Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Craighead 114 La. 84 1905 1 Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Phelps 209 Mass. 396 1911 1 Massachusetts
Devries v. Johnston & Wolfe 68 Va. 805 1876 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Ventura 294 Mass. 113 1936 1 Massachusetts
Terrell v. Imboden 37 Va. 321 1839 1 Virginia
Ray v. Blackwell 94 N.C. 10 1886 1 North Carolina
Kyger v. Depue 6 W. Va. 288 1873 1 West Virginia
Walton v. Tusten 49 Miss. 569 1873 1 Mississippi
Hancock v. Talley 1 Va. Dec. 433 1881 1 Virginia
Horn v. Star Foundry Co. 23 W. Va. 522 1884 1 West Virginia
McClintock v. Loisseau 31 W. Va. 865 1888 1 West Virginia
Ruffner Bros. v. Welton Coal & Salt Co. 36 W. Va. 244 1892 1 West Virginia
Deck v. Tabler 41 W. Va. 332 1895 1 West Virginia
Davis v. Ben O'Callaghan Co. 139 Ga. App. 22 1976 1 Georgia
Lyle v. Slegman 26 Haw. 351 1922 1 Hawaii
Titterington v. Hooker 58 Mo. 593 1875 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad v. Myers 126 Mo. App. 544 1907 1 Missouri
Watts v. Gunn 53 Miss. 502 1876 1 Mississippi
Heisch v. J. L. Bell & Co. 11 N.M. 523 1902 1 New Mexico
Sheldon v. Sheldon 133 N.Y. 1 1892 1 New York