didricksen
- Ross v. Oregon
- Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Sabine Tram Co.
February 1913 · 51 decisions
- Crenshaw v. Arkansas
- Robinson v. Lundrigan
- Gutierrez Del Arroyo v. Graham
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Schwyhart
- Brooklyn Mining & Milling Co. v. Miller
- United States v. Winslow
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. Alexander
- Johnson v. Hoy
- Scott v. Lattig
- United States v. Harvey Steel Co.
- United States Ex Rel. Champion Lumber Co. v. Fisher
- United States Ex Rel. Foreman v. Meyer
- Southern Pacific Co. v. City of Portland
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company v. Edwards
- Stuart v. Union Pacific Railroad
- Van Iderstine v. National Discount Co.
- Winfree v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
- Ross v. Stewart
- James v. Stone & Co.
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Schuyler
- Porto Rico v. Rosaly Y Castillo
- Hutchinson v. City of Valdosta
- Matheson v. United States
- Luke v. Smith
- Starr v. Long Jim
- Porto Rico v. Title Guaranty & Surety Co.
- Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Neiman-Marcus Co.
- Hampton v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
- Supreme Ruling of the Fraternal Mystic Circle v. Snyder
- Bradley v. City of Richmond
- Hoke & Economides v. United States
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Hudson
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
- United States v. Mason, Executor
- Athanasaw v. United States
- Lovell v. Newman & Son
- Harris v. United States
- Bennett v. United States
- Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los Angeles
- Wadkins v. Producers Oil Co.
- Rosaly v. Graham Y Frazer
- Bartell v. United States
- Svor v. Morris
- Bacon v. Illinois
- Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. City of South Bend
- Smoot v. Heyl
- Troxell v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
- Ensign v. Pennsylvania
- Cordova v. Folgueras Y Rijos
- Rogers v. Arkansas
- Zimmerman v. Harding
March 1913 · 10 decisions
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Harriman
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Carl
- Zavelo v. Reeves
- Marrone v. Washington Jockey Club
- Baxter v. Buchholz-Hill Transportation Co.
- United States Ex Rel. Knight v. Lane
- Abilene National Bank v. Dolley
- District of Columbia v. Petty
- The Fair v. Kohler Die & Specialty Co.
- United States v. George
April 1913 · 42 decisions
- Wilson v. Snow
- Frosch v. Walter
- Santa Fe, Prescott & Phœnix Railway Co. v. Grant Bros. Construction Co.
- McLaughlin Brothers v. Hallowell
- Friend v. Talcott
- Plested v. Abbey
- Bogart v. Southern Pacific Co.
- Lyle v. Patterson
- George A. Fuller Co. v. McCloskey
- Metropolis Theater Company, Plffs. In Err. v. City of Chicago and Ernest J. Magerstadt
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Cram
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Kyle
- Pico v. United States
- Houghton v. Burden
- Sweeney v. Erving
- McCoach v. Minehill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad
- United States v. Pacific & Arctic Railway & Navigation Co.
- United States v. Anderson
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. McGinnis
- Hebert v. Crawford
- Donnelly v. United States
- McDermott v. Wisconsin
- United States v. Reading Co.
- Ettor v. City of Tacoma
- McGowan v. Parish
- Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk & Ocean View Railway Co.
- Sy Joc Lieng v. Sy Quia
- Rexford v. Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Harvey
- Slocum v. New York Life Insurance
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Stewart
- Michigan Trust Co. v. Ferry
- Ex Parte Dante
- Burlingham v. Crouse
- Madera Water Works v. Madera
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Boyd
- Andrews v. Partridge
- James L. Bradford, Appt. v. United States
- Everett v. Judson
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Moore
- Johnson v. United States
- Jordan v. Roche
May 1913 · 49 decisions
- Clarke v. Rogers
- Union Trust Co. of St. Louis v. Westhus
- United States v. Chavez
- United States v. Mesa
- Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. Hackett
- In the Matter of First National Bank
- Tiaco v. Forbes
- Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk & Ocean View Railway Co.
- Lewis Publishing Co. v. Wyman
- Bugajewitz v. Adams
- Adams v. City of Milwaukee
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Dixie Tobacco Co.
- Bailey v. Sanders
- Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Harlan & Hollingsworth
- William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co. v. International Curtiss Marine Turbine Co.
- Detroit United Railway v. City of Detroit
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Earnest
- Barry v. United States
- Shelton v. King
- MacKay v. Uinta Development Co.
- Dill v. Ebey
- Chi., RI & Pac. Ry. v. Dowell
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Prater
- Gorman v. Littlefield
- Barrett v. Indiana
- Wood v. Chesborough
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. United States
- Lewis Blue Point Oyster Cultivation Co. v. Briggs
- Morse v. United States
- Brooks v. Central Sainte Jeanne
- Chicago Dock & Canal Co. v. Fraley
- Merchants Nat. Bank of NY v. Sexton
- Francis v. McNeal
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Hesterly
- Susquehanna Coal Co. v. Mayor and Council of South Amboy
- Big Vein Coal Co. of W. Va. v. Read
- Sanford v. Ainsa
- Citizens Nat. Bank of Roswell v. Davisson
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
- St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Co. v. Seale
- United States v. Wright
- United States v. Shelley
- Swigart v. Baker
- Bauer & Cie v. O'Donnell
- Degge v. Hitchcock
- Ex Parte Spencer
- First Nat. Bank of Claremore v. Keys
- City and County of Denver v. New York Trust Co.
- United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co.
June 1913 · 58 decisions
- Adams v. Russell
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. International Coal Mining Co.
- McGovern v. City of New York
- Nash v. United States
- Morrisdale Coal Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- City of Paducah v. East Tennessee Telephone Co.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Hall
- Campbell v. Northwest Eckington Improvement Co.
- Lem Woon v. Oregon
- Wilkinson v. McKimmie
- Singer Sewing MacHine Co. of NJ v. Benedict
- Fourche River Lumber Co. v. Bryant Lumber Co.
- American Nat. Bank of Nashville v. Miller
- Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Bond v. Unknown Heirs of Barela
- Mitchell Coal & Coke Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers v. Parrish
- Camp v. Boyd
- United States v. Mille Lac Band of Chippewa Indians in Minn.
- Studley v. Boylston National Bank
- Donnelly v. United States
- The Minnesota Rate Cases
- United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Railroad Commission
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Brown
- Charlton v. Kelly
- MacLeod v. United States
- Citizens' Telephone Co. of Grand Rapids v. Fuller
- Citizens' Telephone Co. of Jackson v. Fuller
- Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Railroad Commission
- Robertson v. Howard
- Louisiana RR Comm. v. Tex. & Pac. Ry.
- Wheeler v. City and County of Denver
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. McWhirter
- United States v. Adams Express Co.
- Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.
- National Safe Deposit, Sav. & Trust Co. of DC v. Hibbs
- Lewis Publishing Co. v. Morgan
- Arizona Copper Co. v. Gillespie
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Conley
- Butts v. Merchants & Miners Transportation Co.
- Ex Parte American Steel Barrel Co.
- Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. v. Campbell
- Omaha Electric Light & Power Co. v. City of Omaha
- Nalle v. Oyster
- City of Owensboro v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- Boise Artesian Hot & Cold Water Co. v. Boise City
- Knott v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Campbell
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Tucker
- Jackson v. United States
- Old Colony Trust Co. v. City of Omaha
- Ochoa v. Hernandez Y Morales
- Knott v. St. Louis, KC & CR Co.
- Allen v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
- Boise Artesian Hot & Cold Water Co. v. Boise City
- Hughes v. United States
- Missouri Rate Cases
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