Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Ross 29 Mo. 32 1859 1 Missouri
Melius v. Houston 41 Miss. 59 1866 1 Mississippi
Riggs v. State 26 Miss. 51 1853 1 Mississippi
Rocco v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1280 1872 1 Mississippi
Lynn v. Lowe 88 N.C. 478 1883 1 North Carolina
Pinnel v. Burroughs 172 N.C. 182 1916 1 North Carolina
State v. Cross 101 N.C. 770 1888 1 North Carolina
Hayden v. Cook 34 Neb. 670 1892 1 Nebraska
Stevens v. State 19 Neb. 647 1886 1 Nebraska
People v. Gibbs 93 N.Y. 470 1883 1 New York
State ex rel. Coleman v. Lewis 181 S.C. 10 1936 1 South Carolina
Skipworth v. State 8 Tex. Ct. App. 135 1880 1 Texas
Commonwealth v. Bennet 4 Va. 235 1820 1 Virginia
Barton v. State 23 Wis. 587 1869 1 Wisconsin
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