Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Moore v. Tate 87 Tenn. 725 1889 1 Tennessee
Bull v. Read 54 Va. 78 1855 0 Virginia
State v. Pacific Live Stock Co. 93 Or. 196 1919 1 Oregon
French Republic v. Inland Nav. Co. 263 F. 410 1920 1 United States
Harrison v. Lloyd 43 S.C.L. 161 1855 0 South Carolina
Graham’s Ex’r v. Sam 46 Ky. 403 1847 0 Kentucky
Alexander v. Burnet 39 S.C.L. 189 1851 0 South Carolina
Fisher’s Negroes v. Dabbs 14 Tenn. 119 1834 0 Tennessee
O'Neil v. Cleveland 30 N.J. Eq. 273 1878 1 New Jersey
Adams v. Gardiner 52 Ky. 197 1852 0 Kentucky
Gaines v. Gaines’ Executor 48 Ky. 295 1848 0 Kentucky
Wyche v. Greene 11 Ga. 159 1852 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Coolidge v. Burnes 25 Ark. 241 1868 0 Arkansas
Goldsby v. Goldsby’s Adm’r 38 Ala. 404 1862 0 Alabama
Nations v. Alvis ex rel. Alvis 13 Miss. 338 1845 0 Mississippi
Blythe v. Speaks 23 Tex. 429 1859 0 Texas
Smith v. Pearson 26 Ala. 603 1855 0 Alabama
Milliken & Farwell v. Taft Mercantile Co. 7 La. App. 150 1927 1 Louisiana
Williams v. Harris 3 Miss. 627 1837 0 Mississippi
Andrews v. Avory 14 Gratt. 229 1858 0 Virginia