Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Simmons v. Lyles 73 Va. 752 1880 1 Virginia
Matheny v. Ferguson 55 W. Va. 656 1904 1 West Virginia
Garten v. Layton 76 W. Va. 63 1915 1 West Virginia
Bailey v. Hudkins 103 W. Va. 556 1927 1 West Virginia
McReynolds v. Counts 50 Va. 242 1852 1 Virginia
Haack v. Hammer 221 Mo. App. 380 1925 1 Missouri
Hite v. Aydlett 192 N.C. 166 1926 1 North Carolina
Moore v. Dimond 5 R.I. 121 1858 1 Rhode Island
Brown v. Williamson's Executors 36 Pa. 338 1860 1 Pennsylvania
Morriss v. Garland's Adm'r 78 Va. 215 1883 1 Virginia
Windham v. Howell 68 S.C. 478 1904 1 South Carolina
Page v. Rouss 86 W. Va. 305 1920 1 West Virginia
May v. New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad 44 La. Ann. 444 1892 1 Louisiana
Crosswell v. People 13 Mich. 427 1865 1 Michigan
Rutherford v. Hewey 59 How. Pr. 231 1880 1 New York
Jones v. Fulghum 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 193 1876 1 Tennessee
Jones v. Pyron 57 Tex. 43 1882 1 Texas
O'Hearn v. O'Hearn 114 Wis. 428 1902 1 Wisconsin
Finley v. Abner 129 F. 734 1904 1 United States
Dent v. Ashley 7 F. Cas. 496 1828 1 Arkansas