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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Young 11 W. Va. 673 1877 1 West Virginia
Coville & Garber v. Gilman 13 W. Va. 316 1878 1 West Virginia
Fulton v. Waddell 191 N.C. 688 1926 1 North Carolina
Penn v. Ingles 82 Va. 65 1886 1 Virginia
Thompson v. Laughlin 91 Cal. 313 1891 1 California
Irwin v. Beggs 24 Colo. App. 158 1913 1 Colorado
Betz v. Betz 4 Ohio App. 264 1915 1 Ohio
Dawson v. Keitt 232 Ga. 10 1974 1 Georgia
Jones v. State 232 Ga. 762 1974 1 Georgia
State ex. rel. Curtis v. City of Topeka 36 Kan. 76 1886 1 Kansas
State v. Crowder 41 Kan. 101 1889 1 Kansas
Hibernia Mortgage Co. v. Greco 191 La. 658 1938 1 Louisiana
City of St. Louis v. Schulee 190 Mo. 524 1905 1 Missouri
People v. Willett 1 N.Y. Crim. 355 1883 1 New York
People v. O’Neill 5 N.Y. Crim. 302 1887 1 New York
People v. Welch 9 N.Y. Crim. 144 1893 1 New York
United States v. Wheeler 254 U.S. 281 1920 1 United States
Gilbert v. Minnesota 254 U.S. 325 1920 1 United States
In re Estate of Kershow 2 Coffey 213 1902 1 California
Guaranteed Title & Mortgage Co. v. Scheffres 275 N.Y. 30 1937 1 New York