Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Jones v. Smith 55 Tex. 383 1881 1 Texas
Seibel v. Bath 5 Wyo. 409 1895 1 Wyoming
Hoodless v. Jernigan 46 Fla. 213 1903 1 Florida
Pittman v. State 51 Fla. 94 1906 1 Florida
Walker v. Lee 51 Fla. 360 1906 1 Florida
Pugh v. State 55 Fla. 150 1908 1 Florida
In re Brown 189 B.R. 653 1995 1 United States
Stearns & Culver Lumber Co. v. Adams 55 Fla. 394 1908 1 Florida