Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Welter v. Jacobson 7 N.D. 32 1897 1 North Dakota
Bates v. Duncan 64 Ark. 339 1897 1 Arkansas
New Orleans v. Citizens’ Bank 167 U.S. 371 1897 1 United States
Seltzer v. Saxton 71 Ill. App. 229 1897 1 Illinois
Shea v. Murphy 164 Ill. 614 1897 1 Illinois
In re Estate of Adams 183 Pa. 134 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Estate of Seibert 4 Pa. Super. 514 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Walker v. Webster 95 Va. 377 1897 1 Virginia
Terry v. City of Richmond 94 Va. 537 1897 1 Virginia