Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Smith v. State 21 Miss. 140 1849 1 Mississippi
People v. Town of Berkeley 102 Cal. 298 1894 1 California
Walker's Ex'or v. Page 62 Va. 636 1872 1 Virginia
Diversey v. Johnson 93 Ill. 547 1879 1 Illinois
Leightner v. Leightner 87 Pa. 144 1878 1 Pennsylvania
Baker v. City of Seattle 2 Wash. 576 1891 1 Washington
State ex rel. Cole v. City of New Whatcom 3 Wash. 7 1891 1 Washington
Robinson v. Woodford 37 W. Va. 377 1892 1 West Virginia
Hunt v. Fawcett 8 Wash. 396 1894 1 Washington
Belknap v. City of Louisville 99 Ky. 474 1896 1 Kentucky
Green v. State Board of Canvassers 5 Idaho 130 1896 1 Idaho
Gage v. McCord 5 Ariz. 227 1898 1 Arizona
Maysville & Lexington Turnpike Road Co. v. Wiggins 104 Ky. 540 1898 1 Kentucky
Deickhart v. Rutgers 45 Mo. 132 1869 1 Missouri
Scranton v. Koehler 14 Pa. Super. 1 1900 1 Pennsylvania
Smith v. Wiseman 41 N.C. 540 1850 0 North Carolina
Skinner v. City of Santa Rosa 107 Cal. 464 1895 1 California
Murphy v. City of San Luis Obispo 5 Cal. Unrep. 665 1897 1 California
Sinnott v. Feiock 165 N.Y. 444 1901 1 New York
Parkinson v. Seattle School District No. 1 28 Wash. 335 1902 1 Washington