Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Haywood v. Drown 556 U.S. 729 2009 1 United States
Martinez v. International Banking Corp. 220 U.S. 214 1911 1 United States
Town Council of Cahaba v. Burnett 34 Ala. 400 1859 1 Alabama
Thurston v. United States 232 U.S. 469 1914 1 United States
Armstrong v. Armstrongs 28 Va. 491 1829 1 Virginia
Hewitt's Case 3 Bland 184 1831 1 Maryland
Chapline v. Overseers of Poor 34 Va. 231 1836 1 Virginia
Boyd's Heirs v. Magruder's Heirs 41 Va. 761 1844 1 Virginia
Tinney v. Stebbins 28 Barb. 290 1858 1 New York
Burke v. Parke 5 W. Va. 122 1872 1 West Virginia
Pollock's Adm'r v. Sutherlin 66 Va. 78 1874 1 Virginia
McLean v. Martin 45 Mo. 393 1870 1 Missouri
Bull v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 613 1857 1 Virginia
State v. Hopkirk 84 Mo. 278 1884 1 Missouri
Andrews v. Betts 15 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 322 1876 1 New York
Prather v. Davis 76 Ky. 372 1877 1 Kentucky
City of Portsmouth v. Norfolk County 72 Va. 727 1879 1 Virginia
Fluharty v. Beatty 22 W. Va. 698 1883 1 West Virginia
Mathews v. Miller 25 W. Va. 817 1885 1 West Virginia
Isenberg v. Trent Trust Co. 31 F.2d 553 1929 1 United States