Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Read 20 Tenn. 335 1839 1 Tennessee
Fenno v. Sayre 3 Ala. 458 1842 1 Alabama
Fisk v. Stewart 26 Minn. 365 1880 1 Minnesota
Taylor's Adm'r v. Spindle 43 Va. 44 1845 1 Virginia
Clement v. Reid 17 Miss. 535 1848 1 Mississippi
State v. Kendall 200 Iowa 483 1925 1 Iowa
Ratliff v. Baltzer’s Administrator 13 Idaho 152 1907 1 Idaho
Smith v. Inter-Mountain Auto Co. 25 Idaho 212 1913 1 Idaho
Claybrooks v. State 36 Md. App. 295 1977 1 Maryland
Price v. State 159 Md. 491 1930 1 Maryland
Maryland Casualty Co. v. Greenberg 159 Md. 40 1930 1 Maryland
Aldridge v. Aldridge 202 Mo. 565 1907 1 Missouri
State v. Zorn 202 Mo. 12 1907 1 Missouri
King v. Gilson 206 Mo. 264 1907 1 Missouri
Ayotte v. Nadeau 32 Mont. 498 1905 1 Montana
Murphy v. Nett 43 Mont. 353 1911 1 Montana
Archer v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. 41 Mont. 56 1910 1 Montana
Shepard v. Manhattan Railway Co. 169 N.Y. 160 1901 1 New York
People v. Olsen 34 N.Y.2d 349 1974 1 New York
Hatcher v. Briggs 6 Or. 31 1876 1 Oregon