Term recap
October Term 1958 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1958, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
136
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
27
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 6, 1958 and the last on June 29, 1959. The busiest single day was February 24, 1959 with 15 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1958 · 14 decisions
- Cooper v. Aaron
- Beilan v. Board of Public Ed., School Dist. of Philadelphia
- Moore v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis
- Caritativo v. California
- Crooker v. California
- Lerner v. Casey
- United States v. Central Eureka Mining Co.
- Hanson v. Denckla
- Gore v. United States
- Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. McCracken
- Sangamon Valley Television Corp. v. United States
- Wirl Television Corp. v. United States
- WORZ, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- Deen v. Hickman
November 1958 · 5 decisions
December 1958 · 8 decisions
January 1959 · 15 decisions
- International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. v. United States
- Lee v. Madigan
- United States Ex Rel. Jennings v. Ragen
- Territory of Alaska v. American Can Co.
- Federal Housing Administration v. Darlington, Inc.
- Williams v. Lee
- Hinkle v. New England Mut. Ins. Co. of Boston
- Mitchell v. Lublin, McGaughy & Associates
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division
- Local 24, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Oliver
- Rogers v. Calumet Nat. Bank of Hammond
- Draper v. United States
- Herrmann v. Rogers
- Greene v. United States
- Flemming v. Florida Citrus Exchange
February 1959 · 15 decisions
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik Fisser
- Cash v. Culver
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Bowers
- Hotel Employees Union, Local No. 255 v. Sax Enterprises, Inc.
- Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. v. Minnesota
- The Tungus v. Skovgaard
- Hahn v. Ross Island Sand & Gravel Co.
- Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Virginia
- City of Meridian v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- Heflin v. United States
- Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc. v. Bowers
- Cammarano v. United States
- United States v. Radio Corp. of America
- United New York & New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Ass'n v. Halecki
March 1959 · 12 decisions
- New York v. O'NEILL
- ET & WNC TRANSPORTATION CO. v. Currie
- United States v. Embassy Restaurant, Inc.
- Ganger v. Miami
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance
- Spevack v. Strauss
- Joseph v. Indiana
- Sims v. United States
- Tak Shan Fong v. United States
- Williams v. Oklahoma
- Service Storage & Transfer Co. v. Virginia
- Abbate v. United States
April 1959 · 17 decisions
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.
- Kelly v. Kosuga
- Parsons v. Smith
- Klor's, Inc. v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc., Admiral Corporation, Admiral Distributors, Inc.
- Baker v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
- Brown v. United States
- United States v. Shirey
- Harris v. United States
- Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill MacHinery Corp.
- Melrose Distillers, Inc. v. United States
- San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon
- Koller v. United States
- Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
- Petty v. Tennessee-Missouri Bridge Commission
- Mitchell v. Kentucky Finance Co.
- United States v. Isthmian Steamship Co.
- Felter v. Southern Pacific Co.
May 1959 · 12 decisions
- Arroyo v. United States
- Woody v. United States
- Scull v. Virginia Ex Rel. Committee on Law Reform & Racial Activities
- Irvin v. Dowd
- Plumbers, Steamfitters, Refrigeration, Petroleum Fitters, & Apprentices of Local 298 v. County of Door
- Federal Trade Commission v. Mandel Bros.
- The Monrosa v. Carbon Black Export, Inc.
- TI ME Inc. v. United States
- DeVries v. Baumgartner's Electric Construction Co.
- Dick v. New York Life Insurance
- Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover
- Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc.
June 1959 · 38 decisions
- Vitarelli v. Seaton
- National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People v. Williams
- Smith v. United States
- Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections
- Ohio Ex Rel. Eaton v. Price
- United States v. Atlantic Refining Co.
- Martin v. Creasy
- Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux
- National Labor Relations Board v. Cabot Carbon Co.
- Bartkus v. Illinois
- Harrison v. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People
- National Labor Relations Board v. Fant Milling Co.
- Magenau v. Aetna Freight Lines, Inc.
- Anonymous Nos. 6 & 7 v. Baker
- Burns v. Ohio
- Napue v. Illinois
- Marshall v. United States
- Patterson v. United States
- Frank v. Maryland
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Oklahoma Retail Grocers Assn., Inc.
- Lev v. United States
- Atlantic Refining Co. v. Public Service Commission
- Raley v. Ohio
- United States v. 93.970 Acres of Land
- Rosenberg v. United States
- Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co. v. River Terminals Corp.
- Spano v. New York
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People, Inc. v. Bennett
- Commissioner v. Hansen
- Howard v. Lyons
- Barr v. Matteo
- Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union v. WDAY, Inc.
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Price
- Ingram v. United States
- Greene v. McElroy
- Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the University
- In Re Sawyer
- Taylor v. McElroy
Want next term the moment it happens? Get email alerts for every decision, usually within minutes of release.
Holding lines are from the syllabi prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and are not part of the Court's opinions. Case data from supremecourt.gov and CourtListener (Free Law Project). SCOTUS Alerts is an independent project, not affiliated with the U.S. Supreme Court.