Term recap
October Term 1918 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1918, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
236
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
27
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 19, 1918 and the last on June 9, 1919. The busiest single day was June 2, 1919 with 28 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1918 · 2 decisions
November 1918 · 5 decisions
December 1918 · 28 decisions
- Iowa v. Slimmer
- Nicoulin v. O'Brien
- E. W. Bliss Co. v. United States
- Ruddy v. Rossi
- Alaska Pacific Fisheries v. United States
- Palmer v. Ohio
- United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co.
- Orr v. Allen
- Tempel v. United States
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. Lewellyn
- Detroit & MacKinac Railway Co. v. Fletcher Paper Co.
- Sterrett Ex Rel. Alabama Trust & Savings Co. v. Second National Bank
- United States v. Spearin
- Payne v. Kansas Ex Rel. Brewster
- Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co.
- Watters v. Michigan
- Van Dyke v. Arizona Eastern Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Public Service Commission
- Buckeye Powder Co. v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours Powder Co.
- MacMath v. United States
- Looney, Atty. Gen. v. Eastern Texas R. Co.
- Petrie v. Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District
- Pure Oil Co. v. Minnesota
- Dillon v. Strathearn Steamship Co.
- Sandberg v. McDonald
- Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Nevada
- Campbell v. Wadsworth
- Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. v. Arctic Iron Co.
January 1919 · 41 decisions
- Flexner v. Farson
- City of Englewood v. Denver & South Platte Railway Co.
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Kansas
- Guerini Stone Co. v. P. J. Carlin Construction Co.
- International News Service v. Associated Press
- United States v. Comyns
- Leary v. Mayor of Jersey City
- Turner v. United States
- Danciger v. Cooley
- Farson, Son & Co. v. Bird
- Hebe Co. v. Shaw
- Union Fish Co. v. Erickson
- Fisher v. Rule
- Andrews v. Virginian Railway Co.
- Weigle v. Curtice Brothers Co.
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Maucher
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Sealy
- Neilson v. Rhine Shipping Co.
- Cordova v. Grant
- Erie Railroad v. Hamilton
- Merchants Exchange of St. Louis v. Missouri Ex Rel. Barker
- Fullinwider v. Southern Pacific R. Co. of Cal.
- United States v. Hill
- Fink v. Board of Comm'rs of Muskogee Cty.
- Allanwilde Transport Corp. v. Vacuum Oil Co.
- International Paper Co. v. the Schooner "Gracie D. Chambers"
- Detroit United Railway v. City of Detroit
- Standard Varnish Works v. Steamship "Bris"
- Cochnower v. United States
- Union Dry Goods Co. v. Georgia Public Service Corp.
- Southern Pacific R. Co. v. Stewart
- Western Pacific Railroad v. United States
- Cavanaugh v. Looney
- Coon v. Kennedy
- Cohn v. Malone
- Bowerman v. Hamner
- La Tourette v. McMaster
- Bank of California, National Ass'n v. Roberts
- Bank of California, National Ass'n v. Richardson
- J. Homer Fritch, Inc. v. United States
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad
February 1919 · 4 decisions
March 1919 · 50 decisions
- Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co.
- Chicago Great Western Railroad v. Basham
- Alaska Pacific Fisheries v. Territory of Alaska
- New York Central Railroad v. Porter
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Collins Produce Co.
- Withnell v. Ruecking Construction Co.
- Missouri & Arkansas Lumber & Mining Co. v. Greenwood District
- ALASKA SALMON COMPANY v. Territory of Alaska
- Gilcrease v. McCullough
- Harriman Nat. Bank of NY v. Seldomridge
- Compañia General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Alhambra Cigar & Cigarette Manufacturing Co.
- Whitehead v. Galloway
- Seufert Bros. v. United States Ex Rel. Confederated Tribes & Bands
- City of Richmond v. Bird
- Lane v. Pueblo of Santa Rosa
- Panama Railroad v. Bosse
- Ex Parte Whitney Steamboat Corp.
- Sugarman v. United States
- United States v. Doremus
- Webb v. United States
- Schenck v. United States
- L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co.
- North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co.
- Butte & Superior Copper Co. v. Clark-Montana Realty Co.
- G. S. Nicholas & Co. v. United States
- Werk v. Parker
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Leach
- New York v. New Jersey
- Shaffer v. Howard
- Frohwerk v. United States
- Debs v. United States
- South Dakota v. Collins
- Gratiot County State Bank v. Johnson Ex Rel. St. Louis Chemical Co.
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. City of Richmond
- Public Util. Comm'n of Kan. v. Landon
- Crocker v. Malley
- United States v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
- Union Tank Line Co. v. Wright
- Dominion Hotel, Inc. v. Arizona
- St. Louis Poster Advertising Co. v. City of St. Louis
- Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. Manila Electric Railroad & Light Co.
- United States v. Purcell Envelope Co.
- Miller v. McClain
- United States v. Union Pacific Railroad
- Wise v. United States
- O'Pry v. United States
- Lane v. Darlington
- Capitol Transportation Co. v. Cambria Steel Co.
- United States Ex Rel. Arant v. Lane
- Union Oil Co. of Cal. v. Smith
April 1919 · 35 decisions
- Matters v. Ryan
- Ex Parte Tracy
- Corn Products Refining Co. v. Eddy
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. United States
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Ochs
- Standard Oil Co. v. Graves
- Barbour v. Georgia
- United States v. Laughlin
- United States v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
- Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. State Public Utilities Commission Ex Rel. Cameron
- Citizens Bank of Michigan City v. Opperman
- Southern Pacific R. Co. v. Arizona
- PUBLIC UTIL. COMMRS. v. Compania General
- J. E. Hathaway & Co. v. United States
- Houston v. St. Louis Independent Packing Co.
- Ex Parte Hudgings
- Moore v. United States
- Ex Parte Wagner
- Hartford Life Insurance v. Johnson
- United States v. Gudger
- McKinley v. United States
- Columbus Railway, Power & Light Co. v. City of Columbus
- Burr v. City of Columbus
- Rand v. United States
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. Scarlet
- Brougham v. Blanton Manufacturing Co.
- Perley v. North Carolina
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Mullins
- United Railroads of San Francisco v. City and County of San Francisco
- Chalker v. Birmingham & Northwestern Railway Co.
- Gillis v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
- Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Co. v. United States
- Jackson v. Smith
- Collett v. Adams
- Darling v. City of Newport News
May 1919 · 26 decisions
- Skinner & Eddy Corp. v. United States
- Standard Computing Scale Co. v. Farrell
- Beaumont v. Prieto
- Raton Water Works Co. v. City of Raton
- United States v. Reynolds
- Rust Land & Lumber Co. v. Jackson
- Kenny v. Miles
- Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Co. v. United States
- Ball Engineering Co. v. J. G. White & Co.
- Fillippon v. Albion Vein Slate Co.
- Parker v. Riley
- New York Central Railroad v. Goldberg
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. State of Oklahoma
- American Fire Insurance v. King Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
- Brothers v. United States
- Caldwell v. United States
- Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. v. Houston Ice & Brewing Co.
- Tayabas Land Co. v. Manila Railroad
- Coleman v. United States
- Sage v. United States
- Carey v. South Dakota
- MacKay Telegraph & Cable Co. v. City of Little Rock
- Portsmouth Harbor Land & Hotel Co. v. United States
- Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. Smith
- Arkansas v. Mississippi
- Berkman v. United States
June 1919 · 45 decisions
- Burleson v. Dempcy
- Groesbeck v. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co.
- Public Service Co. of Northern Ill. v. Corboy
- Dana v. Dana
- Camp v. Gress
- The Lake Monroe
- The Scow" 6-S."
- Kansas v. Burleson
- Benedict v. City of New York
- Washington Post Co. v. Chaloner
- Williams v. Vreeland
- Denver & Rio Grande R. Co. v. City and County of Denver
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Puget Sound & Willapa Harbor Railway Co.
- Capital Trust Co. v. Calhoun
- Flanders v. Coleman
- Brainerd, Shaler & Hall Quarry Co. v. Brice
- Kinzell v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
- Lincoln Gas & Electric Light Co. v. City of Lincoln
- United States v. Babcock
- Blair v. United States
- United States v. Ferger
- United States v. Ferger (No. 2)
- United States v. Colgate & Co.
- Rumely v. McCarthy
- MacLeod v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- Dakota Central Telephone Co. v. South Dakota Ex Rel. Payne
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Langer
- Parker v. Richard
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. McComas
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
- Odell v. F. C. Farnsworth Co.
- Arizona Employers' Liability Cases
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Leatherwood
- Barrett v. Virginian Railway Co.
- City of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co.
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Bogert
- T. H. Symington Co. v. National Malleable Castings Co.
- DeGanay v. Lederer
- Erie Railroad v. Shuart
- Hancock v. City of Muskogee
- American Manufacturing Co. v. City of St. Louis
- Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Butte & Superior Mining Co.
- F. Vitelli & Son v. United States
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Minds
- Commercial Cable Co. v. Burleson
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