Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Kennedy 170 Mass. 18 1897 1 Massachusetts
Fisher v. White 94 Va. 236 1897 1 Virginia
In re Leeds & Co. 49 La. Ann. 501 1897 1 Louisiana
Wall v. Royal Society of Good Fellows 179 Pa. 355 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Edwards v. State 39 Fla. 753 1897 1 Florida
Barabasz v. Kabat 86 Md. 23 1897 1 Maryland
Kimball & Fink v. Friend's Adm' r 95 Va. 125 1897 1 Virginia
Estate of Bartol 182 Pa. 407 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Kimble v. Kimble 17 Wash. 75 1897 1 Washington
State v. Melton 120 N.C. 591 1897 1 North Carolina
Philpot v. Lucas 101 Iowa 478 1897 1 Iowa
Bell v. Rice 50 Neb. 547 1897 1 Nebraska
People v. Circuit Court 169 Ill. 201 1897 1 Illinois
Whitesell v. Hill 101 Iowa 629 1897 1 Iowa
Henley v. State 98 Tenn. 665 1897 1 Tennessee
Bryan v. Adler 97 Wis. 124 1897 1 Wisconsin
Carver v. Steele 116 Cal. 116 1897 1 California
Bahel v. Manning 112 Mich. 24 1897 1 Michigan
Illinois Trust & Savings Bank v. Pacific Railway Co. 117 Cal. 332 1897 1 California
State v. Main 69 Conn. 123 1897 1 Connecticut