Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Fisher v. State 106 Md. 104 1907 1 Maryland
Commonwealth v. Newcomet 18 Pa. Super. 508 1901 1 Pennsylvania
Beals v. State 139 Wis. 544 1909 1 Wisconsin
Philip Wagner, Inc. v. Leser 3 Balt. C. Rep. 228 1913 1 Maryland
Middleton v. Pritchard 4 Ill. 510 1842 1 Illinois
Western German Savings Bank v. Farmers & Drovers' Bank 73 Ky. 669 1874 1 Kentucky
Fisk v. Fisk 2 La. Ann. 71 1847 1 Louisiana
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Memphis v. Tappan 13 Miss. 112 1845 1 Mississippi
State v. Gallimon 24 N.C. 372 1842 1 North Carolina
Banning v. Gotshall 62 Ohio St. 210 1900 1 Ohio
Zinn v. Baxter 65 Ohio St. 341 1901 1 Ohio
Bierce v. Bierce 41 Ohio St. 241 1884 1 Ohio
Frazier v. Frazier 11 S.C. Eq. 304 1835 1 South Carolina
Kelly v. City Council of Charleston 38 S.C.L. 426 1851 1 South Carolina
Brown v. M'Donald 10 S.C. Eq. 297 1833 1 South Carolina
Mims v. Mims 20 Tenn. 425 1839 1 Tennessee
Harris v. Smith 42 Tenn. 306 1865 1 Tennessee
Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad v. Carroll 53 Tenn. 347 1871 1 Tennessee
Tyler v. Nelson’s Adm’x 55 Va. 214 1858 1 Virginia
Wilkins v. Allen 59 U.S. 385 1855 1 United States