Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnston ex rel. Smith v. Wallace 53 Miss. 331 1876 1 Mississippi
Thompson v. Lovrein, Hall & Co. 82 Pa. 432 1876 1 Pennsylvania
Norton v. Nichols 35 Mich. 148 1876 1 Michigan
Warner v. Peck 11 R.I. 431 1877 1 Rhode Island
Wambole v. Foote 2 Dakota 1 1878 1 Dakota Territory
Judson v. Porter 53 Cal. 482 1879 1 California
Harmon v. Magee 57 Miss. 410 1879 1 Mississippi
Homœopathic Mutual Life Insurance v. Marshall 32 N.J. Eq. 103 1880 1 New Jersey
Yost v. Alderson 58 Miss. 40 1880 1 Mississippi
Meyer v. Gossett 38 Ark. 377 1882 1 Arkansas
Evans v. Summerlin 19 Fla. 858 1883 1 Florida
Birdsong v. Dodds 2 Miss. Dec. 423 1883 1 Mississippi
Paxton v. Marshall 18 F. 361 1883 1 United States
Word v. Sykes 61 Miss. 649 1884 1 Mississippi
Pickens v. Knisely 29 W. Va. 1 1886 1 West Virginia
Mays v. Pryce 95 Mo. 603 1888 1 Missouri
Clark v. Clark 16 Or. 224 1888 1 Oregon
Grider v. American Freehold Land Mortgage Co. 99 Ala. 281 1892 1 Alabama
Davidson v. Cox 112 Ala. 510 1895 1 Alabama
Hill v. Yarborough 62 Ark. 320 1896 1 Arkansas