Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Smith v. Birmingham Water Works Co. 104 Ala. 315 1893 1 Alabama
Hale v. State 122 Ala. 85 1898 1 Alabama
Simpson v. State 5 Okla. Crim. 57 1911 1 Oklahoma
State v. Katz 266 Mo. 493 1916 1 Missouri
State v. Pfeifer 267 Mo. 23 1916 1 Missouri
Lee v. Dolan 34 N.D. 449 1916 1 North Dakota
Ex parte Western Union Telegraph Co. 200 Ala. 496 1917 1 Alabama
Smith v. State 80 Fla. 315 1920 1 Florida
Avinger v. State 29 Ala. App. 161 1940 1 Alabama
Reeves v. State 245 Ala. 237 1943 1 Alabama
Russell v. State 36 Ala. App. 19 1951 1 Alabama
Simmons v. State 234 Ind. 489 1955 1 Indiana
State v. Schotl 289 Minn. 175 1971 1 Minnesota
Eldridge v. State 415 So. 2d 1190 1982 1 Alabama
Foreman v. State 546 So. 2d 977 1986 1 Alabama
Ryan v. State 865 So. 2d 1239 2003 1 Alabama
Giles v. Commonwealth 51 Va. App. 449 2008 1 Virginia
Peisch v. Dickson 19 F. Cas. 123 1815 1 United States
Gilder v. Jeter 11 Ala. 256 1847 1 Alabama
Nichols, Shepherd & Co. v. Knowles 17 F. 494 1881 1 United States