Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Janes v. Felton 99 W. Va. 407 1925 1 West Virginia
State v. Brasseaux 163 La. 686 1927 1 Louisiana
Coalter v. Hunter 25 Va. 58 1826 1 Virginia
Ward v. Van Bokkelen 2 Paige Ch. 289 1830 1 New York
Sheppard v. Taylor 30 U.S. 675 1831 1 United States
M. & C. Miller v. Bear 3 Paige Ch. 466 1831 1 New York
French v. Successors of Loyal Co. 32 Va. 627 1834 1 Virginia
New York Life Ins. v. People 95 Ill. App. 136 1901 1 Illinois
Dickie v. Carter 42 Ill. 376 1866 1 Illinois
O’Connor v. Board of Trustees 155 Ill. App. 460 1910 1 Illinois
Conery v. New Orleans Water Works Co. 41 La. Ann. 910 1889 1 Louisiana
Way v. Levy 41 La. Ann. 447 1889 1 Louisiana
Layman v. Succession of Woulfe 136 La. 767 1915 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Stoeser v. Brass 2 N.D. 482 1892 1 North Dakota
State v. Smith 2 N.D. 515 1892 1 North Dakota
Yeatman v. King 2 N.D. 421 1892 1 North Dakota
Braithwaite v. Jordan 5 N.D. 196 1895 1 North Dakota
Eddie v. Eddie 8 N.D. 376 1899 1 North Dakota
Craig v. Herzman 9 N.D. 140 1899 1 North Dakota
Koll v. State 143 Tex. Crim. 104 1941 1 Texas