Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ammon's Adm'or v. Wolfe 67 Va. 621 1875 1 Virginia
Branch Bank at Huntsville v. Steele 10 Ala. 915 1847 1 Alabama
Tildon v. Dees 1 Rob. 407 1842 1 Louisiana
Cole's Committee v. Cole's Adm'r 69 Va. 365 1877 1 Virginia
Carter v. Dulaney 71 Va. 192 1878 1 Virginia
Patteson v. Bondurant's Ex'ors 71 Va. 94 1878 1 Virginia
Purdie v. Jones 73 Va. 827 1879 1 Virginia
Leake's Ex'or v. Leake 75 Va. 792 1881 1 Virginia
Dick v. Robinson 19 W. Va. 159 1881 1 West Virginia
Ferguson v. Epes 77 Va. 499 1883 1 Virginia
People v. Webb 38 Cal. 467 1869 1 California
State v. Stebbins 29 Conn. 463 1861 1 Connecticut
O’Brian v. Commonwealth 72 Ky. 333 1872 1 Kentucky
Wells v. Compton 3 Rob. 171 1842 1 Louisiana
Wear v. Skinner 46 Md. 257 1877 1 Maryland
Sharp v. Ponce 74 Me. 470 1883 1 Maine
Dougherty v. President & Faculty of St. Vincent’s College 53 Mo. 579 1873 1 Missouri
Ex parte Ruthven 17 Mo. 541 1853 1 Missouri
Poage v. State 3 Ohio St. 229 1854 1 Ohio
Dobbins v. State 14 Ohio St. 493 1863 1 Ohio