Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Beckett v. Tyler 10 D.C. 319 1881 1 District of Columbia
Root v. Wright 84 N.Y. 72 1881 1 New York
Lee's Ex'rs v. Virginia & Maryland Bridge Co. 18 W. Va. 299 1881 1 West Virginia
Boone v. Boone 58 Miss. 820 1881 1 Mississippi
State v. Askins 33 La. Ann. 1253 1881 1 Louisiana
Magnusson v. Charleson 9 Ill. App. 194 1881 1 Illinois
Zane v. Fink 18 W. Va. 693 1881 1 West Virginia
Scovel v. Roosevelt 5 Redf. 121 1881 1 New York
State v. Header 54 Vt. 651 1881 1 Vermont
Birkett v. Chatterton 13 R.I. 299 1881 1 Rhode Island
Tilley v. Savannah, Florida & Western R. Co. 5 F. 641 1881 1 United States
Garrison v. Steele 46 Mich. 98 1881 1 Michigan
Wedge v. State 75 Tenn. 687 1881 1 Tennessee
United States v. Griswold 8 F. 556 1881 1 United States
Williamson v. Russell 18 W. Va. 612 1881 1 West Virginia
Miller v. White 5 Redf. 320 1881 1 New York
Gable v. Scott 56 Md. 176 1881 1 Maryland
Yanke v. State 51 Wis. 464 1881 1 Wisconsin
Nickodemus v. Nickodemus 45 Mich. 385 1881 1 Michigan
Spencer v. Lee 19 W. Va. 179 1881 1 West Virginia