Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Metzner v. Graham 57 Mo. 404 1874 1 Missouri
People ex rel. Tennant v. Parker 3 Neb. 409 1872 1 Nebraska
Spinning v. Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Co. 2 Disney (Ohio) 336 1858 1 Ohio
Bain v. Funk 61 Pa. 185 1869 1 Pennsylvania
Moore v. Whitney 1 Foster 1 1872 1 Pennsylvania
Jennings v. Jennings 49 Tenn. 283 1871 1 Tennessee
Bradley v. Kesee 45 Tenn. 223 1867 1 Tennessee
James v. Kennedy 57 Tenn. 607 1873 1 Tennessee
Cook v. Burnley 45 Tex. 97 1876 1 Texas
Hancock v. Henderson 45 Tex. 479 1876 1 Texas
Selleck v. Phelps 11 Wis. 380 1860 1 Wisconsin
Booth v. Ableman 16 Wis. 460 1863 1 Wisconsin
Buck v. Colbath 70 U.S. 334 1865 1 United States
Watson v. Jones 80 U.S. 679 1871 1 United States
Taylor v. Taintor 83 U.S. 366 1872 1 United States
Lestapies v. Ingraham 5 Pa. 71 1846 1 Pennsylvania
James v. Hooker 172 N.C. 780 1916 1 North Carolina
West Chester & Philadelphia Railroad v. Miles 55 Pa. 209 1867 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General v. Mathues 210 Pa. 372 1904 1 Pennsylvania
Beckett v. School Board of the City of Norfolk 308 F. Supp. 1274 1969 1 United States