Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Elam v. Keen 31 Va. 333 1833 1 Virginia
Peters v. City of Lynchburg 76 Va. 927 1882 1 Virginia
Crews' Adm'r v. Hatcher 91 Va. 378 1895 1 Virginia
Switzer v. Noffsinger 82 Va. 518 1886 1 Virginia
Justice v. English 71 Va. 565 1878 1 Virginia
Cheatham v. Gower 94 Va. 383 1897 1 Virginia
Allison v. Allison's Executors 101 Va. 537 1903 1 Virginia
Franklin v. Peers 95 Va. 602 1898 1 Virginia
Harshberger's Adm'r v. Alger 72 Va. 52 1878 1 Virginia
Harrison & Byrd v. Wissler 98 Va. 597 1900 1 Virginia
Cassady v. Martin 220 Va. 1093 1980 1 wrongful death Virginia
Southall v. Garner 29 Va. 372 1830 1 Virginia
Jeffries v. Southwest Va. Improvement Co. 88 Va. 862 1892 1 Virginia
Jackson v. Jackson 110 Va. 393 1909 1 Virginia
Gimbert v. Norfolk Southern Railroad 152 Va. 684 1929 1 Virginia
Baldwin's Ex'x v. Baldwin 76 Va. 345 1882 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Rivera 18 Va. App. 103 1994 2 challenge to 'habitual offender' ordinance Virginia
Utterback's Adm'r v. Cooper 69 Va. 233 1877 1 Virginia
Shelton v. Cocke 17 Va. 191 1811 1 Virginia
Mason v. Farmers Bank at Petersburg 39 Va. 84 1841 1 Virginia