Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Cook v. Bee 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 343 1875 1 Tennessee
Pearson v. Post 2 Dakota 220 1880 1 Dakota Territory
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad v. Gow 59 Ga. 685 1877 1 Georgia
Durden v. People 192 Ill. 493 1901 1 Illinois
Sixth Ward Building Ass'n, No. 5, v. Willson 41 Md. 506 1875 1 Maryland
Proctor v. Robinson 35 Mich. 284 1877 1 Michigan
Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen v. Sater 44 Mo. App. 445 1891 1 Missouri
Riggs v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 674 1872 1 Mississippi
McCullen v. Daughtry 190 N.C. 215 1925 1 North Carolina
Love v. West 169 N.C. 13 1915 1 North Carolina
Hedges v. Norris 32 N.J. Eq. 192 1880 1 New Jersey
People v. Smith 57 Barb. 46 1870 1 New York
Bloomstein v. Clees Bros. 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 433 1877 1 Tennessee
Cummings v. Stovall 74 Tenn. 679 1881 1 Tennessee
Grimsinger v. State 44 Tex. Crim. 1 1902 1 Texas
Guerrero v. State 75 Tex. Crim. 558 1914 1 Texas
Dobson v. State 65 Tex. Crim. 637 1912 1 Texas
Laughter v. Seela 59 Tex. 177 1883 1 Texas
Frank v. Hicks 4 Wyo. 502 1894 1 Wyoming
Morgan v. Devine 237 U.S. 632 1915 1 United States