Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bagby v. Bateman 50 Tex. 446 1878 1 Texas
Gross v. Rice 71 Me. 241 1880 1 Maine
Lee County v. State ex rel. Phillips County 36 Ark. 276 1880 1 Arkansas
Canova v. State ex rel. Commissioners 18 Fla. 512 1882 1 Florida
State ex rel. Bauman v. Judge of Civil District Court 38 La. Ann. 43 1886 1 Louisiana
Mathews v. Toogood 23 Neb. 536 1888 1 Nebraska
People ex rel. German Insurance of Freeport v. Getzendaner 137 Ill. 234 1891 1 Illinois
Supervisors of Cumberland County v. Randolph 89 Va. 614 1893 1 Virginia
Commercial National Bank v. City of Portland 24 Or. 188 1893 1 Oregon
Haffner & Taylor v. Perloff 174 La. 687 1932 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Moody v. Call 39 Fla. 165 1897 1 Florida
Badger v. City of New Orleans 49 La. Ann. 804 1897 1 Louisiana
Supreme Council American Legion of Honor v. Story 97 Tex. 264 1901 1 Texas
United States ex rel. Masslich v. Saunders 124 F. 124 1903 1 United States
Gamble v. First Judicial District Court 27 Nev. 233 1903 1 Nevada
City of Austin v. Cahill 99 Tex. 172 1905 1 Texas
State ex rel. Ellis v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 53 Fla. 650 1907 1 Florida
Merrill v. Suffa 42 Colo. 195 1908 1 Colorado
Bettis v. Tampa Real Estate Exchange & Loan Ass'n 62 Fla. 435 1911 1 Florida
Ogden v. Bradshaw 161 Wis. 49 1915 1 Wisconsin