Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Palmer 161 Mo. 152 1901 1 Missouri
Berry Will Case 93 Md. 560 1901 1 Maryland
Buford v. Gruber 223 Mo. 231 1909 1 Missouri
Security Storage & Trust Co. v. Denys 119 Md. 330 1913 1 Maryland
Damm v. State 128 Md. 665 1916 1 Maryland
Strickland v. State 167 Ga. 452 1928 1 Georgia
Hodge v. State 29 Fla. 500 1892 1 Florida
Booth v. Young 149 Ga. 276 1919 1 Georgia
Dameron v. Southern Railway Co. 44 Ga. App. 444 1931 1 Georgia
The King v. Agnee 3 Haw. 106 1869 1 Hawaii
Bressler v. People 117 Ill. 422 1886 1 Illinois
State v. Askins 33 La. Ann. 1253 1881 1 Louisiana
James v. State 45 Miss. 572 1871 1 Mississippi
Jones v. State 51 Miss. 718 1875 1 Mississippi
Hildebrand v. People 3 Thomp. & Cook 82 1874 1 New York
Roger Williams National Bank v. Groton Manufacturing Co. 16 R.I. 504 1889 1 Rhode Island
Millican v. McNeill 102 Tex. 189 1908 1 Texas
Surtees v. Hobson 4 S.W.2d 245 1928 1 Texas
Prouty v. Mather 49 Vt. 415 1877 1 Vermont
People v. O'Brien 122 Cal. App. 147 1932 1 California