Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
People v. Price 6 N.Y. Crim. 141 1888 1 New York
People v. Bliven 6 N.Y. Crim. 365 1889 1 New York
Commonwealth v. Mills 217 Pa. Super. 269 1970 1 Pennsylvania
Defferari v. Terry 99 S.W.2d 290 1936 1 Texas
State ex rel. Smith v. Parker 12 Wash. 685 1895 1 Washington
State v. Pringle 147 Wash. 555 1928 1 Washington
Orena v. United States 956 F. Supp. 1071 1997 1 United States
State v. Hull 45 W. Va. 767 1899 1 West Virginia
In re Moon's Will 107 Vt. 92 1935 1 Vermont
Miller v. Arnold 81 So. 2d 181 1955 1 Louisiana
Harper v. Archer 17 Miss. 71 1847 1 Mississippi
J. A. Deneufville's adm'r v. Travis's adm'r 46 Va. 28 1848 1 Virginia
Benson v. Mitchell 26 Ala. 360 1855 1 Alabama
Elcan's Adm'r v. Lancasterian School 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 53 1856 1 Virginia
Calwell v. Prindle's Adm'r 11 W. Va. 307 1877 1 West Virginia
Cline v. Jones 111 Ill. 563 1884 1 Illinois
Murdock Parlor Grate Co. v. Commonwealth 152 Mass. 28 1890 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Gay 153 Mass. 211 1891 1 Massachusetts
Fonseca v. Cunard Steamship Co. 153 Mass. 553 1891 1 Massachusetts
Guaranteed Title & Mortgage Co. v. Scheffres 275 N.Y. 30 1937 1 New York