Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Droop v. Ridenour 11 App. D.C. 224 1897 1 District of Columbia
Brown v. Bryant 17 Tex. Civ. App. 454 1897 1 Texas
Bowles v. Field 78 F. 742 1897 1 United States
Smith v. Cook 10 App. D.C. 487 1897 1 District of Columbia
Kidder v. Wright 72 Mo. App. 378 1897 1 Missouri
Perry v. Sweeny 11 App. D.C. 404 1897 1 District of Columbia
Burns v. Smith 180 Pa. 606 1897 1 Pennsylvania