Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nichols v. McCarthy 53 Conn. 299 1885 1 Connecticut
Haines v. Cochran Bros. 26 W. Va. 719 1885 1 West Virginia
Sherrill v. Hagan 92 N.C. 345 1885 1 North Carolina
Philipowski v. Spencer 63 Tex. 604 1885 1 Texas
Williams v. Williams 63 Wis. 58 1885 1 Wisconsin
Knight v. Watts's Adm'rs 26 W. Va. 175 1885 1 West Virginia
State v. Howard 92 N.C. 772 1885 1 North Carolina
State v. Hall 93 N.C. 571 1885 1 North Carolina
State v. Kervin 37 La. Ann. 782 1885 1 Louisiana
Shattuck & Jackson v. Knight & Bros. 25 W. Va. 590 1885 1 West Virginia
Waterman v. Baldwin 68 Iowa 255 1885 1 Iowa
Seemuller v. Fuchs 64 Md. 217 1885 1 Maryland
Huyghe v. Brinckman 37 La. Ann. 240 1885 1 Louisiana
Ballentine v. Mayor of Pulaski 83 Tenn. 633 1885 1 Tennessee
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. v. Commercial National Bank 14 R.I. 625 1885 1 Rhode Island
Bank of Louisville v. Board of Trustees of Public Schools 83 Ky. 219 1885 1 Kentucky
State ex rel. Stockbridge v. Smith 64 Md. 101 1885 1 Maryland
Pearce v. Foote 113 Ill. 228 1885 1 Illinois
People ex rel. Storey v. Knickerbocker 114 Ill. 539 1885 1 Illinois
Thompson v. Whitmarsh 100 N.Y. 35 1885 1 New York