Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Beekman v. People 27 Barb. 260 1858 1 New York
Wise v. Leonhardt 128 N.C. 289 1901 1 North Carolina
McKeon v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad 75 Conn. 343 1902 1 Connecticut
Read Phosphate Co. v. Wells 18 Ga. App. 656 1916 1 Georgia
McKinney v. Purcell 28 Kan. 446 1882 1 Kansas
Waters v. Pleasant Manor Nursing Home 361 Md. 82 2000 1 Maryland
Hill v. McNichol 80 Me. 209 1888 1 Maine
Bolt v. City of Lansing 221 Mich. App. 79 1997 1 Michigan
McCord's Administrator v. McCord 77 Mo. 166 1882 1 Missouri
Fretwell v. Laffoon 77 Mo. 26 1882 1 Missouri
State v. Hunt 357 N.C. 257 2003 1 North Carolina
Hoyt v. Thorn 7 N.J. Eq. 9 1847 1 New Jersey
Mount v. State 14 Ohio 295 1846 1 Ohio
Lessee of Lore v. Truman 10 Ohio St. 45 1859 1 Ohio
Runyan v. Price 15 Ohio St. 1 1864 1 Ohio
Fosselman v. Elder 98 Pa. 159 1881 1 Pennsylvania
German Land Ass'n v. Scholler 10 Minn. 331 1865 1 Minnesota
Levy v. Levy 33 N.Y. 97 1865 1 New York
Jacobs v. State 396 So. 2d 1113 1981 1 Florida
Fontenot v. Succession of Garland 352 So. 2d 251 1977 1 Louisiana