Term recap
October Term 1961 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 1961, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
125
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
26
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 9, 1961 and the last on June 25, 1962. The busiest single day was June 25, 1962 with 26 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 1961 · 8 decisions
November 1961 · 4 decisions
December 1961 · 13 decisions
- Hodges v. United States
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. J-T Transport Co.
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania
- Federal Land Bank of Wichita v. Board of County Commissioners
- Martin v. Walton
- Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange Cty.
- Garner v. Louisiana
- A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Inc. v. United States
- Venus v. United States
- United States v. Union Central Life Insurance Co.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Ochoa Fertilizer Corp.
- Turnbow v. Commissioner
- Bailey v. Patterson
January 1962 · 11 decisions
- Seymour v. Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary
- National Labor Relations Board v. Local 476, United Ass'n of Journeymen of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry
- United States v. Drum
- National Labor Relations Board v. Las Vegas Sand & Gravel Corp.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Brandman Iron Co.
- Federal Trade Commission v. Henry Broch & Co.
- St. Regis Paper Co. v. United States
- Blau v. Lehman
- Nostrand v. Little
- Mitchell v. United States
- Killian v. United States
February 1962 · 10 decisions
- Campbell v. Hussey
- Charles Dowd Box Co. v. Courtney
- Chewning v. Cunningham
- Oyler v. Boles
- MacHibroda v. United States
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Richards v. United States
- Retail Clerks International Ass'n, Local Unions Nos. 128 & 633 v. Lion Dry Goods, Inc.
- Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson
- Hill v. United States
March 1962 · 12 decisions
- Public Affairs Associates, Inc. v. Rickover
- Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Islands Reserve v. Egan
- Simonson v. Granquist
- Local 174, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers v. Lucas Flour Co.
- Organized Village of Kake v. Egan
- DiBella v. United States
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Ideal Cement Co.
- Benz v. New York State Thruway Authority
- Fong Foo v. United States
- Turner v. City of Memphis
- Kesler v. Department of Public Safety of Utah
- Baker v. Carr
April 1962 · 10 decisions
May 1962 · 15 decisions
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.
- Malone v. Bowdoin
- Garrett v. United States
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.
- Mattox v. Sacks
- Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead
- Hanover Bank v. Commissioner
- Guzman v. Pichirilo
- Russell v. United States
- Free v. Bland
- Lynch v. Overholser
- In Re Green
- National Labor Relations Board v. Katz
- Beard v. Stahr
- National Labor Relations Board v. Washington Aluminum Co.
June 1962 · 42 decisions
- Creek Nation v. United States
- Lanza v. New York
- Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers, Inc. v. United States
- Calbeck v. Travelers Insurance Co.
- United States v. Davis
- Hohensee v. News Syndicate, Inc.
- W. M. C. A., Inc. v. Simon
- Morales v. City of Galveston
- Porter v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
- Marine Engineers Beneficial Ass'n v. Interlake Steamship Co.
- Grumman v. United States
- Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson
- Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co.
- Rudolph v. United States
- Drake Bakeries Inc. v. Local 50, American Bakery & Confectionery Workers International
- In Re McConnell
- Silber v. United States
- Marakar v. United States
- Enochs v. Williams Packing & Navigation Co.
- Manual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day
- Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. Epstein
- Hartman v. United States
- Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. Winckler & Smith Citrus Products Co.
- Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers Local Union No. 795 v. Yellow Transit Freight Lines, Inc.
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.
- Gilbert v. United States
- Hutcheson v. United States
- Central Railroad v. Pennsylvania
- Brown Shoe Co. v. United States
- Salen v. United States Lines Co.
- Gallegos v. Colorado
- Taylor v. Louisiana
- Engel v. Vitale
- United States v. Borden Co.
- Wood v. Georgia
- Link v. Wabash Railroad
- Vaughan v. Atkinson
- Robinson v. California
- Glidden Co. v. Zdanok
- United States v. Wise
- State Board of Insurance v. Todd Shipyards Corp.
- Beck v. Washington
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