Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hoffman v. Imes 13 Mont. 428 1893 1 Montana
Territory of Montana v. Reuss 5 Mont. 605 1885 1 Montana
State v. Belcher 13 S.C. 459 1880 1 South Carolina
Garrett v. Dial 13 S.C. 254 1880 1 South Carolina
Ellen v. Ellen 16 S.C. 132 1881 1 South Carolina
Phillips v. Ferguson 85 Va. 509 1888 1 Virginia
Brown v. Sommers 807 F.3d 701 2015 1 United States
Penn v. Whiteheads 53 Va. 74 1855 1 Virginia
Cheatham v. Hess 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 763 1877 1 Tennessee
Appeal of Neely 124 Pa. 406 1889 1 Pennsylvania
Strayer v. Long 86 Va. 557 1890 1 Virginia
Anderson v. Dudley 9 Va. 529 1805 1 Virginia
Raines v. Philips' Ex'or 28 Va. 483 1829 1 Virginia
Bean v. State 119 Idaho 645 1990 1 Idaho
Commonwealth v. Smith 73 Ky. 476 1874 1 Kentucky
Commonwealth v. Kitchen 141 Ky. 655 1911 1 Kentucky
Allison v. Louisville, Harrod’s Creek & Westport Railway Co. 72 Ky. 247 1872 1 Kentucky
Love v. State 95 Md. App. 420 1993 1 Maryland
Dyson v. State 89 Md. App. 651 1991 1 Maryland
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. House 73 Md. App. 118 1987 1 Maryland