Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Howard 102 Or. 431 1921 1 Oregon
Reynolds v. State 136 Miss. 329 1924 1 Mississippi
State v. Covell 113 Or. 254 1925 1 Oregon
Donahue v. State 142 Miss. 20 1926 1 Mississippi
Brister v. State 143 Miss. 689 1926 1 Mississippi
State v. Beale 104 W. Va. 617 1927 1 West Virginia
Harris v. State 155 Miss. 398 1929 1 Mississippi
Myers v. State 158 Miss. 554 1930 1 Mississippi
Owen v. State 159 Miss. 588 1931 1 Mississippi
Perkins v. State 160 Miss. 720 1931 1 Mississippi
Tarkaney v. Commonwealth 240 Ky. 790 1931 1 Kentucky
Gipson v. State 162 Miss. 480 1932 1 Mississippi
Whittaker v. State 169 Miss. 517 1932 1 Mississippi
Brooks v. State 178 Miss. 575 1937 1 Mississippi
Forte v. United States 94 F.2d 236 1937 1 United States
Gross v. State 191 Miss. 383 1941 1 Mississippi
People v. Buchalter 289 N.Y. 181 1942 1 New York
Watts v. State 210 Miss. 236 1950 1 Mississippi
United States v. Isenberg 2 C.M.A. 349 1953 1 United States
State v. Nelson 49 Del. 300 1955 1 Delaware