Term recap
October Term 1931 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1931, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
152
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
22
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 19, 1931 and the last on May 31, 1932. The busiest single day was May 16, 1932 with 22 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1931 · 3 decisions
November 1931 · 23 decisions
- United States v. Kirby Lumber Co
- Moore v. Bay
- Handy & Harman v. Burnet
- Phillips v. Dime Trust & Safe Deposit Co.
- Permutit Co. v. Graver Corp.
- Santovincenzo v. Egan
- Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co.
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kuhn
- United States v. Murdock
- Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance v. Glidden Co.
- State Tax Comm'n of Miss. v. Interstate Natural Gas Co.
- Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, Los Angeles Cty.
- United States v. Ryan
- Western Pacific California Railroad v. Southern Pacific Co.
- Southern Railway Co. v. Walters
- De Laval Steam Turbine Co. v. United States
- Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Bolle
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
- Sun Insurance Office v. Scott
- Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad
- Cumberland Coal Co. v. Board of Revision of Tax Assessments in Greene Cty.
- Hoeper v. Tax Comm'n of Wis.
- United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
December 1931 · 4 decisions
January 1932 · 17 decisions
- Lewis v. Reynolds
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad v. Terte
- Matson Navigation Co. v. United States
- First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Maine
- Marine Transit Corp. v. Dreyfus
- Denton v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
- Transit Commission v. United States
- American Hide & Leather Co. v. United States
- Hodge Drive-It-Yourself Co. v. Cincinnati
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Industrial Commission
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. United States
- Iowa-Des Moines National Bank v. Bennett
- Dunn v. United States
- Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
- Baltimore & Phila. Steamboat Co. v. Norton
- Southern Railway Co. v. Kentucky
February 1932 · 24 decisions
- United States Ex Rel. Polymeris v. Trudell
- Stratton, Secretary of State of Illinois, v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
- Blackmer v. United States
- Central Pacific Railway Co. v. Alameda County
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Bezue
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon
- United States Navigation Co. v. Cunard Steamship Co.
- Bergholm v. Peoria Life Ins. Co.
- Realty Acceptance Corp. v. Montgomery
- Leman v. Krentler-Arnold Hinge Last Co.
- United States Cartridge Co. v. United States
- Old Colony Railroad v. Commissioner
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. David
- Henkel v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry. Co.
- Singleton v. Cheek
- Matthews v. Rodgers
- Miller v. Standard Nut Margarine Co. of Fla.
- Utah v. United States
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Bachmann
- Packer Corp. v. Utah
- Burnet v. Chicago Portrait Co.
- Hurley v. Kincaid
- Crowell v. Benson
- Western Distributing Co. v. Public Service Commission
March 1932 · 21 decisions
- Daniel v. Guaranty Trust Co. of NY
- Stevens v. the White City
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Bunn
- Southern Pacific Co. v. United States
- Bowers v. Lawyers Mortgage Co.
- United States v. Home Title Insurance
- Galveston Wharf Co. v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Phoenix National Bank & Trust Co.
- Burnet v. Leininger
- D. Ginsberg & Sons, Inc. v. Popkin
- Lamb v. Cramer
- Lamb v. Schmitt
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Temple
- Leach v. Nichols
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. Armburg
- Eastern Air Transport, Inc. v. South Carolina Tax Commission
- Shearer v. Burnet
- New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann
- Heiner v. Donnan
- Handy v. Delaware Trust Co.
- American Trading Co. v. H. E. Heacock Co.
April 1932 · 15 decisions
- Shriver v. Woodbine Savings Bank
- Pacific Co. v. Johnson
- Burnet v. Coronado Oil & Gas Co.
- Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Co. v. United States
- United States v. Lefkowitz
- United States v. Limehouse
- Coombes v. Getz
- Callahan v. United States
- Hagner v. United States
- Smiley v. Holm
- United States v. Scharton
- Koenig v. Flynn
- Carroll v. Becker
- Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. v. Hicks
- Canada Malting Co. v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd.
May 1932 · 45 decisions
- Nixon v. Condon
- General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. United States
- Taylor v. United States
- United States v. Smith
- United States v. Commercial Credit Co.
- United States v. the Ruth Mildred
- General Import & Export Co. v. United States
- United States v. Swift & Co.
- Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal
- Wyoming v. Colorado
- Bradford Elec. Light Co. v. Clapper
- Continental Tie & Lumber Co. v. United States
- Lawrence v. State Tax Comm'n of Miss.
- Woolford Realty Co. v. Rose
- Michigan v. Michigan Trust Co.
- McCormick & Co. v. Brown
- Reed v. Allen
- Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. v. United States
- Blakey v. Brinson
- Piedmont & Northern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Planters Cotton Oil Co. v. Hopkins
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Simpson
- Page v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.
- Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. Berry
- MacDonald v. Plymouth County Trust Co.
- UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. v. PFOST, COMMISSIONER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, Et Al.
- Southern Railway Co. v. Dantzler
- Southern Railway Co. v. Youngblood
- Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma
- MacLaughlin v. Alliance Insurance
- Ex Parte Green
- Hardeman v. Witbeck
- North American Oil Consolidated v. Burnet
- Adams v. Mills
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad v. Borum
- Erie Railroad v. Duplak
- Atlantic Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. United States
- Continental Baking Co. v. Woodring
- United States v. Kombst
- Rude v. Buchhalter
- Sproles v. Binford
- Colorado v. Symes
- Porter v. Investors Syndicate
- Edwards v. United States
- Gregg Dyeing Co. v. Query
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