Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Linger v. County Court of Upshur County 150 W. Va. 207 1965 1 West Virginia
State ex rel. Robb v. Stone 120 Mo. 428 1894 1 Missouri
Brown v. Bragunier 79 Md. 234 1894 1 Maryland
Bryant v. Brown 98 Ky. 211 1895 1 Kentucky
Northern Central Railway Co. v. Hering 2 Balt. C. Rep. 119 1900 1 Maryland
State v. Steele 39 Or. 419 1901 1 Oregon
Traynor v. Beckham 116 Ky. 13 1903 1 Kentucky
Townsend v. Chicago Union Traction Co. 1 Ill. Cir. Ct. Rep. 312 1905 1 Illinois
State ex rel. Irvine v. Brooks 14 Wyo. 393 1906 1 Wyoming
Gibbs v. Ewing 94 Fla. 236 1927 1 Florida
State ex rel. Kline v. Bridges 20 Okla. 533 1908 1 Oklahoma
Lutz v. Post 14 P.R. 830 1908 1 Puerto Rico
State ex rel. Coon v. Hay 51 Wash. 576 1909 1 Washington
State ex rel. Vanderveer v. Gormley 53 Wash. 543 1909 1 Washington
Rice v. Governor 207 Mass. 577 1911 1 Massachusetts
Hatfield v. Graham 73 W. Va. 759 1914 1 West Virginia
Richardson v. Blackstone 135 Md. 530 1920 1 Maryland
Schaffner v. Shaw 191 Iowa 1047 1920 1 Iowa
DeShazo v. Davis 157 Va. 517 1932 1 Virginia
Toy ex rel. Elliott v. Voelker 273 Mich. 205 1935 1 Michigan