Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Kervin 37 La. Ann. 782 1885 1 Louisiana
Bibb v. Bibb 79 Ala. 437 1885 1 Alabama
Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Pettus 113 U.S. 116 1885 1 United States
Bristol v. Bristol 53 Conn. 242 1885 1 Connecticut
Keller v. Harper 64 Md. 74 1885 1 Maryland
Yates & Ayres v. Robertson & Berkeley 80 Va. 475 1885 1 Virginia
Hobson v. Whitlow 80 Va. 784 1885 1 Virginia
Buncombe County Commissioners v. Tommey 115 U.S. 122 1885 1 United States
Salamone v. Keiley 80 Va. 86 1885 1 Virginia
Jelly v. Dils 27 W. Va. 267 1885 1 West Virginia
Lewis v. Mason's Adm'r 84 Va. 731 1885 1 Virginia
Pierce v. Pierce 64 Wis. 73 1885 1 Wisconsin
Gibbons v. Farwell 58 Mich. 233 1885 1 Michigan
Bier v. Smith 25 W. Va. 830 1885 1 West Virginia
Franks v. Chapman 64 Tex. 159 1885 1 Texas
G., C. & S. F. R’y Co. v. Jones 63 Tex. 524 1885 1 Texas
Massie's Adm'r v. Heiskell's Trustee 80 Va. 789 1885 1 Virginia
Rollins v. Van Baalen 56 Mich. 610 1885 1 Michigan
Shannon v. Boston & Albany Railroad 78 Me. 52 1885 1 Maine
Matthews v. Turner 64 Md. 109 1885 1 Maryland