Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gibson v. City of Huntington 38 W. Va. 177 1893 1 West Virginia
Blake v. City of Pontiac 49 Ill. App. 543 1893 1 Illinois
Hearns v. Waterbury Hospital 66 Conn. 98 1895 1 Connecticut
Bouldin v. Alexander 23 Ky. 424 1828 1 Kentucky
Lenzen v. City of New Braunfels 13 Tex. Civ. App. 335 1896 1 Texas
Heath's Appeal 100 Pa. 1 1882 1 Pennsylvania
Conelly v. Nashville 100 Tenn. 262 1897 1 Tennessee
Terry v. City of Richmond 94 Va. 537 1897 1 Virginia
Gilboy v. City of Detroit 115 Mich. 121 1897 1 Michigan
Kelley v. Cook 21 R.I. 29 1898 1 Rhode Island
Esberg Cigar Co. v. City of Portland 34 Or. 282 1899 1 Oregon
Soniat v. Whitmer 141 La. 235 1916 1 Louisiana
McDonald’s Ex’rs v. McDonald 120 Ky. 211 1905 1 Kentucky
Simon v. Wildt 84 Ky. 157 1886 1 Kentucky
Ward v. Ward 104 Ky. 857 1898 1 Kentucky
Blackwell v. Blackwell 196 Mass. 186 1907 1 Massachusetts
BRASHEARS v. ORME 93 Md. 442 1901 1 Maryland
Watts v. State 99 Md. 30 1904 1 Maryland
Bennett v. Bennett 106 Md. 122 1907 1 Maryland
Stamp v. Case 41 Mich. 267 1879 1 Michigan