Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Tyson v. Tyson 37 Md. 567 1873 1 Maryland
Whitridge v. Barry 42 Md. 140 1875 1 Maryland
Hopkins v. Grimshaw 17 D.C. App. 1 1900 1 District of Columbia
Wilson v. Peeples 61 Ga. 218 1878 1 Georgia
Sumpter v. Carter 115 Ga. 893 1902 1 Georgia
Lyon v. Leet 199 Iowa 1034 1925 1 Iowa
Haynie v. Chicago & Alton Railroad 9 Ill. App. 105 1881 1 Illinois
Graham v. People 181 Ill. 477 1899 1 Illinois
Folkerts v. Power 42 Mich. 283 1879 1 Michigan
Schmidt v. Constans 82 Minn. 347 1901 1 Minnesota
State v. Frank 103 Mo. 120 1890 1 Missouri
Gould v. Luckett 47 Miss. 96 1872 1 Mississippi
State v. Winbauer 26 N.D. 43 1913 1 North Dakota
People ex rel. Hirschberg v. Supreme Court 269 N.Y. 392 1936 1 New York
Primeau v. Granfield 184 F. 480 1911 1 United States
Sturgeon v. Burrall 1 Ill. App. 537 1877 1 Illinois
Stilwell v. Mutual Life Insurance 72 N.Y. 385 1878 1 New York
Cheveront v. Textor 53 Md. 295 1880 1 Maryland
Adler v. Superior Apartments Corp. 119 Fla. 127 1935 1 Florida
McLeod v. Brown 210 Ala. 491 1923 1 Alabama