Term recap
October Term 1926 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1926, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
201
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
27
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 11, 1926 and the last on June 6, 1927. The busiest single day was February 21, 1927 with 26 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1926 · 7 decisions
November 1926 · 33 decisions
- Hebert v. Louisiana
- Moore v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.
- Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Minnesota v. Duluth Street Ry. Co
- United States v. One Ford Coupe Automobile
- Yankton Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States
- Anderson v. Shipowners Assn. of Pacific Coast
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.
- Michigan v. Wisconsin
- McCardle v. Indianapolis Water Co.
- Graves v. Minnesota
- I. T. S. Rubber Co. v. Essex Rubber Co.
- Southern Pacific Co. v. United States
- Brasfield v. United States
- Hudson v. United States
- United States v. NY Cent. RR
- Van Oster v. Kansas
- Hughes Brothers Timber Co. v. Minnesota
- United States v. General Electric Co.
- Hanover Fire Insurance v. Harding
- Deutsche Bank Filiale Nurnberg v. Humphrey
- Massachusetts State Grange v. Benton
- Dodge v. United States
- Luckenbach Steamship Co. v. United States
- Salinger v. United States
- United States v. Brims
- Federal Trade Commission v. Western Meat Co.
- Port Gardner Investment Co. v. United States
- Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. Doughton
- Ottinger v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NY
- Ottinger v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.
- Lambert v. Yellowley
- Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- Duffy v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
December 1926 · 6 decisions
January 1927 · 34 decisions
- Virginian Railway Co. v. United States
- Eastern Transportation Co. v. United States
- Postum Cereal Co. v. California Fig Nut Co.
- Los Angeles Brush Manufacturing Corp. v. James
- Emmons Coal Mining Co. v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
- Miller v. Milwaukee
- Steamship Willdomino v. Citro Chemical Co.
- Garland's Heirs v. Choctaw Nation. Pitchlynn v. Same
- De La Mettrie v. De Gasquet James
- United States v. Gettinger & Pomerantz
- Albrecht v. United States
- Florida v. Mellon
- Myers v. Hurley Motor Co.
- Byars v. United States
- Di Santo v. Pennsylvania
- Interstate Busses Corp. v. Holyoke Street Railway Co.
- Federal Trade Commission v. Pacific States Paper Trade Ass'n
- Maguire & Co. v. United States
- Liberty Warehouse Co. v. Grannis
- Wong Tai v. United States
- Public Utilities Commission v. Attleboro Steam & Electric Co.
- Oklahoma v. Texas, United States, Intervener
- McGuire v. United States
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. United States
- United States Ex Rel. Vajtauer v. Commissioner of Immigration
- Bothwell v. Buckbee-Mears Co
- Waggoner Estate v. Wichita County
- James-Dickinson Farm Mortgage Co. v. Harry
- Missouri Ex Rel. Wabash Railway Co. v. Public Service Commission
- Mosler Safe Co. v. Ely-Norris Safe Co.
- McGrain v. Daugherty
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sutherland
- Jones v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.
- Jacob Reed's Sons v. United States
February 1927 · 29 decisions
- United States v. Noveck
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.
- Charleston Mining Co. v. United States
- Barrett Co. v. United States
- De Forest Radio Telephone Co. v. United States
- Hellmich v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
- Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Oklahoma
- United States v. Ritterman
- American Railway Express Co. v. Kentucky
- American Railway Express Co. v. Royster Guano Co.
- Louisiana & Western Railroad v. Gardiner
- Farrington, Governor v. T. Tokushige
- United States v. Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad
- Pueblo of Santa Rosa v. Fall, Secretary of the Interior
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States
- Davis Sewing MacHine Co. v. United States
- Sacramento Navigation Co. v. Salz
- Smyer v. United States
- United States v. Burton Coal Co.
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Porter
- Quon Quon Poy v. Johnson
- Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co.
- Myers v. International Trust Co.
- Fred T. Ley & Co. v. United States
- Smith v. Wilson
- United States v. Trenton Potteries Co.
- Swiss Oil Corp. v. Shanks
- Hayman v. City of Galveston
- Beech-Nut Packing Co. v. P. Lorillard Co.
March 1927 · 7 decisions
April 1927 · 29 decisions
- Minnesota v. First National Bank of St. Paul
- Georgetown National Bank v. McFarland
- United States v. Shelby Iron Co.
- Shields v. United States
- Kelley v. Oregon
- Fairmont Creamery Co. v. Minnesota
- Ohio Public Service Co. v. Ohio Ex Rel. Fritz
- Hodgson v. Federal Oil & Development Co.
- Hoffman v. Missouri Ex Rel. Foraker
- Lowe v. Dickson
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
- Bedford Cut Stone Co. v. Journeymen Stone Cutters' Ass'n
- Northern Railway Co. v. Page
- Southern Railway Co. v. Kentucky
- McDonald v. Maxwell
- American National Co. v. United States
- United States Ex Rel. Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United States Tariff Commission
- Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Co. v. Yeldell
- New York Dock Co. v. Steamship Poznan
- Fidelity Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Kansas City v. Swope
- Morris v. Duby
- Federal Trade Commission v. Klesner
- Federal Trade Commission v. Claire Furnace Co.
- Kadow v. Paul
- Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- United States v. International Harvester Co.
- Road Dist. v. Mo. Pac. RR Co.
- Mayor of Vidalia v. McNeely
- Twist v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.
May 1927 · 52 decisions
- Duignan v. United States
- Buck v. Bell
- Burnrite Coal Briquette Co. v. Riggs
- Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. v. United States
- Kercheval v. United States
- United States v. Stone & Downer Co.
- Zimmermann v. Sutherland, Alien Property Custodian
- Westfall v. United States
- United States v. Sullivan
- United States v. Alford
- United States v. Sisal Sales Corp.
- Deal v. United States
- Hope Natural Gas Co. v. Hall, State Tax Commissioner
- Alston v. United States
- United States v. Ludey
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Spiller
- Baltimore Steamship Co. v. Phillips
- Zahn v. Board of Public Works
- Burns v. United States
- Phelps v. United States
- CHI., ETC. RY. v. Pub. Util. Com.
- Hess v. Pawloski
- Whitney v. California
- Fiske v. Kansas
- Ohio Ex Rel. Clarke v. Deckebach
- United States v. S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co.
- Fort Smith Light & Traction Co. v. Board of Improvement of Paving Dist. No. 16 of City of Fort Smith
- Posados v. City of Manila
- Seeman v. Philadelphia Warehouse Co.
- Overland Motor Co. v. Packard Motor Co.
- Messel v. Foundation Co.
- Rhea v. Smith
- Cline v. Frink Dairy Co.
- United States v. Freights
- Empire Trust Co. v. Cahan
- Biddle v. Perovich
- New York v. Illinois & Sanitary District of Chicago
- Power Manufacturing Co. v. Saunders
- Longest v. Langford
- Maul v. United States
- Nichols v. Coolidge
- Federal Trade Commission v. American Tobacco Co.
- Joines v. Patterson
- Clark v. Poor
- United States v. Lee
- The Assigned Car Cases
- Lawrence v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
- Arkansas Railroad Commission v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
- Gorieb v. Fox
- Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. United States
- Stewart & Co. v. Rivara
- Federal Trade Commission v. Eastman Kodak Co.
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