Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Culp v. Stanford 112 N.C. 664 1893 1 North Carolina
Creighton v. Pringle 3 S.C. 77 1871 1 South Carolina
Bank of Commerce & Trust Co. v. Stavros 20 Tenn. App. 662 1936 1 Tennessee
Melody v. Hamblin 21 Tenn. App. 687 1937 1 Tennessee
Ray v. Nanney 21 Tenn. App. 618 1937 1 Tennessee
Walker v. Skeene 40 Tenn. 1 1859 1 Tennessee
Sparf v. United States 156 U.S. 51 1895 1 United States
State ex rel. Lanning v. Lonsdale 48 Wis. 348 1880 1 Wisconsin
Una v. Dodd 38 N.J. Eq. 460 1884 1 New Jersey
Ruhl v. Ruhl 24 W. Va. 279 1884 1 West Virginia
Una v. Dodd 39 N.J. Eq. 173 1884 1 New Jersey
Canal Bank & Trust Co. v. Greco 177 La. 507 1933 1 Louisiana
Kirk v. Milwaukee Dust Collector Manuf'g Co. 26 F. 501 1885 1 United States
Ex parte Perkins 29 F. 900 1887 1 United States
Donoghue v. Hanley 5 Sadler 592 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Kregel v. Bartling 23 Neb. 848 1888 1 Nebraska
Cake v. Bird 1 Monag. 470 1888 1 Pennsylvania
Cooper v. People ex rel. Wyatt 13 Colo. 337 1889 1 Colorado
Puterbaugh v. Smith 131 Ill. 199 1890 1 Illinois
Baldwin v. State 126 Ind. 24 1890 1 Indiana