Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Hockenberry v. Donovan 170 Mich. 370 1912 1 Michigan
Hartman v. Hartman 154 Mo. App. 243 1911 1 Missouri
Gardner v. Eldridge 149 Mo. App. 210 1910 1 Missouri
Grady v. Bowe 11 Daly (N.Y.) 259 1882 1 New York
Christiansen v. Christiansen 62 F. Supp. 341 1945 1 United States
Coward v. Thompson 44 Tenn. 442 1867 0 Tennessee
Philadelphia Civil Service Commission v. Connolly 1 Pa. D. & C.2d 399 1953 1 Pennsylvania
Robinson v. Tanner 798 F.2d 1378 1986 1 United States
Lyon v. Bass 76 Ark. 534 1905 1 Arkansas
Stephenson v. Harrison 40 Tenn. 728 1859 0 Tennessee
Baumann v. Jefferson 53 N.Y. St. Rep. 116 1893 1 New York
Baumann v. Jefferson 23 N.Y.S. 685 1893 1 New York
Morgan v. Ohio River R. 39 W. Va. 17 1894 1 West Virginia
Geiler v. Littlefield 148 N.Y. 603 1896 1 New York
Norris v. State 259 Ark. 755 1976 1 Arkansas
Williams v. State 258 Ark. 207 1975 1 Arkansas
Foots v. State 258 Ark. 507 1975 1 Arkansas
Crawford v. State 254 Ark. 253 1973 1 Arkansas
Wisdom v. Thomas 253 Ark. 32 1972 1 Arkansas
In re the Probate of the Will of Poonarian 234 N.Y. 329 1922 1 New York