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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Buck v. Commonwealth 107 Pa. 486 1884 1 Pennsylvania
Wortham v. Boyd 66 Tex. 401 1886 1 Texas
Gathright v. Wheat 70 Tex. 740 1888 1 Texas
Pates v. St. Clair 52 Va. 22 1854 1 Virginia
Estate of Lewis 139 Pa. 640 1891 1 Pennsylvania
Hutcheson v. Priddy 53 Va. 85 1855 1 Virginia
Leach v. Buckner 19 W. Va. 36 1881 1 West Virginia
Hooper v. Hooper 32 W. Va. 526 1889 1 West Virginia
Pennybacker v. Laidley 33 W. Va. 624 1890 1 West Virginia
Steffey v. Steffey ex rel. Steffey 19 Md. 5 1862 1 Maryland
Williams v. Banks 19 Md. 22 1862 1 Maryland
Banks v. McClellan 24 Md. 62 1866 1 Maryland
Hess's Estate 150 Pa. 346 1892 1 Pennsylvania
Marx v. Meyer Bros. 50 La. Ann. 1229 1898 1 Louisiana
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Bing v. State 23 Ark. App. 19 1987 1 evidence Arkansas
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
Bate v. Greenwich Ins. Co. No. WD76086, 2014 WL 1677670, at *2 (Mo. Ct. App. Apr. 29, 2014) 2014 1 equity Missouri