Term recap
October Term 1952 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1952, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
121
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
28
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 8, 1952 and the last on July 14, 1953. The busiest single day was March 9, 1953 with 14 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1952 · 7 decisions
November 1952 · 8 decisions
- United States v. Beacon Brass Co.
- Nathanson v. National Labor Relations Board
- Sanford v. Kepner
- United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc.
- Johnson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
- Mandoli v. Acheson
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America
December 1952 · 15 decisions
- Arrowsmith v. Commissioner
- Bailess v. Paukune
- Dixon v. Duffy
- United States v. Cardiff
- Montgomery Building & Construction Trades Council v. Ledbetter Erection Co.
- Alison v. United States
- Wieman v. Updegraff
- Schwartz v. Texas
- Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co.
- Federal Power Commission v. Idaho Power Co.
- Steele v. Bulova Watch Co.
- United States v. Henning
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.
- United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp.
- Federal Trade Commission v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.
January 1953 · 7 decisions
February 1953 · 11 decisions
- Gordon v. United States
- National Labor Relations Board v. Dant
- Brock v. North Carolina
- De La Rama Steamship Co. v. United States
- City of Chicago v. Willett Co.
- Howard v. Commissioners of Sinking Fund of Louisville
- United States v. Lane Motor Co.
- Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding
- Brown v. Allen
- King v. United States
- United States Ex Rel. Smith v. Baldi
March 1953 · 21 decisions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Rockaway News Supply Co.
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. O'Rourke
- Unexcelled Chemical Corp. v. United States
- American Newspaper Publishers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board
- United States v. Rumely
- Thomas v. Hempt Brothers
- United States v. Reynolds
- Alstate Construction Co. v. Durkin
- Federal Trade Commission v. Motion Picture Advertising Service Co.
- Fowler v. Rhode Island
- Stone v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
- National Labor Relations Board v. Gamble Enterprises, Inc.
- Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co. v. Wood
- American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. United States
- Orvis v. Brownell
- Local Union No. 10, United Ass'n of Journeymen Plumbers & Steamfitters v. Graham
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States
- Lutwak v. United States
- United States Ex Rel. Chapman v. Federal Power Commission
- Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. Mezei
- Albertson v. Millard, Attorney General
April 1953 · 13 decisions
- Dameron v. Brodhead
- Bode v. Barrett
- United States v. Kahriger
- In Re Disbarment of Isserman
- United States v. Gilbert Associates, Inc.
- Western Pacific Railroad Corp. v. Western Pacific Railroad Co.
- Ramspeck v. Federal Trial Examiners Conference
- Orloff v. Willoughby
- Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman
- United States v. Jones
- Heikkila v. Barber
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. United States
- United States v. Carroll
May 1953 · 10 decisions
- Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Evans
- May v. Anderson
- Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co.
- United States v. Public Utilities Commission
- United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in the County of Fairfax
- Healy v. Commissioner
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.
- Lauritzen v. Larsen
- Tinder v. United States
- Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States
June 1953 · 28 decisions
- Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. Koppal
- Polizzi v. Cowles Magazines, Inc.
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. Scott
- Central Bank v. United States
- Levinson v. Deupree
- United States v. International Building Co.
- Dalehite v. United States
- United States v. Nugent
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Ralston Purina Co.
- Callanan Road Improvement Co. v. United States
- Federal Communications Commission v. RCA Communications, Inc.
- Automatic Canteen Co. of America v. Federal Trade Commission
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Nothnagle
- District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.
- Poulos v. New Hampshire
- Pope v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- Stein v. New York
- Shelton v. United States
- Burns v. Wilson
- Bridges v. United States
- United States v. Grainger
- Terry v. Adams
- Jullus Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg v. United States
- Barrows v. Jackson
- Watson v. Commissioner
- Rosenberg v. Denno
- Rosenberg v. United States
- Rosenberg v. United States
July 1953 · 1 decision
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