Term recap
October Term 1936 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1936, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
163
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
21
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 12, 1936 and the last on June 1, 1937. The busiest single day was February 1, 1937 with 25 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1936 · 3 decisions
November 1936 · 20 decisions
- Barwise v. Sheppard
- Chisholm v. Gilmer
- Mechanics Universal Joint Co. v. Culhane
- Foust v. Munson Steamship Lines
- Bourdieu v. Pacific Western Oil Co.
- Essex Razor Blade Corp. v. Gillette Safety Razor Co.
- State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co.
- Fox v. Capital Co.
- Helvering v. Illinois Life Insurance
- In Re 620 Church Street Building Corp.
- Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian
- Missouri v. Ross
- Cate v. Beasley
- Jose Rivera Soler & Co. v. United Firemen's Ins. Co. of Philadelphia
- Southeastern Express Co. v. Pastime Amusement Co.
- Tennessee Publishing Co. v. American National Bank
- Wainer v. United States
- P. J. Carlin Construction Co. v. Heaney
- Valentine v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
- Valentine v. United States Ex Rel. Neidecker
December 1936 · 23 decisions
- Prairie Farmer Publishing Co. v. Indiana Farmer's Guide Publishing Co.
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Yates
- Pufahl v. Estate of Parks
- United States v. Wood
- British-American Oil Producing Co. v. Board of Equalization of Mont.
- Mountain States Power Co. v. Public Serv. Comm'n of Mont.
- McKee v. Paradise
- United States v. Esnault-Pelterie
- Villa v. Van Schaick
- National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers v. Wood
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. United States
- Helvering v. Fried
- Landis v. North American Co.
- Old Dearborn Distributing Co. v. Seagram-Distillers Corp.
- Schafer v. Helvering
- Pep Boys, Manny, Moe & Jack of California, Inc. v. Pyroil Sales Co.
- United States v. Resnick
- KVOS, Inc. v. Associated Press
- Duke Power Co. v. Greenwood County
- Binney v. Long
- Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. v. Lutz
- United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
- Kammerer v. Kroeger
January 1937 · 16 decisions
- W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- De Jonge v. Oregon
- Shapleigh v. Mier
- Kentucky Whip & Collar Co. v. Illinois Central Railroad
- New York Ex Rel. Rogers v. Graves
- Meadows v. Irving Trust Co.
- Employers Reinsurance Corp. v. Bryant
- United States v. Seminole Nation
- Hauge v. Chicago
- Bengzon v. Secretary of Justice of Philippine Islands
- New York Ex Rel. Whitney v. Graves
- City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Irving Trust Co.
- Kuehner v. Irving Trust Co.
- Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. v. United States
- Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United States
- United States v. Hudson
February 1937 · 26 decisions
- Hill v. United States Ex Rel. Weiner
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Washington
- Midland Realty Co. v. Kansas City Power & Light Co.
- Osaka Shosen Kaisha Line v. United States
- Richmond Mortgage & Loan Corp. v. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.
- Blair v. Commissioner
- Wayne County Board of Review v. Great Lakes Steel Corp.
- Cummings v. Deutsche Bank Und Discontogesellschaft
- Elmhurst Cemetery Co. of Joliet v. Commissioner
- Taber v. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co.
- Wayne United Gas Co. v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.
- Isbrandtsen-Moller Co. v. United States
- Kelly v. United States
- Morley Construction Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.
- United States v. Giles
- Dupont v. United States
- United States Ex Rel. Wilhelm v. Chain
- Honeyman v. Hanan
- Knox National Farm Loan Ass'n v. Phillips
- Schwartz v. Irving Trust Co.
- O'CONNOR v. Mills
- Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp.
- Ickes v. Fox
- Stockholders of Peoples Banking Co. v. Sterling
- American Life Insurance v. Stewart
- Helvering v. Midland Mutual Life Insurance
March 1937 · 31 decisions
- Holyoke Water Power Co. v. American Writing Paper Co.
- Powell v. United States
- Henderson Co. v. Thompson
- New York Ex Rel. Cohn v. Graves
- Sumi v. Young
- Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth
- Ingels v. Morf
- Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Co.
- Swayne & Hoyt, Ltd. v. United States
- Lawrence v. Shaw
- Hoffman v. Rauch
- Founders General Corp. v. Hoey
- Phelps v. Board of Ed. of West New York
- Brush v. Commissioner
- Matos v. Alonso Hermanos
- West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40
- Dugas v. American Surety Co.
- Henneford v. Silas Mason Co.
- Martin v. National Surety Co.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Scarlett
- Wright v. Vinton Branch of Mountain Trust Bank of Roanoke
- General Baking Co. v. Harr
- United States v. Madigan
- Highland Farms Dairy, Inc. v. Agnew
- Brown v. O'KEEFE
- Stroehmann v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY
- United States v. Norris
- American Propeller & Manufacturing Co. v. United States
- Sonzinsky v. United States
- Helvering v. Tex-Penn Oil Co.
April 1937 · 21 decisions
- District of Columbia v. Clawans
- Associated Press v. National Labor Relations Board
- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Fruehauf Trailer Co.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Friedman-Harry Marks Clothing Co.
- Washington, Virginia & Maryland Coach Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Herndon v. Lowry
- Boseman v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
- Bourjois, Inc. v. Chapman
- Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
- Alaska Packers Assn. v. Pillsbury
- Southern Natural Gas Corp. v. Alabama
- Welch v. Obispo Oil Co.
- Ray v. United States
- Mumm v. Jacob E. Decker & Sons
- Steelman v. All Continent Corp.
- First Bank Stock Corp. v. Minnesota
- Shulman v. Wilson-Sheridan Hotel Co.
- National Fertilizer Assn., Inc. v. Bradley
- Smith v. Hall
- Oppenheimer v. Harriman National Bank & Trust Co.
May 1937 · 20 decisions
- United States v. Belmont
- Cincinnati Soap Co. v. United States
- Chippewa Indians of Minn. v. United States
- First National Bank & Trust Co. v. Beach
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Grosjean
- Lindsey v. Washington
- Anniston Manufacturing Co. v. Davis
- Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner
- United States v. American Sheet & Tin Plate Co.
- A. A. Lewis & Co. v. Commissioner
- Aetna Insurance v. Kennedy Ex Rel. Bogash
- Stone v. White
- United States Ex Rel. Girard Trust Co. v. Helvering
- Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance v. Harrison
- Senn v. Tile Layers Protective Union
- Mantle Lamp Co. v. Aluminum Products Co.
- Townsend v. Yeomans
- Steward MacHine Co. v. Davis
- Duke v. United States
- Carmichael v. Southern Coal & Coke Co.
June 1937 · 3 decisions
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