Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brownell v. Brownell 10 R.I. 509 1873 1 Rhode Island
L. Cook & Co. v. Corthell 11 R.I. 482 1877 1 Rhode Island
American Cigar Co. v. Foster 36 Mich. 368 1877 1 Michigan
Butler v. Rahm 46 Md. 541 1877 1 Maryland
Robson v. Michigan Central Railroad 37 Mich. 70 1877 1 Michigan
Jewett v. Dringer 30 N.J. Eq. 291 1878 1 New Jersey
Gregory v. Whedon 8 Neb. 373 1879 1 Nebraska
Joseph v. L. Levi & Co. 58 Miss. 843 1881 1 Mississippi
Griffith v. Douglass 73 Me. 532 1882 1 Maine
Lund v. Fletcher 39 Ark. 325 1882 1 Arkansas
Burns v. Campbell 71 Ala. 271 1882 1 Alabama
Myers v. Hale 17 Mo. App. 204 1885 1 Missouri
France v. Thomas 86 Mo. 80 1885 1 Missouri
Tyson v. Weber 81 Ala. 470 1886 1 Alabama
Blatchford v. Boyden 122 Ill. 657 1887 1 Illinois
St. John v. Andrews Institute for Girls 191 N.Y. 254 1908 1 New York
United States v. Williams 164 F.2d 989 1947 1 United States
Gillilan v. Kendall & Smith 26 Neb. 82 1889 1 Nebraska
Borden v. Croak 33 Ill. App. 389 1889 1 Illinois
First National Bank v. Lindenstruth 79 Md. 136 1894 1 Maryland