Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Conant v. Trimble 311 Mo. 128 1925 1 Missouri
Selz v. Collins 55 Mo. App. 55 1893 1 Missouri
State v. Lackland 136 Mo. 26 1896 1 Missouri
Smith v. Fly 24 Tex. 345 1859 1 Texas
Gibson v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 111 1817 1 Virginia
Whiteford v. Commonwealth 27 Va. 722 1828 1 Virginia
Brooks v. Commonwealth 41 Va. 845 1843 1 Virginia
Isham v. Parker 3 Wash. 755 1892 1 Washington
Young v. Seattle Transfer Co. 33 Wash. 225 1903 1 Washington
State v. Williams 98 W. Va. 458 1925 1 West Virginia
George v. Hess 48 W. Va. 534 1900 1 West Virginia
Roberts v. Unimin Corp. 883 F.3d 1015 2018 1 United States
Postal Tel. Cable Co. v. Zopfi 73 F. 609 1896 1 United States
Semple v. Schwarz 130 Mo. App. 65 1908 1 Missouri
Dankworth v. State 61 Tex. Crim. 157 1911 1 Texas
Hone v. Van Schaick 3 Barb. Ch. 488 1848 1 New York
Dankworth v. State 136 S.W. 788 1911 1 Texas
Byrd v. State 72 Tex. Crim. 242 1913 1 Texas
Locke v. Ionia Circuit Judge 184 Mich. 535 1915 1 Michigan
Swearingen v. Bond 96 W. Va. 193 1924 1 West Virginia