Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bailey v. Hoppin 12 R.I. 560 1880 1 Rhode Island
Hennessy v. Patterson 85 N.Y. 91 1881 1 New York
Hannon v. Christopher 34 N.J. Eq. 459 1881 1 New Jersey
Duncan v. Gerdine 59 Miss. 550 1882 1 Mississippi
Taylor v. Williams 162 La. 92 1926 1 Louisiana
United States v. Banks 17 F. 322 1883 1 United States
Robertson v. Simpkins & Simpkins 61 Tex. 259 1884 1 Texas
Simpson v. Simpson 16 Ill. App. 170 1885 1 Illinois
Quackenbos v. Kingsland 102 N.Y. 128 1886 1 New York
Johnston v. Spicer 48 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 475 1886 1 New York
Johnson v. Spicer 5 N.Y. St. Rep. 40 1886 1 New York
Hoyt v. Hoyt 61 Vt. 413 1889 1 Vermont
Territory v. Ely 6 Dakota 128 1889 1 Dakota Territory
Crum v. Sawyer 132 Ill. 443 1890 1 Illinois
Griffin v. Shepard 124 N.Y. 70 1891 1 New York
Lewis v. Barnhart 145 U.S. 56 1892 1 United States
Walsh v. Mutual Life Insurance 133 N.Y. 408 1892 1 New York
Godman v. Simmons 113 Mo. 122 1892 1 Missouri
Pendill v. Marquette County Agricultural Society 95 Mich. 491 1893 1 Michigan
Kinyon v. Kinyon 31 Abb. N. Cas. 76 1893 1 New York