Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wooten v. State 99 Tenn. 189 1897 1 Tennessee
Palmer v. State 121 Tenn. 465 1908 1 Tennessee
Gibbs v. State 50 Tenn. 72 1871 1 Tennessee
Long v. State 34 Tex. 566 1871 1 Texas
United States v. Davis 103 F. 457 1900 1 United States
City of Dallas v. Smith 130 Tex. 225 1937 1 Texas
City of Dallas v. Smith 107 S.W.2d 872 1937 1 Texas
Gary v. May 16 Ohio 66 1847 1 Ohio
Hoggard v. City of Richmond 172 Va. 145 1939 1 Virginia
Hayes v. Town of Cedar Grove 126 W. Va. 828 1944 1 West Virginia
Shaffer v. Monongalia General Hospital 135 W. Va. 163 1950 1 West Virginia
Smith v. Town of Elkton 4 Va. Cir. 410 1975 1 Virginia
Owen v. City of Independence 445 U.S. 622 1980 1 United States
Babst v. Hartz 1 La. App. 498 1925 1 Louisiana
Savage v. State 18 Fla. 909 1882 1 Florida
Muhlenberg v. Henning 116 Pa. 138 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Stephens 70 Mass. 559 1855 1 Massachusetts
Strang v. People 24 Mich. 1 1871 1 Michigan
Ammons v. State 80 Miss. 592 1902 1 Mississippi
Mackmasters v. State 82 Miss. 459 1903 1 Mississippi