Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Public Parks Amusement Co. v. Embree-McLean Carriage Co. 64 Ark. 29 1897 1 Arkansas
Powell v. State 101 Ga. 9 1897 1 Georgia
Bowery Bank v. Gerety 153 N.Y. 411 1897 1 New York
Carpy v. Dowdell 115 Cal. 677 1897 1 California
Bahel v. Manning 112 Mich. 24 1897 1 Michigan
Whitesell v. Hill 101 Iowa 629 1897 1 Iowa
Carver v. Steele 116 Cal. 116 1897 1 California
New Orleans v. Citizens’ Bank 167 U.S. 371 1897 1 United States
Nelson v. Crescent City Railroad 49 La. Ann. 491 1897 1 Louisiana
Hamilton v. Dooly 15 Utah 280 1897 1 Utah
In re Accounts of Van Houten 18 A.D. 301 1897 1 New York
Estate of Lannon 5 Coffey 416 1897 1 California
United States v. Murphy 82 F. 893 1897 1 United States
People v. Bennett 5 Cal. Unrep. 824 1897 1 California
United States ex rel. Bernardin v. Seymour 10 App. D.C. 294 1897 1 District of Columbia
North Chicago Street Railroad v. Shreve 70 Ill. App. 666 1897 1 Illinois
Lanahan & Son v. Drew 72 Ill. App. 203 1897 1 Illinois
Daniels v. Solomon 11 App. D.C. 163 1897 1 District of Columbia
Edwards v. State 39 Fla. 753 1897 1 Florida
In re Van Houten’s Estate 46 N.Y.S. 190 1897 1 New York