Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Bourreseau v. Detroit Evening Journal Co. 63 Mich. 425 1886 1 Michigan
Lewis v. Daily News Co. 81 Md. 466 1895 1 Maryland
Jay v. Michael 92 Md. 198 1900 1 Maryland
Didier v. Merryman 114 Md. 434 1911 1 Maryland
Cole v. State 126 Md. 239 1915 1 Maryland
Greif v. Teas 156 Md. 284 1929 1 Maryland
Howard v. Carpenter 22 Md. 10 1864 1 Maryland
Mills v. Graves 38 Ill. 455 1865 1 Illinois
Stallings v. Ruby's Lessee 27 Md. 149 1867 1 Maryland
Johnson v. Frisbie 29 Md. 76 1868 1 Maryland
Clark v. Coolidge 8 Kan. 189 1871 1 Kansas
Soper v. Guernsey 71 Pa. 219 1872 1 Pennsylvania
Markham v. Hunnicutt 43 Ga. 449 1871 1 Georgia
Hunt v. Kansas & Missouri Bridge Co. 11 Kan. 412 1873 1 Kansas
Union Hall Ass'n v. Morrison 39 Md. 281 1874 1 Maryland
Williams v. Baker 41 Md. 523 1875 1 Maryland
Bruner v. Ramsburg 43 Md. 560 1876 1 Maryland
Bernstein v. Humes 60 Ala. 582 1877 1 Alabama
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. Green 68 Mo. 169 1878 1 Missouri
Smith v. Heath 102 Ill. 130 1882 1 Illinois