Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Emerson v. Shirley 175 So. 909 1937 1 Louisiana
Sharp v. Sharp 227 La. 9 1955 1 Louisiana
Sullivan's Lessee v. Brown 1 Tenn. 6 1799 1 Tennessee
St. L., I. M. & So. Ry. Co. v. Grafton 51 Ark. 504 1889 1 Arkansas
Beal-Doyle Dry Goods Co. v. Carr 85 Ark. 479 1908 1 Arkansas
Wharton v. People 104 Colo. 260 1939 1 Colorado
Baker v. State 30 Fla. 41 1892 1 Florida
Collins v. Carlile 13 Ill. 254 1851 1 Illinois
Stigers v. Stigers 5 Kan. 652 1865 1 Kansas
State v. Mullen 14 La. Ann. 570 1859 1 Louisiana
Baugher v. Merryman 32 Md. 185 1870 1 Maryland
Wyngert v. Norton 4 Mich. 286 1856 1 Michigan
Bagg v. Jerome 7 Mich. 145 1859 1 Michigan
Belote v. Morrison 8 Minn. 87 1863 1 Minnesota
Blashfield v. Empire State Telephone 147 N.Y. 520 1895 1 New York
Sanders v. Keber & Miller 28 Ohio St. 630 1876 1 Ohio
State v. Tarver 79 Tenn. 658 1883 1 Tennessee
Turner v. State 128 Tenn. 27 1913 1 Tennessee
Grumbles v. Sneed 22 Tex. 565 1858 1 Texas
Plato v. Roe 14 Wis. 453 1861 1 Wisconsin