Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Taylor v. Kelly 31 Ala. 59 1857 0 Alabama
Felder v. Harper 12 Ala. 612 1847 0 Alabama
Latham v. Glasscock 160 La. 1089 1926 1 Louisiana
Law v. Smith 2 R.I. 244 1852 1 Rhode Island
People v. Willett 92 N.Y. 29 1883 1 New York
Powell v. Larance 179 La. 751 1934 1 Louisiana
In re Barclay 91 N.Y. 430 1883 1 New York
McCoy’s Admr. v. McCoy 126 Ky. 783 1907 1 Kentucky
Hughes v. Commonwealth 131 Ky. 502 1909 1 Kentucky
Jones v. Johnson 73 Ky. 649 1874 1 Kentucky
Lynch v. Snead Architectural Iron Works 132 Ky. 241 1909 1 Kentucky
Hoffman v. Imes 13 Mont. 428 1893 1 Montana
Territory of Montana v. Reuss 5 Mont. 605 1885 1 Montana
State v. Belcher 13 S.C. 459 1880 1 South Carolina
Garrett v. Dial 13 S.C. 254 1880 1 South Carolina
Ellen v. Ellen 16 S.C. 132 1881 1 South Carolina
Phillips v. Ferguson 85 Va. 509 1888 1 Virginia
Brown v. Sommers 807 F.3d 701 2015 1 United States
Penn v. Whiteheads 53 Va. 74 1855 1 Virginia
Cheatham v. Hess 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 763 1877 1 Tennessee