Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Green 66 Mo. 631 1877 1 Missouri
State v. Holme 54 Mo. 153 1873 1 Missouri
Marsh v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 839 1872 1 Mississippi
State v. Sheets 89 N.C. 543 1883 1 North Carolina
State v. Holdsclaw 180 N.C. 731 1920 1 North Carolina
State v. Creech 210 N.C. 700 1936 1 North Carolina
Polin v. State 14 Neb. 540 1883 1 Nebraska
People v. Barberi 149 N.Y. 256 1896 1 New York
Gaffney v. People 50 N.Y. 416 1872 1 New York
Latham v. State 75 Tex. Crim. 575 1914 1 Texas
Evers v. State 31 Tex. Crim. 318 1892 1 Texas
Brooks v. Nutt 4 F. Cas. 297 1834 1 United States
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Paine & Co. 70 Va. 502 1877 1 Virginia
Rowe v. Bentley 70 Va. 756 1878 1 Virginia
Sherman's Adm'r v. Shaver 75 Va. 1 1880 1 Virginia
Lane v. Black 21 W. Va. 617 1883 1 West Virginia
Sillings v. Bumgardner 50 Va. 273 1852 1 Virginia
Berthold v. Holladay-Klotz Land & Lumber Co. 91 Mo. App. 233 1901 1 Missouri
Wallace v. Eclipse Pocahontas Coal Co. 83 W. Va. 321 1919 1 West Virginia
Smith v. Jackson 48 App. D.C. 565 1919 1 District of Columbia