Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Messino 325 Mo. 743 1930 1 Missouri
Sarah v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 750 1872 1 Mississippi
People ex rel. Penny v. Board of Excise 40 N.Y.S. 741 1896 1 New York
Hall v. State 71 Tenn. 552 1879 1 Tennessee
Holt v. State 107 Tenn. 539 1891 1 Tennessee
Chapple v. State 124 Tenn. 105 1910 1 Tennessee
State v. Petrone 170 Tenn. 322 1936 1 Tennessee
Edwards v. Brown 68 Tex. 329 1887 1 Texas
Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Pettus 113 U.S. 116 1885 1 United States
Sistare v. Sistare 218 U.S. 1 1910 1 United States
Collins v. Johnson 26 F. Cas. 131 1835 1 United States
T. A. Shaw & Co. v. Robinson & Stokes Co. 50 Neb. 403 1897 1 Nebraska
Mendenhall v. Mendenhall 12 Pa. Super. 290 1900 1 Pennsylvania
Sun Life Ins. v. Taylor 108 Ky. 408 1900 1 Kentucky
Fidelity Mutual Life Ass'n v. McDaniel 25 Ind. App. 608 1900 1 Indiana
Grunster v. Jessup 196 Pa. 548 1900 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Huxford 47 Iowa 16 1877 1 Iowa
Severin v. Zack 55 Iowa 28 1880 1 Iowa
Dougherty v. Missouri Railroad 97 Mo. 647 1888 1 Missouri
Parker v. Kelly 18 Miss. 184 1848 1 Mississippi