Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Ex parte Western Union Telegraph Co. 200 Ala. 496 1917 1 Alabama
Smith v. State 80 Fla. 315 1920 1 Florida
Avinger v. State 29 Ala. App. 161 1940 1 Alabama
Reeves v. State 245 Ala. 237 1943 1 Alabama
Russell v. State 36 Ala. App. 19 1951 1 Alabama
Simmons v. State 234 Ind. 489 1955 1 Indiana
State v. Schotl 289 Minn. 175 1971 1 Minnesota
Eldridge v. State 415 So. 2d 1190 1982 1 Alabama
Foreman v. State 546 So. 2d 977 1986 1 Alabama
Ryan v. State 865 So. 2d 1239 2003 1 Alabama
Giles v. Commonwealth 51 Va. App. 449 2008 1 Virginia
Peisch v. Dickson 19 F. Cas. 123 1815 1 United States
Gilder v. Jeter 11 Ala. 256 1847 1 Alabama
Nichols, Shepherd & Co. v. Knowles 17 F. 494 1881 1 United States
National Bank of D. O. Mills & Co. v. Porter 73 Cal. 430 1887 1 California
Turner v. Crumpton & Crumpton 21 N.D. 294 1911 1 North Dakota
Baker, Lyons & Co. v. American Agricultural Chemical Co. 201 Ala. 328 1917 1 Alabama
Karter v. Fields 140 Ala. 352 1903 1 Alabama
Vandiver v. American Can Co. 190 Ala. 352 1914 1 Alabama
Lippincott v. Mitchell 94 U.S. 767 1876 1 United States