Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Crigler's Committee v. Alexander's Ex'or 74 Va. 674 1880 1 Virginia
Knight v. Watts's Adm'rs 26 W. Va. 175 1885 1 West Virginia
National Bank v. Van Derwerker 74 N.Y. 234 1878 1 New York
McMullen v. Eagan 21 W. Va. 233 1882 1 West Virginia
Martin v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 745 1830 1 Virginia
Epes' Case 46 Va. 676 1848 1 Virginia
Dilworth v. Commonwealth 53 Va. 689 1855 1 Virginia
State v. Burns 33 Mo. 483 1863 1 Missouri
Sherrill v. Hagan 92 N.C. 345 1885 1 North Carolina
Philips v. Commonwealth 60 Va. 485 1868 1 Virginia
People v. Wintermute 1 Dakota 63 1875 1 Dakota Territory
Keech v. State 15 Fla. 591 1876 1 Florida
State v. Strauder 11 W. Va. 745 1877 1 West Virginia
Poindexter v. Commonwealth 74 Va. 766 1880 1 Virginia
State v. Diskin 34 La. 919 1882 1 Louisiana
State v. Todd 146 Mo. 295 1898 1 Missouri
Livingston v. Swofford Bros. Dry Goods Co. 12 Colo. App. 320 1898 1 Colorado
Hess v. Horton 2 App. D.C. 81 1893 1 District of Columbia
Pilcher v. Lummus Cotton-Gin Co. 55 Ga. App. 221 1937 1 Georgia
Dikeman v. Sunday Creek Coal Co. 184 Ill. 546 1900 1 Illinois