Term recap
October Term 1928 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1928, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
130
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
20
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 7, 1928 and the last on June 3, 1929. The busiest single day was January 2, 1929 with 23 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1928 · 5 decisions
November 1928 · 13 decisions
- Jordan v. Tashiro
- Boston Sand and Gravel Co. v. United States
- Ex Parte Public National Bank of New York
- New York Ex Rel. Bryant v. Zimmerman
- Charles Warner Co. v. Independent Pier Co.
- Lehigh Valley Railroad v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners
- Washington Ex Rel. Seattle Title Trust Co. v. Roberge
- Herkness v. Irion
- Louis K. Liggett Co. v. Baldridge
- Hunt v. United States
- United States v. Cambridge Loan & Building Co.
- United States v. Lenson
- Pacific Steamship Co. v. Peterson
December 1928 · 3 decisions
January 1929 · 27 decisions
- United Fuel Gas Co. v. Railroad Commission
- United States v. Williams
- International Shoe Co. v. Pinkus
- United States v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
- Botany Worsted Mills v. United States
- United Fuel Co. v. Public Service Commission of West Virginia
- Gleason v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.
- Russell v. United States
- Weil v. Neary
- Slaker v. O'CONNOR
- Roe v. Kansas Ex Rel. Smith
- Williams v. Standard Oil Co. of La.
- West v. Standard Oil Co.
- Commercial Casualty Insurance v. Consolidated Stone Co.
- Chase National Bank v. United States
- United States v. Carver
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad v. Mars
- Cogen v. United States
- Reinecke v. Northern Trust Co.
- George Van Camp & Sons Co. v. American Can Co.
- Highway Comm. of Wyoming v. Utah Construction Co.
- Lash's Products Co. v. United States
- Lawrence v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
- Oriel v. Russell
- Wisconsin v. Illinois
- Exchange Trust Co. v. Drainage Dist. No. 7, Poinsett Cty.
- United States v. Commonwealth & Dominion Line, Ltd.
February 1929 · 19 decisions
- Larson v. South Dakota
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Minnesota
- Nielsen v. Johnson
- McDonald v. United States
- Michigan Central Railroad v. Mix
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. White
- Rice & Adams Corp. v. Lathrop
- Arlington Hotel Co. v. Fant
- Taft v. Bowers
- Morimura, Arai & Co. v. Taback
- Leonard v. United States
- Hart Refineries v. Harmon
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Koske
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Hughes
- Cudahy Packing Co. v. Hinkle
- Manley v. Georgia
- Frost v. Corporation Comm'n of Okla.
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Davis
- Salomon v. State Tax Comm'n of NY
March 1929 · 2 decisions
April 1929 · 21 decisions
- Grayson v. Harris
- Gilchrist v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.
- County of Spokane v. United States
- Alabama v. United States
- Karnuth v. United States Ex Rel. Albro
- Ithaca Trust Co. v. United States
- Helson & Randolph v. Kentucky
- Carson Petroleum Co. v. Vial, Sheriff & Tax Collector
- Pampanga Sugar Mills v. Trinidad
- Compañia General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue
- Riehle v. Margolies
- Alberto v. Nicolas
- United States Printing & Lithograph Co. v. Griggs, Cooper & Co.
- Sutter Butte Canal Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of Cal.
- London Guarantee & Accident Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission
- Sinclair v. United States
- Highland v. Russell Car & Snow Plow Co.
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Chatters
- Posados v. Warner, Barnes & Co.
- Weiss v. Weiner
- Roschen v. Ward
May 1929 · 30 decisions
- Leonard & Leonard v. Earle
- United States v. Fruit Growers Express Co.
- Douglas v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
- United States Ex Rel. Claussen v. Day
- United States v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.
- Morris & Co. v. Skandinavia Insurance
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Rock
- New York Central Railroad v. Johnson
- Ex Parte Worcester County National Bank
- United States v. John Barth Co.
- Central New England Railway Co. v. Boston & Albany Railroad
- Becher v. Contoure Laboratories, Inc.
- International Shoe Co. v. Shartel
- New York v. Latrobe
- St. Louis & O'Fallon Railway Co. v. United States
- Ex Parte Bakelite Corp'n.
- W. A. Marshall & Co. v. S. S. "President Arthur"
- United States v. California Coöperative Canneries
- Lucas v. Alexander
- United States v. American Livestock Commission Co.
- Standard Oil Co. v. City of Marysville
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Alabama Public Service Commission
- White River Lumber Co. v. Arkansas Ex Rel. Applegate
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Stapleton
- United States v. Schwimmer
- Gulf Refining Co. v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Henderson
- The Pocket Veto Case
- MacAllen Co. v. Massachusetts
- Barry v. United States Ex Rel. Cunningham
June 1929 · 10 decisions
- United States v. Boston & Maine Railroad
- Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Driggers
- Atchison, T. & SFR Co. v. United States
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Jones
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States
- Kirk v. Maumee Valley Electric Co.
- Kirk v. Providence Mill Co.
- Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine v. Michaux
- Sinclair v. United States
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