Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Williams v. Carpenter 28 Mo. 453 1859 1 Missouri
Tilson v. Terwilliger 56 N.Y. 273 1874 1 New York
Martin v. Des Moines Edison Light Co. 131 Iowa 724 1906 1 Iowa
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Neal 83 Ark. 591 1906 1 Arkansas
State v. Denny 17 N.D. 519 1908 1 North Dakota
Alabama City G. & A. Ry. Co. v. Heald 178 Ala. 636 1912 1 Alabama
Houston v. Elrod 203 Ala. 41 1919 1 Alabama
State v. Benton 128 S.C. 97 1924 1 South Carolina
Smith v. Commissioner 3 T.C. 894 1944 1 United States
Spooner v. Reynolds 50 Vt. 437 1878 1 Vermont
Moorer v. Moorer 84 Ala. 353 1887 1 Alabama
Thompson v. Thompson 107 Ala. 163 1894 1 Alabama
Robinson v. Dickey 143 Ind. 205 1896 1 Indiana
Teal v. Chancellor 117 Ala. 612 1897 1 Alabama
Julian v. Yeoman 25 Okla. 448 1910 1 Oklahoma
Riley v. Whittier 100 Neb. 107 1916 1 Nebraska
Gildersleeve v. Caraway 19 Ala. 246 1851 1 Alabama
Field's Adm'r v. Bevil 12 Ala. 608 1847 1 Alabama
N. & H. Weed & Co. v. Brown 13 Ala. 449 1848 1 Alabama
Jones v. East Society of Methodist Episcopal Church 21 Barb. 161 1855 1 New York