Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Berry v. State 31 Ohio St. 219 1877 1 Ohio
Hughes v. Wilkinson's Lessee 37 Miss. 482 1859 1 Mississippi
Whittelsey v. Brohammer 31 Mo. 98 1860 1 Missouri
Tucker v. Byars 46 Miss. 549 1872 1 Mississippi
Vasser v. George 47 Miss. 713 1873 1 Mississippi
Hardin v. McCanse 53 Mo. 255 1873 1 Missouri
State Board of Education v. City of Aberdeen 56 Miss. 518 1879 1 Mississippi
Woodruff v. Town of Okolona 57 Miss. 806 1880 1 Mississippi
Van Kleeck v. McCabe 87 Mich. 599 1891 1 Michigan
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Adams 76 Miss. 545 1898 1 Mississippi
Hartley v. Glover 56 S.C. 69 1899 1 South Carolina
Stevens-Davis Co. v. Mather & Co. 230 Ill. App. 45 1923 1 Illinois
Hollingsworth v. Central Oil Co. 236 Miss. 779 1959 1 Mississippi
Portevant v. Neylaus 38 Miss. 104 1859 1 Mississippi
Harrington v. La Rocque 13 Or. 344 1886 1 Oregon
Foley v. Foley 24 Nev. 197 1898 1 Nevada
Mulford v. Estudillo 23 Cal. 94 1863 1 California
Cranmer v. McSwords 26 W. Va. 412 1885 1 West Virginia
Yetzer v. Young 3 S.D. 263 1892 1 South Dakota
Adams v. Cross Wood Printing Co. 27 Ill. App. 313 1888 1 Illinois