Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
West v. Ferguson 57 Va. 270 1861 1 Virginia
Ex parte Ellyson 61 Va. 10 1870 1 Virginia
City Council v. Radcliffe 66 Ga. 469 1881 1 Georgia
McAffee v. Covington 4 Colo. L. Rep. 646 1884 1 Georgia
Marshall v. Donovan 73 Ky. 681 1874 1 Kentucky
Jackson v. Payne’s executors 59 Ky. 567 1859 1 Kentucky
Tyler v. Murray 57 Md. 418 1882 1 Maryland
Sills v. Ford 171 N.C. 733 1916 1 North Carolina
Newell v. Nichols 75 N.Y. 78 1878 1 New York
Bailey v. Stedronsky 57 Ohio App. 265 1936 1 Ohio
Cofield v. Farrell 38 Okla. 608 1913 1 Oklahoma
State v. Rankin 44 Tenn. 145 1867 1 Tennessee
Bostic v. Watson 2 Tenn. App. 209 1926 1 Tennessee
Herstein v. Kemker 19 Tenn. App. 681 1936 1 Tennessee
Allen v. Melton 20 Tenn. App. 387 1936 1 Tennessee
Town of Waterville v. County Commissioners of Kennebec County 59 Me. 80 1871 1 Maine
Hall v. United States 92 U.S. 27 1875 1 United States
Henderson v. United States 84 Ct. Cl. 525 1937 1 United States
Hall v. United States 11 Ct. Cl. 197 1876 1 United States
Board of Supervisors v. Gorrell 61 Va. 484 1871 1 Virginia