Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Monteith v. Commonwealth 56 Va. 172 1859 1 Virginia
Board of Supervisors of Washington Co. v. Dunn 68 Va. 608 1876 1 Virginia
Board of Education v. Parsons 22 W. Va. 308 1883 1 West Virginia
Shepherd v. Brown 30 W. Va. 13 1887 1 West Virginia
Anderson v. Prince 60 W. Va. 557 1906 1 West Virginia
Chisholm v. Gilmer 299 U.S. 99 1936 1 United States
White v. Jones 1 Va. 116 1792 1 Virginia
Brent v. Chapman 9 U.S. 358 1809 1 United States
Cox v. Executors of Robertson 4 Ky. 604 1809 1 Kentucky
Moody v. Snell 81 Pa. 359 1876 1 Pennsylvania
Overfield v. Bullitt 1 Mo. 749 1827 1 Missouri
Williamson v. Ringgold 30 F. Cas. 19 1830 1 United States
Williamson v. Ringgold 4 D.C. 39 1830 1 United States
Allen's Ex'or v. Harlan's Adm'r 33 Va. 42 1835 1 Virginia
Wallace's Estate 218 Pa. 39 1907 1 Pennsylvania
Cookus v. Peyton's Ex'or 42 Va. 432 1845 1 Virginia
Smith v. State 21 Miss. 140 1849 1 Mississippi
Walker's Ex'or v. Page 62 Va. 636 1872 1 Virginia
Diversey v. Johnson 93 Ill. 547 1879 1 Illinois
Leightner v. Leightner 87 Pa. 144 1878 1 Pennsylvania