Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ex parte Groves 12 La. 130 1845 1 Louisiana
Pfeiffer v. Knapp 17 Fla. 144 1879 1 Florida
Royal Indemnity Co. v. Knott 101 Fla. 1495 1931 1 Florida
McVey v. Green Bay & Minnesota Railway Co. 42 Wis. 532 1877 1 Wisconsin
Blumer v. Pollak & Co. 18 Fla. 707 1882 1 Florida
Fairchild v. House ex rel. Knight 18 Fla. 770 1882 1 Florida
Smith v. State 20 Fla. 839 1884 1 Florida
Baars v. Creary 23 Fla. 311 1887 1 Florida
Richardson v. State 28 Fla. 349 1891 1 Florida
Lovett v. State 29 Fla. 384 1892 1 Florida
Roos v. Martin 5 Tex. Civ. App. 593 1893 1 Texas
James v. Orrell 68 Ark. 284 1900 1 Arkansas
Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Bloomingdale 74 Ga. 604 1885 1 Georgia
Hellwig v. Bachman 26 Ill. App. 165 1888 1 Illinois
School Directors v. Trefethren 10 Ill. App. 127 1882 1 Illinois
Petty v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad 88 Mo. 306 1885 1 Missouri
Randolph v. Randolph 40 N.J. Eq. 73 1885 1 New Jersey
Conkling v. Davies 14 Abb. N. Cas. 499 1878 1 New York
Graham v. Graham 23 W. Va. 36 1883 1 West Virginia
Kahn v. Weinlander 39 Fla. 210 1897 1 Florida