Term recap
October Term 1940 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1940, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
165
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
25
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 14, 1940 and the last on June 2, 1941. The busiest single day was April 28, 1941 with 19 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1940 · 2 decisions
November 1940 · 12 decisions
- Helvering v. Northwest Steel Rolling Mills, Inc.
- Republic Steel Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Fleisher Engineering & Construction Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Hallenbeck
- Hansberry v. Lee
- Neuberger v. Commissioner
- J. E. Riley Investment Co. v. Commissioner
- Crane-Johnson Co. v. Helvering
- Milk Wagon Drivers' Union, Local No. 753 v. Lake Valley Farm Products, Inc.
- Wilson & Co., Inc. v. United States
- Helvering v. Horst
- Wisconsin v. Illinois & the Sanitary District of Chicago
- Federal Communications Commission v. Columbia Broadcasting System of California, Inc.
December 1940 · 22 decisions
- International Association of MacHinists Tool and Die Makers Lodge No. 35 v. National Labor Relations Board
- Taft v. Helvering
- Bacardi Corp. of America v. Domenech
- West India Oil Co. (PR) v. Domenech
- Helvering v. Pan-American Life Insurance
- Six Companies of Cal. v. Joint Highway Dist. No. 13 of Cal.
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Duncan
- C. E. Stevens Co. v. Foster & Kleiser Co.
- United States v. Falcone
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- Helvering v. Oregon Mutual Life Insurance
- Bowman v. Loperena
- Kloeb v. Armour & Co.
- Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp.
- Helvering v. Janney
- United States v. Harris
- Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co.
- United States v. Stewart
- United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
- L. Singer & Sons v. Union Pacific R. Co.
- American United Mutual Life Insurance v. City of Avon Park
- Best & Co. v. Maxwell
January 1941 · 23 decisions
- Vandenbark v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co.
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Field
- Helvering v. Hammel
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.
- Electro-Chemical Engraving Co. v. Commissioner
- Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Prudence Securities Advisory Group
- H. J. Heinz Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Jackson Ex Rel. United States v. Irving Trust Co.
- Voeller v. Neilston Warehouse Co.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Link-Belt Co.
- Z. & F. Assets Realization Corp. v. Hull
- McClain v. Commissioner
- Smith v. Texas
- Sibbach v. Wilson & Co.
- Wisconsin v. J. C. Penney Co.
- Wisconsin v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.
- Wright v. Union Central Life Insurance
- United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.
- Hines v. Davidowitz
- Milliken v. Meyer
- Beal v. Missouri Pacific R. Corp.
- A. C. Frost & Co. v. Coeur D'Alene Mines Corp.
February 1941 · 26 decisions
- Superior Bath House Co. v. McCarroll
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. JG Menihan Corp.
- Phillips v. United States
- Helvering v. Eubank
- United States v. Gilliland
- Armour & Co. v. Alton Railroad
- Rawlings v. Ray
- Palmer v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.
- United States v. Hutcheson
- Powers v. Commissioner
- United States v. Ryerson
- Stoner v. New York Life Insurance
- Guggenheim v. Rasquin
- United States v. Goltra
- Walker v. Johnston
- United States v. Cowden Manufacturing Co.
- Philadelphia Co. v. Dipple
- Gorin v. United States
- Browder v. United States
- Opp Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Administrator of the Wage & Hour Division of the Department of Labor
- Warszower v. United States
- Kelleam v. Maryland Casualty Co. of Baltimore
- Smith v. O'GRADY
- United States v. Darby
- Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros.
March 1941 · 38 decisions
- Palmer v. Webster and Atlas Nat. Bank of Boston
- Helvering v. Le Gierse
- Millinery Creators' Guild, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
- Higgins v. Commissioner
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.
- Equitable Life Ins. Co. of Iowa v. Halsey, Stuart & Co.
- Berry v. United States
- Conway v. O'Brien
- Estate of Keller v. Commissioner
- Edwards v. United States
- Breisch v. Central R. Co. of NJ
- United States v. Pelzer
- National Labor Relations Board v. Express Publishing Co.
- Ryerson v. United States
- Helvering v. Hutchings
- Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Co. v. United States
- Maass v. Higgins
- Consolidated Rock Products Co. v. Du Bois
- Woods v. City Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago
- American Federation of Labor v. Swing
- Hormel v. Helvering
- Milk Wagon Drivers Union, Local 753 v. Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc.
- Nelson v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
- Nelson v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
- Metropolitan Casualty Insurance v. Stevens
- Helvering v. Richter
- Ex Parte Hull
- Just v. Chambers
- Helvering v. Estate of Enright
- Harrison v. Schaffner
- Pfaff v. Commissioner
- United States v. Cooper Corp.
- United States v. Sherwood
- Cox v. New Hampshire
- Hort v. Commissioner
- National Labor Relations Board v. White Swan Co.
- Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
- Moore v. Illinois Central Railroad
April 1941 · 22 decisions
- Huron Holding Corp. v. Lincoln Mine Operating Co.
- Nye v. United States
- United States v. Resler
- Maguire v. Commissioner
- City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Helvering
- Continental Oil Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Helvering v. Gambrill
- United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
- Public Service Commission v. Brashear Freight Lines, Inc.
- Mitchell v. United States
- Helvering v. William Flaccus Oak Leather Co.
- Hudson & Manhattan Railroad v. United States
- Department of Treasury v. Wood Preserving Corp.
- Olsen v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Western Reference & Bond Assn., Inc.
- Caskey Baking Co. v. Virginia
- United States v. Pyne
- California v. Thompson
- Arkansas Corporation Comm'n v. Thompson
- Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets
- Gelfert v. National City Bank of NY
- Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Helvering v. Campbell
May 1941 · 14 decisions
- Jenkins v. Kurn
- Detrola Radio & Television Corp. v. Hazeltine Corp.
- United States v. Alabama
- Marsh v. Buck
- United States v. Morgan
- Skiriotes v. Florida
- Helvering v. Reynolds
- Wood v. Lovett
- Brooks v. Dewar
- United States v. A. S. Kreider Co.
- City of New York v. Feiring
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Watson v. Buck
- Cary v. Commissioner
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