Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Compton v. Smith 120 Ala. 233 1897 1 Alabama
Tillaux v. Tillaux 115 Cal. 663 1897 1 California
Foxworth v. Brown Bros. 120 Ala. 59 1897 1 Alabama
Boltwood v. Miller 112 Mich. 657 1897 1 Michigan
Sowles v. Bailey 69 Vt. 277 1897 1 Vermont
Perry v. Sweeny 11 App. D.C. 404 1897 1 District of Columbia
McGowan v. Bailey, Wilson & Co. 179 Pa. 470 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Polson v. Stewart 167 Mass. 211 1897 1 Massachusetts
United States v. Murphy 82 F. 893 1897 1 United States
Banville v. Sullivan 11 App. D.C. 23 1897 1 District of Columbia
Sis v. Boarman 11 App. D.C. 116 1897 1 District of Columbia
Shafer v. Shafer 85 Md. 554 1897 1 Maryland
Morrow v. State 16 Del. 4 1897 1 Delaware
Braddock Trust Co. v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. 180 Pa. 529 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Cook v. Meyers 166 Ill. 282 1897 1 Illinois
Burnett v. Wilmington, Newbern & Norfolk Railway Co. 120 N.C. 517 1897 1 North Carolina
State v. Call 121 N.C. 643 1897 1 North Carolina
France v. State 57 Ohio St. 1 1897 1 Ohio
Kuhn v. McKay 7 Wyo. 42 1897 1 Wyoming
Goldis v. Gately 168 Mass. 300 1897 1 Massachusetts