Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Burks 82 Tex. 584 1891 1 Texas
Ely v. Wilcox 20 Wis. 523 1866 1 Wisconsin
Cunningham v. Donelson 110 W. Va. 331 1931 1 West Virginia
Odbert v. Marquet 175 F. 44 1909 1 United States
Silsby v. Foote 61 U.S. 290 1857 1 United States
Brewster v. Wakefield 63 U.S. 118 1859 1 United States
Stearns v. Vincent 50 Mich. 209 1883 1 Michigan
Street's Heirs v. Street 38 Va. 498 1841 1 Virginia
Winchester v. City of Stevens Point 58 Wis. 350 1883 1 Wisconsin
Gottlieb v. Thatcher 34 F. 435 1888 1 United States
Kurtz v. State 26 Fla. 351 1890 1 Florida
Parrish v. Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad 28 Fla. 251 1891 1 Florida
Withers v. Sandlin 36 Fla. 619 1895 1 Florida
Allen v. Lewis 38 Fla. 115 1896 1 Florida
Edwards v. State 39 Fla. 753 1897 1 Florida
Gantling v. State 40 Fla. 237 1898 1 Florida
Stubenrouch v. Sheriff of St. Louis County 260 F. Supp. 910 1966 1 United States
Burgett v. Paxton 99 Ill. 288 1881 1 Illinois
Chorn v. Chorn’s Administrator 98 Ky. 627 1896 1 Kentucky
Rollins v. Van Baalen 56 Mich. 610 1885 1 Michigan