Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
McGriff v. McGriff 154 Ga. 560 1922 1 Georgia
Noble v. Warren 38 Pa. 340 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Ley v. Union Canal 5 Watts 104 1836 1 Pennsylvania
Peck v. Freeholders of Essex 20 N.J.L. 457 1845 1 New Jersey
Kelsey v. Murphy 30 Pa. 340 1858 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Craig 19 Pa. Super. 81 1902 1 Pennsylvania
Bank of Norman Park v. Colquitt County 169 Ga. 534 1929 1 Georgia
Webb v. State 177 Ga. 414 1933 1 Georgia
Lackawanna Iron & Steel Co. v. Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley R. R. 299 Pa. 503 1930 1 Pennsylvania
Brown v. Brown 97 Ga. 531 1895 1 Georgia
Weldon & Kelly Co. v. Pavia Co. 354 Pa. 75 1946 1 Pennsylvania
Omar v. McHugh 646 F.3d 13 2011 1 United States
Omar v. McHugh 396 U.S. App. D.C. 140 2011 1 District of Columbia
Taylor v. Jones 3 La. Ann. 619 1848 1 Louisiana
International Nav. Co. v. Lindstrom 123 F. 475 1903 1 United States
Commonwealth v. Shepard 3 Pen. & W. 509 1832 1 Pennsylvania
Fay v. Brewer 20 Mass. 203 1825 1 Massachusetts
Beltzhoover v. Darragh 16 Serg. & Rawle 329 1827 1 Pennsylvania
Allen v. McCoy 8 Ohio 418 1838 1 Ohio
Macaulay's Ex'or v. Dismal Swamp Land Co. 41 Va. 507 1843 1 Virginia