Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cope v. Kidney 115 Pa. 228 1887 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Johnson 60 N.C. 238 1864 1 North Carolina
Schock v. Bankes 1 Foster 218 1873 1 Pennsylvania
Perry v. State 41 Tex. 483 1874 1 Texas
State v. Patterson 78 N.C. 470 1878 1 North Carolina
McFarland v. Bishop 282 Mo. 534 1920 1 Missouri
Blakely v. Patrick 67 N.C. 40 1872 1 North Carolina
State v. Croteau 23 Vt. 14 1849 1 Vermont
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina
Chalk v. Trader's National Bank 87 N.C. 200 1882 1 North Carolina
Sower's v. Weaver 84 Pa. 262 1877 1 Pennsylvania
Collins v. Collins 2 Grant 117 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Poorman v. Kilgore 26 Pa. 365 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Shellhammer v. Ashbaugh 83 Pa. 24 1877 1 Pennsylvania
Gudger v. Penland 108 N.C. 593 1891 1 North Carolina
Gattis v. Kilgo 128 N.C. 402 1901 1 North Carolina
Southard v. Morris 14 Ohio N.P. (n.s.) 465 1913 1 Ohio
Coll v. Gandía 29 P.R. Dec. 999 1921 1 Puerto Rico
Coll v. Gandía 29 P.R. 933 1921 1 Puerto Rico
Wall v. Blalock 245 N.C. 232 1956 1 North Carolina