Term recap
October Term 1937 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1937, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
169
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
20
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down November 8, 1937 and the last on May 31, 1938. The busiest single day was December 6, 1937 with 19 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
November 1937 · 13 decisions
- Atlantic Refining Co. v. Virginia
- United States v. Williams
- Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Education Society
- Bogardus v. Commissioner
- Hale v. State Bd. of Assessment and Review
- Kelly v. Washington Ex Rel. Foss Co.
- White v. Aronson
- Groman v. Commissioner
- Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Sullivan v. Ashe
- Dodge v. Board of Ed. of Chicago
- McEachern v. Rose
- Puget Sound Stevedoring Co. v. State Tax Commission
- Palmer v. Commissioner
December 1937 · 23 decisions
- Palko v. Connecticut
- Puerto Rico v. Shell Co. (PR), Ltd.
- Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. Slattery
- Berman v. United States
- Helvering v. Gowran
- Texas v. Donoghue
- Aluminum Co. of America v. United States
- Helvering v. Pfeiffer
- James v. Dravo Contracting Co.
- Worcester County Trust Co. v. Riley
- Willing v. Binenstock
- Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Pink
- Phillips-Jones Corp. v. Parmley
- Forte v. United States
- Frad v. Kelly
- Breedlove v. Suttles
- United States v. Kapp
- Fleisher v. United States
- Silas Mason Co. v. Tax Commission of Washington
- McNair v. Knott
- Smyth v. United States
- Nardone v. United States
- Honeyman v. Hanan
January 1938 · 38 decisions
- Christopher v. Brusselback
- United States v. McGowan
- Leitch Manufacturing Co. v. Barber Co.
- United States v. Garbutt Oil Co.
- United States Ex Rel. Willoughby v. Howard
- Helvering v. Bashford
- Duke Power Co. v. Greenwood County
- Standard Ins. Co. v. United States
- Schuylkill Trust Co. v. Pennsylvania
- United States v. Andrews
- Textile MacHine Works v. Louis Hirsch Textile MacHines, Inc.
- Railroad Commission v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
- Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes
- McCart v. Indianapolis Water Co.
- United States v. Raynor
- Lanasa Fruit Steamship & Importing Co. v. Universal Insurance
- Biddle v. Commissioner
- Ocean Beach Heights, Inc. v. Brown-Crummer Investment Co.
- Minnesota Tea Co. v. Helvering
- Creek Nation v. United States
- United States v. Stevens
- United States v. Jackson
- Wright v. United States
- Lonergan v. United States
- Brady v. Terminal Railroad Assn.
- Blackton v. Gordon
- Foster v. United States
- Adam v. Saenger
- Munro v. United States
- United States v. Esnault-Pelterie
- Compania Espanola De Navegacion Maritima, SA v. the Navemar
- Henneford v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
- Indiana Ex Rel. Anderson v. Brand
- Atkinson v. State Tax Comm'n of Ore.
- Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Schauffler
- Connecticut General Life Insurance v. Johnson
- Kay v. United States
- Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
February 1938 · 23 decisions
- United Gas Public Service Co. v. Texas
- SC Hwy. Dept. v. Barnwell Bros.
- New York Life Insurance v. Gamer
- Maty v. Grasselli Chemical Co.
- New York Ex Rel. Consolidated Water Co. v. Maltbie
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.
- Lauf v. E. G. Shinner & Co.
- Mookini v. United States
- Western Live Stock v. Bureau of Revenue
- McCollum v. Hamilton National Bank
- Helvering v. Bullard
- United States v. Illinois Central Railroad
- Century Indemnity Co. v. Nelson
- Adair v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n
- National Labor Relations Board v. Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc.
- Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad v. United States
- United States v. Klein
- United States v. Patryas
- National Labor Relations Board v. Pacific Greyhound Lines, Inc.
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Oklahoma
- United States v. Griffin
- Helvering v. Therrell
- Hassett v. Welch
March 1938 · 20 decisions
- Helvering v. Mitchell
- Ticonic National Bank v. Sprague
- Helvering v. O'DONNELL
- Helvering v. Elbe Oil Land Development Co.
- Helvering v. Mountain Producers Corp.
- Helvering v. Bankline Oil Co.
- United States v. Wurts
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. Commissioner
- Lovell v. City of Griffin
- Deitrick v. Standard Surety & Casualty Co.
- United States v. O'DONNELL
- State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. Coughran
- Santa Cruz Fruit Packing Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- United States v. Hendler
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. Taylor
- Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp.
- Electric Bond & Share Co. v. Securities & Exchange Comm'n
- Bates Manufacturing Co. v. United States
- Adams v. Nagle
- New York Rapid Transit Corp. v. City of New York
April 1938 · 16 decisions
- Coverdale v. Arkansas-Louisiana Pipe Line Co.
- Shannahan v. United States
- Hale v. Kentucky
- Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
- Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co.
- New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co.
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. United States
- Morgan v. United States
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States
- United States v. Carolene Products Co.
- Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Department of Public Utilities
- United States v. Shoshone Tribe of Indians
- United States v. Klamath & Moadoc Tribes of Indians
- United States v. Bekins
- United States v. Pan American Petroleum Corp.
- Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States
May 1938 · 36 decisions
- Pacific National Co. v. Welch
- Ruhlin v. New York Life Insurance
- United States v. Kaplan
- Petroleum Exploration, Inc. v. Public Service Commission
- Crown Cork & Seal Co. v. Ferdinand Gutmann Co.
- Arkansas Fuel Oil Co. v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Muslow
- In Re the National Labor Relations Board
- St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Ry. v. Brownsville Navigation District
- General Talking Pictures Corp. v. Western Electric Co.
- J. D. Adams Manufacturing Co. v. Storen
- National Labor Relations Board v. MacKay Radio & Telegraph Co.
- Wright v. Union Central Life Insurance
- Helvering v. National Grocery Co.
- Federal Trade Commission v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union v. Donnelly Garment Co.
- Lowe Bros. Co. v. United States
- New York Life Insurance v. Jackson
- Lang v. Commissioner
- Rosenthal v. New York Life Insurance
- California Water Service Co. v. City of Redding
- Heiner v. Mellon
- Oklahoma Ex Rel. Johnson v. Cook
- General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp.
- Taft v. Commissioner
- Mahoney v. Joseph Triner Corp.
- Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co.
- Federal Power Commission v. Metropolitan Edison Co.
- Hudson v. Moonier
- Laclede Gas Light Co. v. Public Service Commission
- Helvering v. Gerhardt
- Zerbst v. Kidwell
- Lone Star Gas Co. v. Texas
- Johnson v. Zerbst
- Denver Union Stock Yard Co. v. United States
- Allen v. Regents of the University System
- Aetna Insurance v. United Fruit Co.
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