Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
McAlister v. Butterfield 31 Ind. 25 1869 1 Indiana
Sutton v. Sears 10 Ind. 223 1858 1 Indiana
Porter v. Choen 60 Ind. 338 1877 1 Indiana
Ely-Walker Dry Goods Co. v. McLaughlin, Dyer & Co. 87 Mo. App. 105 1901 1 Missouri
Collins v. Sullivan 54 Cal. 238 1880 1 California
Cribbins v. Markwood 54 Va. 495 1856 1 Virginia
Head v. Temple 51 Tenn. 34 1871 0 Tennessee
Schweitzer v. Buser 15 N.J. Misc. 217 1936 1 New Jersey
Davis v. Bawcum 57 Tenn. 406 1873 0 Tennessee
Creigh's v. Boggs 19 W. Va. 240 1881 1 West Virginia
Breck v. State 4 Ohio C.C. 160 1889 1 Ohio
Mehall v. Baggett 231 F. Supp. 462 1964 1 United States
Monell v. Department of Social Services 436 U.S. 658 1978 1 United States
Kilgore's Adm'r v. Hanley 27 W. Va. 451 1886 1 West Virginia
Read v. Hewitt 120 La. 288 1907 1 Louisiana
Spearman v. State 152 S.W. 915 1912 1 Texas
Wolfle v. United States 291 U.S. 7 1934 1 United States
Adams v. Wheeler 27 Mass. 199 1830 1 Massachusetts
Harris v. Tyson 24 Pa. 347 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Cleere v. Cleere 82 Ala. 581 1886 1 Alabama