Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Coleman v. Community Trust Bank (In re Coleman) 285 B.R. 892 2002 1 United States
Town of Denver v. City of Spokane Falls 7 Wash. 226 1893 1 Washington
Ferguson v. City of Snohomish 8 Wash. 668 1894 1 Washington
Hayden v. Inhabitants of Stoughton 22 Mass. 528 1827 1 Massachusetts
Emerson v. Shirley 188 La. 196 1937 1 Louisiana
Allen v. Conlon 2 Ill. App. 166 1878 1 Illinois
Commonwealth v. Nailor 29 Pa. Super. 275 1905 1 Pennsylvania
Meadowcroft v. People 163 Ill. 56 1896 1 Illinois
Bowden v. Taggart 17 Va. 513 1811 1 Virginia
Boswell v. First National Bank of Laramie 16 Wyo. 161 1907 1 Wyoming
Hadfield v. Jameson 16 Va. 53 1809 1 Virginia
Green v. Price 15 Va. 449 1810 1 Virginia
Emerson v. Shirley 175 So. 909 1937 1 Louisiana
Sharp v. Sharp 227 La. 9 1955 1 Louisiana
Sullivan's Lessee v. Brown 1 Tenn. 6 1799 1 Tennessee
St. L., I. M. & So. Ry. Co. v. Grafton 51 Ark. 504 1889 1 Arkansas
Beal-Doyle Dry Goods Co. v. Carr 85 Ark. 479 1908 1 Arkansas
Wharton v. People 104 Colo. 260 1939 1 Colorado
Baker v. State 30 Fla. 41 1892 1 Florida
Collins v. Carlile 13 Ill. 254 1851 1 Illinois