Term recap
October Term 1914 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1914, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
271
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
31
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down November 2, 1914 and the last on June 21, 1915. The busiest single day was February 23, 1915 with 32 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
November 1914 · 35 decisions
- United States v. Portale
- Pullman Co. v. Knott
- Lane v. Watts
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. United States
- DeJonge & Co. v. Breuker & Kessler Co.
- Overton v. Oklahoma
- North Carolina v. Tennessee
- United States v. Bartlett
- United States v. Mayer
- Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad v. City of Cleveland
- Willoughby v. City of Chicago
- Taylor v. Parker
- New York Electric Lines Co. v. Empire City Subway Co.
- Garrett v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Fallows v. Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. Harrison
- Hopkins v. Hebard
- United States v. Lewis
- United States v. Wigger
- Western Life Indemnity Co. of Ill. v. Rupp
- Porto Rico v. Emmanuel
- United States v. Salen
- United States v. Nixon
- Henry v. Henkel
- Minidoka & Southwestern Railroad v. United States
- Skelton v. Dill
- Sioux Remedy Co. v. Cope
- Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co. v. Behrman
- McCabe v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
- United States v. Reynolds
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. City of Omaha
- Magruder v. Drury
- Sage v. Hampe
- L. E. Waterman Co. v. Modern Pen Co.
- Monagas v. Albertucci
December 1914 · 17 decisions
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Arkansas
- United States v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- United States Ex Rel. Alexander Bryant Co. v. New York Steam Fitting Co.
- John II Estate, Ltd. v. Brown
- DET. & MACKINAC RY. CO. v. Mich. RR Comm.
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Wright
- Texas & Pacific R. Co. v. Rosborough
- McGovern v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
- Scotten v. Littlefield
- Adkins v. Arnold
- Washington v. Miller
- Easterling Lumber Co. v. Pierce
- Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Co. v. Automobile Supply Manufacturing Co.
- Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. v. Chicago & Erie Railroad
- Shapiro v. United States
- Drew v. Thaw
- Sizemore v. Brady
January 1915 · 33 decisions
- Maryland Steel Co. of Baltimore Cty. v. United States
- South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Co. v. City of Covington
- Lawlor v. Loewe
- Lankford v. Platte Iron Works Co.
- American Water Softener Co. v. Lankford
- Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. v. Blagg
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Holbrook
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Finn
- United States v. Erie Railroad
- New York Ex Rel. Cornell Steamboat Co. v. Sohmer
- Mercelis v. Wilson
- Hendrick v. Maryland
- Hull v. Dicks
- Gilbert v. David
- Farish v. State Banking Bd. of Okla.
- Brown v. Fletcher
- Wadley Southern Railway Co. v. Georgia
- Arizona & New Mexico Railway Co. v. Clark
- Wathen v. Jackson Oil & Refining Co.
- Dowagiac Manufacturing Co. v. Minnesota Moline Plow Co.
- Kinney v. Plymouth Rock Squab Co.
- Reynolds v. Fewell
- Shellenbarger v. Fewell
- Lesser v. Gray
- Yost v. Dallas County
- Stearns v. Wood
- Duffy v. Charak
- Board of Comm'rs of City and County of Denver v. Home Savings Bank
- Simon v. Southern Railway Co.
- United States v. Jones
- Burdick v. United States
- Coppage v. Kansas
- Curtin v. United States
February 1915 · 36 decisions
- Grant Timber & Manufacturing Co. v. Gray
- Gallardo Y Seary v. Noble
- Wilmington Transportation Co. v. Railroad Commission of California
- United States v. Holte
- Southern Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of Indiana
- Miller v. Wilson
- Heyman v. Hays
- Southern Operating Co. v. Hays
- United States v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
- Iowa Central Railway Co. v. Bacon
- Fox v. Washington
- American Car & Foundry Co. v. Kettlehake
- George N. Pierce Co. v. Wells, Fargo & Co.
- Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Railway Co. v. Downey
- Lehman, Stern & Co. v. S. Gumbel & Co.
- Truskett v. Closser
- United States v. Midwest Oil Co.
- Ill. Cent. RR v. Louisiana RR Comm.
- Meeker & Co. v. Lehigh Valley RR
- Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio
- Mutual Film Co. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio
- Olympia Mining & Milling Co. v. Kerns
- United States Ex Rel. McReynolds v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Rail Coal Co. v. Ohio Industrial Comm.
- Evens & Howard Fire Brick Co. v. United States
- Pennsylvania Co. v. United States
- Mutual Film Corporation of Missouri v. George H. Hodges
- United States v. Smull
- Brolan v. United States
- Joplin Mercantile Co. v. United States
- D. R. Wilder Manufacturing Co. v. Corn Products Refining Co.
- Williams v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
- Wright-Blodgett Co. v. United States
- Bosley v. McLaughlin
- United States v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis
- United States v. Erie Railroad
March 1915 · 21 decisions
- Gleason v. Thaw
- McCoach v. Pratt
- Kirmeyer v. Kansas
- Ramapo Water Co. v. City of New York
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. McCue
- Linn & Lane Timber Co. v. United States
- Wilson Cypress Co. v. Del Pozo Y Marcos
- McCormick v. Oklahoma City
- American Seeding MacHine Co. v. Kentucky
- Mich. Cent. RR Co. v. Mich. RR Comm.
- A. J. Phillips Co. v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Spring River Stone Co.
- Wright v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
- Wright v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Newman v. Lynchburg Investment Corp.
- Davis v. Virginia
- Dalton Adding MacHine Co. v. State Corp. Commission of Virginia
- United States v. Hvoslef
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Padgett
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Hower
- W. S. Tyler Co. v. Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co.
April 1915 · 40 decisions
- United States v. Emery, Bird, Thayer Realty Co.
- United States v. Noble
- Knapp v. Alexander-Edgar Lumber Co.
- Henkel v. United States
- Reinman v. City of Little Rock
- Robinson v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Malloy v. South Carolina
- Detroit Trust Co. v. Pontiac Savings Bank
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Maxwell
- Sligh v. Kirkwood
- New Orleans Tax Payers' Protective Assn. v. Sewerage and Water Bd. of New Orleans
- Chapman v. Zobelein
- Smoot v. United States
- Eastern R. Co. of NM v. Littlefield
- United States v. Sherman & Sons Co.
- Thames & Mersey Marine Insurance v. United States
- American Surety Co. of NY v. Shulz
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Puritan Coal Mining Co.
- Guffey v. Smith
- Guffey v. Smith
- South Carolina Ex Rel. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance v. McMaster
- New York Ex Rel. Interborough Rapid Transit Co. v. Sohmer
- McGowan v. Parish
- Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills v. Menefee
- United States Ex Rel. Chott v. Ewing
- CHI., B. & Q. RY. v. Wisconsin RR Com.
- Southern Pacific Co. v. United States
- Christie v. United States
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Hill
- Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Co. v. Garrison
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Marcus
- Louis & Nash. Rr v. West. Un. Tel. Co.
- Rounds v. Cloverport Foundry & MacHine Co.
- Frank v. Mangum
- Stewart Mining Co. v. Ontario Mining Co.
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Popplar
- Doran v. Kennedy
- McDougal v. McKay
- Export & Import Lumber Co. v. Port Banga Lumber Co.
- Pigeon v. Buck
May 1915 · 20 decisions
- Coe v. Armour Fertilizer Works
- Booth v. Indiana
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Gray
- United States v. Erie Railroad Company
- Paine Lumber Co. v. Neal
- Brand v. Union Elevated Railroad
- Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co.
- Cumberland Glass Manufacturing Co. v. De Witt & Co.
- Parker v. McLain
- Erie Railroad v. Solomon
- United States v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
- Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Keystone Elevator and Warehouse Company
- Ellis v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Stineman Coal Mining Company
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Ohio Valley Tie Company
- Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad v. Whitley
- Healy v. Sea Gull Specialty Co.
- Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. v. United States
- Collins v. Johnston
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Tilghman
June 1915 · 69 decisions
- Rossi v. Pennsylvania
- Hartford Life Insurance v. IBS
- Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co.
- Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum v. Green
- Kreitlein v. Ferger
- Mallinckrodt Chemical Works v. Missouri Ex Rel. Jones
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Co. v. Vosburg
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Tranbarger
- G. & C. Merriam Co. v. Syndicate Publishing Co.
- Pyle v. Texas Transport & Terminal Co.
- Daniels v. Wagner
- Daniels v. Craddock
- Waugh v. Board of Trustees of Univ. of Miss.
- Bothwell v. Bingham County
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. Varnville Furniture Co.
- Lumber Underwriters of NY v. Rife
- Hood v. McGehee
- Toop v. Ulysses Land Co.
- Brown v. Fletcher
- Park v. Cameron
- Longpré v. Diaz
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States
- Morgan v. Devine
- Ebeling v. Morgan
- United States v. Rabinowich
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Craft
- Daniels v. Johnston
- Daniels v. Merrithew
- Daniels v. Bernhard
- Virginia v. West Virginia
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Mulberry Hill Coal Co.
- Woodward v. De Graffenried
- Producers Oil Co. v. Hanzen
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Conarty
- Kapiolani Estate, Ltd. v. Atcherley
- United Surety Co. v. American Fruit Product Co.
- Washington-Virginia R. Co. v. Real Estate Trust Co. of Philadelphia
- Herrmann v. Edwards
- Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Railroad Commission
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Carr
- Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of United States v. Pennsylvania
- Adams Express Co. v. Kentucky
- Perryman v. Woodward
- McDonald v. Pless
- McMicking v. Schields
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Mitchell Coal & Coke Co.
- Geneva Furniture Manufacturing Co. v. S. Karpen & Bros.
- Sawyer v. Gray
- Des Moines Gas Co. v. City of Des Moines
- Norfolk Southern Railroad v. Ferebee
- Texas & Pacific Railway Company v. Murphy
- United States v. Hiawassee Lumber Co.
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad v. Wisconsin
- United States v. Mosley
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Minnesota Ex Rel. State Railroad & Warehouse Commission
- Wells Fargo & Co. Express v. Ford
- Price v. Illinois
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Clark Bros. Coal Mining Co.
- Central Vermont Railway Co. v. White
- Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Danaher
- United States v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Leslie
- Chater v. Carter
- Mills v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
- Oregon & California Railroad v. United States
- Newman v. United States Ex Rel. Frizzell
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Yurkonis
- Guinn v. United States
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