Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Postlethwaite v. Edson 102 Kan. 619 1918 1 Kansas
Belle of Nelson Distilling Co. v. Riggs 104 Ky. 1 1898 1 Kentucky
Cornelius v. State 54 Tex. Crim. 173 1908 1 Texas
Johnson v. State 27 Fla. 245 1891 1 Florida
Bowen v. Budd 164 Ga. App. 406 1982 1 Georgia
Matthis v. State 33 Ga. 24 1861 1 Georgia
Woods v. Howell 17 Ga. 495 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Cleland v. Waters 16 Ga. 496 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Ferguson v. Carter 8 Ga. 524 1850 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Ray 53 Mo. 345 1873 1 Missouri
Tatum v. Tate 77 Miss. 684 1900 1 Mississippi
Hill v. State 42 Neb. 503 1894 1 Nebraska
State v. Donaldson 50 Tenn. 48 1870 1 Tennessee
Green v. State 97 Tenn. 50 1896 1 Tennessee
United States v. Musser 4 Utah 153 1885 1 Utah
Ex parte Hays 15 Utah 77 1897 1 Utah
In re Garis 185 Pa. 497 1898 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Green 185 Pa. 641 1898 1 Pennsylvania
Canal Bank & Trust Co. v. Greco 148 So. 693 1933 1 Louisiana
Duncan v. Armant 3 La. Ann. 84 1848 0 Louisiana