Term recap
October Term 1946 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1946, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
146
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
29
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 14, 1946 and the last on June 23, 1947. The busiest single day was June 23, 1947 with 16 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1946 · 8 decisions
November 1946 · 5 decisions
December 1946 · 16 decisions
- Alma Motor Co. v. Timken-Detroit Axle Co.
- Unemployment Compensation Comm'n of Alaska v. Aragon
- Carter v. Illinois
- Ballard v. United States
- Fiswick v. United States
- Federal Communications Commission v. Woko, Inc.
- United States v. Bruno
- Cleveland v. United States
- Champlin Refining Co. v. United States
- Rothensies v. Electric Storage Battery Co.
- United States v. Ruzicka
- Gibson v. United States
- Illinois Ex Rel. Gordon v. Campbell
- Eagles v. United States Ex Rel. Horowitz
- Eagles v. United States Ex Rel. Samuels
- National Labor Relations Board v. A. J. Tower Co.
January 1947 · 11 decisions
- United States v. Seatrain Lines, Inc.
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Agnew
- Freeman v. Hewit
- Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. Green
- Hickman v. Taylor
- Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Swan
- Anderson v. Yungkau
- Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine Railroad
- United States v. Thayer-West Point Hotel Co.
- Patterson v. Lamb
- Parker v. Fleming
February 1947 · 18 decisions
- De Meerleer v. Michigan
- Albrecht v. United States
- Ellis v. Union Pacific Railroad
- United States v. Carmack
- United States v. Sheridan
- International Harvester Co. v. Evatt
- Steele v. General Mills, Inc.
- United States v. N. Y. Rayon Importing Co.
- Krug v. Santa Fe Pacific Railroad
- Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. Resweber
- United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell
- Oklahoma v. United States Civil Service Commission
- Bozza v. United States
- MacGregor v. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
- Angel v. Bullington
- Walling v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
- Edward Katzinger Co. v. Chicago Metallic Manufacturing Co.
- Gardner v. New Jersey
March 1947 · 25 decisions
- Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.
- Transparent-Wrap MacHine Corp. v. Stokes & Smith Co.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Donnelly Garment Co.
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
- United States v. Powell
- Morris v. Jones
- Insurance Group Committee v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
- United States v. United Mine Workers of America
- Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
- Cardillo v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Joseph v. Carter & Weekes Stevedoring Co.
- Testa v. Katt
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Flowers
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America v. United States
- Packard Motor Car Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert
- Department of Agriculture, Emergency Crop and Feed Loans v. Remund
- Confederated Bands of Ute Indians v. United States
- Levinson v. Spector Motor Service
- Industrial Comm'n of Wis. v. McCartin
- New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. Halvey
- Pyramid Motor Freight Corp. v. Ispass
- Walling v. General Industries Co.
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Mechling
April 1947 · 17 decisions
- Land v. Dollar
- Bruce's Juices, Inc. v. American Can Co.
- United States v. Ogilvie Hardware Co.
- Bethlehem Steel Co. v. New York State Labor Relations Board
- United States v. Lem Hoy
- United States National Bank v. Chase National Bank
- Crane v. Commissioner
- Walling v. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co.
- Independent Warehouses, Inc. v. Scheele
- Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New Orleans
- Ayrshire Collieries Corp. v. United States
- Haupt v. United States
- Fleming v. Mohawk Wrecking & Lumber Co.
- Champion Spark Plug Co. v. Sanders
- Fleming v. Rhodes
- McCullough v. Kammerer Corp.
- Trailmobile Co. v. Whirls
May 1947 · 6 decisions
June 1947 · 40 decisions
- Myers v. Reading Co.
- United States v. Smith
- Cope v. Anderson
- Gospel Army v. Los Angeles
- Order of United Commercial Travelers of America v. Wolfe
- Harris v. United States
- New York v. United States
- Greenough v. Tax Assessors of Newport
- Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles
- United States v. Bayer
- Clark v. Allen
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Bazley v. Commissioner
- United States v. Silk
- Mexican Light & Power Co. v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
- National Labor Relations Board v. E. C. Atkins & Co.
- 149 Madison Avenue Corp. v. Asselta
- Rutherford Food Corp. v. McComb
- Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission
- United States v. Dickinson
- Williams v. Austrian
- McWilliams v. Commissioner
- Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch
- Adamson v. California
- United States v. Yellow Cab Co.
- United States v. California
- Ex Parte Fahey
- Fay v. New York
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Phillips
- Gayes v. New York
- Sunal v. Large
- Foster v. Illinois
- Caldarola v. Eckert
- Fahey v. Mallonee
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. Porello
- Bartels v. Birmingham
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.
- United States v. Munsey Trust Co.
- United States v. Petrillo
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