Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Smith 219 N.Y. 222 1916 1 New York
State v. Cooler 30 S.C. 105 1889 1 South Carolina
Jones v. Commonwealth 86 Va. 661 1890 1 Virginia
McGee v. Johnson 85 Va. 161 1888 1 Virginia
Vandewall v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 275 1821 1 Virginia
Bartol v. Calvert 21 Ala. 42 1852 1 Alabama
Mitchell v. Woodson 37 Miss. 567 1859 1 Mississippi
Sprague v. Norway 31 Cal. 173 1866 1 California
Guaranty Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Buddington, Wilson & Co. 27 Fla. 215 1891 1 Florida
Daley v. Anderson 7 Wyo. 1 1897 1 Wyoming
Major v. Dudley 1 Jefferson 51 1737 1 Virginia
Grymes v. Pendleton 8 Va. 130 1788 1 Virginia
Watkins's Exr's v. Tate 7 Va. 521 1790 1 Virginia
Lomax v. Pendleton 7 Va. 538 1790 1 Virginia
Syme v. Johnston 7 Va. 558 1790 1 Virginia
Hite's Executor v. Paul's Heirs 16 Va. 155 1811 1 Virginia
Pendleton v. Whiting 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 38 1791 1 Virginia
Braxton v. Winslow 8 Va. 308 1791 1 Virginia
Hudson v. Ross 1 Va. 74 1792 1 Virginia
Thornton v. Jett 1 Va. 138 1792 1 Virginia