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.

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). 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)

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. "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time. e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

List of cases in volume 166 U.S.

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 D.N.J. prohibition denied Allen v. Georgia 138 (1897) Brown none none Ga. affirmed Masons v. City of New Orleans 143 (1897) Brown none none La. affirmed Henderson Bridge Company v. Kentucky 150 (1897) Fuller none White Ky. affirmed Adams Express Co. v. Kentucky 171 (1897) Fuller none White C.C.D. Ky. affirmed Adams Express Co. v. Ohio State 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 Ill. affirmed Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. City of Chicago II 258 (1897) Harlan none none Ill. affirmed In re Potts 263 (1897) Gray none none C.C.S.D. Ohio mandamus granted Gibson v. United States 269 (1897) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. 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 C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Iasigi v. Van de Carr 391 (1897) Fuller none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed Hooe v. Jamieson 395 (1897) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed Hooe v. Werner 399 (1897) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed Martin v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company 399 (1897) Peckham none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. 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 Minn. affirmed In re Hien 432 (1897) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. mandamus denied Aberdeen Bank v. Chehalis County 440 (1897) Shiras none Harlan Wash. affirmed National Bank of Commerce v. City of Seattle 463 (1897) Shiras none none Wash. affirmed American Publishing Company v. Fisher 464 (1897) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed United States v. American Tobacco Company 468 (1897) Peckham none none Ct. Cl. affirmed In re Eckart 481 (1897) White none none Wis. habeas corpus denied Zadig v. Baldwin 485 (1897) White none none Cal. dismissed Electric Company v. Dow 489 (1897) Shiras none none N.H. dismissed Carter v. Ruddy 493 (1897) Brewer none none 9th Cir. affirmed Allen v. Culp 501 (1897) Brown none none Philadelphia County Ct. Com. Pl. 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 C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Moses v. United States 571 (1897) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. affirmed United States v. Greathouse 601 (1897) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. 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 Mo. dismissed In re Chapman 661 (1897) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed City of Baltimore v. Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company 673 (1897) Peckham none none C.C.D. Md. reversed Long Island Water Supply Company v. City of Brooklyn 685 (1897) Brewer none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. 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 Ky. dismissed

Notes and references

See also Certificate of division

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