Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Leeds & Co. 49 La. Ann. 501 1897 1 Louisiana
People v. Bennett 5 Cal. Unrep. 824 1897 1 California
Swinburne v. Mills 17 Wash. 611 1897 1 Washington
Smith v. Foley 80 F. 949 1897 1 United States
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
North Chicago Street Railroad v. Leonard 67 Ill. App. 603 1897 1 Illinois
Estate of Lannon 5 Coffey 416 1897 1 California
Croom v. Jerome Hill Cotton Co. 15 Tex. Civ. App. 328 1897 1 Texas
Kelley v. Kelley 182 Pa. 131 1897 1 Pennsylvania
West Chicago Street Railway Co. v. Krueger 68 Ill. App. 450 1897 1 Illinois
Ex parte Hays 15 Utah 77 1897 1 Utah
Nighbert v. Hornsby 100 Tenn. 82 1897 1 Tennessee
People v. Circuit Court 169 Ill. 201 1897 1 Illinois
Union Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Indianapolis Lounge Co. 20 Ind. App. 325 1897 1 Indiana
Wall v. Royal Society of Good Fellows 179 Pa. 355 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Turner v. Interstate B. & L. Ass'n 51 S.C. 33 1897 1 South Carolina
Hallett v. Parrish 5 Idaho 496 1897 1 Idaho
McNamara v. Lyon 69 Conn. 447 1897 1 Connecticut
Simpson v. Smith Sons' Gin & Machine Co. 75 Miss. 505 1897 1 Mississippi
Towle v. Sherer 70 Minn. 312 1897 1 Minnesota