Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Hope & Co. v. Board of Liquidation 42 La. 647 1890 1 Louisiana
Hovey v. State ex rel. Schuck 127 Ind. 588 1891 1 Indiana
People ex rel. Morrison v. Cregier 138 Ill. 401 1891 1 Illinois
Howell v. Cooper 2 Colo. App. 530 1892 1 Colorado
People ex rel. Kaiser v. Medart 63 Ill. App. 111 1896 1 Illinois
Fitzcox v. State 52 Miss. 923 1876 1 Mississippi
People v. Welch 57 N.Y. St. Rep. 42 1893 1 New York
Becker v. Gulf City Street Railway & Real Estate Co. 80 Tex. 475 1891 1 Texas
Shelton v. Jones’ Adm’x 67 Va. 891 1875 1 Virginia
Crumlish’s Adm’r v. Shenandoah Val. R. 40 W. Va. 627 1895 1 West Virginia
State ex rel. Linger v. County Court of Upshur County 150 W. Va. 207 1965 1 West Virginia
State ex rel. Robb v. Stone 120 Mo. 428 1894 1 Missouri
Brown v. Bragunier 79 Md. 234 1894 1 Maryland
Bryant v. Brown 98 Ky. 211 1895 1 Kentucky
Northern Central Railway Co. v. Hering 2 Balt. C. Rep. 119 1900 1 Maryland
State v. Steele 39 Or. 419 1901 1 Oregon
Traynor v. Beckham 116 Ky. 13 1903 1 Kentucky
Townsend v. Chicago Union Traction Co. 1 Ill. Cir. Ct. Rep. 312 1905 1 Illinois
State ex rel. Irvine v. Brooks 14 Wyo. 393 1906 1 Wyoming
Gibbs v. Ewing 94 Fla. 236 1927 1 Florida