Term recap
October Term 1913 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1913, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
292
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
29
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 20, 1913 and the last on June 22, 1914. The busiest single day was February 24, 1914 with 35 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1913 · 4 decisions
November 1913 · 12 decisions
- Mechanics' and Metals Nat. Bank of City of New York v. Ernst
- Baltic Mining Co. v. Massachusetts
- National City Bank of NY v. Hotchkiss
- Virginia v. West Virginia
- Clement National Bank v. Vermont
- Alzua v. Johnson
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. United States
- Summers v. United States
- United States v. Whitridge
- Straus v. Foxworth
- Munsey v. Webb
- Buchser v. Buchser
December 1913 · 43 decisions
- Monson v. Simonson
- Torres v. Lothrop, Luce & Co.
- Straus and Straus v. American Publishers' Assn.
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Garrett
- United States v. Twenty-Five Packages of Panama Hats
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. of Baltimore v. Kentucky
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. United States
- United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- United States v. Davis
- Marshall v. Dye
- Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co. v. United States
- Downman v. Texas
- Stratton's Independence, Ltd. v. Howbert
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Bartlett
- Sturges & Burn Manufacturing Co. v. Beauchamp
- Mayor of Vicksburg v. Henson
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Houston
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Laramie Stock Yards Co.
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. United States
- Amoskeag Savings Bank v. Purdy
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Brewer
- Kener v. La Grange Mills
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Snow
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Sides
- United States Ex Rel. Goldberg v. Daniels
- Little v. Williams
- Street & Smith v. Atlas Manufacturing Co.
- Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Michigan Railroad Commission
- Chavez v. Bergere
- Graham & the Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. United States
- Peabody v. United States
- Greey v. Dockendorff
- Ludvigh v. American Woolen Co. of NY
- New York Life Insurance v. Deer Lodge County
- United States v. Carter
- Kinder v. Scharff
- John v. Paullin
- Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Co. v. Washington Ex Rel. Linhoff
- Aetna Life Insurance v. Moore
- Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. Moore
- Phoenix Railway Co. v. Landis
- Springstead v. Crawfordsville State Bank
- Pullman Co. v. Croom
January 1914 · 43 decisions
- Trimble v. City of Seattle
- In Re City of Louisville
- United States v. Antikamnia Chemical Co.
- Rainey v. W. R. Grace & Co.
- In Re Engelhard & Sons Co.
- Ross v. Day
- Tinker v. Midland Valley Mercantile Co.
- Mulcrevy, & Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. City & County of San Francisco
- Piza Hermanos v. Caldentey
- National Safe Deposit Co. v. Stead
- Hobbs v. Head & Dowst Co.
- Cameron v. United States
- Hawley v. City of Malden
- United States v. Moist
- Wisconsin Ex Rel. Bolens v. Frear
- Work v. United Globe Mines
- Wyandotte County Gas Co. v. Kansas Ex Rel. Marshall
- United States v. Regan
- City of Louisville v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- Pennington v. United States
- United States v. Buchanan
- Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co. v. Hall
- Van Syckel v. Arsuaga
- Lapina v. Williams
- Swift v. McPherson
- Bank of Arizona v. Thomas Haverty Co.
- Baker v. Warner
- Barrett v. City of New York
- Platt v. City of New York
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Cramer
- Barnes v. Alexander
- Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Company v. Slavin
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Cockrell
- Patsone v. Pennsylvania
- Bacon v. Rutland Railroad
- Cain v. Commercial Publishing Co.
- Taney v. Penn National Bank of Reading
- Burbank v. Ernst
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Polt
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
- Alabama v. Schmidt
- United States v. Young
- Chapman & Dewey Lumber Co. v. St. Francis Levee District
February 1914 · 38 decisions
- North Carolina Railroad v. Zachary
- Thomas v. Matthiessen
- Miedreich v. Lauenstein
- Plymouth Coal Co. v. Pennsylvania
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. City of Goldsboro
- Pronovost v. United States
- Seim v. Hurd
- Woodward Co. v. Hurd
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. City of Minneapolis
- Gauthier v. Morrison
- D. E. Foote & Co. v. Stanley
- Baccus v. Louisiana
- LeRoy Fibre Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
- Tex. & Pac. Ry. v. Louisiana RR Comm.
- Calaf Y Fugurul v. Calaf Y Rivera
- Jones v. St. Louis Land & Cattle Co.
- Montoya v. Gonzalez
- Mitchell Store Building Co. v. Carroll
- Taylor v. Taylor
- United States v. Bennett
- Harrison v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
- Rubber Tire Wheel Co. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
- Farmers and Mechanics Sav. Bank of Minneapolis v. Minnesota
- Weeks v. United States
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. O'Connor
- United States v. Lexington Mill & Elevator Co.
- United States v. Beatty
- Thurston v. United States
- United States v. Billings
- United States v. Bennett
- Pierce v. United States
- Billings v. United States
- Perrin v. United States
- United States v. Pelican
- Wilson v. United States
- United States v. Goelet
- Pierce v. United States
- Rainey v. United States
March 1914 · 19 decisions
- Weinman v. De Palma
- United States Ex Rel. Brown v. Lane
- Paine v. Copper Belle Mining Co. of Ariz.
- Young v. Central R. Co. of NJ
- Ohio Tax Cases
- Curriden v. Middleton
- Priest v. Trustees of Town of Las Vegas
- Holt v. Henley
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Kennedy
- Porto Rico v. Ramos
- Williamson v. Osenton
- Eberle v. Michigan
- Grant Bros. Construction Co. v. United States
- Schuyler v. Littlefield
- Garland v. Washington
- Riley v. Massachusetts
- Santa Fe Central Railway Co. v. Friday
- Stewart v. Michigan
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. West
April 1914 · 43 decisions
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. Hooker
- Miller v. United States
- El Paso Brick Co. v. McKnight
- Tevis v. Ryan
- Diamond Coal & Coke Co. v. United States
- Lewis v. Frick
- American Iron & Steel Manufacturing Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway
- United States Ex Rel. Texas Portland Cement Co. v. McCord
- Hollerbach v. United States
- Browning v. City of Waycross
- Herbert v. Bicknell
- Archer v. Greenville Sand & Gravel Co.
- De Bearn v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore
- Metzger Motor Car Co. v. Parrott
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Kaw Valley Drainage District
- Russell v. Sebastian
- Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. Lindsay
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Robinson
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Moore
- Singer Sewing MacHine Co. v. Brickell
- Union Lime Co. v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
- Franklin v. Lynch
- Carlesi v. New York
- Southern Railway-Carolina Division v. Bennett
- Myers v. Pittsburgh Coal Co.
- Territory of Arizona Ex Rel. Gaines v. Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co.
- United States v. Birdsall
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Iowa
- White v. Island Transportation Co.
- O'Sullivan v. Felix
- Hammond Packing Co. v. Montana
- Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad v. George
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Anderson
- Farrugia v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
- Wheeler v. Sohmer
- German Alliance Insurance v. Lewis
- Nadal v. May
- Carondelet Canal & Navigation Co. v. Louisiana
- Baer Bros. Mercantile Co. v. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
- Thaddeus Davids Co. v. Davids Manufacturing Co.
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Behrens
- San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Co. v. County of Stanislaus
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Horton
May 1914 · 37 decisions
- Bowling & Miami Investment Co. v. United States
- United States v. Vulte
- Holden Land & Live Stock Co. v. Inter-State Trading Co.
- Richards v. Washington Terminal Co.
- United States v. Foster
- Denver & RGRR v. Ariz. & Col. RR
- Logan v. Davis
- Smith v. Texas
- Green v. Menominee Tribe
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Cade
- Southern Railway Co. v. Gadd
- Itow v. United States
- Apapas v. United States
- Gompers v. United States
- Cornell Steamboat Co. v. Phœnix Construction Co.
- Ex Parte Roe
- Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. Imbrovek
- Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. Maryland Ex Rel. Szczesek
- United States v. Axman
- Erie Railroad v. New York
- Ocampo v. United States
- Erie Railroad v. Williams
- Schmidt v. Bank of Commerce
- Ennis Water Works v. City of Ennis
- Carlson v. Washington Ex Rel. Curtiss
- Taylor v. Anderson
- Valdes v. Larrinaga
- Bowe v. Scott
- Washington Securities Co. v. United States
- Detroit Steel Cooperage Co. v. Sistersville Brewing Co.
- McDonald v. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Woodford
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. National Rice Milling Co.
- Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. v. Mellor
- Tap Line Cases
- United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. Butler County Railroad
- Wabash Railroad v. Hayes
June 1914 · 53 decisions
- Lazarus, Michel & Lazarus v. Prentice
- Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of NY v. Cohen
- International Harvester Co. of America v. Missouri
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. American Tie & Timber Co.
- Virginia v. West Virginia
- Gilson v. United States
- Port Richmond & Bergen Point Ferry Co. v. Board of Chosen Freeholders
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Georgia
- New York Life Insurance v. Head
- New York Life Insurance v. Head
- Mullen v. Simmons
- International Harvester Co. of America v. Kentucky
- Citizens Banking Co. v. Ravenna National Bank
- Stone, Sand and Gravel Co. v. United States
- City of Sault Ste. Marie v. International Transit Co.
- Grannis v. Ordean
- Dale v. Pattison
- LOUIS. & NASH. RR v. West. Un. Tel. Co.
- United States v. Buffalo Pitts Co.
- Keokee Consolidated Coke Co. v. Taylor
- United States v. United Engineering & Contracting Co.
- Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. United States
- Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United States
- Van Dyke v. Cordova Copper Co.
- United States v. First Nat. Bank of Detroit
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Southern Pacific Co.
- Louisiana v. McAdoo
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Larabee
- Intermountain Rate Cases
- United States v. Union Pacific Railroad
- Illinois Ex Rel. Dunne v. Economy Light & Power Co.
- Order of St. Benedict of NJ v. Steinhauser
- Burke v. Southern Pacific Railroad
- International Harvester Co. of America v. Kentucky
- International Harvester Co. of America v. Kentucky
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Higdon
- Jones v. Jones
- Collins v. Kentucky
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Brown
- Moore-Mansfield Construction Co. v. Electrical Installation Co.
- Malone v. Kentucky
- Selig v. Hamilton
- The Pipe Line Cases
- Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers' Ass'n v. United States
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Harris
- Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. Thompson
- Hall v. Burr
- Johnson v. Gearlds
- Chapman & Dewey Lumber Co. v. St. Francis Levee District
- Southern Railway Co. v. Crockett
- Equitable Surety Co. v. United States Ex Rel. McMillan
- Lane v. Watts
- Roller v. Murray
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