| 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 221 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1911.
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 221 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Douglass White | Chief Justice | Louisiana | Melville Fuller | (Acclamation) | – May 19, 1921 (Died) | |
| John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | (Acclamation) | – October 14, 1911 (Died) | |
| Joseph McKenna | Associate Justice | California | Stephen Johnson Field | (Acclamation) | – January 5, 1925 (Retired) | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Horace Gray | (Acclamation) | – January 12, 1932 (Retired) | |
| William R. Day | Associate Justice | Ohio | George Shiras Jr. | (Acclamation) | – November 13, 1922 (Retired) | |
| Horace Harmon Lurton | Associate Justice | Tennessee | Rufus W. Peckham | (Acclamation) | – July 12, 1914 (Died) | |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Associate Justice | New York | David Josiah Brewer | (Acclamation) | – June 10, 1916 (Resigned) | |
| Willis Van Devanter | Associate Justice | Wyoming | Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) | (Acclamation) | – June 2, 1937 (Retired) | |
| Joseph Rucker Lamar | Associate Justice | Georgia | William Henry Moody | (Acclamation) | – January 2, 1916 (Died) | |
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.
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: White Court.
| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Oil Company of New Jersey v. United States | 1 (1911) | White | Harlan | Harlan | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| United States v. American Tobacco Company | 106 (1911) | White | Harlan | Harlan | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Hannibal Bridge Company v. United States | 194 (1911) | Harlan | none | none | E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Trodick | 208 (1911) | Harlan | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Hammers | 220 (1911) | McKenna | none | none | S.D. Cal. | reversed |
| West v. Kansas Natural Gas Company | 229 (1911) | McKenna | none | none | C.C.E.D. Okla. | affirmed |
| Jacobs v. Beecham | 263 (1911) | Holmes | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| In re Harris | 274 (1911) | Holmes | none | none | 2d Cir. | certification |
| Strassheim v. Daily | 280 (1911) | Holmes | none | none | N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Tiger v. Western Investment Company | 286 (1911) | Day | none | none | Okla. | reversed |
| Hallowell v. United States | 317 (1911) | Day | none | none | 8th Cir. | certification |
| Dowdell v. United States | 325 (1911) | Day | none | none | Phil. | affirmed |
| Merillat v. Hensey | 333 (1911) | Lurton | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company v. Board of Assessors for the Parish of Orleans | 346 (1911) | Hughes | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Orient Insurance Company v. Board of Assessors for the Parish of Orleans | 358 (1911) | Hughes | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Wilson v. United States | 361 (1911) | Hughes | none | McKenna | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Dreier v. United States | 394 (1911) | Hughes | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company v. Indiana Railroad Commission | 400 (1911) | VanDevanter | none | none | Ind. Ct. App. | affirmed |
| Sargent v. Herrick | 404 (1911) | VanDevanter | none | none | Iowa | reversed |
| Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company v. Miller | 408 (1911) | VanDevanter | none | none | Tex. Civ. App. | affirmed |
| Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company v. Gross | 417 (1911) | VanDevanter | none | none | Tex. Civ. App. | affirmed |
| Gompers v. Bucks Stove and Range Company | 418 (1911) | Lamar | none | none | D.C. Cir. | reversed |
| Montello Salt Company v. Utah | 452 (1911) | McKenna | none | none | Utah | reversed |
| Fifth Avenue Coach Company v. City of New York | 467 (1911) | McKenna | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Bean v. Morris | 485 (1911) | Holmes | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Johnson | 488 (1911) | Holmes | none | Hughes | W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Glucksman v. Henkel | 508 (1911) | Holmes | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Apsey v. Kimball | 514 (1911) | Day | none | none | multiple | affirmed |
| Appleby v. City of Buffalo | 524 (1911) | Day | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Carpenter v. Winn | 533 (1911) | Lurton | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| Briscoe v. Rudolph | 547 (1911) | Lurton | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| Lewis v. Luckett | 554 (1911) | Lurton | none | none | D.C. Cir. | affirmed |
| Coyle v. Smith | 559 (1911) | Lurton | none | none | Okla. | affirmed |
| Baglin v. Cusenier Company | 580 (1911) | Hughes | none | none | 2d Cir. | reversed |
| American Lithographic Company v. Werckmeister | 603 (1911) | Hughes | none | none | 2d Cir. | affirmed |
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission | 612 (1911) | Hughes | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| Jover y Costas v. Philippines | 623 (1911) | VanDevanter | none | none | Phil. | reversed |
| Hopkins v. Clemson College | 636 (1911) | Lamar | none | none | S.C. | reversed |
| Faber v. United States | 649 (1911) | Lamar | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Provident Institution for Savings v. Malone | 660 (1911) | Lamar | none | none | Mass. | affirmed |