Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Hall 93 N.C. 571 1885 1 North Carolina
Whisenhunt v. State 18 Tex. Ct. App. 491 1885 1 Texas
Aubert's Appeal 109 Pa. 447 1885 1 Pennsylvania
Coggeshall v. Pollitt 15 R.I. 168 1885 1 Rhode Island
Sherrill v. Hagan 92 N.C. 345 1885 1 North Carolina
Robinson v. Randolph 21 Fla. 629 1885 1 Florida
Foltz v. Wert 103 Ind. 404 1885 1 Indiana
State v. Kervin 37 La. Ann. 782 1885 1 Louisiana
Kennedy v. Winn 80 Ala. 165 1885 1 Alabama
Sammons v. Hawvers 25 W. Va. 678 1885 1 West Virginia
Sanders v. McDonald 63 Md. 503 1885 1 Maryland
Washington Beneficial Endowment Ass'n v. Wood 15 D.C. 19 1885 1 District of Columbia
Philipowski v. Spencer 63 Tex. 604 1885 1 Texas
Williams v. Williams 63 Wis. 58 1885 1 Wisconsin
Mitchell v. Southwestern Railroad 75 Ga. 398 1885 1 Georgia
Washington Market Co. v. Beckley 15 D.C. 163 1885 1 District of Columbia
Bibb v. Bibb 79 Ala. 437 1885 1 Alabama
People v. Carpenter 3 N.Y. Crim. 92 1885 1 New York
Wetherbee v. Chase 57 Vt. 347 1885 1 Vermont
Hoffman v. Chamberlain 40 N.J. Eq. 663 1885 1 New Jersey