Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Taylor v. Elliott 52 Ind. 588 1876 1 Indiana
Gray v. State ex rel. Mills 78 Ind. 68 1881 1 Indiana
State v. Hattabough 66 Ind. 223 1879 1 Indiana
Board of Commissioners v. Lawrence 29 Kan. 158 1883 1 Kansas
Cornelius v. Commonwealth 60 Ky. 481 1861 1 Kentucky
Commonwealth v. Bugbee 70 Mass. 206 1855 1 Massachusetts
State v. Wiles 26 Minn. 381 1880 1 Minnesota
Murphy v. Barron 275 Mo. 282 1918 1 Missouri
State v. Ross 29 Mo. 32 1859 1 Missouri
Melius v. Houston 41 Miss. 59 1866 1 Mississippi
Riggs v. State 26 Miss. 51 1853 1 Mississippi
Rocco v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1280 1872 1 Mississippi
Lynn v. Lowe 88 N.C. 478 1883 1 North Carolina
Pinnel v. Burroughs 172 N.C. 182 1916 1 North Carolina
State v. Cross 101 N.C. 770 1888 1 North Carolina
Hayden v. Cook 34 Neb. 670 1892 1 Nebraska
Stevens v. State 19 Neb. 647 1886 1 Nebraska
People v. Gibbs 93 N.Y. 470 1883 1 New York
State ex rel. Coleman v. Lewis 181 S.C. 10 1936 1 South Carolina
Skipworth v. State 8 Tex. Ct. App. 135 1880 1 Texas