Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Wilson v. State 239 Md. 245 1965 1 Maryland
Clark v. Braham 386 Mich. 53 1971 1 Michigan
Delany v. People 10 Mich. 241 1862 1 Michigan
Maher v. People 10 Mich. 212 1862 1 Michigan
Emerson v. Atwater 7 Mich. 12 1859 1 Michigan
People v. Rix 6 Mich. 144 1858 1 Michigan
Shannon v. People 5 Mich. 71 1858 1 Michigan
Richardson v. State 196 Miss. 560 1944 1 Mississippi
Coulter v. Carter 200 Miss. 135 1946 1 Mississippi
Wells v. Brooks 199 Miss. 327 1946 1 Mississippi
Johnston v. Tomme 199 Miss. 337 1946 1 Mississippi
Costas v. Board of Sup’rs 198 Miss. 440 1945 1 Mississippi
M. C. Heath & Co. v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. 87 S.C. 219 1910 1 South Carolina
Godfrey v. Pullman Co. 87 S.C. 361 1910 1 South Carolina
Lisman v. Milwaukee, L. S. & W. Ry. Co. 161 F. 472 1908 1 United States
American Loan & Trust Co. v. Grand Rivers Co. 159 F. 775 1908 1 United States
Boxly v. McKay 36 Tenn. 286 1856 0 Tennessee
Willard v. Overseers of the Poor 50 Va. 139 1852 1 Virginia
Bell's Heirs v. Snyder 51 Va. 350 1853 1 Virginia
Murphy v. Nett 43 Mont. 353 1911 1 Montana