Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Close v. Benjamin 5 Sadler 510 1887 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Mitchener 98 N.C. 689 1887 1 North Carolina
People v. Aikin 66 Mich. 460 1887 1 Michigan
State v. Welch 79 Me. 99 1887 1 Maine
Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. State 23 Fla. 579 1887 1 Florida
Shepard's Heirs v. Shepard's Estate 60 Vt. 109 1887 1 Vermont
Weston v. Turner 3 Silv. Sup. 70 1887 1 New York
Smith v. Terry 43 N.J. Eq. 659 1887 1 New Jersey
Trevelyan's Adm'r v. Lofft 83 Va. 141 1887 1 Virginia
Dorbert v. State 68 Md. 209 1887 1 Maryland
Rohrbough v. Leopold Bros. & Co. 68 Tex. 254 1887 1 Texas
Walker v. Shackelford 49 Ark. 503 1887 1 Arkansas
Gaither v. Watkins 66 Md. 576 1887 1 Maryland
Spies v. People 122 Ill. 1 1887 1 Illinois
Woodland v. Newhalls' Adm'r 31 F. 434 1887 1 United States
Shirk v. People 121 Ill. 61 1887 1 Illinois
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Felton 24 Ill. App. 376 1887 1 Illinois
Clark v. Krause 17 D.C. 108 1887 1 District of Columbia
State v. Stewart 59 Vt. 273 1887 1 Vermont
Hopkins v. Stockdale 117 Pa. 365 1887 1 Pennsylvania