Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
McPherson v. State 178 Ind. App. 539 1978 1 Indiana
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Ferguson 157 Ind. 64 1901 1 Indiana
Appel v. Eaton & Prince Co. 97 Mo. App. 428 1902 1 Missouri
Lemon v. Wheeler 96 Mo. App. 651 1902 1 Missouri
Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. Young 94 Mo. App. 204 1902 1 Missouri
Olivier v. Majors 145 La. 815 1919 1 Louisiana
Scarborough v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co. 145 La. 323 1919 1 Louisiana
Gattis v. Chavez 413 F. Supp. 33 1976 1 United States
Kilbourn v. Thompson 103 U.S. 168 1880 1 United States
Cunningham v. Schley 41 Ga. 426 1870 1 Georgia
State v. Addington 12 Mo. App. 214 1882 1 Missouri
Feamster v. Withrow 9 W. Va. 296 1876 1 West Virginia
Nulton v. Isaacs 71 Va. 726 1878 1 Virginia
Owen v. McGehee 61 Ala. 440 1878 1 Alabama
Gillett v. Bate 86 N.Y. 87 1881 1 New York
Matthews v. Hall's Adm'r 21 W. Va. 510 1883 1 West Virginia
Fishel v. Irwin 132 La. 344 1913 1 Louisiana
Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. v. Jurey 111 U.S. 584 1884 1 United States
Witz, Biedler & Co. v. Osburn 83 Va. 227 1887 1 Virginia
Blakeslee v. Board of Water Commissioners 106 Conn. 642 1927 1 Connecticut