Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Blashfield v. Empire State Telephone 147 N.Y. 520 1895 1 New York
Sanders v. Keber & Miller 28 Ohio St. 630 1876 1 Ohio
State v. Tarver 79 Tenn. 658 1883 1 Tennessee
Turner v. State 128 Tenn. 27 1913 1 Tennessee
Grumbles v. Sneed 22 Tex. 565 1858 1 Texas
Plato v. Roe 14 Wis. 453 1861 1 Wisconsin
Hodgson v. Butts 7 U.S. 140 1805 1 United States
Greenhow v. Barton 15 Va. 590 1810 1 Virginia
Garland v. Davis 45 U.S. 131 1846 1 United States
Thornton v. Davenport 2 Ill. 296 1836 1 Illinois
Shurtleff v. Willard 36 Mass. 202 1837 1 Massachusetts
Gassner v. Patterson 23 Cal. 299 1863 1 California
Smith v. Kenney 12 D.C. 12 1880 1 District of Columbia
Mohr v. Clark & Curtis 3 Wash. Terr. 440 1888 1 Washington
Gaskins v. Commonwealth 5 Va. 194 1797 1 Virginia
Bernice Myers Sharp v. Shelby Edward Sharp 78 So. 2d 491 1955 1 Louisiana
Walker's Adm'x v. Farmers' Bank 13 Del. 258 1888 1 Delaware
Read v. Howe 13 Iowa 50 1862 1 Iowa
Adams v. Storey 135 Ill. 448 1890 1 Illinois
Hartwell v. DeVault 159 Ill. 325 1896 1 Illinois