Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Burleigh v. Clough 52 N.H. 267 1872 1 New Hampshire
Bryant v. Whitcher 52 N.H. 158 1872 1 New Hampshire
Hale v. Everett 53 N.H. 9 1868 1 New Hampshire
Agostin v. Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corp. 354 Pa. 543 1946 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. McPhail 547 Pa. 519 1997 1 Pennsylvania
Dean v. Negley 41 Pa. 312 1862 1 Pennsylvania
Quarles v. Fowlkes 147 Va. 493 1927 1 Virginia
Goodman v. Goodman 150 Va. 42 1928 1 Virginia
Lathan v. Edwards 121 F.2d 183 1941 1 United States
Lankenau v. Coggeshall & Hicks 350 F.2d 61 1965 1 United States
Major's Ex'r v. Gibson 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 48 1855 1 Virginia
Brooke v. Shacklett 54 Va. 301 1856 1 Virginia