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Supreme Court of the United States
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38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 226 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1912 and 1913.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 226 U.S.[edit]

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 226 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 December 12, 1910
(Acclamation)
December 19, 1910

May 19, 1921
(Died)
Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field January 21, 1898
(Acclamation)
January 26, 1898

January 5, 1925
(Retired)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray December 4, 1902
(Acclamation)
December 8, 1902

January 12, 1932
(Retired)
William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. February 23, 1903
(Acclamation)
March 2, 1903

November 13, 1922
(Retired)
Horace Harmon Lurton Associate Justice Tennessee Rufus W. Peckham December 20, 1909
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1910

July 12, 1914
(Died)
Charles Evans Hughes Associate Justice New York David Josiah Brewer May 2, 1910
(Acclamation)
October 10, 1910

June 10, 1916
(Resigned)
Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) December 15, 1910
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1911

June 2, 1937
(Retired)
Joseph Rucker Lamar Associate Justice Georgia William Henry Moody December 15, 1910
(Acclamation)
January 3, 1911

January 2, 1916
(Died)
Mahlon Pitney Associate Justice New Jersey John Marshall Harlan March 13, 1912
(50–26)
March 18, 1912

December 31, 1922
(Resigned)

Notable Case in 226 U.S.[edit]

Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. v. United States[edit]

In Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. v. United States, 226 U.S. 20 (1912), also known as the Bathtub Trust case, the Supreme Court held unanimously that ownership of patent rights does not immunize the owner from the antitrust laws prohibiting combinations in unreasonable restraint of trade. The Court famously said that the Sherman Act "is its own measure of right and wrong, of what it permits or forbids, and the judgment of the courts cannot be set up against it in a supposed accommodation of its policy with the good intention of parties, and, it may be, of some good results." A commentary stated, "This decision has become the leading case on the subject of the relation of the patent law and Sherman law to each other."[2]

Citation style[edit]

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.

On January 1, 1912, the effective date of the Judicial Code of 1911, the old Circuit Courts were abolished, with their remaining trial court jurisdiction transferred to the U.S. District Courts.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

List of cases in volume 226 U.S.[edit]

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition
Breese v. United States 1 (1912) Holmes none none 4th Cir. certification
Harty v. Victoria 12 (1912) Holmes none none Phil. dismissed
United States v. Baltimore et al. Railway Company 14 (1912) Holmes none none Comm. Ct. affirmed
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company v. United States 20 (1912) McKenna none none D. Md. affirmed
Smith v. Hitchcock 53 (1912) Holmes none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company 61 (1912) Day none none C.C.D. Utah reversed
Louisiana Navigation Company, Ltd. v. Oyster Commission 99 (1912) White none none La. dismissed
Deming v. Carlisle Packing Company 102 (1912) White none none Wash. dismissed
First National Bank v. Littlefield 110 (1912) White none none 2d Cir. affirmed
Selover Bates and Company v. Walsh 112 (1912) McKenna none none Minn. affirmed
Taylor v. Columbian University 126 (1912) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Eubank v. City of Richmond 137 (1912) McKenna none none Va. reversed
Burnet v. Desmornes y Alvarez 145 (1912) Holmes none none P.R. affirmed
Jones v. Springer 148 (1912) Holmes none none N.M. affirmed
Central Lumber Company v. South Dakota 157 (1912) Holmes none none S.D. affirmed
Southwestern Brewery and Ice Company v. Schmidt 162 (1912) Holmes none none N.M. affirmed
Miller v. Guasti 170 (1912) Day none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed
443 Cans Egg Product v. United States 172 (1912) Day none none 3d Cir. reversed
Toyota v. Hawaii 184 (1912) Hughes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. affirmed
Purity Extract and Tonic Company v. Lynch 192 (1912) Hughes none none Miss. affirmed
Buck Stove and Range Company v. Vickers 205 (1912) VanDevanter none none Kan. reversed
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company v. Jackson Vinegar Company 217 (1912) VanDevanter none none Miss. Cir. Ct. affirmed
German Alliance Insurance Company v. Home Water Supply Company 220 (1912) Lamar none none 4th Cir. affirmed
Veve v. Sanchez 234 (1912) Lamar none none D.P.R. reversed
Beach v. United States 243 (1912) Pitney none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Rosenthal v. New York 260 (1912) Pitney none none N.Y. Cnty. Ct. affirmed
Zakonaite v. Wolf 272 (1912) Pitney none none E.D. Mo. affirmed
National Surety Company v. Architectural Decorating Company 276 (1912) Pitney none none Minn. affirmed
United States v. Union Stock Yard Transit Company of Chicago 286 (1912) Day none none Comm. Ct. multiple
Florida ex rel. Wailes v. Croom 309 (1912) White none none Fla. dismissed
Robertson v. Gordon 311 (1912) Holmes none none D.C. Cir. reversed
Murray v. City of Pocatello 318 (1912) Holmes none none Idaho affirmed
United States v. Reading Company 324 (1912) Lurton none none C.C.E.D. Pa. multiple
McLean v. United States 374 (1912) McKenna none none Ct. Cl. reversed
Wood, Trustee in Bankruptcy v. Wilbert's Sons Shingle and Lumber Company 384 (1912) McKenna none none E.D. La. affirmed
Darnell v. Indiana 390 (1912) Holmes none none Ind. affirmed
Keatley v. Furey 399 (1912) Holmes none none C.C.N.D. Ill. dismissed
Williams v. City of Talladega 404 (1912) Day none none Ala. reversed
Ex parte United States 420 (1913) White none none E.D. Mo. prohibition granted
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company v. Hardwick Elevator Company 426 (1913) White none none Minn. reversed
Hannum v. United States 436 (1913) White none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Anderson v. Smith 439 (1913) White none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Henderson Elevator Company 441 (1913) White none none Ky. reversed
Preston v. City of Chicago 447 (1913) White none none Ill. dismissed
Illinois ex rel. Gersch v. City of Chicago 451 (1913) White none none Ill. dismissed
Ubeda v. Zialcita 452 (1913) Holmes none none Phil. affirmed
Pittsburg Steel Company v. Baltimore Equitable Society 455 (1913) Holmes none none Md. affirmed
Marshall Dental Manufacturing Company v. Iowa 460 (1913) Holmes none none Iowa affirmed
Kalanianaole v. Smithies 462 (1913) Holmes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. affirmed
Ewing v. City of Leavenworth 464 (1913) Day none none Kan. affirmed
United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company 470 (1913) Day none none D. Utah decree rejected
Wheeler v. United States 478 (1913) Day none none D. Mass. affirmed
Adams Express Company v. Croninger 491 (1913) Lurton none none Ky. Cir. Ct. reversed
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. Miller 513 (1913) Lurton none none Neb. reversed
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company v. Latta 519 (1913) Lurton none none 8th Cir. reversed
McNamara v. Henkel 520 (1913) Hughes none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed
United States v. Patten 525 (1913) VanDevanter none Lurton C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Plumley v. United States 545 (1913) Lamar none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company v. United States 548 (1913) Lamar none none 9th Cir. affirmed
Thompson v. Thompson 551 (1913) Pitney none none D.C. Cir. affirmed
Evans v. United States 567 (1913) Pitney none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company v. Wulf 570 (1913) Pitney none none 5th Cir. affirmed
Schmidinger v. City of Chicago 578 (1913) Day none none Ill. affirmed
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Company v. Eichel 590 (1913) Pitney none none Tex. Civ. App. dismissed

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Edwin P. Grosvenor, "The Rule of Reason as Applied by the United States Supreme Court of Commerce in Patented Articles", 17 Colum. L. Rev. 208, 213 (1917).

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