Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Shields v. Henry 31 Ala. 53 1857 1 Alabama
Klein v. Thompson 19 Ohio St. 569 1869 1 Ohio
Boyd v. State 150 Ala. 101 1907 1 Alabama
Alabama Fuel & Iron Co. v. Rice 187 Ala. 458 1914 1 Alabama
Gallivan v. Stickler 187 Ind. 201 1918 1 Indiana
Windom v. State 18 Ala. App. 430 1922 1 Alabama
Sparks v. State 261 Ala. 2 1953 1 Alabama
Nelson v. State 57 Miss. 286 1879 1 Mississippi
Perkins v. State 66 Ala. 457 1880 1 Alabama
Spicer v. State 69 Ala. 159 1881 1 Alabama
Kelly v. State 72 Ala. 244 1882 1 Alabama
McElroy v. State 75 Ala. 9 1883 1 Alabama
Donnelly v. State 78 Ala. 453 1885 1 Alabama
Katzenberg v. Lehman 80 Ala. 512 1886 1 Alabama
Rooks v. State 83 Ala. 79 1887 1 Alabama
Steele v. State 83 Ala. 20 1887 1 Alabama
Dodson v. State 86 Ala. 60 1888 1 Alabama
Maull v. State 95 Ala. 1 1891 1 Alabama
Holnback v. Wilson 159 Ill. 148 1895 1 Illinois
State v. Berry 50 La. Ann. 1309 1898 1 Louisiana