Term recap
October Term 1915 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1915, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
255
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
36
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 25, 1915 and the last on July 10, 1916. The busiest single day was February 21, 1916 with 25 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1915 · 3 decisions
November 1915 · 39 decisions
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Riefler
- Steinfeld v. Zeckendorf
- Manila Investment Co. v. Trammell
- Stewart v. City of Kansas
- Truax v. Raich
- Pennsylvania Co. v. Donat
- Briggs v. United Shoe MacHinery Co.
- Rio Grande Western Railway Co. v. Stringham
- La Roque v. United States
- Anderson v. Forty-Two Broadway Co.
- City of New York v. Sage
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Devine
- United States v. Barnow
- Stratton v. Stratton
- Parker v. Monroig
- Gsell v. Insular Collector of Customs
- Provident Savings Life Assurance Society v. Kentucky
- Glenwood Light & Water Co. v. Mutual Light, Heat & Power Co.
- National Bank of Athens v. Shackelford
- United States v. New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
- United States v. Freeman
- Southern Railway Company v. Campbell
- Morris Canal & Banking Co. v. Baird
- Fireball Gas Tank & Illuminating Co. v. Commercial Acetylene Co.
- Mellon Co. v. McCafferty
- Phillip Wagner, Inc. v. Leser
- O'NEILL v. Leamer
- Houck v. Little River Drainage District
- Heim v. McCall
- Crane v. New York
- Bailey v. Baker Ice MacHine Co.
- Phoenix Railway Co. v. Geary
- Sui v. McCoy
- Norton v. Whiteside
- Porter v. Wilson
- William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co. v. United States
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Burnette
- New Orleans-Belize Royal Mail & Central American Steamship Co. v. United States
- Johnson v. Wells Fargo & Co.
December 1915 · 25 decisions
- Fairbanks Steam Shovel Company v. Wills, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Federal Contracting Company
- Elzaburu v. Chaves
- Town of Essex v. New England Telegraph Company of Massachusetts
- De Villanueva v. Villanueva
- MacKenzie v. Hare
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Bigger
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Otos
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Koennecke
- Weber v. Freed
- Christianson v. King County
- Provo Bench Canal & Irrigation Co. v. Tanner
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Swearingen
- United States v. Normile
- Williams v. Johnson
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Whiteaker
- Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v. State Board of Equalization
- Ex Parte Uppercu
- Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co. v. Byrne
- Hadacheck v. Sebastian
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Wagner
- Miller v. Strahl
- Robert Moody & Son v. Century Savings Bank
- Dayton Coal & Iron Co. v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Concannon
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Glenn
January 1916 · 34 decisions
- Commercial National Bank v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Co.
- Hapai v. Brown
- Northwestern Laundry v. City of Des Moines
- Kanawha & Michigan Railway Co. v. Kerse
- United States v. Ross
- Hallowell v. Commons
- Myles Salt Co. v. Board of Comm'rs of Iberia and St. Mary Drainage Dist.
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Gray
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Wright
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Dettlebach
- Southern Railway Co. v. Lloyd
- Rogers v. Hennepin County
- Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
- Reese v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
- Moss v. Ramey
- Interstate Amusement Co. v. Albert
- Home Bond Co. v. McChesney
- United States v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien Gesellschaft
- Seven Cases of Eckman's Alternative v. United States
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Meese
- Basso v. United States
- White v. United States
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Horton
- Loomis v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
- New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad v. Peninsula Produce Exchange
- Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad
- Mt. Vernon-Woodberry Cotton Duck Co. v. Alabama Interstate Power Co.
- Fleitmann Ex Rel. Stockholders of the Consolidated Street Lighting Co. v. Welsbach Street Lighting Co.
- City of Cincinnati v. Cincinnati & Hamilton Traction Co.
- Kansas City Western Railway Co. v. McAdow
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Skaggs
- Gast Realty & Investment Co. v. Schneider Granite Co.
- Lámar v. United States
- Crocker v. United States
February 1916 · 27 decisions
- Rogers v. Hennepin County
- Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md. v. Pennsylvania
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Shepherd
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission
- Carnegie Steel Co. v. United States
- Illinois Surety Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Peeler
- Straus v. Notaseme Hosiery Co.
- Cardona v. Quinones
- Embree v. Kansas City & Liberty Boulevard Road District
- United States v. Andrews
- Dodge v. Brady
- Male v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
- Stanton v. Baltic Mining Co.
- Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. v. Wolf Brothers & Co.
- Dodge v. Osborn
- Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railway Co. v. Botkin
- Lusk v. Botkin
- O'KEEFE v. United States
- Innes v. Tobin
- Banning Co. v. California Ex Rel. Webb
- Union Naval Stores Co. v. United States
- Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. Idaho Ex Rel. Allen
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Guardian Trust Co.
- Carolina Glass Co. v. South Carolina
- Tyee Realty Co. v. Anderson
- Southern Pacific Company v. Jensen
- Clyde Steamship Company v. Walker
March 1916 · 22 decisions
- New York Central Railroad Company v. White
- New York Central Railroad Company v. Winfield
- Erie Railroad Company v. Winfield
- Mountain Timber Company v. State of Washington
- Hitchman Coal & Coke Co. v. Mitchell
- Butler v. Perry
- Tanner v. Little
- Pitney v. Washington
- Rast v. Van Deman & Lewis Co.
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. United States
- Badders v. United States
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Messina
- Causey v. United States
- Eaton v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
- Hanover Star Milling Co. v. Metcalf
- United States v. United States Steel Corp.
- Carey v. Donohue
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Wiles
- Southern Wisconsin Railway Co. v. City of Madison
- Cuyahoga River Power Co. v. City of Akron
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Bond
- Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Co. v. Rosenbloom
April 1916 · 39 decisions
- State of Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co.
- Farnham v. United States
- Johnson v. Riddle
- Willink v. United States
- Pinel v. Pinel
- Uterhart v. United States
- Barlow v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
- Armour & Co. v. North Dakota
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Kenney
- Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co. v. Oklahoma
- Farmers' & Mechanics' Nat. Bank of Philadelphia v. Ridge Avenue Bank
- Ackerlind v. United States
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Arkansas
- Southern Railway Co. v. Prescott
- North Carolina v. Tennessee
- United States v. Union Manufacturing Co.
- DETROIT & C. RY. v. Michigan RR Comm.
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Knapp
- Central Trust Co. of Ill. v. Chicago Auditorium Assn.
- Jones National Bank v. Yates
- Southern Express Co. v. Byers
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Hostetter
- Bullen v. Wisconsin
- Varner v. New Hampshire Savings Bank
- Buchanan v. Warley
- G. & C. Merriam Co. v. Saalfield
- Richardson v. Fajardo Sugar Co.
- Osborne v. Gray
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rigsby
- Chin Fong v. Backus
- Kelly v. Griffin
- Cheney Bros. Co. v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Rosenberger v. Pacific Express Co.
- Gidney v. Chappel
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Wall
- Menasha Paper Co. v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
- United States v. New South Farm & Home Co.
- United States v. Lombardo
- McFarland v. American Sugar Refining Co.
May 1916 · 30 decisions
- United States v. Archer
- De La Rama v. De La Rama
- The Raithmoor
- Johnson v. Root Manufacturing Co.
- White, Receiver of Cowardin, Bradley, Clay & Co. v. United States
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Jones
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Harrington
- Lámar v. United States
- Looney, Attorney General of Texas v. Crane Co
- Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co.
- Maryland Dredging & Contracting Co. v. United States
- Stowe v. Harvey
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. De Atley
- Pacific Mail Steamship Co. v. Schmidt
- Jacobs v. Southern Railway Co.
- Baugham v. New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad
- Terminal Taxicab Co. v. Kutz
- Southern Railway Co. v. Gray
- American Well Works Company v. Layne and Bowler Company
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Brown
- Brazee v. Michigan
- Lane v. United States Ex Rel. Mickadiet
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Bombolis
- United States v. Coca Cola Co. of Atlanta
- Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Rankin
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Carnahan
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Renn
- Bankers Trust Co. v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
- Donald v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Stewart
June 1916 · 35 decisions
- Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad v. United States
- Montelibano Y Ramos v. La Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas
- Russo-Chinese Bank v. National Bank of Commerce of Seattle
- St. Louis & Kansas City Land Co. v. Kansas City
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Proffitt
- Merrill-Ruckgaber Company v. United States
- New York Life Insurance v. Dunlevy
- Cubbins v. Mississippi River Commission
- Pacific Live Stock Co. v. Lewis
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Bower
- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. Wagner
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kelly
- Levindale Lead & Zinc Mining Co. v. Coleman
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Harold
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Gainey
- United States v. Jin Fuey Moy
- Bingham v. Bradley
- United States v. Hemmer
- Duel v. Hollins
- Southern Surety Co. v. Oklahoma
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hilton-Green
- Missouri v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
- Virginia v. West Virginia
- Reid v. Fargo
- Brown v. Pacific Coast Coal Co.
- Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad v. Campbell
- Holmes v. Conway
- Lancaster v. Kathleen Oil Co.
- Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias v. Mims
- Dayton v. Stanard
- Abbott v. Brown
- New York Ex Rel. Kennedy v. Becker
- United States v. Quiver
- Ohio Ex Rel. Davis v. Hildebrant
- United States v. Nice
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