Term recap
October Term 1920 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1920, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
213
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
25
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 11, 1920 and the last on June 6, 1921. The busiest single day was February 28, 1921 with 35 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1920 · 3 decisions
November 1920 · 20 decisions
- Heald v. District of Columbia
- New York Scaffolding Co. v. Liebel-Binney Construction Co.
- New York Scaffolding Co. v. Chain Belt Co.
- United States v. Butt
- Pryor v. Williams
- New York Ex Rel. Troy Union Railroad v. Mealy
- Johnson v. Maryland
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. United States
- Arndstein v. McCarthy
- United States v. National Surety Co.
- Niles-Bement-Pond Co. v. Iron Moulders Union Local No. 68
- Wells Brothers Co. of NY v. United States
- Street v. Lincoln Safe Deposit Co.
- Turner v. Wade
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. Johnson
- Harris v. Bell
- Underwood Typewriter Co. v. Chamberlain
- Watson v. State Comptroller of NY
- Horning v. District of Columbia
- Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad v. United States
December 1920 · 26 decisions
- Coca-Cola Co. v. Koke Co. of America
- Berlin Mills Co. v. Procter & Gamble Co.
- De Rees v. Costaguta
- Wells Fargo & Co. v. Taylor
- Jin Fuey Moy v. United States
- Chicago & C. Ry. v. DES MOINES & C. RY
- Nicchia v. New York
- Bothwell v. United States
- Sampliner v. Motion Picture Patents Co.
- Great Western Serum Co. v. United States
- Thames Towboat Co. v. the Schooner "Francis McDonald"
- Ana Maria Sugar Co. v. Quinones
- United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
- Haupt v. United States
- The State of Oklahoma v. The State of Texas
- United States v. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Holland-America Lijn)
- United States v. Wheeler
- Walls v. Midland Carbon Co.
- Gilbert v. Minnesota
- United States Ex Rel. Hall v. Payne
- Vallely v. Northern Fire & Marine Insurance
- Calveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Woodbury
- Thornton v. Duffy
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Washburn Lignite Coal Co.
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. C. L. Merrick Co.
- Marshall v. New York
January 1921 · 28 decisions
- Cochran v. United States
- Erie Railroad v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Berkshire
- Atwater v. Guernsey
- Sullivan v. Kidd
- Duplex Printing Press Co. v. Deering
- Bracht v. San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co.
- United States v. Strang
- Mangan v. United States
- Director General of Railroads v. Viscose Co.
- J. W. Goldsmith, Jr.-Grant Co. v. United States
- Bullock v. Florida Ex Rel. Railroad Comm'n of Fla.
- Ex Parte Muir
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. Public Service Commission
- Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. J. F. French & Co.
- Louie v. United States
- Panama Railroad v. Pigott
- Central Union Trust Co. of NY v. Garvan
- La Motte v. United States
- Journal & Tribune Co. v. United States
- Geddes v. Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
- Oklahoma v. Texas
- Kahn v. Anderson
- Givens v. Zerbst
- Berger v. United States
- Alaska Fish Salting & By-Products Co. v. Smith
- Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. v. Stark
- Hogan v. O'NEILL
February 1921 · 35 decisions
- Port of Seattle v. Oregon & Washington Railroad
- El Banco Popular De Economias Y Prestamos v. Wilcox
- T. M. Duche & Sons, Ltd. v. American Schooner "John Twohy"
- United States v. L. Cohen Grocery Co.
- Tedrow v. A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Co.
- Kennington v. Palmer
- Kinnane v. Detroit Creamery Co.
- C. A. Weed & Co. v. Lockwood
- G. S. Willard Co. v. Palmer
- Oglesby Grocery Co. v. United States
- Weeds, Inc. v. United States
- Vandalia Railroad v. Schnull
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. City of Fremont
- Hartford Life Insurance v. Blincoe
- United States v. Russell
- Lower Vein Coal Co. v. Industrial Bd. of Ind.
- Silver King Coalition Mines Co. v. Conkling Mining Co.
- United States v. Rogers
- United States v. Highsmith
- Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co.
- The Pesaro
- The Carlo Poma
- Bodkin v. Edwards
- Baender v. Barnett
- Payne v. Central Pacific Railway Co.
- Stoehr v. Wallace
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. J. F. Hasty & Sons
- New Orleans Land Co. v. Leader Realty Co.
- Edward Rutledge Timber Co. v. Farrell
- Maguire v. Reardon
- Ex Parte Chicago, RI & Pac. Ry.
- Armour & Co. v. City of Dallas
- Dawson v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co.
- Gouled v. United States
- United States v. Field
March 1921 · 21 decisions
- Amos v. United States
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Burke
- United States v. Diamond Coal & Coke Co.
- Williams v. United States
- Oregon—Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. v. United States
- Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur v. Cauble
- Payne v. New Mexico
- Winton v. Amos
- Pierce v. United States
- United States Ex Rel. Milwaukee Social Democratic Publishing Co. v. Burleson
- Payne v. United States Ex Rel. Newton
- United States v. Pfitsch
- Quong Ham Wah Co. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal.
- Ex Parte Riddle
- Hollis v. Kutz
- Lang v. New York Central Railroad
- Friedman v. United States
- United States v. Coronado Beach Co.
- Wyoming v. United States
- Merchants' Loan & Trust Co. v. Smietanka
- Walsh v. Brewster
April 1921 · 28 decisions
- Eldorado Coal & Mining Co. v. Mager
- Goodrich v. Edwards
- Southern Iowa Electric Co. v. City of Chariton
- City of San Antonio v. San Antonio Public Service Co.
- Chase v. United States
- Gilpin v. United States
- United States v. Smith
- Silver King Coalition Mines Co. v. Conkling Mining Co.
- Arkansas v. Mississippi
- Baldwin Co. v. R. S. Howard Co.
- American Steel Foundries v. Whitehead
- Minnesota Ex Rel. Whipple v. Martinson
- Galbraith v. Vallely
- United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
- Oklahoma v. Textas
- Ownbey v. Morgan
- Wall v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
- Bank of Minden v. Clement
- Miller & Lux, Inc. v. Sacramento & San Joaquin Drainage District
- Ex Parte National Park Bank
- MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. McGREW COAL COMPANY
- Block v. Hirsh
- Marcus Brown Holding Co. v. Feldman
- Privett v. United States
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
- Frey & Son, Inc. v. Cudahy Packing Co.
- North Dakota v. Minnesota
- Nickel v. Cole
May 1921 · 20 decisions
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Middlekamp
- Newberry v. United States
- St. Louis & East St. Louis Electric Railway Co. v. Missouri Ex Rel. Hagerman
- New York v. New Jersey
- Blanset v. Cardin
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. Di Donato
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. Polk
- Brown v. United States
- New York Trust Co. v. Eisner
- Heitmuller v. Stokes
- Krichman v. United States
- Dillon v. Gloss
- Yee Won v. White
- United States v. Aetna Explosives Co.
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. York & Whitney Co.
- Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Co. v. Anderson-Tully Co.
- Ex Parte Matthew Addy Steamship & Commerce Corp.
- American Bank & Trust Co. v. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- LaBelle Iron Works v. United States
- Frederick v. Fidelity Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Philadelphia
June 1921 · 32 decisions
- Michigan Central Railroad v. Mark Owen & Co.
- United States v. Yuginovich
- Burdeau v. McDowell
- Culpepper v. Ocheltree
- United States v. Bowling
- Anchor Oil Co. v. Gray
- United States v. Hutto
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. MacKey
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Nichols & Co.
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Ault
- Norfolk-Southern Railroad v. Owens
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.
- Sutton v. United States
- Dane v. Jackson
- Bethlehem Motors Corp. v. Flynt
- Heirs of Garland v. Choctaw Nation
- United States v. American Chicle Co.
- McLaren v. Fleischer
- Ex Parte State of New York, No. 1
- Ex Parte State of New York, No. 2
- Ex Parte Lincoln Gas & Electric Light Co.
- Oklahoma v. Texas
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. United States
- Ex Parte Hussein Lutfi Bey
- Texas Co. v. Hogarth Shipping Co.
- United States v. Woodward
- Merchants' Nat. Bank of Richmond v. Richmond
- Bowman v. Continental Oil Co.
- Harris v. District of Columbia
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Poston
- Weber Electric Co. v. E. H. Freeman Electric Co.
- KANS. CITY SO. RY. v. Road Imp. Dist. No. 6
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