Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Tabor v. Commissioner of the General Land Office 29 Tex. 508 1866 1 Texas
Conway v. Taylor’s Executor 66 U.S. 603 1861 1 United States
In re Leeds & Co. 49 La. Ann. 501 1897 1 Louisiana
Tiernan v. Hammond 41 Md. 548 1875 1 Maryland
Evans v. Horan 52 Md. 602 1879 1 Maryland
Bovard v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 818 1872 1 Mississippi
Elder, Dempster & Co. v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. 105 Tex. 628 1913 1 Texas
O’Neal v. Bush & Tillar 108 Tex. 246 1917 1 Texas
Glover v. Commonwealth 86 Va. 382 1889 1 Virginia
Noble v. Martin 191 Wash. 39 1937 1 Washington
Quarles v. Albritton 116 So. 2d 175 1959 1 Louisiana
People v. Newberry 20 Cal. 439 1862 1 California
Masters v. United States 42 App. D.C. 350 1914 1 District of Columbia
Simmons v. State 32 Fla. 387 1893 1 Florida
State v. Brown 38 Kan. 390 1888 1 Kansas
Reese v. Reese 41 Md. 554 1875 1 Maryland
State v. Northern Pacific Express Co. 58 Minn. 403 1894 1 Minnesota
Beckham v. Nacke 56 Mo. 546 1874 1 Missouri
Shattuck v. State 51 Miss. 575 1875 1 Mississippi
Cook v. State 72 Miss. 517 1895 1 Mississippi