Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
National Union v. Thomas 10 App. D.C. 277 1897 1 District of Columbia
State v. Duestrow 137 Mo. 44 1897 1 Missouri
Gutkind v. City of Elroy 97 Wis. 649 1897 1 Wisconsin
Booth v. Dexter Steam Fire Engine Co. 118 Ala. 369 1897 1 Alabama
Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. City of Chicago 170 Ill. 580 1897 1 Illinois
Caperton v. Hall 118 Ala. 265 1897 1 Alabama
Sanders v. Wallace 118 Ala. 418 1897 1 Alabama
Clemmons v. Cox 116 Ala. 567 1897 1 Alabama
Chapel v. Board of County Commissioners 71 Minn. 18 1897 1 Minnesota
Sabin v. Wilkins 31 Or. 450 1897 1 Oregon
George v. People 167 Ill. 447 1897 1 Illinois
Gumaer v. Barber 182 Pa. 31 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Carleton v. Jenks 80 F. 937 1897 1 United States
Powers v. Hibbard 114 Mich. 533 1897 1 Michigan
M'Carthy v. O'Marr 19 Mont. 215 1897 1 Montana
Stevens v. Melcher 152 N.Y. 551 1897 1 New York
Weems & Waldo v. Watson 91 Tex. 35 1897 1 Texas
National Brewery Co. v. Linsday 72 Mo. App. 591 1897 1 Missouri
Yager v. Exchange National Bank 52 Neb. 321 1897 1 Nebraska
Tillaux v. Tillaux 115 Cal. 663 1897 1 California