List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 166 explained

Location:Washington, D.C.
Type:Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authority:Constitution of the United States, Art. III, §1
Terms:life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Positions:9 (by statute)

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.

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

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

See also: List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office.

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition.

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 FullerChief JusticeIllinoisMorrison Waite
(41–20)


July 4, 1910
(Died)
Stephen Johnson FieldAssociate JusticeCalifornianewly created seat
(Acclamation)


December 1, 1897
(Retired)
John Marshall HarlanAssociate JusticeKentuckyDavid Davis
(Acclamation)


October 14, 1911
(Died)
Horace GrayAssociate JusticeMassachusettsNathan Clifford
(51–5)


September 15, 1902
(Died)
David Josiah BrewerAssociate JusticeKansasStanley Matthews
(53–11)


March 28, 1910
(Died)
Henry Billings BrownAssociate JusticeMichiganSamuel Freeman Miller
(Acclamation)


May 28, 1906
(Retired)
George Shiras Jr.Associate JusticePennsylvaniaJoseph P. Bradley
(Acclamation)


February 23, 1903
(Retired)
Edward Douglass WhiteAssociate JusticeLouisianaSamuel Blatchford
(Acclamation)


December 18, 1910
(Continued as chief justice)
Rufus W. PeckhamAssociate JusticeNew YorkHowell Edmunds Jackson
(Acclamation)


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

See also: United States district court.

See also: United States circuit court.

See also: United States court of appeals.

See also: United States federal courts. 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.

See also: Fuller Court.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
The Three Friends 1 (1897) Fuller none Harlan 5th Cir.reversed
Barber v. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company 83 (1897) Gray none none 3d Cir.certification
The Conqueror 110 (1897) Brown none none 2d Cir.reversed
In re Alix 136 (1897) Fuller none none prohibition denied
Allen v. Georgia 138 (1897) Brown none none affirmed
Masons v. City of New Orleans 143 (1897) Brown none none affirmed
Henderson Bridge Company v. Kentucky 150 (1897) Fuller none White affirmed
Adams Express Company v. Kentucky 171 (1897) Fuller none White affirmed
Adams Express Company v. Ohio Auditor 185 (1897) Brewer none none 6th Cir.rehearing denied
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. City of Chicago I 226 (1897) Harlan none none affirmed
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. City of Chicago II 258 (1897) Harlan none none affirmed
In re Potts 263 (1897) Gray none none mandamus granted
Gibson v. United States 269 (1897) Fuller none none affirmed
Nelson v. Flint 276 (1897) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utahaffirmed
Panama Railroad Company v. Napier Shipping Company 280 (1897) Brown none none 2d Cir.affirmed
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association 290 (1897) Peckham none White 8th Cir.reversed
The Majestic 375 (1897) Fuller none none 2d Cir.reversed
City of St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Company 388 (1897) Shiras none none affirmed
Iasigi v. Van de Carr 391 (1897) Fullernone none affirmed
Hooe v. Jamieson 395 (1897) Fuller none none affirmed
Hooe v. Werner 399 (1897) Fuller none none affirmed
Martin v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company 399 (1897) Peckham none none affirmed
The Umbria 404 (1897) Brown none none 2d Cir.reversed
Hunt v. United States 424 (1897) Gray none none 8th Cir.dismissed
Gladson v. Minnesota 427 (1897) Gray none none affirmed
In re Hien 432 (1897) Fullernone none mandamus denied
Aberdeen Bank v. Chehalis County 440 (1897) Shiras none Harlan affirmed
National Bank of Commerce v. City of Seattle 463 (1897) Shiras none none affirmed
American Publishing Company v. Fisher 464 (1897) Brewer none none reversed
United States v. American Tobacco Company 468 (1897) Peckham none none affirmed
In re Eckart 481 (1897) Whitenone none Wis.habeas corpus denied
Zadig v. Baldwin 485 (1897) Whitenone none dismissed
Electric Company v. Dow 489 (1897) Shiras none none dismissed
Carter v. Ruddy 493 (1897) Brewer none none 9th Cir.affirmed
Allen v. Culp 501 (1897) Brown none none affirmed
Forsyth v. City of Hammond 506 (1897) Brewer none none 7th Cir.reversed
Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company v. Hickey 521 (1897) Peckham none none D.C. Cir.affirmed
Manson v. Duncanson 533 (1897) Shiras none none D.C. Cir.affirmed
Ex parte Lennon 548 (1897) Brown none none 6th Cir.affirmed
City Railway Company v. Citizens' Street Railroad Company 557 (1897) Brown none none affirmed
Moses v. United States 571 (1897) Peckham none none D.C. Cir.affirmed
United States v. Greathouse 601 (1897) Harlan none none affirmed
Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Cody 606 (1897) Fuller none none 5th Cir.affirmed
Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Barrett 617 (1897) Fuller none none 5th Cir.affirmed
Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Sanders 620 (1897) Harlan none none 9th Cir.affirmed
Whitney v. Fox 637 (1897) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utahaffirmed
Oxley Stave Company v. Butler County 648 (1897) Harlan none none dismissed
In re Chapman 661 (1897) Fuller none none dismissed
City of Baltimore v. Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company 673 (1897) Peckham none nonereversed
Long Island Water Supply Company v. City of Brooklyn 685 (1897) Brewer none none affirmed
Sentell v. New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Company 698 (1897) Brown none none La. Ct. App.affirmed
City of Springville v. Thomas 707 (1897) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utahreversed
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. City of Louisville 709 (1897) Fuller none none dismissed

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Supreme Court Research Guide . 7 April 2021 . Georgetown Law Library.