Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Newberry 20 Cal. 439 1862 1 California
Masters v. United States 42 App. D.C. 350 1914 1 District of Columbia
Simmons v. State 32 Fla. 387 1893 1 Florida
State v. Brown 38 Kan. 390 1888 1 Kansas
Reese v. Reese 41 Md. 554 1875 1 Maryland
State v. Northern Pacific Express Co. 58 Minn. 403 1894 1 Minnesota
Beckham v. Nacke 56 Mo. 546 1874 1 Missouri
Shattuck v. State 51 Miss. 575 1875 1 Mississippi
Cook v. State 72 Miss. 517 1895 1 Mississippi
Fischer v. Gerndt 94 N.J. Eq. 53 1922 1 New Jersey
Halsted v. State 41 N.J.L. 552 1879 1 New Jersey
People v. Kibler 106 N.Y. 321 1887 1 New York
Galusha v. Galusha 116 N.Y. 635 1889 1 New York
Pappas v. State 135 Tenn. 499 1916 1 Tennessee
Hunter v. State 158 Tenn. 63 1928 1 Tennessee
Sowder v. Sowder 37 Tenn. 502 1858 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Johnson 49 Tenn. 225 1870 1 Tennessee
Croom v. Jerome Hill Cotton Co. 15 Tex. Civ. App. 328 1897 1 Texas
Matlock v. Glover 63 Tex. 231 1885 1 Texas
Town of Dover v. Wheeler 51 Vt. 160 1878 1 Vermont