Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
United States v. Murphy 82 F. 893 1897 1 United States
Bloxham v. Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad 39 Fla. 243 1897 1 Florida
In re Estate of James 3 Coffey 130 1897 1 California
In re Accounts of Van Houten 18 A.D. 301 1897 1 New York
Welter v. Jacobson 7 N.D. 32 1897 1 North Dakota
Bell v. Rice 50 Neb. 547 1897 1 Nebraska
Ex parte Hays 15 Utah 77 1897 1 Utah
In re Van Houten’s Estate 46 N.Y.S. 190 1897 1 New York
Lyons v. Allen 11 App. D.C. 543 1897 1 District of Columbia
Shouse v. Doane 39 Fla. 95 1897 1 Florida
Fulton v. Fletcher 12 App. D.C. 1 1897 1 District of Columbia
Norfolk Lumber Co. v. Simmons 16 Del. 317 1897 1 Delaware
Cody v. State 100 Ga. 105 1897 1 Georgia
Orgain v. Irvine 100 Tenn. 193 1897 1 Tennessee
Waterbury v. Tucker & Carter Cordage Co. 152 N.Y. 610 1897 1 New York
Barley v. Byrd 95 Va. 316 1897 1 Virginia
Rosenplanter v. Toof 99 Tenn. 92 1897 1 Tennessee
Vietor v. Glover 17 Wash. 37 1897 1 Washington
Mooney v. Rowland 64 Ark. 19 1897 1 Arkansas
Lynchburg Trust & Savings Bank v. A. G. Elliott & Co. 94 Va. 700 1897 1 Virginia