Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hoomes v. Smock 1 Va. 389 1794 1 Virginia
Spengler v. Snapp 32 Va. 478 1834 1 Virginia
Prince v. Skillin 71 Me. 361 1880 1 Maine
Farmer's National Bank of Owatonna v. Moran 30 Minn. 165 1883 1 Minnesota
State ex rel. Plummer v. Gardner 290 Mo. 143 1921 1 Missouri
Ewing v. Ewing 198 Miss. 304 1945 1 Mississippi
Wilson v. Staats 33 N.J. Eq. 524 1881 1 New Jersey
Rowland v. Warren 10 Or. 129 1882 1 Oregon
Wright v. Batchelor Motor Co. 2 Tenn. App. 468 1926 1 Tennessee
Brasfield Hardware Co. v. Harris 5 Tenn. App. 652 1927 1 Tennessee
Eves v. Blazewich 124 Wash. 211 1923 1 Washington
In re Chattanooga Savings Bank 261 F. 116 1919 1 United States
United States v. 403.15 Acres of Land, More or Less 316 F. Supp. 655 1970 1 United States
Turpin v. Povall 35 Va. 93 1837 1 Virginia
Moncure v. Dermott 38 U.S. 345 1839 1 United States
Hope v. Smith 51 Va. 221 1853 1 Virginia
Lee v. Feamster 21 W. Va. 108 1882 1 West Virginia
Bensimer v. Fell 35 W. Va. 15 1891 1 West Virginia
Sawyer v. Dickson 66 Ark. 77 1898 1 Arkansas
Smith v. McMillan 46 W. Va. 577 1899 1 West Virginia