— OCTOBER TERM, 1947 STATISTICS Original Appellate Misc. Total Number of cases on docket- 12 879 579 1,470 Oases disposed of _ 0 772 567 1, 339 Remaining on docket 12 107 12 131 Cases disposed of By written opinions 143 By per curiam opinions 65 By motion to dismiss or per stipulation (merits cases) 9 By denial or dismissal of petitions for certiorari—Appel- late Docket 555 By denial or dismissal of petitions for certiorari—Miscel- laneous Docket 400 By denial or withdrawal of other applications—Miscel- laneous Docket 150 By transfer from Miscellaneous to Appellate Docket 17 Number of written opinions 110 Number of admissions to bar 1103 REFERENCE INDEX Pas« Stone, C. J., resolutions of the Bar presented 187 McReynolds, J., resolutions of the Bar presented 200 Philip B. Per] man, Solicitor General, presented 1 Sam M. Driver, United States District Judge, appointed a mem- ber of the Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure. _ 69 Miscellaneous Docket—established at the 1945 Term for the purpose of keeping a record, by number, of applications for habeas corpus, mandamus, etc., was enlarged at this term to include petitions for writs of certiorari filed in forma pau- peris. If certiorari granted case to be transferred to appel- late docket (No. 17 Misc.). 9 750009—48 92 II Page Special Terms of Court held for consideration of applications in capital cases—court met in conference room (Nos. 156 Misc., 512 Misc.) 56,258 Special Master to be appointed by the Chief Justice to make recommendations as to course of procedure to be followed (No. 12 Orig.) 296 Attorneys—change of name 6, 135, 295 Attorneys—resignation (William Lowe Hillyer) 253 Counsel appointed (Nos. Ill, 398, 541-2, 59, 583, 643, 782) 7, 130, 164, 176, 181, 253 Rules of Supreme Court—Rule 33 amended (rehearing time re- duced to 15 days and grounds restricted) 5 Rules of Supreme Court—Rule 38(3) and 41(2) amended (time for filing opposition to petitions for certiorari fixed at 30 days in all cases) 252 Admiralty Rules 51-54, inclusive, amended 292 Dissenting opinion filed in case decided last term (Nos 81-82 O. T. 1946) 1 Opinions amended (Nos. 89 O. T. 1946, 95 O. T. 1946, 287 0. T. 1946, 258, 437) 19,249,300 Case argued January 8 and decided January 12 (Sipuel, No. 369) 119 Judgments announced—no opinions of the Court (Nos. 66, 51, 73, 17, 94) 79,119,129,279,290 Judgment announced—opinion, per curiam, filed with Clerk (No. 206) . 80 Judgment affirmed, per curiam, after argument, with four Jus- tices dissenting (No. 18) 80 Judgment affirmed, per curiam, with two Justices "of the opin- ion that probable jurisdiction should be noted and the case set down for argument" (No. 808) 291 Judgment "with respect to merits'' affirmed by equally divided Court, the ninth Justice being of "the opinion that the writ of certiorari should be dismissed" (No. 428) 252 Judgment reversed, per curiam, the Solicitor General not ob- jecting (No. 153 Misc.) 220 Judgments reversed, per curiam, on consideration of petitions for certiorari (Nos. 231, 620, 153, 775) 5, 231, 248, 291 Judgment reversed, per curiam, after argument (Nos. 292-296) _ 175 Judgment CCA vacated and cause remanded to that court for consideration of question to which grant of certiorari lim- ited (No. 301) 96 Ill Page Judgment of state court vacated, per curiam, on consideration of petition for certiorari "in order to enable it to reconsider its ruling in the light" of cited cases (Nos. 429^30) 248 Abide judgment entered (No. 490) 279 Case continued after argument to enable Court to be advised as to ground on which State court judgment based (No. 59) 279 Amicus curiae—motion for leave to file treated as brief amicus curiae (No. 12 Orig.) 51 Amicus curiae—leave denied to file brief not signed by member of the Bar (No. 90) 97 Amicus curiae—Solicitor General requested to file brief (Nos. 703-704 221 Brief—leave granted to withdraw and file substituted brief in face of motion to strike original brief as scandalous (No. 649) _ 221 Brief—motion to strike denied (No. 270) 110 Certificate to Attorney General (No. 640) 182 Argument pro hac vice (Nos. 331, 437, 674) 102, 125, 236 Arguments pro se—parties not attorneys (Nos. 270 and 428, 723) 155,245 Stays granted (Nos. 222 Misc., 351 Misc., 643, 395 Misc., 432 Misc., 415 Misc., 503 Misc.) 106, 143, 164, 181, 216, 273 Stay of alien enemy removal order (No. 147 Misc.) 136 Interlocutory decree entered in original action over opposition (No. 10 Orig.) 157 Substitution of corporation granted (No. 9 Orig.) 69 Substitution granted (Nos. 433, 439, 320, 373 Misc.) 107, 164, 268 Costs taxed against appellee with two Justices of the opinion they should be equally divided. Case made moot by action of appellee municipality amending ordinance attacked (No. 275 L 135 Costs—Government corporation allowed to recover as cost of printing record amount equal to that which Court's contract printer would be authorized to charge—record had been printed at GPO (No. 45) 147 Costs—motion to retax denied (No. 71) 232 In forma pauperis—motion to proceed denied, citizenship ques- tion (No. 81 Misc.) 91 v Moot questions—judgment of CCA vacated and case remanded to District Court with directions to dismiss as moot on mo- tion of respondent, there being no objection (Nos. 21 and 42) (see also Nos. 1 and 2) 3, 36 — IV Page Moot questions : Motion to dismiss writ granted (No. 4) 79 State court judgment vacated where, after argument and before decision, municipal ordnance under attack was amended (No. 275) 135 Appeal dismissed "the parties being in agreement that the cause is moot." Federal statute attacked had expired (No. 719) 232 Complaint—motion for leave to file denied with citation (111. v. Wise, and Wise. v. 111.) 232, 295 Habeas Corpus—motions for leave to file denied with four and three of the eight Justices participating expressing the view that petitions should be set for hearing on question of juris- diction of this Court (Milch and Nuremberg doctors—Nos. 50 Misc. and 196 Misc.) 42, 160 Habeas Corpus—motions for leave to file, and petitions treated as such, denied with four of the eight Justices participating expressing the view "there is want of jurisdiction" and four that leave to file should be granted and cases heard forth- with. (Dachau cases—Nos. 512 Misc., 386 Misc.; 526 Misc., 571 Misc.) 258, 264, 275, 302 Mandamus—motion for leave to file denied, per curiam (No. 325 Misc.) 156 Stipulations ordered stricken as irrelevant to any issues before the Court (No. 12 Orig.)- 49,51 Stipulation to modify CCA judgment in form agreed upon. Judgment of CCA vacated and cause remanded to that Court for consideration of the stipulation (No. 9) 86 Confession of error—judgment State court vacated (No. 93—see opinions re Illinois procedure) 106 Intervention—motion granted (No. 301) denied (Nos. 85-86, see opinion, 337, 12 Orig.) 96, 241, 244, 260 Motions to pass and to continue granted (Nos. 11-12) 58, 164 Motion for instructions to State court re mandate denied (No. 93) 176 Motion to return certain documents denied (McCann) 70 Motion to amend mandate in case decided last term, which mo- tion was filed after term ended and beyond rehearing time, denied without prejudice to an application to the CCA (No. 418 O. T. 1946) 71 V Pas* Motion to recall mandate sent to District Court and to redirect same to CCA denied (No. 138) 215 Motion to supplement record denied (No. 778) 262 Appeal dismissed for failure to comply with Eule 12 (No. 76) _ 4 Appeal dismissed as to one of several appellants (No. 337) 37 Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction under sec. 266 of the judicial code and mandamus and certiorari under section 262 denied. Order sought to be reviewed was that of three-judge court staying proceedings in action in that court pending out- come of suit in State court involving the challenged statute (Nos. 438 and 172 Misc.) 86 Appeal dismissed with one Justice of opinion probable jurisdic- tion should be noted and another that question of jurisdiction should be postponed to merits (No. 609) 175 Appeal dismissed with two Justices of opinion probable juris- diction should be noted ( No. 630) 176 Appeal dismissed without prejudice. Court declined to decide constitutional issues "because of the inadequacy of the record" (No. 397) 242 Appeal dismissed and certiorari granted (Nos. 703-704) 221 Appeal—petition for, denied but application treated as petition for certiorari (No. 432 Misc.) 181 Certiorari denied with one Justice writing a concurring opinion and two dissenting by memorandum (No. 178) 39 Certiorari denied with three Justices dissenting (Nos. 132 Misc., 147 Misc., 535, 180 Misc.) I 83, 122, 159, 224 Certiorari denied without more where last day of three months fell on Sunday and petition not filed until Monday following (No. 781) 273 Certiorari denied for reason application not made within time provided in Criminal Rules (No. 554 Misc.) 286 Certiorari—writs dismissed in cases where "petitions were filed as safeguards against procedural objections'' (see opinion Nos. 451-454) 289 Certiorari—motion to file record, required by Rule 38, without certification granted (No. — ) 268 Reargument ordered (Nos. 40, 50, 60, 52, 96, 1389 O. T. 1946) 58, 70, 87, 296-298 Petition for clarification of opinion denied (No. 10) 267 Rehearings filed in original actions prior to entry of final de- crees (Nos. 10 and 12 Orig.) 22 VI Page Rehearing—petition granted, order granting certiorari vacated, judgment reversing CCA vacated, and certiorari denied (No.