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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Network, Inc. v. Walker 357 Wis. 2d 360 2014 1 Wisconsin
Barkwell v. Chatterton 4 Wyo. 307 1893 1 Wyoming
Joyner v. Browning 30 F. Supp. 512 1939 1 United States
Beard v. Roth 35 F. 397 1888 1 United States
Stocking v. Hall 81 R.I. 168 1953 1 Rhode Island
State v. Ashford 120 N.C. 588 1897 1 North Carolina
Hancock v. Hancock 128 Fla. 684 1937 1 Florida
Suchovolsky v. Pearlstein 9 Mass. App. Dec. 52 1955 1 Massachusetts
Dobbins's Distillery v. United States 96 U.S. 395 1877 1 United States
Chapman v. Phenix National Bank 44 N.Y. Super. Ct. 340 1878 1 New York
Commonwealth v. Avery 77 Ky. 625 1879 1 Kentucky
Chapman v. Phœnix National Bank 85 N.Y. 437 1881 1 New York
Ward v. Craig 87 N.Y. 550 1882 1 New York
Wheeler v. Russell 17 Mass. 257 1821 1 Massachusetts
Tappan v. Fortman 187 Cal. 222 1921 1 California
Bradford v. Watson 65 Fla. 466 1913 1 Florida
Buckingham v. Morrison 136 Ill. 437 1891 1 Illinois
Norris v. Bishop 207 Ky. 621 1925 1 Kentucky
Garrison v. Steele 46 Mich. 98 1881 1 Michigan
State ex rel. Rogers v. Odom 86 N.C. 432 1882 1 North Carolina