Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Meriwether v. United States 13 Ct. Cl. 259 1877 1 United States
Smoot v. Strauss 21 Fla. 611 1885 1 Florida
St. Landry Lumber Co. v. Mayor of Bunkie 155 La. 892 1924 1 Louisiana
Moody v. R. Hoe & Co. 22 Fla. 309 1886 1 Florida
Chapin v. Bokee 4 Wash. 1 1892 1 Washington
May v. Gamble 14 Fla. 467 1874 1 Florida
Vanneman v. Swedesboro Loan & Building Ass'n 42 N.J. Eq. 263 1886 1 New Jersey
Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway Co. v. Peninsular Land, Transportation & Manufacturing Co. 27 Fla. 1 1891 1 Florida
Battle v. Jennings Naval Stores Co. 74 Fla. 12 1917 1 Florida
Petroutsa v. H. C. Schrader Co. 76 Fla. 574 1918 1 Florida
First National Bank v. Roberts 92 Fla. 18 1926 1 Florida
In re Blackburn 41 Mo. App. 622 1890 1 Missouri
Hibbette v. Baines 78 Miss. 695 1900 1 Mississippi
Staats v. Bergen 17 N.J. Eq. 297 1865 1 New Jersey
Buckley v. Buckley 12 Nev. 423 1877 1 Nevada
State v. Mason 29 Or. 18 1896 1 Oregon
Cutshaw v. Shelley 13 Tenn. App. 580 1931 1 Tennessee
Douglass v. Mumford 66 Tenn. 415 1874 1 Tennessee
Dews v. Olwill 62 Tenn. 432 1874 1 Tennessee
Homes v. O'Conner 9 Tex. Civ. App. 454 1895 1 Texas