St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-31
NO APPEAL FROM THIS
The Federal Supreme Court
Makes a Big Record For
Itself.
-,
Summary of the Work Done
During the Term Just
Closed.
Decisions Rendered in Dozens
Of Cases of National I'M
portance.
President Harrison will At
tend the Scotch-Irish Con-
gress at Pitts burg.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 30.-The
most striking feature of the work Of the
supreme court of the United States
during the term just ended was the
large number and variety of cases in
volving a construction of the interstate
commerce clause of the federal constl-
tuition. Another feature was the large
and increasing number of habeaS cor
pus cases before the court. Indeed.
this latter class of cases came before
the court with such frequency that JUS
tlce Miller, in an opinion on one OF the
last days Of the term, was moved to re-
mark with dry sarcasm that the case
was another one of the frequent III
stances of late, IN which it was sought
on all sorts of preteXtS to make the su-
preme court pass upon every motion for
a writ of habeas corpus that could be
devised by counsel. The work of the
court during the term shows an in
crease in the number of cases disposed
of as compared with previous terms,
though the court still leaves the docket
a little more in arrears than it was the
term before. The opinions delivered
during the term have been of more
than usual importance, and many OF
them will hereafter be Weighty
authorities in future litigation. The
appellate docket of the court at the
close of the term exhibits an increase of
thirty-one cases in the number left I'M
disposed of, as compared with the
docket at the close of the previous term.
At the close of the October term,
1885, there remained undisposed of on
the appellate docket /. 146 cases. There
were docketed during the 1889 term,
ha tnto al of
eases before the court 1886 of which
400 were disposed of, or 43 more than
during the previous term. In addition
to this number, there were eleven cases
on the original docket disposed of, or
five more than at the 1883 term.
Eighteen cases which have been sub
mitted to the court by counsel go over
till next term, without decisions having
been rendered upon them by the court.
Not more than dozen opinions, how
ever, will he necessary to dispose of all
these cases under advisement, as in
several instances two OF more cases
will be decided by one opinion.
The most important cases de-
cided during the term are
as follows: The Iowa original package
suit; the Granger railroad commission
cases, from Minnesota; the dressed beef
cases, from the same state; the Mormon
church suit; Virginia coupon cases;
North Carolina and Louisiana bond
cases, involving right of citizen to sue
his own state; Pennsylvania case in
volving the question of the validity of
state license and tax laws, in which the
principal question was as to whether or
not there were interferences with inter-
state commerce, and the Nagle, Med
ley and Kemmler habeas corpus cases.
The most important cases which go
over undecided until next term are
suits over Pennsylvania and Kansas laws
pany, over a Kentucky statute taxing
express companies, and three important
mining suits from Colorado.