Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Priestly v. Watkins 62 Miss. 798 1885 1 Mississippi
Powers v. Wright Bro's 62 Miss. 35 1884 1 Mississippi
State v. Yanez 716 A.2d 759 1998 1 Rhode Island
State ex rel. DaPonte v. Board of Assessors 35 La. Ann. 651 1883 1 Louisiana
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Holliman v. Cole 168 Okla. 473 1934 1 Oklahoma
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. San Diego College Co. 111 Cal. 358 1896 1 California
Wills v. Foltz 61 W. Va. 262 1907 1 West Virginia
Fisk v. Keene 35 Me. 349 1853 1 Maine
In re Acquiring Title by The City of New York 217 N.Y. 1 1916 1 New York
Briggs v. Probate Court 23 R.I. 125 1901 1 Rhode Island
Bridgman v. Bridgman 30 W. Va. 212 1887 1 West Virginia
Davis v. State No. 10-07-00369-CV, 2008 WL 4306233, at *1 (Tex. App. Sept. 17, 2008) 2008 1 Texas
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
Johnson v. Johnson 15 R.I. 109 1885 1 Rhode Island
McMillen v. Douglas Aircraft Co. 90 F. Supp. 670 1950 1 United States
Mulling v. Jones 153 La. 1091 1923 1 Louisiana
Carson v. Railsback 3 Wash. Terr. 168 1887 1 Washington