Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Quinn v. People 71 N.Y. 561 1878 1 New York
Vann & Waugh v. Adams, Thorne & Co. 71 Ala. 475 1882 1 Alabama
Gould v. Wise 18 Nev. 253 1884 1 Nevada
Scott v. State 62 Miss. 781 1885 1 Mississippi
Nicholls v. State 68 Wis. 416 1887 1 Wisconsin
Copeland v. Kehoe 57 Ala. 246 1876 1 Alabama
Gundy v. State 72 Wis. 1 1888 1 Wisconsin
Smith v. Birmingham Water Works Co. 104 Ala. 315 1893 1 Alabama
Hale v. State 122 Ala. 85 1898 1 Alabama
Simpson v. State 5 Okla. Crim. 57 1911 1 Oklahoma
State v. Katz 266 Mo. 493 1916 1 Missouri
State v. Pfeifer 267 Mo. 23 1916 1 Missouri
Lee v. Dolan 34 N.D. 449 1916 1 North Dakota
Ex parte Western Union Telegraph Co. 200 Ala. 496 1917 1 Alabama
Smith v. State 80 Fla. 315 1920 1 Florida
Avinger v. State 29 Ala. App. 161 1940 1 Alabama
Reeves v. State 245 Ala. 237 1943 1 Alabama
Russell v. State 36 Ala. App. 19 1951 1 Alabama
Simmons v. State 234 Ind. 489 1955 1 Indiana
State v. Schotl 289 Minn. 175 1971 1 Minnesota