Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Spears v. Willis 151 N.Y. 443 1897 1 New York
Norberg v. Records & Goldsborough 84 Md. 568 1897 1 Maryland
State v. Sargent 32 Or. 110 1897 1 Oregon
Bristol Iron & Steel Co. v. Caldwell 95 Va. 47 1897 1 Virginia
State v. Wilson 121 N.C. 650 1897 1 North Carolina
Madison Munday's Exrs. v. Munday 8 Ohio Cir. Dec. 44 1897 1 Ohio
Mundy's Executors v. Mundy 15 Ohio C.C. 155 1897 1 Ohio
Wood v. State 63 Ark. 337 1897 1 Arkansas
Sowles v. Bailey 69 Vt. 277 1897 1 Vermont
Wrought-Iron Range Co. v. Graham 80 F. 474 1897 1 United States
Martin v. Fort 83 F. 19 1897 1 United States
Cox v. Phelps 65 Ark. 1 1897 1 Arkansas
McClaugherty v. Croft 43 W. Va. 270 1897 1 West Virginia
Burnett v. Wilmington, Newbern & Norfolk Railway Co. 120 N.C. 517 1897 1 North Carolina
Wheelberger v. Knights 71 Ill. App. 331 1897 1 Illinois
Alger v. Anderson 78 F. 729 1897 1 United States
Jessup v. Jessup 17 Ind. App. 177 1897 1 Indiana
Thomas v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. 81 F. 911 1897 1 United States
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Gardiner 51 Neb. 70 1897 1 Nebraska
Dexter v. Gordon 11 App. D.C. 60 1897 1 District of Columbia