Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Collins v. Collins 2 Grant 117 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Poorman v. Kilgore 26 Pa. 365 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Shellhammer v. Ashbaugh 83 Pa. 24 1877 1 Pennsylvania
Gudger v. Penland 108 N.C. 593 1891 1 North Carolina
Gattis v. Kilgo 128 N.C. 402 1901 1 North Carolina
Southard v. Morris 14 Ohio N.P. (n.s.) 465 1913 1 Ohio
Coll v. Gandía 29 P.R. Dec. 999 1921 1 Puerto Rico
Coll v. Gandía 29 P.R. 933 1921 1 Puerto Rico
Wall v. Blalock 245 N.C. 232 1956 1 North Carolina
Manley v. Manley 238 Pa. Super. 296 1976 1 Pennsylvania
McMunn v. Upperman 83 Pa. D. & C.4th 103 2006 1 Pennsylvania
Peters v. Light 76 Pa. 289 1874 1 Pennsylvania
Roberts v. Roberts 140 Ill. 345 1892 1 Illinois
Brewer v. Tysor 48 N.C. 180 1855 1 North Carolina
Stein v. Steamboat Prairie Rose 17 Ohio St. 472 1867 1 Ohio
Buffkin v. Baird 73 N.C. 283 1875 1 North Carolina
Jones v. Mial 82 N.C. 252 1880 1 North Carolina
Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Pike 12 Ill. App. 506 1883 1 Illinois
North Carolina Highway Commission v. Rand 195 N.C. 799 1928 1 North Carolina
City of Natchez v. Mallery 54 Miss. 499 1877 1 Mississippi