Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Clark v. Ward 53 Va. 440 1855 1 Virginia
Garland v. Agee's Adm'r 34 Va. 362 1839 1 Virginia
Perry v. Randolph 14 Miss. 335 1846 1 Mississippi
Dickerman v. Bowman 14 Wis. 388 1861 1 Wisconsin
Goodwin v. McGehee 15 Ala. 232 1849 1 Alabama
Bein v. Heath 53 U.S. 168 1851 1 United States
Ruffner, Donnally & Co. v. Hewitt, Kercheval & Co. 7 W. Va. 585 1874 1 West Virginia
Sharpe v. Johnston 59 Mo. 557 1875 1 Missouri
Oliver v. Forrester 96 Ill. 315 1880 1 Illinois
Rabel v. Pourciau 20 La. 131 1868 1 Louisiana
Denton v. Merrill 50 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 224 1887 1 New York
Denton v. Merrill 5 N.Y. St. Rep. 387 1887 1 New York
Terrell v. Rowland 86 Ky. 67 1887 1 Kentucky
Horne v. Ingraham 125 Ill. 198 1888 1 Illinois
Robinson v. Allen 85 Va. 721 1889 1 Virginia
Williston v. Camp 9 Mont. 88 1889 1 Montana
Rannels ex rel. Renick v. Rannels 52 Mo. 108 1873 1 Missouri
Lightfoot v. Bass 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 677 1876 1 Tennessee
Parker v. Parker 72 Tenn. 392 1880 1 Tennessee
Chadwell v. Wheless 74 Tenn. 312 1880 1 Tennessee