Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brett v. Donaghe's Guardian 101 Va. 786 1903 1 Virginia
Sawyer v. Corse 58 Va. 230 1867 1 Virginia
DeVoss v. City of Richmond 59 Va. 338 1868 1 Virginia
City of Detroit v. Blackeby 21 Mich. 84 1870 1 Michigan
Commonwealth v. Holmes 127 Mass. 424 1879 1 Massachusetts
Cheatham v. State 67 Miss. 335 1889 1 Mississippi
State v. Harper 64 N.C. 129 1870 1 North Carolina
State v. Eason 70 N.C. 88 1874 1 North Carolina
Aston v. Craigmiles 70 N.C. 316 1874 1 North Carolina
Bryce v. Butler 70 N.C. 585 1874 1 North Carolina
Gonzales y Borrego v. Territory of New Mexico 8 N.M. 446 1896 1 New Mexico
Hope v. People 83 N.Y. 418 1881 1 New York
Parchman v. State 2 Tex. Ct. App. 228 1877 1 Texas
Smith v. State 64 Tex. Crim. 454 1912 1 Texas
State v. Betsall 11 W. Va. 703 1877 1 West Virginia
Hayes v. City of Oshkosh 33 Wis. 314 1873 1 Wisconsin
Symonds v. Board of Supervisors 71 Ill. 355 1874 1 Illinois
Town of Danville v. Pace 66 Va. 1 1874 1 Virginia
Cook v. Mayor of Macon 54 Ga. 468 1875 1 Georgia
Gas Co. v. Wheeling 8 W. Va. 320 1875 1 West Virginia