Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Murphy 17 R.I. 698 1892 1 Rhode Island
State v. Bockman 139 Tenn. 422 1917 1 Tennessee
Long v. True 149 Tenn. 673 1923 1 Tennessee
Ex parte Martinez 66 Tex. Crim. 1 1912 1 Texas
Selvidge v. State 30 Tex. 60 1867 1 Texas
Wilson v. Wilson 32 Utah 169 1907 1 Utah
State ex rel. McGovern v. Williams 130 Wis. 588 1907 1 Wisconsin
United States v. Helriggle 3 D.C. 179 1827 1 United States
State ex rel. Callahan v. Hess 348 Mo. 388 1941 1 Missouri
Commonwealth ex rel. McGlinn v. Smith 344 Pa. 41 1942 1 Pennsylvania
Jensen v. Sevy 103 Utah 220 1943 1 Utah
Irby Construction Co. v. Shipco, Inc. 548 F. Supp. 1023 1982 1 United States
Commonwealth ex rel. Dugan v. Ashe 347 Pa. 588 1943 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Ashe 348 Pa. 409 1944 1 Pennsylvania
In re Jorge 10 Alaska 633 1945 1 United States
Terry v. Life Ins. Co. 23 F. Cas. 856 1871 1 United States
Van Zandt v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance 55 N.Y. 169 1873 1 New York
Pierce v. Travelers' Life Insurance Co. 34 Wis. 389 1874 1 Wisconsin
Moore v. Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. 17 F. Cas. 672 1874 1 United States
Co-operative Life Ass'n v. Leflore 53 Miss. 1 1876 1 Mississippi