Term recap
October Term 1945 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1945, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
129
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
24
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 8, 1945 and the last on June 10, 1946. The busiest single day was March 25, 1946 with 15 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1945 · 2 decisions
November 1945 · 10 decisions
December 1945 · 6 decisions
January 1946 · 22 decisions
- Mississippi Publishing Corp. v. Murphree
- Schenley Distillers Corporation v. United States
- Hercules Gasoline Co. v. Commissioner
- Commissioner v. Flowers
- New York Ex Rel. Ray v. Martin
- Commissioner v. Estate of Holmes
- Better Business Bureau of Washington, D. C., Inc. v. United States
- Markham v. Allen
- Mine Safety Appliances Co. v. Forrestal
- John Kelley Co. v. Commissioner
- Williams v. Green Bay & Western Railroad
- Markham v. Cabell
- Marsh v. Alabama
- Allen v. Trust Co. of Ga.
- Township of Hillsborough v. Cromwell
- Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Pitney
- Bollenbach v. United States
- Roland Electrical Co. v. Walling
- New York v. United States
- United States v. New York Telephone Co.
- Kirby Petroleum Co. v. Commissioner
- Railroad Retirement Board v. Duquesne Warehouse Co.
February 1946 · 25 decisions
- Hulbert v. Twin Falls County
- Case v. Bowles
- Meyer v. Fleming
- Hannegan v. Esquire, Inc.
- In Re Yamashita
- Tucker v. Texas
- Estep v. United States
- Chatwin v. United States
- Mason v. Paradise Irrigation District
- Mabee v. White Plains Publishing Co.
- Fernandez v. Wiener
- Ashbacker Radio Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
- Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Walling
- American Surety Co. of NY v. Sampsell
- Commissioner v. Wilcox
- Lusthaus v. Commissioner
- Commissioner v. Tower
- Social Security Board v. Nierotko
- National Labor Relations Board v. Cheney California Lumber Co.
- United States v. American Union Transport, Inc.
- Poff v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- Holmberg v. Armbrecht
- Nippert v. City of Richmond
- Boutell v. Walling
- Duncan v. Kahanamoku
March 1946 · 21 decisions
- Canizio v. New York
- Martino v. Michigan Window Cleaning Co.
- United States v. Johnson
- Duggan v. Sansberry
- Commissioner v. Fisher
- United States v. Pierce Auto Freight Lines, Inc.
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Burley
- Cherry Cotton Mills, Inc. v. United States
- M. Kraus & Bros., Inc. v. United States
- S. R. A., Inc. v. Minnesota
- Ashcraft v. Tennessee
- MacAuley v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
- Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
- American Federation of Labor v. Watson
- United States v. Carbone
- Lavender v. Kurn
- Jacob Siegel Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
- McAllister Lighterage Line, Inc. v. United States
- Kennecott Copper Corp. v. State Tax Commission
- United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Welch
- United States v. Petty Motor Co.
April 1946 · 19 decisions
- North American Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission
- Williams v. United States
- Bell v. Hood
- Burton-Sutton Oil Co. v. Commissioner
- Collins v. Porter
- Utah Junk Co. v. Porter
- Swanson v. Marra Brothers, Inc.
- United States v. Rice
- El Dorado Oil Works v. United States
- Girouard v. United States
- Thomas Paper Stock Co. v. Porter
- Illinois Ex Rel. Gordon v. United States
- Queenside Hills Realty Co. v. Saxl
- Wilson v. Cook
- Smith v. Hoboken Railroad, Warehouse & Steamship Connecting Co.
- Thompson v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.
- D. A. Schulte, Inc. v. Gangi
- First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative v. Federal Power Commission
- Griffin v. Griffin
May 1946 · 12 decisions
- Federal Trade Commission v. A. P. W. Paper Co.
- Howitt v. United States
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. Beaver County
- Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co.
- Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki
- United States v. Joseph A. Holpuch Co.
- Woods v. Nierstheimer
- Porter v. Lee
- Porter v. Dicken
- Heiser v. Woodruff
- United States v. Causby
- Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock & Repair Corp.
June 1946 · 12 decisions
- Robertson v. California
- Pennekamp v. Florida
- Morgan v. Virginia
- Prudential Insurance v. Benjamin
- Porter v. Warner Holding Co.
- United States v. Lovett
- RFC v. Denver & RGWR Co.
- United States v. Anderson
- Hust v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
- Bihn v. United States
- American Tobacco Co. v. United States
- Kotteakos v. United States
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