Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Evans v. Greenhow 56 Va. 153 1859 1 Virginia
Gates v. Boomer 17 Wis. 455 1863 1 Wisconsin
Mason v. Pomeroy 151 Mass. 164 1890 1 Massachusetts
Hammock v. Loan & Trust Co. 105 U.S. 77 1881 1 United States
United States v. Marquez 363 F. Supp. 802 1973 1 United States
Downey v. Hicks 55 U.S. 240 1852 1 United States
Wiswall v. Sampson 55 U.S. 52 1852 1 United States
Bostwick v. Brinkerhoff 106 U.S. 3 1882 1 United States
United States v. Lee 106 U.S. 196 1882 1 United States
Ludington's Petition 5 Abb. N. Cas. 307 1878 1 New York
White v. Perry 14 W. Va. 66 1878 1 West Virginia
Graves v. Coutant 31 N.J. Eq. 763 1879 1 New Jersey
Goshorn's Ex'r v. Snodgrass 17 W. Va. 717 1881 1 West Virginia
Smith v. Riggs 56 Iowa 488 1881 1 Iowa
McIntire v. Yates 104 Ill. 491 1882 1 Illinois
Billings v. Russell 101 N.Y. 226 1886 1 New York
Hickman's Ex'or v. Trout 83 Va. 478 1887 1 Virginia
Banner v. May 2 Wash. 221 1891 1 Washington
Darby & Co. v. Gilligan 37 W. Va. 59 1892 1 West Virginia
Furguson v. Bond 39 W. Va. 561 1894 1 West Virginia