Term recap
October Term 1959 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1959, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
145
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
26
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 12, 1959 and the last on June 27, 1960. The busiest single day was June 27, 1960 with 24 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1959 · 12 decisions
- Mills v. Louisiana
- Illinois v. Michigan
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Day
- Federal Trade Commission v. Simplicity Pattern Co.
- Barenblatt v. United States
- Uphaus v. Wyman
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United States
- Palermo v. United States
- County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co.
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson
- Conner v. Butler
- Harris v. Pennsylvania Railroad
November 1959 · 4 decisions
December 1959 · 7 decisions
January 1960 · 14 decisions
- United States v. Robinson
- Blackburn v. Alabama
- Mitchell v. Oregon Frozen Foods Co.
- Stirone v. United States
- Kinsella v. United States Ex Rel. Singleton
- Goett v. Union Carbide Corp.
- Mitchell v. Robert DeMario Jewelry, Inc.
- McElroy v. United States Ex Rel. Guagliardo
- Hess v. United States
- United States v. Price
- Grisham v. Hagan
- Local No. 8-6, Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union v. Missouri
- Davis v. Virginian Railway Co.
- Superior Court of Wash. for King Cty. v. Washington Ex Rel. Yellow Cab Service, Inc.
February 1960 · 12 decisions
- Lewis v. Benedict Coal Corp.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Insurance Agents' International Union
- Petite v. United States
- Bates v. City of Little Rock
- Forman v. United States
- United States v. Mersky
- Phillips Chemical Co. v. Dumas Independent School District
- National Labor Relations Board v. Deena Artware, Inc.
- United States v. Parke, Davis & Co.
- United States v. Thomas
- United States v. James Griggs Raines
- Nelson v. County of Los Angeles
March 1960 · 15 decisions
- Sublett v. Adams
- Talley v. California
- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Jacobsen
- Willis v. United States
- Flora v. United States
- Scripto, Inc. v. Carson
- McGann v. United States
- Thompson v. City of Louisville
- Abel v. United States
- Rohr Aircraft Corp. v. County of San Diego
- Jones v. United States
- McGann v. United States
- Federal Trade Commission v. Travelers Health Ass'n
- National Labor Relations Board v. Drivers, Chauffeurs, Helpers, Local Union No. 639
- Tilghman v. Culver, Prison Custodian
April 1960 · 14 decisions
- Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc.
- Union Pacific Railroad v. United States
- Mitchell v. H. B. Zachry Co.
- Yancy v. United States
- Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc.
- Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation
- Dusky v. United States
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. United States
- Ward v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- MacKey v. Mendoza-Martinez
- Phillips v. New York
- Local Lodge No. 1424, International Ass'n of MacHinists v. National Labor Relations Board
- Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit
- New Hampshire Fire Insurance v. Scanlon
May 1960 · 11 decisions
- Norstrand v. Little
- Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Assn., Inc. v. United States
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.
- Wyatt v. United States
- Local 24, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Oliver
- Schaffer v. United States
- Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.
- Wilde v. Wyoming
- Levine v. United States
- United States v. Florida
- Marine Cooks & Stewards v. Panama Steamship Co.
June 1960 · 56 decisions
- De Veau v. Braisted
- Niukkanen v. McAlexander
- Kreshik v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church of North America
- Douglas v. Green
- Federal Trade Commission v. Broch
- Kimm v. Rosenberg
- Smith v. California
- United States v. Grand River Dam Authority
- Hoffman v. Blaski
- Parr v. United States
- Commissioner v. Duberstein
- United States v. Kaiser
- United States v. Brosnan
- United States v. Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit
- Texas Gas Transmission Corp. v. Shell Oil Co.
- Clay v. Sun Ins. Office Ltd.
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. United States
- United States v. Durham Lumber Co.
- Miner v. Atlass
- Flemming v. Nestor
- United Steelworkers v. Enterprise Wheel & Car Corp.
- Aquilino v. United States
- United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
- Metlakatla Indian Community v. Egan
- Federal Trade Commission v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
- Hannah v. Larche
- United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co.
- Schilling v. Rogers
- Hudson v. North Carolina
- United States v. American-Foreign Steamship Corp.
- Cory Corp. v. Sauber
- Needelman v. United States
- Commissioner v. Gillette Motor Transport, Inc.
- McCrary v. Indiana
- American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. United States
- United States v. Republic Steel Corp.
- Parker v. Ellis
- Luckenbach Steamship Co. v. United States
- United States v. Alabama
- Euziere v. United States
- Sun Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission
- Rios v. United States
- Armstrong v. United States
- Elkins v. United States
- United States v. Dege
- Ohio Ex Rel. Eaton v. Price
- Communications Workers v. National Labor Relations Board
- Massey Motors, Inc. v. United States
- Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission
- Hertz Corp. v. United States
- Camara v. United States
- United States v. Cannelton Sewer Pipe Co.
- Gonzales v. United States
- Wolfe v. North Carolina
- Continental Grain Co. v. Barge FBL-585
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