Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
McFadden v. Reynolds 9 Sadler 105 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Collins 45 Kan. 88 1890 1 Kansas
Lamayer v. Uter 22 La. Ann. 45 1870 1 Louisiana
Vizonneau v. Pegram 29 Va. 183 1830 1 Virginia
Howgate v. United States 7 App. D.C. 217 1895 1 District of Columbia
Streep v. United States 160 U.S. 128 1895 1 United States
Brown v. Walker 161 U.S. 591 1896 1 United States
South Florida Railroad v. Weese 32 Fla. 212 1893 1 Florida
Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Drysdale 51 Ga. 644 1874 1 Georgia
Central Railroad v. Sears 61 Ga. 279 1878 1 Georgia
State v. Pitts 39 La. Ann. 914 1887 1 Louisiana
Meister v. People 31 Mich. 99 1875 1 Michigan
State v. Conway 18 Mo. 321 1853 1 Missouri
State v. Edwards 36 Mo. 394 1865 1 Missouri
State v. Grate 68 Mo. 22 1878 1 Missouri
Vaughan v. State 11 Miss. 553 1844 1 Mississippi
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Rogers 68 Miss. 748 1891 1 Mississippi
Schmidt v. Montana Central Railway Co. 15 Mont. 106 1894 1 Montana
Union Pacific Railroad v. Erickson 41 Neb. 1 1894 1 Nebraska
Ross v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 12 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 488 1875 1 New York