Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burnett v. Wilmington, Newbern & Norfolk Railway Co. 120 N.C. 517 1897 1 North Carolina
Crockett v. Commonwealth 100 Ky. 389 1897 1 Kentucky
State v. Corcoran 70 Minn. 12 1897 1 Minnesota
Perry v. Sweeny 11 App. D.C. 404 1897 1 District of Columbia
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Gardiner 51 Neb. 70 1897 1 Nebraska
Wren v. Moncure 95 Va. 369 1897 1 Virginia
Brown v. Bryant 17 Tex. Civ. App. 454 1897 1 Texas
Smith v. Cook 10 App. D.C. 487 1897 1 District of Columbia
Polson v. Stewart 167 Mass. 211 1897 1 Massachusetts
St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Pierce 8 Del. Ch. 179 1897 1 Delaware
Floyd v. Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. 10 Colo. App. 54 1897 1 Colorado
Beagle v. Smith 50 Neb. 446 1897 1 Nebraska
Goldis v. Gately 168 Mass. 300 1897 1 Massachusetts
Oxsheer v. Nave 90 Tex. 568 1897 1 Texas
Bentz v. Maryland Bible Society 86 Md. 102 1897 1 Maryland
Robinson v. Boys 61 N.J.L. 179 1897 1 New Jersey
Braddock Trust Co. v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. 180 Pa. 529 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Cook v. Meyers 166 Ill. 282 1897 1 Illinois
State v. Pruett 49 La. Ann. 283 1897 1 Louisiana
Beale v. Kline 183 Pa. 149 1897 1 Pennsylvania