Excerpt from Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States: For the Year 1894 At the close of its term for the year 1893, on the other hand, the cases on its docket numbered 1,214, of which 934 were cases previously docketed, while only 280 were docketed during that term. Unless some unforeseen cause arrests this progress, the Supreme Court in the course of a few years will be able to dispose of its docket in a session of two or three months, while the justices will be able to devote a reasonable amount of time to the circuit courts of appeals and to thus materially add to the efficiency and prestige of those courts. The docket of the Supreme Court at the close of the last term, as compared with the docket at the close of the term next preceding, shows a decrease of 220 cases. At the close of the October term, 1892, there remained undisposed of on the appellate docket 934 cases, and upon the original docket 7 cases, making a total of 941 cases. Of this number 503 were disposed of during the October term, 1893; and of these, 500 were on the appellate and 3 on the original docket. The number of cases actually considered by the court was 362, of which 195 were argued orally and l67 submitted on printed arguments. Of the 500 appellate cases disposed of, 165 were affirmed, 113 reversed, 119 dismissed, 76 settled by the parties and dismissed, in 6 cases questions certified to the court were answered, and 21 cases were denials of petitions for writs of certiorari under the act of March 3, 1891. The total number of cases in which the United States was a party, or had a substantial interest, disposed of at the October term, 1893, was 106. Of these the United States was appellant or plaintiff in error in 42 cases and appellee or defendant in error in 58 cases (1 case being cross writs of error), in 1 case was petitioner and in 2 cases respondent in applications for certiorari, and 4 cases were certifications of questions. Of the 42 cases appealed, etc., by the United States 18 were decided in its favor and 12 against, 4 cases were dismissed by the United States, 1 was stricken from the docket, 6 reversed by stipulation, and 1 remanded by the court in conformity with a resolution of Congress. In addition, questions in 4 cases certified were answered in favor of the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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