List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 166

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 166
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;235 years ago (1789-03-04)
Location Washington, D.C.
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Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized by Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Website supremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 166 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1897.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 166 U.S.

The Supreme Court is established by Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which says: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court . . .". The size of the Court is not specified; the Constitution leaves it to Congress to set the number of justices. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 Congress originally fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices). [1] Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices (always including one chief justice).

When the cases in volume 166 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Melville Weston Fuller Chief Justice 1908.jpg Melville Fuller Chief Justice Illinois Morrison Waite July 20, 1888
(41–20)
October 8, 1888

July 4, 1910
(Died)
Stephen Johnson Field, photo half length seated, 1875.jpg Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seatMarch 10, 1863
(Acclamation)
May 10, 1863

December 1, 1897
(Retired)
JudgeJMHarlan.jpg John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)
December 10, 1877

October 14, 1911
(Died)
Horacegrayphoto.jpg Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford December 20, 1881
(51–5)
January 9, 1882

September 15, 1902
(Died)
DavidBrewer.jpg David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews December 18, 1889
(53–11)
January 6, 1890

March 28, 1910
(Died)
Portrait of Henry Billings Brown.jpg Henry Billings Brown Associate Justice Michigan Samuel Freeman Miller December 29, 1890
(Acclamation)
January 5, 1891

May 28, 1906
(Retired)
George Shiras Jr.jpg George Shiras Jr. Associate Justice Pennsylvania Joseph P. Bradley July 26, 1892
(Acclamation)
October 10, 1892

February 23, 1903
(Retired)
Edward White, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, 1905.jpg Edward Douglass White Associate Justice Louisiana Samuel Blatchford February 19, 1894
(Acclamation)
March 12, 1894

December 18, 1910
(Continued as chief justice)
Rufus Wheeler Peckham cph.3b30513.jpg Rufus W. Peckham Associate Justice New York Howell Edmunds Jackson December 9, 1895
(Acclamation)
January 6, 1896

October 24, 1909
(Died)

Notable Case in 166 U.S.

United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Ass'n

In United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Ass'n , 166 U.S. 290 (1897), the Supreme Court held that the Sherman Act (which was an antitrust measure prohibiting anti-competitive behavior in commerce) applied to the railroad industry, even though the U.S. Congress had already enacted a comprehensive regime of regulations for that industry.

Citation style

Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 the federal court structure at the time comprised District Courts, which had general trial jurisdiction; Circuit Courts, which had mixed trial and appellate (from the US District Courts) jurisdiction; and the United States Supreme Court, which had appellate jurisdiction over the federal District and Circuit courts—and for certain issues over state courts. The Supreme Court also had limited original jurisdiction (i.e., in which cases could be filed directly with the Supreme Court without first having been heard by a lower federal or state court). There were one or more federal District Courts and/or Circuit Courts in each state, territory, or other geographical region.

The Judiciary Act of 1891 created the United States Courts of Appeals and reassigned the jurisdiction of most routine appeals from the district and circuit courts to these appellate courts. The Act created nine new courts that were originally known as the "United States Circuit Courts of Appeals." The new courts had jurisdiction over most appeals of lower court decisions. The Supreme Court could review either legal issues that a court of appeals certified or decisions of court of appeals by writ of certiorari.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

List of cases in volume 166 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
The Three Friends 1 (1897) FullernoneHarlan 5th Cir. reversed
Barber v. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company 83 (1897) Graynonenone 3d Cir. certification
The Conqueror 110 (1897) Brownnonenone 2d Cir. reversed
In re Alix 136 (1897) Fullernonenone D.N.J. prohibition denied
Allen v. Georgia 138 (1897) Brownnonenone Ga. affirmed
Masons v. City of New Orleans 143 (1897) Brownnonenone La. affirmed
Henderson Bridge Company v. Kentucky 150 (1897) FullernoneWhite Ky. affirmed
Adams Express Co. v. Kentucky 171 (1897) FullernoneWhite C.C.D. Ky. affirmed
Adams Express Co. v. Ohio State Auditor 185 (1897) Brewernonenone 6th Cir. rehearing denied
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. City of Chicago I 226 (1897) Harlannonenone Ill. affirmed
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. City of Chicago II 258 (1897) Harlannonenone Ill. affirmed
In re Potts 263 (1897) Graynonenone C.C.S.D. Ohio mandamus granted
Gibson v. United States 269 (1897) Fullernonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Nelson v. Flint 276 (1897) Brewernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Panama Railroad Company v. Napier Shipping Company 280 (1897) Brownnonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association 290 (1897) PeckhamnoneWhite 8th Cir. reversed
The Majestic 375 (1897) Fullernonenone 2d Cir. reversed
City of St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Company 388 (1897) Shirasnonenone C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Iasigi v. Van de Carr 391 (1897) Fullernonenone S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Hooe v. Jamieson 395 (1897) Fullernonenone C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
Hooe v. Werner 399 (1897) Fullernonenone C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed
Martin v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company 399 (1897) Peckhamnonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed
The Umbria 404 (1897) Brownnonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Hunt v. United States 424 (1897) Graynonenone 8th Cir. dismissed
Gladson v. Minnesota 427 (1897) Graynonenone Minn. affirmed
In re Hien 432 (1897) Fullernonenone D.C. Cir. mandamus denied
Aberdeen Bank v. Chehalis County 440 (1897) ShirasnoneHarlan Wash. affirmed
National Bank of Commerce v. City of Seattle 463 (1897) Shirasnonenone Wash. affirmed
American Publishing Company v. Fisher 464 (1897) Brewernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
United States v. American Tobacco Company 468 (1897) Peckhamnonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
In re Eckart 481 (1897) Whitenonenone Wis. habeas corpus denied
Zadig v. Baldwin 485 (1897) Whitenonenone Cal. dismissed
Electric Company v. Dow 489 (1897) Shirasnonenone N.H. dismissed
Carter v. Ruddy 493 (1897) Brewernonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Allen v. Culp 501 (1897) Brownnonenone Philadelphia County Ct. Com. Pl. affirmed
Forsyth v. City of Hammond 506 (1897) Brewernonenone 7th Cir. reversed
Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company v. Hickey 521 (1897) Peckhamnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Manson v. Duncanson 533 (1897) Shirasnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Ex parte Lennon 548 (1897) Brownnonenone 6th Cir. affirmed
City Railway Company v. Citizens' Street Railroad Company 557 (1897) Brownnonenone C.C.D. Ind. affirmed
Moses v. United States 571 (1897) Peckhamnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
United States v. Greathouse 601 (1897) Harlannonenone Ct. Cl. affirmed
Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Cody 606 (1897) Fullernonenone 5th Cir. affirmed
Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Barrett 617 (1897) Fullernonenone 5th Cir. affirmed
Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Sanders 620 (1897) Harlannonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
Whitney v. Fox 637 (1897) Harlannonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed
Oxley Stave Company v. Butler County 648 (1897) Harlannonenone Mo. dismissed
In re Chapman 661 (1897) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
City of Baltimore v. Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company 673 (1897) Peckhamnonenone C.C.D. Md. reversed
Long Island Water Supply Company v. City of Brooklyn 685 (1897) Brewernonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Sentell v. New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Company 698 (1897) Brownnonenone La. Ct. App. affirmed
City of Springville v. Thomas 707 (1897) Fullernonenone Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. City of Louisville 709 (1897) Fullernonenone Ky. dismissed

Notes and references

    1. "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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