Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
People ex rel. May v. Maynard 160 N.Y. 453 1899 1 New York
Benedict v. Wilmarth 46 Fla. 535 1903 1 Florida
Kitchen v. Southern Ry. 68 S.C. 554 1904 1 South Carolina
John I. Adams & Co. v. Moulton 1 McGl. 239 1881 1 Louisiana
Patton v. Goldsborough 9 Serg. & Rawle 47 1822 1 Pennsylvania
Orrick v. Pratt 34 Mo. 226 1863 1 Missouri
Dickins v. State 208 Miss. 69 1949 1 Mississippi
Williams v. Sullivan 31 S.C. Eq. 217 1857 1 South Carolina
Smyth v. Hawthorn 3 Rawle 355 1832 1 Pennsylvania
Thomas v. Hodgson 4 Whart. 492 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Saxon v. Rawls 51 Fla. 555 1906 1 Florida
Columbia Water Power Co. v. Campbell 75 S.C. 34 1906 1 South Carolina
Commonwealth v. A. B. Baxter & Co. 235 Pa. 179 1912 1 Pennsylvania
Sawyer v. City of Alton 4 Ill. 127 1841 1 Illinois
Shapiro v. Shapiro 346 Md. 648 1997 1 Maryland
United Verde Extension Mining Co. v. Biles 25 Ariz. 250 1923 1 Arizona
Pelton v. First Savings & Trust Co. 98 Fla. 748 1929 1 Florida
Gossett v. Ullendorff 114 Fla. 159 1934 1 Florida
Olds Wagon Co. v. Benedict 25 Neb. 372 1889 1 Nebraska
Keen v. Carlisle 1 McGl. 78 1881 1 Louisiana