Term recap
October Term 1955 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1955, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
94
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
25
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 10, 1955 and the last on June 11, 1956. The busiest single day was June 11, 1956 with 18 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1955 · 3 decisions
November 1955 · 3 decisions
December 1955 · 2 decisions
January 1956 · 14 decisions
- Rex Trailer Co. v. United States
- Teamsters Union v. NY, NH & HR CO.
- Reece v. Georgia
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.
- Corn Products Refining Co. v. Commissioner
- Secretary of Agriculture v. United States
- Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Herman v. Claudy
- Rea v. United States
- Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc.
- United States v. Minker
- Arizona v. California
- Michel v. Louisiana
- Mitchell v. King Packing Co.
- Steiner v. Mitchell
February 1956 · 5 decisions
March 1956 · 13 decisions
- Remmer v. United States
- Greenwood v. United States
- United States v. Leslie Salt Co.
- United States v. Contract Steel Carriers, Inc.
- Cammer v. United States
- United States v. Green
- Doud v. Hodge
- Millinery Center Building Corp. v. Commissioner
- Murdock Acceptance Corp. v. United States
- Ullmann v. United States
- General Stores Corp. v. Shlensky
- Werner MacHine Co. v. Director of Division of Taxation
- Petrowski v. Hawkeye-Security Insurance
April 1956 · 19 decisions
- Costello v. United States
- In Re Application of Burwell
- United States v. Twin City Power Co.
- Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City
- Collins v. American Buslines, Inc.
- Archawski v. Hanioti
- International Harvester Credit Corp. v. Goodrich
- Schulz v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- Gibson v. Lockheed Aircraft Service, Inc.
- Squire v. Capoeman
- Dixie Carriers, Inc. v. United States
- American Airlines, Inc. v. North American Airlines, Inc.
- East Texas Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. Frozen Food Express
- Frozen Food Express v. United States
- Florida Ex Rel. Hawkins v. Board of Control of Fla.
- Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Babcock & Wilcox Co.
- Berra v. United States
- United States v. Zucca
May 1956 · 13 decisions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Truitt Manufacturing Co.
- Hatahley v. United States
- Covey v. Town of Somers
- Mitchell v. Budd
- Pennsylvania v. Nelson
- Cahill v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
- Armstrong v. Armstrong
- Johnston v. United States
- United States v. Storer Broadcasting Co.
- Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co.
- Offutt Housing Co. v. County of Sarpy
- Commissioner v. LoBue
- Griffin v. Illinois
June 1956 · 22 decisions
- United Mine Workers of America v. Arkansas Oak Flooring Co.
- Black v. Cutter Laboratories
- Durley v. Mayo
- United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
- Reid v. Covert
- United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
- Reed v. Pennsylvania Railroad
- De Sylva v. Ballentine
- General Box Co. v. United States
- Kinsella v. Krueger
- United States v. McKesson & Robbins, Inc.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad v. Union Pacific Railroad
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. Handy
- Czaplicki v. the Hoegh Silvercloud
- Railway Employes' Department v. Hanson
- Cold Metal Process Co. v. United Engineering & Foundry Co.
- Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Gileo
- Parr v. United States
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. MacKey
- Cole v. Young
- Jay v. Boyd
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