Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Magee v. Carpenter 4 Ala. 469 1842 0 Alabama
Farrell v. Board of Trustees 85 Cal. 408 1890 1 California
Janey's Ex'er v. Latane 31 Va. 327 1833 1 Virginia
Hill's Ex'ors v. Bowman 34 Va. 650 1836 1 Virginia
Randolph’s Appeal 66 Pa. 178 1870 1 Pennsylvania
Ayres v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church 5 N.Y. Super. Ct. 351 1849 1 New York
Ayres v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New York 3 N.Y. Super. Ct. 351 1849 1 New York
Tims v. Potter 1 N.C. 22 1789 0 North Carolina
United States v. West 170 F. Supp. 200 1959 1 United States
Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry 371 U.S. 542 1963 1 United States
Fowler v. Whelan 83 N.H. 453 1928 1 New Hampshire
Wilcocks v. Phillips 29 F. Cas. 1198 1843 1 United States
Smith v. McDonald 95 N.C. 163 1886 1 North Carolina
Southern Railway Co. v. Clay 130 Ga. 563 1908 1 Georgia
Commonwealth v. Kennedy 170 Mass. 18 1897 1 Massachusetts
Warren v. Kelley 80 Me. 512 1888 1 Maine
Bessey v. Newichawanick Co. 94 Me. 61 1900 1 Maine
State v. Welsor 117 Mo. 570 1893 1 Missouri
Neenan v. City of St. Joseph 126 Mo. 89 1894 1 Missouri
Lord v. State 16 N.H. 325 1844 1 New Hampshire