Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Smith v. Terry 43 N.J. Eq. 659 1887 1 New Jersey
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. State 55 Tenn. 663 1875 1 Tennessee
O’Connor v. City of Memphis 74 Tenn. 730 1881 1 Tennessee
Wallace v. Goodlett 104 Tenn. 670 1900 1 Tennessee
Turpin v. Chesterfield C. &. I. M. Co. 82 Va. 74 1886 1 Virginia
Bell v. McConkey 82 Va. 176 1886 1 Virginia
Barton’s Ex’or v. Ridgeway’s Adm’r 92 Va. 162 1895 1 Virginia
Vigel v. Naylor 65 U.S. 208 1860 1 United States
Memphis v. United States 97 U.S. 293 1877 1 United States
Smith v. Young 134 Miss. 738 1924 1 Mississippi
Ricks v. Goodrich 3 La. Ann. 212 1848 0 Louisiana
Speyrer v. Miller 108 La. 204 1902 1 Louisiana
Clements v. Maloney 17 Ga. 289 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Succession of Fitzwilliams 3 La. Ann. 489 1848 0 Louisiana
Steuart v. State ex rel. Dolcimascolo 119 Fla. 117 1935 1 Florida
Steuart v. State ex rel. Dolcimascolo 161 So. 378 1935 1 Florida
Ex parte Robinson 20 F. Cas. 965 1856 1 United States
Ex parte Des Rochers 7 F. Cas. 537 1856 1 United States
Ela v. Edwards 82 Mass. 91 1860 1 Massachusetts
Riggs v. Riggs 135 Mass. 238 1883 1 Massachusetts