Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Kelley v. Kelley 3 So. 2d 641 1941 1 Louisiana
State v. Melton 120 N.C. 591 1897 1 North Carolina
Blossom v. Burritt 5 Trans. App. 36 1868 1 New York
Blossom v. Barrett 37 N.Y. 506 1868 1 New York
State ex rel. Bruce v. Hodges 48 S.C.L. 256 1867 1 South Carolina
State ex rel. Hamer v. Stackhouse 14 S.C. 417 1881 1 South Carolina
Beverlin v. Beverlin 29 W. Va. 732 1887 1 West Virginia
Brazie v. Fayette County Commissioners 25 W. Va. 213 1884 1 West Virginia
Hartigan v. Board of Regents 49 W. Va. 14 1901 1 West Virginia
City of Galveston v. Posnainsky 62 Tex. 118 1884 1 Texas
Coyle v. Gray 12 Del. 44 1884 1 Delaware
Goetz v. Burgess 1 Sadler 207 1885 1 Pennsylvania
Brown v. City of Cape Girardeau 90 Mo. 377 1886 1 Missouri
Walsh v. Mayor of New York 107 N.Y. 220 1887 1 New York
Cook v. Clippard 12 Mo. 379 1849 1 Missouri
Egbert v. Payne 1 Pennyp. 350 1882 1 Pennsylvania
Dawson v. State 29 Ark. 116 1874 1 Arkansas
Snowden v. United States 2 App. D.C. 89 1893 1 District of Columbia
Ellis v. State 25 Fla. 702 1889 1 Florida
Landry v. Connely 4 Rob. 127 1843 1 Louisiana