Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
State v. Carver 49 Me. 588 1861 1 Maine
McKinne v. Dickenson 24 Fla. 366 1888 1 Florida
Pennel v. State 122 Tenn. 622 1909 1 Tennessee
Dyer v. State 79 Tenn. 509 1883 1 Tennessee
Corley v. Corley 42 Tenn. 520 1865 1 Tennessee
McKinney v. Daniels 135 Ga. 157 1910 1 Georgia
People v. Ashe 44 Cal. 288 1872 1 California
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. v. Mayo 8 Tex. Civ. App. 164 1894 1 Texas
Dunn v. Sanders 243 Ga. 684 1979 1 Georgia
Chairs v. State 124 Tenn. 630 1911 1 Tennessee
O'Neil v. Cleveland 30 N.J. Eq. 273 1878 1 New Jersey
Mitchell v. Wilson 17 F. Cas. 524 1827 1 United States
Matter of Coates 3 Abb. Ct. App. 231 1856 1 New York
Campbell v. Miller 562 S.W.2d 827 1977 1 Tennessee
Abernethy v. Commonwealth 101 Pa. 322 1882 1 Pennsylvania
Hughes v. Peacehealth 344 Or. 142 2008 1 Oregon
Rutter v. Sullivan 25 W. Va. 427 1885 1 West Virginia
Hardin v. State 22 Ind. 347 1864 1 Indiana
Thompson v. Thompson 5 W. Va. 190 1872 1 West Virginia
Tomlinson v. Roberts 25 Conn. 477 1857 1 Connecticut