Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smyth v. Harvie 31 Ill. 62 1863 1 Illinois
McCormick v. Hamilton 64 Va. 561 1873 1 Virginia
Donahue v. Fackler 21 W. Va. 124 1882 1 West Virginia
James v. Gibson 73 Ark. 440 1904 1 Arkansas
State v. Keller 8 Idaho 699 1902 1 Idaho
Summers v. Babb 13 Ill. 483 1851 1 Illinois
John v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 608 1872 1 Mississippi
State v. Manchester & Lawrence Railroad 52 N.H. 528 1873 1 New Hampshire
Suydam v. Voorhees 58 N.J. Eq. 157 1899 1 New Jersey
Sever v. Yetter 128 N.J. Eq. 367 1940 1 New Jersey
Dawson v. People 25 N.Y. 399 1862 1 New York
Read v. People 86 N.Y. 381 1881 1 New York
Schmidt v. Oregon Gold Mining Co. 28 Or. 9 1895 1 Oregon
Rowland v. Quarles 20 Tenn. App. 470 1936 1 Tennessee
Forrest v. State 81 Tenn. 103 1884 1 Tennessee
Gay v. State 3 Tex. Ct. App. 168 1877 1 Texas
Gay v. State 40 Tex. Crim. 242 1899 1 Texas
Merrill v. Comstock 154 Wis. 434 1913 1 Wisconsin
Brandt v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co. 4 F. Cas. 26 1874 1 United States
Brant v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co. 93 U.S. 326 1876 1 United States