Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sublette v. Tinney 9 Cal. 423 1858 1 California
Turner v. Smith 11 Tex. 620 1854 1 Recovery of a slave Texas
Hall v. Stryker 9 Abb. Pr. 342 1858 1 New York
Twiggs v. Chevallie 4 W. Va. 463 1870 1 West Virginia
Kilbourne v. Fay 29 Ohio St. 264 1876 1 Ohio
Brewis v. Lawson 76 Va. 36 1881 1 Virginia
Varner v. Inhabitants of Nobleborough 2 Me. 121 1822 1 Maine
Kemmetmueller v. Zachman 220 Minn. 44 1945 1 Minnesota
Commissioners of Wilkes County v. Staley 82 N.C. 395 1880 1 North Carolina
In re the Estate of Weeks 29 N.J. Super. 533 1954 1 New Jersey
State v. Oats 32 N.J. Super. 435 1954 1 New Jersey
In re Estate of Blackstone 47 Misc. 538 1905 1 New York
In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Estate of Lyden 64 Misc. 597 1909 1 New York
Harrison v. Baldwin 5 Ohio C.C. 310 1891 1 Ohio
George v. United States 1 Okla. Crim. 307 1908 1 Oklahoma
County of Richland v. American Surety Co. 92 S.C. 329 1912 1 South Carolina
United States Department of Energy v. West Texas Marketing Corp. 763 F.2d 1411 1985 1 United States
United States v. Lombardozzi 236 F. Supp. 957 1964 1 United States
Southland Financial Corp. v. Oil Screw Mary Evelyn 248 F. Supp. 520 1965 1 United States
Heike v. United States 217 U.S. 423 1910 1 United States