Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Barrie 56 Mich. 314 1885 1 Michigan
Lampert v. Haydel 20 Mo. App. 616 1886 1 Missouri
Pace v. Pace 73 N.C. 119 1875 1 North Carolina
Ricks v. Pope 129 N.C. 52 1901 1 North Carolina
Hardenburgh v. Blair 30 N.J. Eq. 42 1878 1 New Jersey
Thornton v. Stanley 55 Ohio St. 199 1896 1 Ohio
Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. Harriss 56 Tex. Civ. App. 105 1909 1 Texas
Henking v. Anderson 34 W. Va. 709 1891 1 West Virginia
Wellford v. Snyder 137 U.S. 521 1890 1 United States
United States v. Farwell 76 F. Supp. 35 1948 1 United States
Seton, Maitland & Co. v. Low 1 Johns. Cas. 1 1799 1 New York
Palmer v. Green 6 Conn. 14 1825 1 Connecticut
Francis v. Rand 7 Conn. 221 1828 1 Connecticut
Philadelphia Loan Co. v. Towner 13 Conn. 249 1839 1 Connecticut
Downer v. Dana 17 Vt. 518 1845 1 Vermont
Lee v. Howell 69 N.C. 200 1873 1 North Carolina
Robbins v. McKnight 5 N.J. Eq. 642 1847 1 New Jersey
Blake v. Langdon 19 Vt. 485 1847 1 Vermont
Camp v. Waring 25 Conn. 520 1857 1 Connecticut
County of Calaveras v. Brockway 30 Cal. 325 1866 1 California