Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Saffold v. Horne 72 Miss. 470 1894 1 Mississippi
Young v. Wark 76 Miss. 829 1899 1 Mississippi
Young v. Young 80 N.Y. 422 1880 1 New York
Martin v. Stovall 103 Tenn. 1 1899 1 Tennessee