Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dauterive v. Shaw 47 La. Ann. 882 1895 1 Louisiana
Davis v. Knoxville 90 Tenn. 599 1891 1 Tennessee
Reinhard v. City 49 Ohio St. 257 1892 1 Ohio
Estate of Brooks 54 Cal. 471 1880 1 California
Gardner v. Lamback 47 Ga. 133 1872 1 Georgia
Burgess v. Pollock 53 Iowa 273 1880 1 Iowa
Schneider v. Manning 121 Ill. 376 1887 1 Illinois
Keithley v. Stafford 126 Ill. 507 1888 1 Illinois
Physio-Medical College v. Wilkinson 108 Ind. 314 1886 1 Indiana
Sherley v. Sherley’s ex’r 81 Ky. 240 1883 1 Kentucky
Brown v. Commonwealth 77 Ky. 398 1878 1 Kentucky
Dorsey v. Warfield 7 Md. 65 1854 1 Maryland
Edelen v. Edelen 6 Md. 288 1854 1 Maryland
Egbert v. Payne 99 Pa. 239 1882 1 Pennsylvania
Scott v. Wagstaff 120 Tenn. 252 1907 1 Tennessee
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Lathrop 111 U.S. 612 1884 1 United States
Richardson v. City of Eureka 96 Cal. 443 1892 1 California
Gibson v. City of Huntington 38 W. Va. 177 1893 1 West Virginia
Blake v. City of Pontiac 49 Ill. App. 543 1893 1 Illinois
Hearns v. Waterbury Hospital 66 Conn. 98 1895 1 Connecticut