Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Walker v. Tyner 95 Okla. 120 1923 1 Oklahoma
Beekman v. Chalmers 1 Cow. 584 1823 1 New York
Greer v. Bumpass 8 Tenn. 94 1827 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Moore 6 Me. 274 1830 1 Maine
Gould v. Kelley 16 N.H. 551 1845 1 New Hampshire
State v. Horan 25 Supp. Tex. 271 1860 1 Texas
Myers v. Carr 12 Mich. 63 1863 1 Michigan
Taylor v. Taylor 10 Minn. 107 1865 1 Minnesota
Ransom v. Hays 39 Mo. 445 1867 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Shaw v. Mayor of Wyandotte 4 Kan. 430 1868 1 Kansas
Wilcox v. Emerson 10 R.I. 270 1872 1 Rhode Island
Trim v. Willoughby 44 How. Pr. 189 1872 1 New York
Havermans v. City of Troy 50 How. Pr. 510 1875 1 New York
Fuchs v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. 132 La. 782 1912 1 Louisiana
Doggett v. Walter 15 Fla. 355 1875 1 Florida
Commonwealth v. Jennings 121 Mass. 47 1876 1 Massachusetts
Dibble v. Hathaway 18 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 571 1877 1 New York
Thompson v. State 54 Miss. 740 1877 1 Mississippi
Pierson v. People 25 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 239 1879 1 New York
State v. Gregory 33 La. Ann. 737 1881 1 Louisiana