Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Shanley's Appeal from Probate 62 Conn. 325 1892 1 Connecticut
Betts v. Betts 113 Iowa 111 1901 1 Iowa
Sever v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co. 156 Iowa 664 1912 1 Iowa
Hamrick v. State ex rel. Hamrick 134 Ind. 324 1893 1 Indiana
Scott v. Hay 90 Minn. 304 1903 1 Minnesota
Hardenburgh v. Cockroft 5 Daly (N.Y.) 79 1874 1 New York
Titlow v. Titlow 54 Pa. 216 1867 1 Pennsylvania
Puryear v. Reese 46 Tenn. 21 1868 1 Tennessee
Dove v. State 50 Tenn. 348 1872 1 Tennessee
Railroad Co. v. Brundige 114 Tenn. 31 1904 1 Tennessee
Williams v. State 37 Tex. Crim. 348 1897 1 Texas
Ex parte Lingenfelter 142 S.W. 555 1911 1 Texas
McDonald v. Soule 87 Utah 580 1935 1 Utah
Lotzgesell v. Cydell 62 Wash. 352 1911 1 Washington
Kelley v. Town of Fond du Lac 31 Wis. 179 1872 1 Wisconsin
Lay v. State 42 Ark. 105 1883 1 Arkansas
McFadden v. Reynolds 9 Sadler 105 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Collins 45 Kan. 88 1890 1 Kansas
Lamayer v. Uter 22 La. Ann. 45 1870 1 Louisiana
Vizonneau v. Pegram 29 Va. 183 1830 1 Virginia