Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Somer v. Harrison 6 Sadler 109 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Wormell v. Maine Central Railroad 79 Me. 397 1887 1 Maine
Hoffman v. Dickinson 31 W. Va. 142 1888 1 West Virginia
I. & G. N. Railroad Co. v. Hester 72 Tex. 40 1888 1 Texas
Williams v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad 116 N.Y. 628 1889 1 New York
Holland v. Tenn. Coal, Iron & Railroad 91 Ala. 444 1890 1 Alabama
Fugler v. Bothe 43 Mo. App. 44 1890 1 Missouri
Highland Avenue & Belt Railroad v. Dusenberry 94 Ala. 413 1891 1 Alabama
Johnson v. Ches. & Ohio R'y Co. 36 W. Va. 73 1892 1 West Virginia
May & Co. v. Smith 92 Ga. 95 1893 1 Georgia
Fugler v. Bothe 117 Mo. 475 1893 1 Missouri
Johnson v. Ches. & Ohio R'y Co. 38 W. Va. 206 1893 1 West Virginia
O'Keefe v. National Folding Box & Paper Co. 66 Conn. 38 1895 1 Connecticut
Petaja v. Aurora Iron Mining Co. 106 Mich. 463 1895 1 Michigan
Davis v. L. & N. R. R. 108 Ala. 660 1895 1 Alabama
Lincoln Street Railway Co. v. Cox 48 Neb. 807 1896 1 Nebraska
James ex rel. James, v. Rapides Lumber Co. 50 La. Ann. 717 1898 1 Louisiana
Winkle Terra Cotta Co. v. Homersky 77 Ill. App. 42 1898 1 Illinois
Spaulding v. O'Brien 26 Misc. 184 1899 1 New York
Spaulding v. O'Brien 56 N.Y.S. 1095 1899 1 New York