Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Falgout v. Johnson 186 So. 349 1939 1 Louisiana
Rose v. Himely 8 U.S. 241 1808 1 United States
Cheriot v. Foussat 3 Binn. 220 1810 1 Pennsylvania
Williams v. Armroyd 11 U.S. 423 1813 1 United States
Hallett v. Novion 14 Johns. 273 1817 1 New York
Cox v. James 59 Barb. 144 1869 1 New York
Cox v. James 45 N.Y. 557 1871 1 New York
Phillips v. Schiffer 64 Barb. 548 1873 1 New York
Claflin v. Robinhorst 40 Wis. 482 1876 1 Wisconsin
June v. Purcell 36 Ohio St. 396 1881 1 Ohio
Hopkins v. Thompson 2 Port. 433 1835 0 Alabama
Mead v. Riley 50 N.Y. Super. Ct. 20 1884 1 New York
Florida Southern Railway Co. v. Brown 23 Fla. 104 1887 1 Florida
The Hellig Olav 276 F. 556 1921 1 United States
John Holt & Co. v. Kernodle 23 N.C. 199 1840 0 North Carolina
The Hellig Olav 282 F. 534 1922 1 United States
Young v. Town of Morgan City 129 La. 339 1911 1 Louisiana
Segal v. Helis 168 So. 364 1936 1 Louisiana
Segal v. Helis 170 So. 276 1936 1 Louisiana
Siegel v. Helis 186 La. 506 1937 1 Louisiana