Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Donovan v. Kloke 6 Neb. 124 1877 1 Nebraska
State ex rel. Petry v. Leidigh 47 Neb. 126 1896 1 Nebraska
Simpson v. Serviss 2 Ohio Cir. Dec. 246 1888 1 Ohio
Snee v. Trice 3 S.C.L. 178 1802 1 South Carolina
Wilson v. Keels 54 S.C. 545 1899 1 South Carolina
Allen v. Stovall 94 Tex. 618 1901 1 Texas
Bente v. Sullivan 52 Tex. Civ. App. 454 1908 1 Texas
Portis v. Hill 30 Tex. 529 1868 1 Texas
Commonwealth v. Jones 82 Va. 789 1887 1 Virginia
Dangerfield v. Rootes 15 Va. 529 1810 1 Virginia
Mayo v. Purcell 17 Va. 243 1812 1 Virginia
United States v. Murphy 82 F. 893 1897 1 United States
Henley v. Myers 215 U.S. 373 1910 1 United States
Appeal of the Fidelity Insurance, Trust & Safe Deposit Co. 115 Pa. 157 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Dismal Swamp Land Co. v. Macauley's Adm'r 85 Va. 16 1888 1 Virginia
Piercy v. Beckett 15 W. Va. 444 1879 1 West Virginia
American Mortgage Co. v. Mouse River Live Stock Co. 10 N.D. 290 1901 1 North Dakota
Monticello State Bank v. Edwards 149 La. 346 1921 1 Louisiana
Campbell v. Hughes 12 W. Va. 183 1877 1 West Virginia
Cohen v. Knox 90 Cal. 266 1891 1 California