Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Police Jury of Lafourche v. Police Jury of Terrebonne 49 La. Ann. 1331 1897 1 Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Kennedy 170 Mass. 18 1897 1 Massachusetts
Whitesell v. Hill 101 Iowa 629 1897 1 Iowa
Estate of Bartol 182 Pa. 407 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Clowdis v. Fresno Flume & Irrigation Co. 118 Cal. 315 1897 1 California
Nelson v. Crescent City Railroad 49 La. Ann. 491 1897 1 Louisiana
Philpot v. Lucas 101 Iowa 478 1897 1 Iowa
Cole v. Getzinger 96 Wis. 559 1897 1 Wisconsin
Shea v. Murphy 164 Ill. 614 1897 1 Illinois
New Orleans v. Citizens’ Bank 167 U.S. 371 1897 1 United States
Smith v. Foley 80 F. 949 1897 1 United States
People v. Circuit Court 169 Ill. 201 1897 1 Illinois
Hebron v. Kelly 75 Miss. 74 1897 1 Mississippi
Illinois Trust & Savings Bank v. Pacific Railway Co. 117 Cal. 332 1897 1 California
Wall v. Royal Society of Good Fellows 179 Pa. 355 1897 1 Pennsylvania
In re Leeds & Co. 49 La. Ann. 501 1897 1 Louisiana
Fisher v. White 94 Va. 236 1897 1 Virginia
State v. Melton 120 N.C. 591 1897 1 North Carolina
Dick v. Harby 48 S.C. 516 1897 1 South Carolina
Morrison's Estate 183 Pa. 155 1897 1 Pennsylvania