Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Buford v. State 146 Miss. 66 1927 1 Mississippi
Ham v. Ham 146 Miss. 161 1926 1 Mississippi
State ex rel. Cobb v. Mills 82 Okla. Crim. 155 1945 1 Oklahoma
Ex parte Simmons 5 Okla. Crim. 399 1911 1 Oklahoma
Morales v. Cruz-Vélez 34 P.R. 796 1926 1 Puerto Rico
State v. Davidson 42 Tenn. 184 1865 0 Tennessee
Hester v. Hester 38 N.C. 9 1843 0 North Carolina
Summers v. Wilson 42 Tenn. 469 1865 0 Tennessee
Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co. v. Godchaux Sugars, Inc. 3 La. App. 236 1925 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Lister v. Skinner 26 N.C. 57 1843 0 North Carolina
Waters v. Barton 41 Tenn. 450 1860 0 Tennessee
Roberts v. Westbrook 41 Tenn. 115 1860 0 Tennessee
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 North Carolina
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 North Carolina
Silverhorn v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance 23 Haw. 160 1916 1 Hawaii
Rives v. McNeil 127 Miss. 839 1921 1 Mississippi
People ex rel. Hauptmann v. Hanley 153 Misc. 61 1934 1 New York
Dewein v. Hooss 237 Mo. 23 1911 1 Missouri
Dale v. Mosely 4 Stew. & P. 371 1833 0 Alabama
Austin’s Ex’or v. Jones 21 Va. 341 1821 0 SC of Appeals VA