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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Penn v. Ingles 82 Va. 65 1886 1 Virginia
Thompson v. Laughlin 91 Cal. 313 1891 1 California
Irwin v. Beggs 24 Colo. App. 158 1913 1 Colorado
Betz v. Betz 4 Ohio App. 264 1915 1 Ohio
Stelle v. Dennis 104 Fla. 384 1932 1 Florida
Dawson v. Keitt 232 Ga. 10 1974 1 Georgia
Jones v. State 232 Ga. 762 1974 1 Georgia
State ex. rel. Curtis v. City of Topeka 36 Kan. 76 1886 1 Kansas
State v. Crowder 41 Kan. 101 1889 1 Kansas
Hibernia Mortgage Co. v. Greco 191 La. 658 1938 1 Louisiana
City of St. Louis v. Schulee 190 Mo. 524 1905 1 Missouri
People v. Willett 1 N.Y. Crim. 355 1883 1 New York
People v. Palmer 5 N.Y. Crim. 101 1887 1 New York
People v. O’Neill 5 N.Y. Crim. 302 1887 1 New York
People v. Welch 9 N.Y. Crim. 144 1893 1 New York
United States v. 243.22 Acres of Land in Town of Babylon 129 F.2d 678 1942 1 United States
United States v. Wheeler 254 U.S. 281 1920 1 United States
Gilbert v. Minnesota 254 U.S. 325 1920 1 United States
In re Wing Yick Co. 2 D. Haw. 263 1905 1 United States
Kekauoha v. Schooner Robert Lewers Co. 1 D. Haw. 75 1901 1 United States