Term recap
October Term 1921 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1921, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
177
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
24
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 24, 1921 and the last on June 5, 1922. The busiest single day was February 27, 1922 with 31 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1921 · 2 decisions
November 1921 · 22 decisions
- Nicholas v. United States
- Norris v. United States
- Eberlein v. United States
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. City of Clarksdale
- Wilson v. Republic Iron & Steel Co.
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Weber
- Breiholz v. Board of Supervisors of Pocahontas Cty.
- Citizens Nat. Bank of Cincinnati v. Durr
- Louisiana & Pine Bluff Railway Co. v. United States
- Hunt v. United States
- Marine Railway & Coal Co. v. United States
- Springfield Gas & Electric Co. v. City of Springfield
- United States v. Sacks
- United States v. Janowitz
- Hildreth v. Mastoras
- Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. Journey
- Crescent Cotton Oil Co. v. Mississippi
- John Horstmann Co. v. United States
- United States v. Phellis
- Kern River Co. v. United States
- Rockefeller v. United States
- Smietanka, Collector of Internal Revenue v. First Trust & Savings Bank
December 1921 · 17 decisions
- American Steel Foundries v. Tri-City Central Trades Council
- Western Fuel Co. v. Garcia
- Hurley v. Commission of Fisheries of Va.
- Central Railroad v. United States & Interstate Commerce Commission
- Kahn v. United States
- Robert Mitchell Furniture Co. v. Selden Breck Construction Co.
- North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Soley
- Rafferty v. Smith, Bell & Co.
- Eureka Pipe Line Co. v. Hallanan
- United Fuel Gas Co. v. Hallahan
- Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. v. Bondurant
- Miller v. American Bonding Co.
- Hill v. Wallace
- Curtis v. Connly
- Economy Light & Power Co. v. United States
- Truax v. Corrigan
- American Column & Lumber Co. v. United States
January 1922 · 10 decisions
- Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. Rohde
- Cunningham v. Rodgers
- Federal Trade Commission v. Beech-Nut Packing Co.
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. Fall
- Davis v. Wallace
- North Dakota Ex Rel. Lemke v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
- Georgia v. South Carolina
- Gillespie v. Oklahoma
- International Railway Co. v. Davidson
- Corneli v. Moore
February 1922 · 31 decisions
- Wood v. United States
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Clarendon Boat Oar Co.
- Jones v. United States
- Leach v. Carlile
- Crane v. Hahlo
- John L. Whiting—J. J. Adams Co. v. Burrill
- United States v. M. Rice & Co.
- Wallace v. United States
- Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co. v. Salm
- New Bedford Dry Dock Co. v. Purdy
- Commissioners of Road Improvement District No. 2 v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
- Fairchild v. Hughes
- Wisconsin RR Comm. v. C., B. & QRR CO.
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- New York v. United States
- Crichton v. Wingfield
- Territory of Alaska v. Troy
- Lemke v. Farmers Grain Co. of Embden
- Leser v. Garnett
- John Simmons Co. v. Grier Brothers Co.
- Lemke v. Homer Farmers Elevator Co.
- Reed v. Director General of Railroads
- United States v. Cook
- Gooch v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
- Schaff v. J. C. Famechon Co.
- Terral v. Burke Construction Co.
- Hawes v. Georgia
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. United States
- MacArthur Brothers Co. v. United States
- Burrill v. Locomobile Co.
- Bank of Jasper v. First Nat. Bank of Rome
March 1922 · 18 decisions
- State of Minnesota v. State of Wisconsin
- Texas v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Newton, Atty. Gen. Of State of New York v. New York & Queens Gas Co
- Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NY
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.
- Levinson v. United States
- Howat v. Kansas
- Newton v. Kings County Lighting Co.
- Irwin v. Wright
- First Nat. Bank of Aiken v. JL Mott Iron Works
- Texas v. Eastern Texas Railroad
- Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Oklahoma
- Pacific Mail Steamship Co. v. Lucas
- United Zinc & Chemical Co. v. Britt
- Edgar A. Levy Leasing Co. v. Siegel
- United States v. Balint
- United States v. Behrman
- Ponzi v. Fessenden
April 1922 · 24 decisions
- White Oak Transportation Co. v. Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co.
- Wallace v. United States
- United States v. Bethlehem Steel Co.
- First Nat. Bank of Gulfport v. Adams
- Hump Hairpin Manufacturing Co. v. Emmerson
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. C. C. Whitnack Produce Co.
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States
- Collins v. McDonald
- Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Bankers Trust Co. v. City of Raton
- Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. v. McGinn
- Ferry v. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co.
- Balzac v. Porto Rico
- Greiner v. Lewellyn
- Forbes Pioneer Boat Line v. Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District
- Standard Fashion Co. v. Magrane-Houston Co.
- Exporters of Manufacturers' Products, Inc. v. Butterworth-Judson Co.
- Galveston Electric Co. v. City of Galveston
- Vigliotti v. Pennsylvania
- Essanay Film Manufacturing Co. v. Kane
- United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. United States
- Dahn v. Davis
- United States v. Moreland
- Texas Co. v. Brown
May 1922 · 42 decisions
- Oklahoma v. Texas
- Shwab v. Doyle
- Union Trust Co. of San Francisco v. Wardell
- Levy v. Wardell
- Federal Trade Commission v. Winsted Hosiery Co.
- Knox v. McElligott
- Stafford v. Wallace
- Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet Corporation
- Union Tool Co. v. Wilson
- Atherton Mills v. Johnston
- Pierce Oil Corp. v. Phoenix Refining Co.
- Ewert v. Bluejacket
- British Columbia Mills Tug & Barge Co. v. Mylroie
- South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Co. v. City of Newport
- American Smelting and Refining Co. v. United States
- Rainier Brewing Co. v. Great Northern Pacific Steamship Co.
- Heald v. District of Columbia
- Bailey, Collector of Internal Revenue v. George
- Hill v. Wallace
- Child Labor Tax Case
- Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NY
- Grogan v. Hiram Walker & Sons, Ltd.
- Pine Hill Coal Co. v. United States
- Santa Fe Pacific Railroad v. Fall
- Kendall v. Ewert
- Ng Fung Ho v. White
- Carlisle Packing Co. v. Sandanger
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.
- Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
- Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md. v. United States
- Fidelity Title & Trust Co. v. United States
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. Liebing
- Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal. v. Davis
- Olin v. Kitzmiller
- Miles v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore
- United States v. Southern Pacific Co.
- Continental Insurance v. United States
- State Industrial Comm'n of NY v. Nordenholt Corp.
- Morrisdale Coal Co. v. United States
- Collins v. Loisel
- United States Ex Rel. French v. Weeks
- City of Houston v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
June 1922 · 11 decisions
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Cheek
- State of Georgia v. State of South Carolina
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Perry
- Oklahoma v. Texas
- Ex Parte Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
- Weiland v. Pioneer Irrigation Co.
- Wyoming v. Colorado
- United Mine Workers v. Coronado Coal Co.
- Ward & Gow v. Krinsky
- Lipke v. Lederer
- United States Ex Rel. Creary v. Weeks
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