Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Shields v. State 244 Miss. 543 1962 1 Mississippi
State v. Maier 13 N.J. 235 1953 1 New Jersey
Foster v. Reiss 18 N.J. 41 1955 1 New Jersey
Pierrard v. Hoch 97 Or. 71 1920 1 Oregon
Starkweather v. Brown 25 R.I. 142 1903 1 Rhode Island
Chapin v. James 11 R.I. 86 1874 1 Rhode Island
Tome v. United States 513 U.S. 150 1995 1 United States
Payne v. Long 121 Ala. 385 1898 1 Alabama
Penny v. British & American Mortgage Co. 132 Ala. 357 1901 1 Alabama
King v. Harrington 14 Mich. 532 1866 1 Michigan
Longworth v. Kavanaugh 286 Mo. 545 1921 1 Missouri
Hicks v. Kenan 139 N.C. 337 1905 1 North Carolina
Wright v. Fissell 92 N.J. Eq. 508 1921 1 New Jersey
In re the probate of the alleged will & Codicil of Braunstein 105 N.J. Eq. 682 1930 1 New Jersey
Sprouce v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 375 1823 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Hughes 26 Va. 655 1826 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Knapp 26 Mass. 496 1830 1 Massachusetts
Osiander v. Commonwealth 30 Va. 780 1831 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Hailstock 43 Va. 564 1845 1 Virginia
State v. Potter 18 Conn. 166 1846 1 Connecticut