Term recap
October Term 1917 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1917, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
204
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
26
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 15, 1917 and the last on June 10, 1918. The busiest single day was March 4, 1918 with 29 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1917 · 3 decisions
November 1917 · 22 decisions
- Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital v. City of Philadelphia
- Lee Wilson & Co. v. United States
- Smith v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Jones v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Cohen v. Samuels
- Fidelity & Columbia Trust Co. v. City of Louisville
- Ex Parte Park & Tilford
- Gauzon v. Compañia General De Tabacos De Filipinas
- United States v. Chase
- Eichel v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
- Hendrickson v. Apperson
- Kelley v. Gill
- Scharrenberg v. Dollar Steamship Co.
- Biddinger v. Commissioner of Police of City of New York
- Smith v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. North Carolina
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. United States & Interstate Commerce Commission
- Hartford Life Insurance v. Barber
- Gould v. Gould
- Wear v. Kansas Ex Rel. Brewster
- Day v. United States
- PHILA. & READ. C. & I. CO. v. Gilbert
December 1917 · 22 decisions
- United States Ex Rel. Arant v. Lane
- Petersen v. Iowa Ex Rel. State Treasurer
- Duus v. Brown
- Sweet v. Schock
- Abercrombie & Fitch Co. v. Baldwin
- Stevirmac Oil & Gas Co. v. Dittman
- Jones v. City of Portland
- Kirk v. Olson
- Eagle Glass & Manufacturing Co. v. Rowe
- Schneider Granite Co. v. Gast Realty & Investment Co.
- Crew Levick Co. v. Pennsylvania
- Crane v. Campbell
- Duncan Townsite Co. v. Lane
- Hull v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
- Burton v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
- United States v. Ness
- Jones v. Buffalo Creek Coal & Coke Co.
- Korbly v. Springfield Institution for Savings
- United States v. California Bridge & Construction Co.
- New York Ex Rel. New York & Queens Gas Co. v. McCall
- McGowan v. Columbia River Packers' Assn.
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Stewart
January 1918 · 31 decisions
- Selective Draft Law Cases
- Jones v. Perkins
- United States v. Morena
- Waller v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
- Union Trust Co. v. Grosman
- Towne v. Eisner
- Wisconsin v. Lane
- United States v. J. S. Stearns Lumber Co.
- Houston Oil Co. of Tex. v. Goodrich
- Boldt v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States
- Rosen v. United States
- Goldman v. United States
- Kramer v. United States
- Ruthenberg v. United States
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Texas
- George A. Fuller Co. v. Otis Elevator Co.
- Illinois Central Railroad v. State Public Utilities Commission
- Ketcham v. Burr
- Martin v. Commercial Nat. Bank of MacOn
- Bates v. Bodie
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Darnell-Taenzer Lumber Co.
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Huxoll
- Johnson v. Lankford
- Martin v. Lankford
- United States v. Woo Jan
- Greer v. United States
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Stewart
- United States v. Sweet
- Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co. v. Ohio Ex Rel. Pontius
- Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias v. Smyth
February 1918 · 4 decisions
March 1918 · 39 decisions
- Armour & Co. v. Virginia
- Boston Store of Chicago v. American Graphophone Co.
- William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co. v. International Curtis Marine Turbine Co.
- Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America v. Simon
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Texas
- Municipal Securities Corp. v. Kansas City
- Krueger v. United States
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.
- Brader v. James
- Eiger v. Garrity
- Talley v. Burgess
- Anicker v. Gunsburg
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Donaldson
- Ex Parte Slater
- Arkansas v. Tennessee
- City and County of Denver v. Denver Union Water Co.
- Sutton v. English
- Denee v. Ankeny
- Lane v. Morrison
- Egan v. McDonald
- Board of Trade of Chicago v. United States
- Sears v. City of Akron
- Nelson v. Southern Railway Co.
- Bilby v. Stewart
- Brogan v. National Surety Co.
- McCurdy v. United States
- Andrews v. John Nix & Co.
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Alexander
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Wismer
- Oetjen v. Central Leather Co.
- Ricaud v. American Metal Co.
- Rock Spring Distilling Co. v. W. A. Gaines & Co.
- Ireland v. Woods
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Hadley
- Wells v. Roper
- Sheckels v. District of Columbia
- Omaechevarria v. Idaho
- Stadelman v. Miner
- Pendleton v. Benner Line
April 1918 · 30 decisions
- New York Life Insurance v. Dodge
- Smith v. Jackson
- Spring Valley Water Co. v. City and County of San Francisco
- City of Mitchell v. Dakota Central Telephone Co.
- City of Covington v. South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Co.
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. Anderson County
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Village of Clara City
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. Piper
- Salt Lake Investment Co. v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
- Cudahy Packing Co. v. Minnesota
- Manufacturers Railway Co. v. United States
- Dalton Adding MacHine Co. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'n
- General Railway Signal Co. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'n
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. United States
- United States v. Schider
- Bethlehem Steel Co. v. United States
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Holloway
- United States v. Soldana
- United States v. Weitzel
- Stadelman v. Miner
- Thompson v. United States
- United States v. Whited & Wheless, Ltd.
- Virginia v. West Virginia
- Waite v. MacY
- Saalfield v. United States
- Ibanez De Aldecoa Y Palet v. Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.
- Dickinson v. Stiles
- United States Ex Rel. Louisville Cement Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- E. H. Emery & Co. v. American Refrigerator Transit Co.
- Ibanez De Aldecoa Y Palet v. Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.
May 1918 · 23 decisions
- Shepard v. Barkley
- Cox v. Wood
- Perlman v. United States
- Gasquet v. Fenner
- Ex Parte Southwestern Surety Insurance
- York Manufacturing Co. v. Colley
- Ex Parte Abdu
- McGinis v. California
- Erie Railroad v. Hilt
- Carney v. Chapman
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Foster
- United States v. Biwabik Mining Co.
- Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. v. Scott
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. Wisconsin
- Marin v. Augedahl
- William E. Peck & Co. v. Lowe
- United States v. Ferguson
- Doyle v. Mitchell Brothers Co.
- Hays v. Gauley Mountain Coal Co.
- United States v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. United States
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Rice
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Laughlin
June 1918 · 30 decisions
- Friederichsen v. Renard
- Lynch v. Turrish
- Ex Parte Simons
- Alice State Bank v. Houston Pasture Co.
- Minnesota v. Lane
- Hammer v. Dagenhart
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Board of County Commissioners
- Jefferson v. Fink
- Hartranft v. Mullowny
- San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad v. United States
- United States v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.
- United States Glue Co. v. Town of Oak Creek
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Lowe
- Lynch v. Hornby
- Peabody v. Eisner
- Sunday Lake Iron Co. v. Township of Wakefield
- McCoy v. Union Elevated Railroad
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. Harris
- Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.
- Philippine Sugar Estates Development Co. v. Government of the Philippine Islands
- Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum v. Behrend
- Toledo Newspaper Co. v. United States
- Grinnell Washing MacHine Co. v. E. E. Johnson Co.
- Exploration Co. v. United States
- Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Co. v. West End Consolidated Mining Co.
- State of Arkansas v. State of Tennessee
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. City of Newport
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Solum
- Aikins v. Kingsbury
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Ass'n
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