Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Vicksburg S. & P. R. R. v. Porterfield 103 Miss. 585 1912 1 Mississippi
Browne v. Browne 17 Fla. 607 1880 1 Florida
Yeaton v. Yeaton 4 Ill. App. 579 1879 1 Illinois
Grant v. Bennett 96 Ill. 513 1880 1 Illinois
Ray & Thornton v. Bank of Kentucky 42 Ky. 510 1843 1 Kentucky
Gratz v. Redd 43 Ky. 178 1843 1 Kentucky
Bank of Louisiana v. Williams 46 Miss. 618 1872 1 Mississippi
Clopton v. Matheny 48 Miss. 285 1873 1 Mississippi
Ward v. Pennsylvania Fire Insurance 82 Miss. 124 1903 1 Mississippi
Withers v. Sparrow 66 N.C. 129 1872 1 North Carolina
Hix v. Gosling 69 Tenn. 560 1878 1 Tennessee
Ragsdale v. Gossett 70 Tenn. 729 1879 1 Tennessee
Fair v. Curry 180 Tenn. 650 1944 1 Tennessee
Radford v. Carwile 13 W. Va. 572 1879 1 West Virginia
Bell v. Nesmith 217 Mass. 254 1914 1 Massachusetts
Estrada v. Kreeger Store, Inc. 147 La. 291 1920 1 Louisiana
Sims v. Dorsey 61 Ga. 488 1878 1 Georgia
City of Covington v. Powell 59 Ky. 226 1859 1 Kentucky
Murphy v. Estes 69 Ky. 532 1869 1 Kentucky
Buckner v. Clark’s Executor 69 Ky. 168 1869 1 Kentucky