Term recap
October Term 1938 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1938, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
149
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
19
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down November 7, 1938 and the last on June 5, 1939. The busiest single day was January 3, 1939 with 21 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
November 1938 · 11 decisions
- Helvering v. Winmill
- Stahmann v. Vidal
- Davis v. Davis
- Davidson v. Commissioner
- Hines v. Lowrey
- Texas Consolidated Theatres, Inc. v. Pittman
- Polk Co. v. Glover
- Colorado National Bank v. Commissioner
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Leonidas
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. Virginia
- Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co.
December 1938 · 19 decisions
- California v. Latimer
- Shields v. Utah Idaho Central Railroad
- Helvering v. Chester N. Weaver Co.
- Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World v. Bolin
- Lyeth v. Hoey
- Scher v. United States
- Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp.
- McDonald v. Thompson
- Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co. v. Territory of Hawaii
- White v. United States
- M. E. Blatt Co. v. United States
- Waialua Agricultural Co. v. Christian
- Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Ex Parte Century Indemnity Co.
- Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.
- Harris v. Avery Brundage Co.
- Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. Canada
- Welch v. Henry
- Stoll v. Gottlieb
January 1939 · 40 decisions
- General Talking Pictures Corp. v. Western Electric Co.
- Patterson v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.
- Princess Lida of Thurn and Taxis v. Thompson
- Indianapolis Brewing Co. v. Liquor Control Commission
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States
- United States v. McClure
- James v. United Artists Corp.
- United States v. Pleasants
- Ford Motor Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Lyon v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Assn.
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. Smith
- J. Bacon & Sons v. Martin
- Neblett v. Carpenter
- United States v. Continental National Bank & Trust Co.
- Chippewa Indians of Minnesota v. United States
- Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. v. Palmer
- Minnesota v. United States
- Gwin, White & Prince, Inc. v. Henneford
- Helvering v. Owens
- United States v. Algoma Lumber Co.
- Joseph S. Finch & Co. v. McKittrick
- United States v. Powers
- Pullman Co. v. Jenkins
- Alton Railroad v. Illinois Commerce Commission
- MacKay Radio & Telegraph Co. v. Radio Corp. of America
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Gallagher
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Gallagher
- Dixie Ohio Express Co. v. State Revenue Commission
- Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley Authority
- Currin v. Wallace
- H. P. Welch Co. v. New Hampshire
- Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co. v. Gallagher
- Wichita Royalty Co. v. City National Bank of Wichita Falls
- Helvering v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
- Bowen v. Johnston
- First Chrold Corp. v. Commissioner
- Utah Fuel Co. v. National Bituminous Coal Comm'n
- Inland Steel Co. v. United States
- United States v. Midstate Horticultural Co.
- United States v. Durkee Famous Foods, Inc.
February 1939 · 13 decisions
- Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States
- Pierre v. Louisiana
- Titus v. Wallick
- National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Sands Manufacturing Co.
- Taylor v. Standard Gas & Electric Co.
- United States v. Towery
- Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.
- Eichholz v. Public Service Commission of Missouri
- Hale v. Bimco Trading, Inc.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp.
- United States v. Jacobs
- United States v. Bertelsen & Petersen Engineering Co.
March 1939 · 11 decisions
- Washingtonian Publishing Co. v. Pearson
- TEXAS v. FLORIDA Et Al.
- Pacific Employers Insurance v. Industrial Accident Comm'n
- City of Texarkana v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co.
- Lanzetta v. New Jersey
- Chesebro v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District
- Graves v. New York Ex Rel. O'Keefe
- Bonet v. Yabucoa Sugar Co.
- Clason v. Indiana
- Smith v. the Ferncliff
- Fairbanks v. United States
April 1939 · 25 decisions
- Lowden v. Simonds-Shields-Lonsdale Grain Co.
- Milk Control Board v. Eisenberg Farm Products
- Helvering v. Metropolitan Edison Co.
- Gibbs v. Buck
- Buck v. Gallagher
- Kessler v. Strecker
- Electric Storage Battery Co. v. Shimadzu
- Wilentz v. Sovereign Camp, Woodman of the World
- United States Trust Co. v. Helvering
- Higginbotham v. City of Baton Rouge
- Honeyman v. Jacobs
- Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United States
- Mulford v. Smith
- Federal Power Commission v. Pacific Power & Light Co.
- NLRB v. Fain-Blatt
- Clark v. Paul Gray, Inc.
- Carrier v. Bryant
- Atlas Life Insurance v. W. I. Southern, Inc.
- Public Service Commission v. Brashear Freight Lines, Inc.
- McCrone v. United States
- Chippewa Indians of Minnesota v. United States
- Honolulu Oil Corp. v. Halliburton
- General Gas & Elec. Corp. v. Commissioner
- State Tax Commission v. Van Cott
- Sprague v. Ticonic National Bank
May 1939 · 20 decisions
- Kohn v. Central Distributing Co.
- United States v. Morgan
- United States v. Maher
- Driscoll v. Edison Light & Power Co.
- United States v. Marxen
- Rorick v. Board of Comm'rs of Everglades Drainage Dist.
- United States v. Powers
- United States v. Miller
- William Jameson & Co. v. Morgenthau
- United States v. One 1936 Model Ford V-8 De Luxe Coach, Commercial Credit Co.
- Lane v. Wilson
- Electrical Fittings Corp. v. Thomas
- O'MALLEY v. Woodrough
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. Henwood
- Maytag Co. v. Hurley MacHine Co.
- Curry v. McCanless
- Graves v. Elliott
- Southern Pacific Co. v. United States
- Toledo Pressed Steel Co. v. Standard Parts, Inc.
- Perkins v. Elg
June 1939 · 10 decisions
- Chandler v. Wise
- Baldwin v. Scott County Milling Co.
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization
- Rorick v. Devon Syndicate, Ltd.
- Coleman v. Miller
- American Toll Bridge Co. v. Railroad Commission of California
- Newark Fire Insurance Co. v. State Board of Tax Appeals
- Bethlehem Steel Co. v. Zurich General Accident & Liability Ins. Co.
- United States v. Rock Royal Co-Operative, Inc.
- H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. United States
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