Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Fletcher’s Estate 210 U.S. 82 1908 1 United States
Commonwealth ex rel. Di Giacomo v. Heston 292 Pa. 63 1928 1 Pennsylvania
State ex rel. Attorney General v. Owens 125 Okla. 66 1927 1 Oklahoma
Messmore's Estate 293 Pa. 63 1928 1 Pennsylvania
Johnson v. Butterworth 157 So. 121 1934 1 Louisiana
Tanner v. State 23 Ala. App. 61 1929 1 Alabama
Paulk v. Cooke 39 Conn. 566 1873 1 Connecticut
Roberts v. State 14 Ga. 8 1853 1 Georgia
Mann v. Commonwealth 118 Ky. 67 1904 1 Kentucky
Commonwealth v. Mahoney 331 Mass. 510 1954 1 Massachusetts
Chase v. Phœnix Mutual Life Insurance 67 Me. 85 1877 1 Maine
Anderson v. City of St. Louis 47 Mo. 479 1871 1 Missouri
State v. Midgett 214 N.C. 107 1938 1 North Carolina
State v. Worley 33 N.C. 242 1850 1 North Carolina
State v. Carroll 24 N.C. 257 1842 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Pratt 13 Ohio 548 1844 1 Ohio
Hassaurek v. Markbreit 68 Ohio St. 554 1903 1 Ohio
State ex rel. Karr v. Taxing District of Shelby County 84 Tenn. 240 1886 1 Tennessee
Staples v. Brown 113 Tenn. 639 1904 1 Tennessee
Herera v. State 35 Tex. Crim. 607 1896 1 Texas