Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Overstreet v. State 46 Ala. 30 1871 1 Alabama
Norris v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1059 1872 1 Mississippi
People v. Zayas 217 N.Y. 78 1916 1 New York
People v. Zayas 34 N.Y. Crim. 162 1916 1 New York
Karr v. State 491 So. 2d 1073 1986 1 Alabama
Saltmarsh v. Bower & Co. 22 Ala. 221 1853 1 Alabama
Dumas v. Hunter 30 Ala. 75 1857 1 Alabama
Glenn v. Glenn 47 Ala. 204 1872 0 Alabama
Durden v. McWilliams 36 Ala. 345 1860 0 Alabama
Pogue ex rel. Calvert v. Joyner 7 Ark. 462 1847 0 Arkansas
Couch v. McKee 6 Ark. 484 1846 0 Arkansas
Shields v. Barden 6 Ark. 459 1846 0 Arkansas
Gullett v. Lamberton 6 Ark. 109 1845 0 Arkansas
Bailey v. Starke 6 Ark. 191 1845 0 Arkansas
Payne v. Bruton 6 Ark. 278 1845 0 Arkansas
Drew v. Ricks 17 Ala. 25 1849 0 Alabama
Milton v. Rowland 11 Ala. 732 1847 0 Alabama
Carter v. Mannings 7 Ala. 851 1845 0 Alabama
McVey v. Holden 15 La. Ann. 317 1860 0 Louisiana
Skinner v. Gunn 9 Port. 305 1839 0 Alabama