Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ellen v. Ellen 16 S.C. 132 1881 1 South Carolina
Phillips v. Ferguson 85 Va. 509 1888 1 Virginia
Brown v. Sommers 807 F.3d 701 2015 1 United States
Penn v. Whiteheads 53 Va. 74 1855 1 Virginia
Cheatham v. Hess 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 763 1877 1 Tennessee
Nalle v. Parks 173 Mo. 616 1903 1 Missouri
Quinn v. Wiswall 7 Ala. 645 1845 1 Alabama
Hill v. McNichol 80 Me. 209 1888 1 Maine
Commonwealth v. Helmondollor 45 Va. 536 1847 1 Virginia
Appeal of Neely 124 Pa. 406 1889 1 Pennsylvania
Strayer v. Long 86 Va. 557 1890 1 Virginia
Anderson v. Dudley 9 Va. 529 1805 1 Virginia
Raines v. Philips' Ex'or 28 Va. 483 1829 1 Virginia
Bean v. State 119 Idaho 645 1990 1 Idaho
Commonwealth v. Smith 73 Ky. 476 1874 1 Kentucky
Commonwealth v. Kitchen 141 Ky. 655 1911 1 Kentucky
Allison v. Louisville, Harrod’s Creek & Westport Railway Co. 72 Ky. 247 1872 1 Kentucky
Love v. State 95 Md. App. 420 1993 1 Maryland
Dyson v. State 89 Md. App. 651 1991 1 Maryland
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. House 73 Md. App. 118 1987 1 Maryland