Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Saunders v. Gaines 17 Va. 225 1814 1 Virginia
Bohn v. Sheppard 18 Va. 403 1815 1 Virginia
Merryman v. Criddle 18 Va. 542 1815 1 Virginia
Backus v. Taylor 20 Va. 488 1820 1 Virginia
Edmonds v. Green 22 Va. 44 1822 1 Virginia
Fairfax v. Lewis 23 Va. 20 1823 1 Virginia
Stout v. Jackson 23 Va. 132 1823 1 Virginia
Lewis v. Weldon 24 Va. 71 1824 1 Virginia
Graham v. Bardin 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 206 1855 1 Virginia
Smith v. Carter 24 Va. 167 1825 1 Virginia
Withers v. Jones' Executrix 126 Va. 500 1920 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Carter 126 Va. 469 1920 1 Virginia
City of Roanoke v. Elliott 123 Va. 393 1918 1 Virginia
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Co. v. Commonwealth 113 Va. 108 1912 1 Virginia
Bowden v. Taggart 17 Va. 513 1811 1 Virginia
Hadfield v. Jameson 16 Va. 53 1809 1 Virginia
Green v. Price 15 Va. 449 1810 1 Virginia
Greenhow v. Barton 15 Va. 590 1810 1 Virginia
Johnson v. Trustees of Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute 105 Va. 319 1906 1 Virginia
Gaskins v. Commonwealth 5 Va. 194 1797 1 Virginia