Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cherry v. Richardson 120 Ala. 242 1897 1 Alabama
Weber v. St. Paul City Railway Co. 67 Minn. 155 1897 1 Minnesota
Francis v. Francis 180 Pa. 644 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Kennedy 170 Mass. 18 1897 1 Massachusetts
Williams v. State 38 Tex. Crim. 128 1897 1 Texas
State v. Melton 120 N.C. 591 1897 1 North Carolina
In re Leeds & Co. 49 La. Ann. 501 1897 1 Louisiana
New Orleans v. Citizens’ Bank 167 U.S. 371 1897 1 United States
Edwards v. State 39 Fla. 753 1897 1 Florida
Union Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Indianapolis Lounge Co. 20 Ind. App. 325 1897 1 Indiana
Martin v. Southern Ry. 51 S.C. 150 1897 1 South Carolina
Kaufman v. Caughman 49 S.C. 159 1897 1 South Carolina
Bell v. Rice 50 Neb. 547 1897 1 Nebraska
Richards v. Harrison 71 Mo. App. 224 1897 1 Missouri
Nighbert v. Hornsby 100 Tenn. 82 1897 1 Tennessee
Ex parte Hays 15 Utah 77 1897 1 Utah
Croom v. Jerome Hill Cotton Co. 15 Tex. Civ. App. 328 1897 1 Texas
Illinois Trust & Savings Bank v. Pacific Railway Co. 117 Cal. 332 1897 1 California
Swinburne v. Mills 17 Wash. 611 1897 1 Washington
People v. Circuit Court 169 Ill. 201 1897 1 Illinois