| 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.
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:
| Portrait | Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote) | Tenure on Supreme Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melville Fuller | Chief Justice | Illinois | Morrison Waite | (41–20) | – July 4, 1910 (Died) | |
| Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly created seat | (Acclamation) | – December 1, 1897 (Retired) | |
| John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | (Acclamation) | – October 14, 1911 (Died) | |
| Horace Gray | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | (51–5) | – September 15, 1902 (Died) | |
| David Josiah Brewer | Associate Justice | Kansas | Stanley Matthews | (53–11) | – March 28, 1910 (Died) | |
| Henry Billings Brown | Associate Justice | Michigan | Samuel Freeman Miller | (Acclamation) | – May 28, 1906 (Retired) | |
| George Shiras Jr. | Associate Justice | Pennsylvania | Joseph P. Bradley | (Acclamation) | – February 23, 1903 (Retired) | |
| Edward Douglass White | Associate Justice | Louisiana | Samuel Blatchford | (Acclamation) | – December 18, 1910 (Continued as chief justice) | |
| Rufus W. Peckham | Associate Justice | New York | Howell Edmunds Jackson | (Acclamation) | – October 24, 1909 (Died) | |
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.
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.
See also: Fuller Court.
| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. Utah | affirmed |
| 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) | Fuller | none | 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) | Fuller | none | 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) | White | none | none | Wis. | habeas corpus denied |
| Zadig v. Baldwin | 485 (1897) | White | none | 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. Utah | affirmed |
| 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 | none | reversed | |
| 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. Utah | reversed |
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. City of Louisville | 709 (1897) | Fuller | none | none | dismissed | |