Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Brooklyn Life Insurance v. Bledsoe 52 Ala. 538 1875 1 Alabama
Williamson v. New Jersey Southern Railroad 29 N.J. Eq. 311 1878 1 New Jersey
Corbett v. State 31 Ala. 329 1858 1 Alabama
Clough v. State 7 Neb. 320 1878 1 Nebraska
McDonald v. State 83 Ala. 46 1887 1 Alabama
Sturgis v. Baker 39 Or. 541 1901 1 Oregon
Pollard v. State 12 Ala. App. 82 1913 1 Alabama
Jones v. State 20 Ala. App. 247 1924 1 Alabama
Nixon v. Sampson 215 Ala. 368 1926 1 Alabama
Lyda v. State 47 Ga. App. 45 1933 1 Georgia
Mullis v. State 258 Ala. 309 1952 1 Alabama
Knuckles v. State 342 So. 2d 949 1977 1 Alabama
King v. State 355 So. 2d 1148 1978 1 Alabama
Smoot v. State 383 So. 2d 605 1980 1 Alabama
Ashford v. State 472 So. 2d 717 1985 1 Alabama
Bridges v. State 516 So. 2d 895 1987 1 Alabama
Drinkard v. State 777 So. 2d 225 1998 1 Alabama
Sneed v. State 783 So. 2d 841 1999 1 Alabama
Minor v. State 780 So. 2d 707 1999 1 Alabama
Drinkard v. State 777 So. 2d 295 2000 1 Alabama