List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 221

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 221
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EstablishedMarch 4, 1789;235 years ago (1789-03-04)
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Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
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This is a list of cases reported in volume 221 of United States Reports , decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1911.

Contents

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 221 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 221 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)		Tenure on Supreme Court
Edward White, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, 1905.jpg Edward Douglass White Chief Justice Louisiana Melville Fuller December 12, 1910
(Acclamation)		December 19, 1910
–
May 19, 1921
(Died)
JudgeJMHarlan.jpg John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis November 29, 1877
(Acclamation)		December 10, 1877
–
October 14, 1911
(Died)
Justice McKenna.jpg Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field January 21, 1898
(Acclamation)		January 26, 1898
–
January 5, 1925
(Retired)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr circa 1930-edit.jpg Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray December 4, 1902
(Acclamation)		December 8, 1902
–
January 12, 1932
(Retired)
Justice William R. Day.jpg William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. February 23, 1903
(Acclamation)		March 2, 1903
–
November 13, 1922
(Retired)
HoraceHarmonLurton.jpg Horace Harmon Lurton Associate Justice Tennessee Rufus W. Peckham December 20, 1909
(Acclamation)		January 3, 1910
–
July 12, 1914
(Died)
Charles Evans Hughes cph.3b15401.jpg Charles Evans Hughes Associate Justice New York David Josiah Brewer May 2, 1910
(Acclamation)		October 10, 1910
–
June 10, 1916
(Resigned)
Willis Van Devanter.jpg Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice)December 15, 1910
(Acclamation)		January 3, 1911
–
June 2, 1937
(Retired)
Joseph Lamar.jpg Joseph Rucker Lamar Associate Justice Georgia William Henry Moody December 15, 1910
(Acclamation)		January 3, 1911
–
January 2, 1916
(Died)

Notable Cases in 221 U.S.

Standard Oil Co. v. United States and United States v. American Tobacco Co.

Standard Oil Co. v. United States , 221 U.S. 1 (1911), and United States v. American Tobacco Co. , 221 U.S. 106 (1911), are a pair of major antitrust decisions by the Supreme Court. In Standard Oil the Court found the company guilty of monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions. The decision resulted in the breakup of Standard Oil into 34 separate companies. (Many of these have since recombined, particularly into ExxonMobil. [2] [3] ) The Court in American Tobacco held the combination in that case was in restraint of trade and an attempt to monopolize the business of tobacco in interstate commerce within the prohibitions of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. As a result, the American Tobacco Company was split into four competitors.

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 221 U.S.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey v. United States 1 (1911) WhiteHarlanHarlan C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
United States v. American Tobacco Company 106 (1911) WhiteHarlanHarlan C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Hannibal Bridge Company v. United States 194 (1911) Harlannonenone E.D. Mo. affirmed
Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Trodick 208 (1911) Harlannonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
United States v. Hammers 220 (1911) McKennanonenone S.D. Cal. reversed
West v. Kansas Natural Gas Company 229 (1911) McKennanonenone C.C.E.D. Okla. affirmed
Jacobs v. Beecham 263 (1911) Holmesnonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
In re Harris 274 (1911) Holmesnonenone 2d Cir. certification
Strassheim v. Daily 280 (1911) Holmesnonenone N.D. Ill. reversed
Tiger v. Western Investment Company 286 (1911) Daynonenone Okla. reversed
Hallowell v. United States 317 (1911) Daynonenone 8th Cir. certification
Dowdell v. United States 325 (1911) Daynonenone Phil. affirmed
Merillat v. Hensey 333 (1911) Lurtonnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company v. Board of Assessors for the Parish of Orleans 346 (1911) Hughesnonenone La. affirmed
Orient Insurance Company v. Board of Assessors for the Parish of Orleans 358 (1911) Hughesnonenone La. affirmed
Wilson v. United States 361 (1911) HughesnoneMcKenna C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Dreier v. United States 394 (1911) Hughesnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company v. Indiana Railroad Commission 400 (1911) VanDevanternonenone Ind. Ct. App. affirmed
Sargent v. Herrick 404 (1911) VanDevanternonenone Iowa reversed
Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company v. Miller 408 (1911) VanDevanternonenone Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company v. Gross 417 (1911) VanDevanternonenone Tex. Civ. App. affirmed
Gompers v. Bucks Stove and Range Company 418 (1911) Lamarnonenone D.C. Cir. reversed
Montello Salt Company v. Utah 452 (1911) McKennanonenone Utah reversed
Fifth Avenue Coach Company v. City of New York 467 (1911) McKennanonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Bean v. Morris 485 (1911) Holmesnonenone 9th Cir. affirmed
United States v. Johnson 488 (1911) HolmesnoneHughes W.D. Mo. affirmed
Glucksman v. Henkel 508 (1911) Holmesnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Apsey v. Kimball 514 (1911) Daynonenonemultipleaffirmed
Appleby v. City of Buffalo 524 (1911) Daynonenone N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
Carpenter v. Winn 533 (1911) Lurtonnonenone 2d Cir. reversed
Briscoe v. Rudolph 547 (1911) Lurtonnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Lewis v. Luckett 554 (1911) Lurtonnonenone D.C. Cir. affirmed
Coyle v. Smith 559 (1911) Lurtonnonenone Okla. affirmed
Baglin v. Cusenier Company 580 (1911) Hughesnonenone 2d Cir. reversed
American Lithographic Company v. Werckmeister 603 (1911) Hughesnonenone 2d Cir. affirmed
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission 612 (1911) Hughesnonenone C.C.D. Md. affirmed
Jover y Costas v. Philippines 623 (1911) VanDevanternonenone Phil. reversed
Hopkins v. Clemson College 636 (1911) Lamarnonenone S.C. reversed
Faber v. United States 649 (1911) Lamarnonenone C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Provident Institution for Savings v. Malone 660 (1911) Lamarnonenone Mass. affirmed

Notes and references

    1. ↑ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
    2. ↑ "The Sherman Anti-Trust Act and Standard Oil" (PDF). University of Houston. January 9, 2014.
    3. ↑ "A Guide to the ExxonMobil Historical Collection". University of Texas at Austin . Retrieved January 9, 2014.

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