Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Stearns v. Vincent 50 Mich. 209 1883 1 Michigan
Street's Heirs v. Street 38 Va. 498 1841 1 Virginia
Winchester v. City of Stevens Point 58 Wis. 350 1883 1 Wisconsin
Gottlieb v. Thatcher 34 F. 435 1888 1 United States
Kurtz v. State 26 Fla. 351 1890 1 Florida
Parrish v. Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad 28 Fla. 251 1891 1 Florida
Withers v. Sandlin 36 Fla. 619 1895 1 Florida
Allen v. Lewis 38 Fla. 115 1896 1 Florida
Edwards v. State 39 Fla. 753 1897 1 Florida
Gantling v. State 40 Fla. 237 1898 1 Florida
Burgett v. Paxton 99 Ill. 288 1881 1 Illinois
Chorn v. Chorn’s Administrator 98 Ky. 627 1896 1 Kentucky
Rollins v. Van Baalen 56 Mich. 610 1885 1 Michigan
Platt v. Stewart 47 How. Pr. 206 1874 1 New York
Smith v. Smith 51 S.C. 379 1898 1 South Carolina
Bankhead v. Good 56 S.C. 392 1900 1 South Carolina
Baird v. Cumberland & Stones River Turnpike Co. 69 Tenn. 394 1878 1 Tennessee
Dwight v. Overton 35 Tex. 390 1872 1 Texas
Holloman v. White 41 Tex. 52 1874 1 Texas
Cravens v. Wilson 48 Tex. 324 1877 1 Texas