Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Atlanta Newspapers, Inc. v. State 216 Ga. 399 1960 1 Georgia
Wells v. Chaffin 60 Ga. 677 1878 1 Georgia
Long v. Burnett 13 Iowa 28 1862 1 Iowa
Griffin v. Johnson 37 Mich. 87 1877 1 Michigan
State ex rel. Read v. Weatherby 45 Mo. 17 1869 1 Missouri
Graham v. Hawkins 38 Tex. 628 1873 1 Texas
Adams v. Thomas 44 Ark. 267 1884 1 Arkansas
Walker v. Shackelford 49 Ark. 503 1887 1 Arkansas
Weis v. Meyer 55 Ark. 18 1891 1 Arkansas
Renick’s Ex’r v. Renick 92 Ky. 335 1891 1 Kentucky
Snuffer v. Karr 197 Mo. 182 1906 1 Missouri
Ames v. Williams 72 Miss. 760 1895 1 Mississippi
Trager v. Jenkins 75 Miss. 676 1898 1 Mississippi
Ivey v. Cotton Mills 143 N.C. 189 1906 1 North Carolina
Barker v. Wheeler 60 Neb. 470 1900 1 Nebraska
Dye v. Crary 12 N.M. 460 1904 1 New Mexico
Ryan v. People 79 N.Y. 593 1880 1 New York
State v. Terrell 46 S.C.L. 321 1859 1 South Carolina
Rea v. State 76 Tenn. 356 1881 1 Tennessee
Henson v. Henson 151 Tenn. 137 1924 1 Tennessee