Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dennis v. Village of Elmira Heights 59 A.D. 404 1901 1 New York
Gray's Administratrix v. Berryman 18 Va. 181 1814 1 Virginia
Succession of Leroy 157 La. 1077 1925 1 Louisiana
Vercher v. Roy 171 La. 524 1930 1 Louisiana
Montgomery v. Rose 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 5 1855 1 Virginia
Morris v. Lyon 84 Va. 331 1888 1 Virginia
Thornburg v. Bowen 37 W. Va. 538 1893 1 West Virginia
Rees v. Rees 82 W. Va. 598 1918 1 West Virginia
Badger v. Phinney 15 Mass. 359 1819 1 Massachusetts
Baker v. Fales 16 Mass. 147 1819 1 Massachusetts
Brooke v. Young 24 Va. 106 1824 1 Virginia
Ray v. Clemens 33 Va. 600 1835 1 Virginia
White v. Clay's Ex'ors 34 Va. 68 1836 1 Virginia
Snead v. Coleman 48 Va. 300 1851 1 Virginia
Booth v. Kinsey 49 Va. 560 1852 1 Virginia
Cocke v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 750 1855 1 Virginia
Taylor v. Taylor 63 Pa. 481 1870 1 Pennsylvania
Womack v. Circle 70 Va. 192 1877 1 Virginia
Williams v. Ewart 29 W. Va. 659 1887 1 West Virginia
West Virginia Timber Co. v. Ferrell 67 W. Va. 14 1910 1 West Virginia