Term recap
October Term 1919 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1919, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
181
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
29
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 15, 1919 and the last on June 7, 1920. The busiest single day was March 1, 1920 with 34 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1919 · 2 decisions
November 1919 · 13 decisions
- Cartas v. United States
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Fink
- Abrams v. United States
- United States Ex Rel. Alaska Smokeless Coal Co. v. Lane
- Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. v. United States
- Maxwell v. Bugbee
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Public Service Commission
- Bank of Oxford v. Love
- Mullen v. Pickens
- Stilson v. United States
- Pell v. McCabe
- United States v. Southern Pacific Co.
- Stroud v. United States
December 1919 · 21 decisions
- Oklahoma Railway Co. v. Severns Paving Co.
- Bragg v. Weaver
- Corsicana Nat. Bank of Corsicana v. Johnson
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Cole
- Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. v. Police Court of Sacramento
- City of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp.
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Williams
- Evans v. National Bank of Savannah
- Ervien v. United States
- Peters v. Veasey
- Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co. v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Warren-Godwin Lumber Co.
- Wagner v. City of Covington
- United States v. Board of Comm'rs of Osage Cty.
- Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co.
- Bone v. Commissioners of Marion Cty.
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. United States
- Sullivan v. City of Shreveport
- International Bridge Co. v. People of State of New York
- Hardin-Wyandot Lighting Co. v. Village of Upper Sandusky
- Godchaux Co. v. Estopinal
January 1920 · 20 decisions
- Mergenthaler Linotype Co. v. Davis
- Producers Transportation Co. v. Railroad Commission
- United States v. Poland
- United States v. Standard Brewery, Inc.
- City of Winchester v. Winchester Water Works Co.
- Hayes v. Port of Seattle
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. United States
- Branson v. Bush
- Schall v. Camors
- Detroit United Railway v. City of Detroit
- Duhne v. New Jersey
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission
- Jacob Ruppert v. Caffey
- Birge-Forbes Co. v. Heye
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Boegli
- The Mail Divisor Cases
- Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co. v. United States
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. United States
- Napa Valley Electric Co. v. Railroad Commission
- Chipman, Ltd. v. Thomas B. Jeffery Co.
February 1920 · 2 decisions
March 1920 · 49 decisions
- McCloskey v. Tobin
- Jett Bros. Distilling Co. v. City of Carrollton
- Farncomb v. City and County of Denver
- Chapman v. Wintroath
- National Lead Co. v. United States
- Goldsmith v. George G. Prendergast Construction Co.
- Lee v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
- Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. United States
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. United States
- Bates v. Dresser
- Dunbar v. City of New York
- Henry v. United States
- Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. Ynchausti & Co.
- New York Central Railroad v. Mohney
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Ward
- Chesbrough v. Northern Trust Co.
- Ash Sheep Co. v. United States
- United States v. Thompson
- Ex Parte Tiffany
- Schaefer v. United States
- Pennsylvania Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission
- Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States
- Brooks-Scanlon Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of La.
- Fort Smith Lumber Co. v. Arkansas Ex Rel. Arbuckle
- Worth Brothers Co. v. Lederer
- Forged Steel Wheel Co. v. Lewellyn
- Shaffer v. Carter
- Carbon Steel Co. v. Lewellyn
- Gayon v. McCarthy
- Travis v. Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co.
- Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Wisconsin Ex Rel. City of Milwaukee
- United States v. A. Schrader's Son, Inc.
- United States v. United States Steel Corporation
- The South Coast
- Minnesota v. Wisconsin
- Pierce v. United States
- United States Ex Rel. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Panama Railroad v. Toppin
- Cole v. Ralph
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. United States
- Oklahoma Operating Co. v. Love
- The Atlanten
- Hiawassee River Power Co. v. Carolina-Tennessee Power Co.
- Oklahoma Gin Co. v. Oklahoma
- Manners v. Morosco
- Arkansas v. Mississippi
- Strathearn Steamship Co. v. Dillon
- Thompson v. Lucas
- Collins v. Miller
April 1920 · 31 decisions
- Oklahoma v. Texas
- Cuyahoga River Power Co. v. Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co.
- United States v. Chase National Bank
- Hull v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
- Estate of P. D. Beckwith, Inc. v. Commissioner of Patents
- Boehmer v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- Blumenstock Bros. Advertising Agency v. Curtis Publishing Co.
- Cameron v. United States
- Simpson v. United States
- Burnap v. United States
- South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Co. v. Kentucky
- Cincinnati, Covington & Erlanger Railway Co. v. Kentucky
- Oneida Navigation Corp. v. W. & S. Job & Co.
- Canadian Northern Railway Co. v. Eggen
- Munday v. Wisconsin Trust Co.
- United States v. Simpson
- Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. Lederer
- Askren v. Continental Oil Co.
- Missouri v. Holland
- First Nat. Bank of Canton v. Williams
- Caldwell v. Parker
- Houston v. Ormes
- Pennsylvania v. West Virginia
- Kenney v. Supreme Lodge of the World, Loyal Order of Moose
- United States v. Atlantic Dredging Co.
- Ward v. Board of Commr's of Love Cty.
- Oklahoma v. Texas
- Maguire v. Trefry
- Broadwell v. Board of Comm'rs of Carter Cty.
- United States v. Reading Co.
- National Brake & Electric Co. v. Christensen
May 1920 · 16 decisions
- Wallace v. Hines
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Cahill
- Spiller v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Brown
- Meccano, Ltd. v. John Wanamaker, NY
- O'CONNELL v. United States
- E. W. Bliss Co. v. United States
- Calhoun v. Massie
- Leary v. United States
- Erie Railroad v. Collins
- Erie Railroad v. Szary
- White v. Chin Fong
- United States v. Alaska Steamship Co.
- Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. Stewart
- Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. McCaull Co
- Newman v. Moyers
June 1920 · 27 decisions
- Ohio Valley Water Co. v. Ben Avon Borough
- United States v. MacMillan
- Hawke v. Smith (No. 1)
- Weidhorn v. Levy
- United States v. Omaha Tribe of Indians
- Ex Parte Peterson
- United States Ex Rel. Johnson v. Payne
- Fidelity Title & Trust Co. v. Dubois Electric Co.
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Kittanning Iron & Steel Manufacturing Co.
- Cream of Wheat Co. v. County of Grand Forks
- LeCrone v. McAdoo
- Fort Smith & Western Railroad v. Mills
- Scott v. Frazier
- Stallings v. Splain
- City of New York v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NY
- Hawke v. Smith (No. 2)
- Evans v. Gore
- Piedmont Power & Light Co. v. Town of Graham
- Green v. Frazier
- United States v. North American Transportation & Trading Co.
- Nadeau v. Union Pacific Railroad
- F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia
- Beidler v. United States
- National Prohibition Cases
- Kwock Jan Fat v. White
- Federal Trade Commission v. Gratz
- Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Mor
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