Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
O'Conner v. Ward 60 Miss. 1025 1883 1 Mississippi
Blackshear v. Burke 74 Ala. 239 1883 1 Alabama
Cole v. Smith 24 W. Va. 287 1884 1 West Virginia
Livingston v. Ives 35 Minn. 55 1886 1 Minnesota
Williams v. Gillespie 30 W. Va. 586 1888 1 West Virginia
Myers v. King 55 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 106 1888 1 New York
Tucker v. Whitehead 59 Miss. 594 1882 1 Mississippi
Myers v. King 15 N.Y. St. Rep. 482 1888 1 New York
Slack v. Collins 145 Ind. 569 1896 1 Indiana
Hyer v. Smith 48 W. Va. 550 1900 1 West Virginia
Woolfolk v. Graves 113 Va. 182 1911 1 Virginia
Blake v. Blake 98 W. Va. 346 1925 1 West Virginia
Malone v. Meres 91 Fla. 709 1926 1 Florida
Crummett v. Crummett 102 W. Va. 151 1926 1 West Virginia
Dobie v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. 164 Va. 464 1935 1 Virginia
Higgins v. Driggs 21 Fla. 103 1884 1 Florida
Draper v. Medlock 122 Ga. 234 1905 1 Georgia
Halliday v. Bank of Stewart County 128 Ga. 639 1907 1 Georgia
Illinois Central Railroad v. Schwartz 11 Ill. App. 482 1882 1 Illinois
Gouwens v. Gouwens 222 Ill. 223 1906 1 Illinois