Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Edgerly v. Gardner 9 Neb. 130 1879 1 Nebraska
Weber v. Jefferson County 178 Or. 245 1946 1 Oregon
Rutherford v. Edward L. Eyre & Co. 174 Or. 162 1944 1 Oregon
Taylor's Estate 239 Pa. 153 1913 1 Pennsylvania
Kester v. Amon 81 Mont. 1 1927 1 Montana
Ruffners v. Lewis's Executors 34 Va. 720 1836 1 Virginia
Matteson v. Ellsworth 33 Wis. 488 1873 1 Wisconsin
Moseley v. Brown 76 Va. 419 1882 1 Virginia
Moore v. Steele 29 Tenn. 562 1850 0 Tennessee
Pope v. State 94 Fla. 254 1927 1 Florida
Lesslie's Ex'or v. Brown's Ex'ors 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 216 1855 1 Virginia
Selden v. Preston 74 Ky. 191 1874 1 Kentucky
B. & O. R. R. v. Vanderwarker 19 W. Va. 265 1882 1 West Virginia
Baltimore Bargain House v. St. Clair 58 W. Va. 565 1906 1 West Virginia
Morehead v. New River Power Co. 91 W. Va. 277 1922 1 West Virginia
Whitesell v. Hill 101 Iowa 629 1897 1 Iowa
Dettmer v. Behrens 106 Iowa 585 1898 1 Iowa
Johnston & Son v. Robuck 104 Iowa 523 1898 1 Iowa
Ellis v. Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad 107 Mass. 1 1871 1 Massachusetts
Briggs v. Smith 5 R.I. 213 1858 1 Rhode Island