Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gougar v. Timberlake 148 Ind. 38 1897 1 Indiana
Robinson v. Boys 61 N.J.L. 179 1897 1 New Jersey
Morrow v. State 16 Del. 4 1897 1 Delaware
Jessup v. Jessup 17 Ind. App. 177 1897 1 Indiana
Walsh v. Murphy 167 Ill. 228 1897 1 Illinois
Sowles v. Bailey 69 Vt. 277 1897 1 Vermont
State v. Pruett 49 La. Ann. 283 1897 1 Louisiana
Bacon's Adm'r v. Bacon's Trustees 94 Va. 686 1897 1 Virginia
Eiseman v. Schneider 60 N.J.L. 291 1897 1 New Jersey
Murphy v. City of San Luis Obispo 5 Cal. Unrep. 665 1897 1 California
McClaugherty v. Croft 43 W. Va. 270 1897 1 West Virginia
Baker v. Hedrich 85 Md. 645 1897 1 Maryland
Dexter v. Gordon 11 App. D.C. 60 1897 1 District of Columbia
Kidder v. Wright 72 Mo. App. 378 1897 1 Missouri
Levar v. State 103 Ga. 42 1897 1 Georgia
Bamberger v. Johnson 86 Md. 38 1897 1 Maryland
Polson v. Stewart 167 Mass. 211 1897 1 Massachusetts
State v. Corcoran 70 Minn. 12 1897 1 Minnesota
Beale v. Kline 183 Pa. 149 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Wheelberger v. Knights 71 Ill. App. 331 1897 1 Illinois