Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sheehan v. Rosen 12 Pa. Super. 298 1900 1 Pennsylvania
Langdon v. Lockett 6 Ala. 727 1844 1 Alabama
Hayden v. Thrasher 20 Fla. 715 1884 1 Florida
Garnett v. Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Halifax River Railway Co. 20 Fla. 889 1884 1 Florida
John V. Farwell Co. v. Wright 38 Neb. 445 1893 1 Nebraska
Cartwright v. McGown 121 Ill. 388 1887 1 Illinois
State v. Gilkie 35 La. Ann. 53 1883 1 Louisiana
State v. McCradit 149 La. 825 1921 1 Louisiana
State v. Messino 325 Mo. 743 1930 1 Missouri
Sarah v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 750 1872 1 Mississippi
People ex rel. Penny v. Board of Excise 40 N.Y.S. 741 1896 1 New York
Hall v. State 71 Tenn. 552 1879 1 Tennessee
Holt v. State 107 Tenn. 539 1891 1 Tennessee
Chapple v. State 124 Tenn. 105 1910 1 Tennessee
State v. Petrone 170 Tenn. 322 1936 1 Tennessee
Edwards v. Brown 68 Tex. 329 1887 1 Texas
Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Pettus 113 U.S. 116 1885 1 United States
Sistare v. Sistare 218 U.S. 1 1910 1 United States
Collins v. Johnson 26 F. Cas. 131 1835 1 United States
T. A. Shaw & Co. v. Robinson & Stokes Co. 50 Neb. 403 1897 1 Nebraska