Term recap
October Term 1941 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1941, 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
25
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 13, 1941 and the last on June 8, 1942. The busiest single day was April 27, 1942 with 15 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1941 · 4 decisions
November 1941 · 11 decisions
- Bernards v. Johnson
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Kepner
- Reitz v. Mealey
- Automatic Devices Corp. v. Sinko Tool & Manufacturing Co.
- Alabama v. King & Boozer
- Curry v. United States
- Federal Land Bank of St. Paul v. Bismarck Lumber Co.
- Commercial Corp. v. NY Barge Corp.
- Southern Railway Co. v. Painter
- Toucey v. New York Life Insurance
- Edwards v. California
December 1941 · 15 decisions
- New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. Frank
- American Surety Co. v. Bethlehem National Bank
- Textile Mills Securities Corp. v. Commissioner
- United States v. Kales
- Pierce v. United States
- United States v. Kansas Flour Mills Corp.
- Bridges v. California
- Gray v. Powell
- United States v. Emory
- Duckworth v. Arkansas
- District of Columbia v. Murphy
- Helvering v. Lerner Stores Corp.
- United States v. Texas
- Scaife Co. v. Commissioner
- National Labor Relations Board v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.
January 1942 · 22 decisions
- Ex Parte Colonna
- Illinois Natural Gas Co. v. Central Illinois Public Service Co.
- United States v. Santa Fe Pacific Railroad
- Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp.
- Continental Casualty Co. v. United States
- Parker v. Motor Boat Sales, Inc.
- Pink v. A. A. A. Highway Express, Inc.
- Irving Trust Co. v. Day
- Meilink v. Unemployment Reserves Comm'n of Cal.
- National Labor Relations Board v. P. Lorillard Co.
- B. B. Chemical Co. v. Ellis
- Fischer v. American United Life Insurance
- Ex Parte Texas
- White v. Winchester Country Club
- Taylor v. Georgia
- Duncan v. Thompson
- Merion Cricket Club v. United States
- Alton Railroad v. United States
- Halliday v. United States
- United States v. Joliet & Chicago Railroad
- Lubetich v. United States
- United States v. N. E. Rosenblum Truck Lines, Inc.
February 1942 · 17 decisions
- Columbia River Packers Assn., Inc. v. Hinton
- Board of Trade of Kansas City v. United States
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. United States
- Wright v. Logan
- Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries
- Helvering v. Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Co.
- Lisenba v. California
- United States v. Pink
- Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co.
- Palm Springs Holding Corp. v. Commissioner
- Bondholders Committee v. Commissioner
- United States v. Ragen
- United States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co.
- Glasser v. United States
- National Labor Relations Board v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co.
- Southport Petroleum Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- United States v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
March 1942 · 32 decisions
- Hotel & Restaurant Employees' International Alliance, Local No. 122 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
- Thomson v. Gaskill
- United States v. Carolina Freight Carriers Corp.
- Howard Hall Co. v. United States
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Railway Labor Executives Ass'n
- Butler Bros. v. McColgan, Franchise Tax Commissioner
- Hysler v. Florida
- Purcell v. United States
- United States v. Local 807 of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen & Helpers
- Exhibit Supply Co. v. Ace Patents Corp.
- United States v. New York
- Helvering v. Southwest Consolidated Corp.
- Stewart v. Southern Railway Co.
- Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
- Pearce v. Commissioner
- Stonite Products Co. v. Melvin Lloyd Co.
- MacGregor v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co.
- Spreckels v. Commissioner
- Riley v. New York Trust Co.
- Puerto Rico v. Rubert Hermanos, Inc.
- Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.
- D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit Insurance
- Cudahy Packing Co. v. Holland
- Allen-Bradley Local No. 1111 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
- Tulee v. Washington
- Muncie Gear Works, Inc. v. Outboard, Marine & Manufacturing Co.
- Memphis Natural Gas Co. v. Beeler
- Jacob v. New York City
- Graves v. Schmidlapp
- Pecheur Lozenge Co. v. National Candy Co.
- Bakery & Pastry Drivers & Helpers Local 802 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Wohl
- Williams v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.
April 1942 · 24 decisions
- Southern Steamship Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- United States v. Malphurs
- Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- Crancer v. Lowden
- Gregg Cartage & Storage Co. v. United States
- Helvering v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore
- Magruder v. Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Realty Corp.
- Valentine v. Chrestensen
- Puerto Rico v. Russell & Co.
- Waley v. Johnston
- Goldstein v. United States
- Miles v. Illinois Central Railroad
- Carpenters & Joiners Union, Local No. 213 v. Ritter's Cafe
- National Labor Relations Board v. Electric Vacuum Cleaner Co., Inc.
- U. S. Industrial Chemicals, Inc. v. Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp.
- Chicago v. Fieldcrest Dairies, Inc.
- Helvering v. Credit Alliance Corp.
- Milcor Steel Co. v. George A. Fuller Co.
- Municipal Investors Assn. v. Birmingham
- Prudence Realization Corp. v. Geist
- National Labor Relations Board v. Nevada Consolidated Copper Corp.
- Wilmington Trust Co. v. Helvering
- Federal Trade Commission v. Raladam Co.
- Georgia v. Evans
May 1942 · 20 decisions
- Mishawaka Rubber & Woolen Manufacturing Co. v. S. S. Kresge Co.
- United States Ex Rel. Noland Co. v. Irwin
- United States v. Citizens Loan & Trust Co.
- State Tax Comm'n of Utah v. Aldrich
- Cochran v. Kansas
- Swift & Co. v. United States
- United States v. Masonite Corp.
- Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States
- Seminole Nation v. United States
- Reeves v. Beardall
- United States v. Nunnally Investment Co.
- United States v. Univis Lens Co.
- Williams Manufacturing Co. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.
- Seminole Nation v. United States
- Pence v. United States
- Gorman v. Washington University
- Stewart v. United States
- Peyton v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
- United States Ex Rel. Coy v. United States
June 1942 · 18 decisions
- National Broadcasting Co. v. United States
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United States
- Hill v. Texas
- Standard Oil Co. of Cal. v. Johnson
- Query v. United States
- Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of America
- Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson
- Betts v. Brady
- Faitoute Iron & Steel Co. v. City of Asbury Park
- American Chicle Co. v. United States
- Magruder v. Supplee
- Ward v. Texas
- Helvering v. Cement Investors, Inc.
- A. B. Kirschbaum Co. v. Walling
- Chrysler Corporation v. United States
- Walling v. A. H. Belo Corp.
- Overnight Motor Transportation Co. v. Missel
- Jones v. Opelika
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