# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 226

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.

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 226 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
| 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.
### Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. v. United States

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."

## 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.
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.
* "# 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 226 U.S.

| 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 |