Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
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
State v. Clifford 59 W. Va. 1 1906 1 West Virginia
Still v. United Pipe & Supply Co. (In re W.L. Jackson Manufacturing Co.) 50 B.R. 498 1985 1 United States
Paris v. Transamerica Insurance Group (In re Buckley & Associates Insurance) 67 B.R. 331 1986 1 United States