Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wallace v. Goodlett 104 Tenn. 670 1900 1 Tennessee
Turpin v. Chesterfield C. &. I. M. Co. 82 Va. 74 1886 1 Virginia
Bell v. McConkey 82 Va. 176 1886 1 Virginia
Barton’s Ex’or v. Ridgeway’s Adm’r 92 Va. 162 1895 1 Virginia
Vigel v. Naylor 65 U.S. 208 1860 1 United States
Memphis v. United States 97 U.S. 293 1877 1 United States
Smith v. Young 134 Miss. 738 1924 1 Mississippi
Speyrer v. Miller 108 La. 204 1902 1 Louisiana
Steuart v. State ex rel. Dolcimascolo 119 Fla. 117 1935 1 Florida
Steuart v. State ex rel. Dolcimascolo 161 So. 378 1935 1 Florida
Ex parte Robinson 20 F. Cas. 965 1856 1 United States
Ex parte Des Rochers 7 F. Cas. 537 1856 1 United States
Ela v. Edwards 82 Mass. 91 1860 1 Massachusetts
Riggs v. Riggs 135 Mass. 238 1883 1 Massachusetts
Davis v. State 39 Md. 355 1874 1 Maryland
Cearfoss v. State 42 Md. 403 1875 1 Maryland
Mullins v. Cottrell 41 Miss. 291 1866 1 Mississippi
La Bau v. Vanderbilt 3 Redf. 384 1879 1 New York
Collins v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad 56 Tenn. 841 1872 1 Tennessee
Martin v. Martin 48 Tenn. 644 1870 1 Tennessee