Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Havens v. Potts 86 N.C. 31 1882 1 North Carolina
Fleming v. Yost 137 Ind. 95 1894 1 Indiana
George v. Goldsby 23 Ala. 326 1853 1 Alabama
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Arms v. City of Knoxville 32 Ill. App. 604 1889 1 Illinois
James v. Gibbs 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 277 1855 1 Virginia
State v. Eubanks 239 Ga. 483 1977 1 Georgia
Rowe v. State 181 Ga. App. 492 1987 1 Georgia
Dutil v. Pacheco 21 Cal. 438 1863 1 California
Thomas v. San Diego College Co. 111 Cal. 358 1896 1 California
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Birmingham Water Works Co. v. Hume 121 Ala. 168 1898 1 Alabama
Ware v. Cary 6 Va. 263 1800 1 Virginia
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Alabama
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Alabama
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland