Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
King v. Lewis 221 N.C. 315 1942 1 North Carolina
State v. Wine 58 S.C. 94 1900 1 South Carolina
Stockard v. Stockard’s adm’r 26 Tenn. 303 1846 1 Tennessee
Stephens v. Greene County Iron Co. 58 Tenn. 71 1872 1 Tennessee
Scheibler v. Mundinger 86 Tenn. 674 1888 1 Tennessee
Newsum v. Hoffman 124 Tenn. 369 1911 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Hinson 51 Tenn. 250 1871 1 Tennessee
Van Hook v. Walton 28 Tex. 59 1866 1 Texas
Borden v. McRae 46 Tex. 396 1877 1 Texas
State v. Burks 82 Tex. 584 1891 1 Texas
Ely v. Wilcox 20 Wis. 523 1866 1 Wisconsin
Cunningham v. Donelson 110 W. Va. 331 1931 1 West Virginia
Odbert v. Marquet 175 F. 44 1909 1 United States
Silsby v. Foote 61 U.S. 290 1857 1 United States
Brewster v. Wakefield 63 U.S. 118 1859 1 United States
Williams v. Hartford Ins. Co. 54 Cal. 442 1880 1 California
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