Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Strawhern v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1338 1872 1 Mississippi
Shinn v. Commonwealth 73 Va. 899 1879 1 Virginia
Strouther v. Commonwealth 92 Va. 789 1895 1 Virginia
Tarr v. Ravenscroft 53 Va. 642 1855 1 Virginia
Vaiden v. Stubblefield's Ex'or 69 Va. 153 1877 1 Virginia
McMechen v. McMechen 17 W. Va. 683 1881 1 West Virginia
Johnson v. Ludwick 58 W. Va. 464 1905 1 West Virginia
Shuee v. Shuee 100 Ind. 477 1885 1 Indiana
Pierce v. Gates 7 Blackf. 162 1844 1 Indiana
State v. Sutton 116 Ind. 527 1889 1 Indiana
State ex rel. Butler v. Foster 187 Mo. 590 1905 1 Missouri
Dozier v. Toalson 180 Mo. 546 1904 1 Missouri
City of Sedalia ex rel. Sedalia National Bank v. Donohue 190 Mo. 407 1905 1 Missouri
Mitchell v. Lytle 1 White & W. 385 1879 1 Texas
E. S. Jaffray & Co. v. Meyer 1 White & W. 790 1881 1 Texas
G. Seligson & Co. v. Staples 1 White & W. 605 1881 1 Texas
United States v. Grimes 641 F.2d 96 1981 1 United States
Shreeder v. Davis 43 Wash. 129 1906 1 Washington
Pence v. Life 104 Va. 518 1905 1 Virginia
Pace v. Pace 271 Ill. 114 1915 1 Illinois