Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Compton v. Jesup 68 F. 263 1895 1 United States
Lehman v. Lehman 29 Pa. Super. 60 1905 1 Pennsylvania
Briggs v. Wardwell 10 Mass. 356 1813 1 Massachusetts
Consolidated-Progressive Oil Corp. v. Standard Oil Co. 158 La. 981 1925 1 Louisiana
Auscape International v. National Geographic Society 461 F. Supp. 2d 174 2006 1 United States
Brown v. Belches 1 Va. 9 1791 1 Virginia
Garretson v. Lingan 10 F. Cas. 46 1821 1 United States
Harris v. Crenshaw 24 Va. 14 1825 1 Virginia
Howcott v. Collins 23 Miss. 398 1852 1 Mississippi
Grannis v. Clark 8 Cow. 36 1827 1 New York
Teegarden v. Lewis 145 Ind. 98 1895 1 Indiana
Commonwealth v. Barry 116 Mass. 1 1874 1 Massachusetts
Williams v. Williams 56 So. 2d 216 1951 1 Louisiana
Abrams v. Kounts 4 Ohio 197 1829 1 Ohio
Thompson v. Hamilton 29 Mass. 425 1832 1 Massachusetts
Cooper v. Sandford 12 Tenn. 452 1833 1 Tennessee
Dorsey v. Eagle 7 G. & J. 321 1835 1 Maryland
Maggort v. Hansbarger 35 Va. 532 1837 1 Virginia
Cummings v. Vorce 3 Hill & Den. 282 1842 1 New York
Jewell v. Center 25 Ala. 498 1854 1 Alabama