This is a list of cases reported in volume 167 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 167 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 167 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)

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 167 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Compton v. Jesup 1 (1897) Shiras none none 6th Cir. certification In re Hall 38 (1897) Peckham none none Ct. Cl. mandamus denied Davis v. Massachusetts 43 (1897) White none none Mass. Super. Ct. affirmed Northern P.R.R. Co. v. Poirier 48 (1897) Shiras none none 9th Cir. reversed Walker v. Collins 57 (1897) White none none 8th Cir. reversed Cross v. Evans 60 (1897) White none none 5th Cir. dismissed Spokane Falls et al. Ry. Co. v. Ziegler 65 (1897) Shiras none none 9th Cir. affirmed Willis v. Eastern T. & B. Co. 76 (1897) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. dismissed Latta v. Granger 81 (1897) Fuller none none 8th Cir. reversed Latta v. Neubert 87 (1897) Fuller none none 8th Cir. reversed Wabash R.R. Co. v. City of Defiance 88 (1897) Brown none none Ohio affirmed Bryant v. United States 104 (1897) Brown none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Enterprise M. Co. v. Rico A.C.M. Co. 108 (1897) Brewer none none 8th Cir. affirmed Campbell v. Ellet 116 (1897) Brewer none none Colo. affirmed In re Johnson 120 (1897) Brown none none S.D. Ind. Terr. habeas corpus denied Burdon C.S.R. Co. v. Payne 127 (1897) Fuller none none 5th Cir. certification London A. v. Companhia de Moagens 149 (1897) Peckham none none 3d Cir. affirmed Levy v. Superior Ct. 175 (1897) Harlan none none Cal. dismissed Stone v. United States 178 (1897) Harlan none none 9th Cir. affirmed Twin City Nat'l Bank v. Nebecker 196 (1897) Harlan none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Lumberman's Nat'l Bank v. Huston 203 (1897) Harlan none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Tindal v. Wesley 204 (1897) Harlan none none 4th Cir. affirmed United States v. American B.T. Co. 224 (1897) Brewer none none 1st Cir. affirmed Indiana v. Kentucky 270 (1897) Fuller none none original border set Tla-Koo-Yel-Lee v. United States 274 (1897) Peckham none none D. Alaska reversed United States v. Sandoval 278 (1897) Fuller none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. multiple Rio Arriba L. & C. Co. v. United States 298 (1897) Fuller none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. affirmed May v. May 310 (1897) Gray none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Parsons v. United States 324 (1897) Peckham none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Yardley v. Philler 344 (1897) White none none 3d Cir. reversed California Nat'l Bank v. Kennedy 362 (1897) White none none Cal. reversed City of New Orleans v. Citizens' Bank 371 (1897) White none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Louisiana ex rel. Citizens' Bank v. Parish of Orleans 407 (1897) White none none La. affirmed Louisiana v. City of New Orleans 407 (1897) White none none La. affirmed Hovey v. Elliott 409 (1897) White none none N.Y. affirmed Parsons v. Chicago et al. Ry. Co. 447 (1897) Brewer none none 8th Cir. affirmed Merchants' & M. Nat'l Bank v. Pennsylvania 461 (1897) Brewer none none Pa. affirmed Warner v. City of New Orleans 467 (1897) Brewer none none 5th Cir. certification ICC v. Cincinnati et al. R.R. Co. 479 (1897) Brewer none none 6th Cir. certification Wight v. United States 512 (1897) Brewer none none W.D. Pa. affirmed Savannah et al. Ry. Co. v. Florida F.E. 512 (1897) Brewer none none not indicated reversed Camfield v. United States 518 (1897) Brown none none 8th Cir. affirmed Whitney v. United States 529 (1897) Brown none none Ct. Priv. Land Cl. reversed Bauman v. Ross 548 (1897) Gray none none D.C. Cir. reversed The J.P. Donaldson 599 (1897) Gray none none 6th Cir. certification The Glide 606 (1897) Gray none none Mass. Super. Ct. reversed Peck v. Heurich 624 (1897) Gray none none D.C. Cir. affirmed ICC v. Detroit et al. Ry. Co. 633 (1897) Shiras none none 6th Cir. affirmed Shapleigh v. City of San Angelo 646 (1897) Shiras none none C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed St. Joseph et al. R.R. Co. v. Steele 659 (1897) Shiras none none 8th Cir. reversed United States v. Reed 664 (1897) Shiras none none 2d Cir. affirmed Hedrick v. Atchison et al. R.R. Co. 673 (1897) Shiras none none Mo. affirmed Mackall v. Willoughby 681 (1897) Shiras none none D.C. Cir. affirmed MacGreal v. Taylor 688 (1897) Harlan none none D.C. Cir. reversed Menotti v. Dillon 703 (1897) Harlan none none Cal. reversed De Guyer v. Banning 723 (1897) Harlan none none Cal. affirmed

Notes and references

See also Certificate of division

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