Term recap
October Term 1916 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1916, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
210
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
27
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 13, 1916 and the last on June 11, 1917. The busiest single day was March 6, 1917 with 34 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1916 · 2 decisions
November 1916 · 7 decisions
December 1916 · 36 decisions
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Sonman Shaft Coal Co.
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. McLaughlin
- Swift & Co. v. Hoover
- Lehon v. City of Atlanta
- Stewart v. Ramsay
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Capital Trust Co.
- Ex Parte United States
- Atlantic City Railroad v. Parker
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Beaham
- Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad v. Stiles
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. W. F. Jacoby & Co.
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States
- United States v. Oppenheimer
- United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
- United States v. Merchants & Mfrs. Traffic Assn. of Sacramento
- Kane v. New Jersey
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Whitacre
- Seton Hall College v. Village of South Orange
- Sim v. Edenborn
- McIntyre v. Kavanaugh
- Alder v. Edenborn
- Kryger v. Wilson
- Hutchinson Ice Cream Co. v. Iowa
- Detroit United Railway v. Michigan
- Lovato v. New Mexico
- Goshen Manufacturing Co. v. Hubert A. Myers Manufacturing Co.
- Vandalia Railroad v. Public Service Commission
- Cissna v. Tennessee
- United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- United States v. Morrison
- In the Matter of the Petition of the Indiana Transportation Company for Writ of Prohibition
- Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway Co. v. Anderson
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Wilson
- Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Hyde
- Long Sault Development Co. v. Call
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Peery
January 1917 · 32 decisions
- Furness, Withy & Co. v. Yang-Tsze Ins. Assn., Ltd.
- Harnage v. Martin
- Baker v. Baker, Eccles & Co.
- Gasquet v. Lapeyre
- Williams v. Cobb
- CHICAGO & C. RY. CO. v. Pub. Utilities Comm.
- Newark Natural Gas & Fuel Co. v. City of Newark
- Erie Railroad v. Welsh
- Adamson v. Gilliland
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Winters
- Crane v. Johnson
- McNaughton v. Johnson
- Louisville Bridge Co. v. United States
- Dickson v. Luck Land Co.
- Hill v. Reynolds
- Savings Bank of Danbury v. Loewe
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Clough
- Clark Distilling Co. v. Western Maryland Railway Co.
- Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne v. Latham & Co.
- Herbert v. Shanley Co.
- Western Transit Co. v. A. C. Leslie & Co.
- Chaloner v. Sherman
- Williams v. City of Chicago
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Williams
- Dean v. Davis
- Thomas Cusack Co. v. City of Chicago
- Board of Trustees of Sevilleta De La Joya Grant Ex Rel. Owners in Common v. Board of Trustees of Belen Land Grant
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Mims
- Von Baumbach v. Sargent Land Co.
- Berry v. Davis
- United States v. American-Asiatic Steamship Co.
- Caminetti v. United States
February 1917 · 4 decisions
March 1917 · 41 decisions
- Lie v. San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co.
- Bond v. Hume
- Gannon v. Johnston
- Grays Harbor Logging Co. v. Coats-Fordney Logging Co.
- Baker v. Schofield
- McDonald v. Mabee
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbin
- Pennington v. Fourth National Bank of Cincinnati
- Five Per Cent. Discount Cases
- Union National Bank v. McBoyle
- Bay v. Merrill & Ring Logging Co.
- McCluskey v. Marysville & Northern Railway Co.
- Bowersock v. Smith
- Thomsen v. Cayser
- State of New Mexico v. Lane
- In the Matter of the Petition of Selling
- Hawkins v. Bleakly
- Swift & Co. v. Hocking Valley Railway Co.
- Donohue v. Vosper
- Enterprise Irrigation District v. Farmers Mutual Canal Co.
- Tyrrell v. District of Columbia
- Wellsville Oil Co. v. Miller
- Rome Railway & Light Co. v. Floyd County
- St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway Co. v. Moore
- Pennsylvania Fire Insurance v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co.
- William R. Staats Co. v. Security Trust & Savings Bank
- Memphis Street Railway Co. v. Moore
- Raymond v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
- Horn v. Mitchell
- State of Wyoming v. State of Colorado
- McAllister v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
- Owensboro v. Owensboro Water Works Co. of Owensboro
- Pease v. Rathbun-Jones Engineering Co.
- The Steamship Appam
- United States v. Cress
- Utah Power & Light Co. v. United States
- Wilson v. New
- United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co. of New Jersey
- California v. Deseret Water, Oil & Irrigation Co.
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. McWhirt
- Lehigh Valley Railroad v. United States of America & Interstate Commerce Commission
April 1917 · 21 decisions
- Lehigh Valley Railroad v. United States
- Pullman Co. v. Knott
- Straus v. Victor Talking MacHine Co.
- Bunting v. Oregon
- United States v. Ginsberg
- United States v. Rowell
- United States v. Kenofskey
- United States v. Waller
- Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
- United States v. Gradwell
- Oregon & California Railroad v. United States
- Hendersonville Light & Power Co. v. Blue Ridge Interurban Railway Co.
- Marshall v. Gordon
- United States v. Davis
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Lorick
- Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Olivit Brothers
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Carr
- United States v. Morehead
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Layton
- Lott v. Pittman
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Starbird
May 1917 · 33 decisions
- Chicago Life Insurance v. Cherry
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Texas Packing Co.
- Van Dyke v. Geary
- Ewing v. United States Ex Rel. Fowler Car Co.
- The Kronprinzessin Cecilie
- Chesbrough v. Woodworth
- Woodworth v. Chesbrough
- Sutton v. New Jersey
- Norfolk Southern Railroad v. Chatman
- Lehigh Valley Railroad v. Barlow
- Lewis v. United States
- Toledo Railways & Light Co. v. Hill
- United Copper Securities Co. v. Amalgamated Copper Co.
- E. I. Du Pont De Nemours Powder Co. v. Masland
- Smith v. Third Nat. Exchange Bank of Sandusky
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. McGrew Coal Co.
- Meisukas v. Greenough Red Ash Coal Co.
- Nevada-California-Oregon Railway v. Burrus
- American Express Co. v. United States Horse Shoe Co.
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Gotschall
- Rowland v. Boyle
- West v. Edward Rutledge Timber Co.
- United States v. Illinois Central Railroad
- Lane v. Hoglund
- Yankaus v. Feltenstein
- Ohio River Contract Co. v. Gordon
- Hart Steel Co. v. Railroad Supply Co.
- United States v. Wildcat
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Taber
- Washington Railway & Electric Co. v. Scala
- Railroad Supply Co. v. Elyria Iron & Steel Co.
- Hamer v. New York Railways Co.
- Valley Steamship Co. v. Wattawa
June 1917 · 34 decisions
- Western Oil Refining Co. v. Lipscomb
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. United States
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. McKnight
- Erie Railroad v. Purucker
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Blackwell
- Farmers Irrigation District v. Nebraska Ex Rel. O'Shea
- Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Ward
- Erie Railroad v. Stone
- Mississippi Railroad Commission v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad
- United States Ex Rel. Louisiana v. Jack
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
- Wall v. Parrot Silver & Copper Co.
- Cuyahoga River Power Co. v. Northern Realty Co.
- Saunders v. Shaw
- Emma F. Doepel v. Luttie B. Jones
- Mason v. United States
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Tonsellito
- Santa Fe Pacific Railroad v. Lane
- Darnell v. Edwards
- Southern Railway Co. v. Puckett
- Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co. v. Reynolds
- Hopkins v. Walker
- Lanham v. McKeel
- Ex Parte Indiana Transportation Co.
- Adams v. Tanner
- Ex Parte Park Square Automobile Station
- Valdez v. United States
- McCoach v. Insurance Co. of North America
- Greene v. Louisville & Interurban Railroad
- First National Bank v. Fellows Ex Rel. Union Trust Co.
- American Express Co. v. South Dakota Ex Rel. Caldwell
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Greene
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Greene
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