Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bush v. Bush 87 Mo. 480 1885 1 Missouri
Knight v. Watts's Adm'rs 26 W. Va. 175 1885 1 West Virginia
Gorton v. Perkins 63 Md. 589 1885 1 Maryland
Zittle v. Weller 63 Md. 190 1885 1 Maryland
Cochran v. Amsden 104 Ind. 282 1885 1 Indiana
Lauderdale Peerage Claim 17 Abb. N. Cas. 439 1885 1 New York
Reynolds v. Smith 57 Mich. 194 1885 1 Michigan
Waring v. Slingluff 63 Md. 53 1885 1 Maryland
State v. Nashville Savings Bank 84 Tenn. 111 1885 1 Tennessee
Greenhow v. James' Ex'or 80 Va. 636 1885 1 Virginia
Washington Market Co. v. Beckley 15 D.C. 163 1885 1 District of Columbia
Nichols v. McCarthy 53 Conn. 299 1885 1 Connecticut
State v. Cantieny 34 Minn. 1 1885 1 Minnesota
Coggeshall v. Pollitt 15 R.I. 168 1885 1 Rhode Island
Bank of Louisville v. Board of Trustees of Public Schools 83 Ky. 219 1885 1 Kentucky
Boggs v. Johnson 26 W. Va. 821 1885 1 West Virginia
Litterall v. Jackson 80 Va. 604 1885 1 Virginia
Baldwin v. Boyd 18 Neb. 444 1885 1 Nebraska
People v. Carpenter 3 N.Y. Crim. 92 1885 1 New York
Whisenhunt v. State 18 Tex. Ct. App. 491 1885 1 Texas