Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Rhea v. White 40 Tenn. 121 1859 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Brown 53 W. Va. 227 1903 1 West Virginia
Frye v. Miley 54 W. Va. 324 1903 1 West Virginia
City of Roanoke v. Blair 107 Va. 639 1907 1 Virginia
John v. Andrews Institute for Girls 192 N.Y. 382 1908 1 New York
Johnson v. McAdoo 222 Ark. 914 1954 1 Arkansas
Steele v. Robinson 221 Ark. 58 1952 1 Arkansas
Crittenden v. Lytle 221 Ark. 302 1952 1 Arkansas
Sparkman v. State 84 Fla. 151 1922 1 Florida
Jackson v. Golson 91 So. 2d 394 1956 1 Louisiana
State v. Whiteneck 176 Ind. 404 1911 1 Indiana
Sherwood v. Powell 61 Minn. 479 1895 1 Minnesota
Rule v. Omega Stove & Grate Co. 64 Minn. 326 1896 1 Minnesota
Elwell v. Goodnow 71 Minn. 390 1898 1 Minnesota
Currie v. Stewart 27 Miss. 52 1854 1 Mississippi
Perkins v. Guy 55 Miss. 153 1877 1 Mississippi
Mixon v. State 55 Miss. 525 1878 1 Mississippi
Kendrick v. State 55 Miss. 436 1877 1 Mississippi
Pollard v. State 53 Miss. 410 1876 1 Mississippi
Terry v. Coles' Ex'or 80 Va. 695 1885 1 Virginia