Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Merrill v. Nelson 18 Minn. 366 1872 1 Minnesota
Kavanaugh v. Day 10 R.I. 393 1873 1 Rhode Island
Heaton v. Fryberger 38 Iowa 185 1874 1 Iowa
T. H. & J. M. Allen & Co. v. Lenoir 53 Miss. 321 1876 1 Mississippi
Johnston ex rel. Smith v. Wallace 53 Miss. 331 1876 1 Mississippi
Thompson v. Lovrein, Hall & Co. 82 Pa. 432 1876 1 Pennsylvania
Norton v. Nichols 35 Mich. 148 1876 1 Michigan
Warner v. Peck 11 R.I. 431 1877 1 Rhode Island
Wambole v. Foote 2 Dakota 1 1878 1 Dakota Territory
Judson v. Porter 53 Cal. 482 1879 1 California
Harmon v. Magee 57 Miss. 410 1879 1 Mississippi
Homœopathic Mutual Life Insurance v. Marshall 32 N.J. Eq. 103 1880 1 New Jersey
Yost v. Alderson 58 Miss. 40 1880 1 Mississippi
Meyer v. Gossett 38 Ark. 377 1882 1 Arkansas
Evans v. Summerlin 19 Fla. 858 1883 1 Florida
Birdsong v. Dodds 2 Miss. Dec. 423 1883 1 Mississippi
Paxton v. Marshall 18 F. 361 1883 1 United States
Word v. Sykes 61 Miss. 649 1884 1 Mississippi
Pickens v. Knisely 29 W. Va. 1 1886 1 West Virginia
Mays v. Pryce 95 Mo. 603 1888 1 Missouri