Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Holmes v. Rogers 13 Cal. 191 1859 1 California
Smith v. McLain 11 W. Va. 654 1877 1 West Virginia
Fore v. Foster 86 Va. 104 1889 1 Virginia
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Davenport Bank & Trust Co. 221 Iowa 367 1936 1 Iowa
Kelley v. Thompson 87 W. Va. 694 1921 1 West Virginia
Janney v. Barnes 38 Va. 100 1840 1 Virginia
Bryan v. Hyre 40 Va. 94 1842 1 Virginia
Enders v. Board of Public Works 42 Va. 364 1845 1 Virginia
Hutchison v. Rust 43 Va. 394 1846 1 Virginia
Jones v. Neale 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 399 1856 1 Virginia
Wickham & Goshorn v. Lewis Martin & Co. 54 Va. 427 1856 1 Virginia
McFarland v. Birdsall 14 Ind. 126 1860 1 Indiana
Welch v. Sackett 12 Wis. 243 1860 1 Wisconsin
Collins v. State 88 Ga. 347 1892 1 Georgia
State v. Phinney 13 Idaho 307 1907 1 Idaho
State v. Mize 36 Kan. 187 1887 1 Kansas
Kent's Adm'r v. Deposit Bank 91 Ky. 70 1890 1 Kentucky
Bernero v. St. Louis Union Trust Co. 287 Mo. 602 1921 1 Missouri
Blackbourn v. Tucker 72 Miss. 735 1895 1 Mississippi
State v. Calder 23 Mont. 504 1900 1 Montana