Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nelson v. Crescent City Railroad 49 La. Ann. 491 1897 1 Louisiana
Williams v. State 38 Tex. Crim. 128 1897 1 Texas
Morrison's Estate 183 Pa. 155 1897 1 Pennsylvania
United States v. Murphy 82 F. 893 1897 1 United States
Cole v. Getzinger 96 Wis. 559 1897 1 Wisconsin
Police Jury of Lafourche v. Police Jury of Terrebonne 49 La. Ann. 1331 1897 1 Louisiana
Kaufman v. Caughman 49 S.C. 159 1897 1 South Carolina
Turner v. Interstate B. & L. Ass'n 51 S.C. 33 1897 1 South Carolina
Bascom v. Danville Stove & Manufacturing Co. 182 Pa. 427 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Wooten v. State 99 Tenn. 189 1897 1 Tennessee
State v. Carver 69 N.H. 216 1897 1 New Hampshire
Gibbs v. Tiffany 4 Pa. Super. 29 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Ex parte Hays 15 Utah 77 1897 1 Utah
Gault v. Equitable Trust Co. 100 Ky. 578 1897 1 Kentucky
State ex rel. C. S. Essex v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad 70 Mo. App. 634 1897 1 Missouri
Hamilton v. Dooly 15 Utah 280 1897 1 Utah
Harp v. Parr 168 Ill. 459 1897 1 Illinois
Martin v. Southern Ry. 51 S.C. 150 1897 1 South Carolina
Buxton v. Shaffer 43 W. Va. 296 1897 1 West Virginia
Smith v. Foley 80 F. 949 1897 1 United States