Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
McArthur v. Porter 1 Ohio 99 1823 1 Ohio
Barnett's Appeal 46 Pa. 392 1864 1 Pennsylvania
Hammekin v. Clayton 11 F. Cas. 375 1874 1 United States
Sands v. Lynham 68 Va. 291 1876 1 Virginia
Ruffner, Donnally & Co. v. Hewitt, Kerchival & Co. et al. 14 W. Va. 737 1879 1 West Virginia
Pye v. Jenkins 20 F. Cas. 95 1835 1 United States
Pye v. Jenkins 4 D.C. 541 1835 1 United States
Jenkins v. Pye 37 U.S. 241 1838 1 United States
Baker v. Morris's Adm'r 37 Va. 285 1839 1 Virginia
Mundy v. Vawter 44 Va. 518 1847 1 Virginia
Hooker v. Hooker 18 Miss. 599 1848 1 Mississippi
Feigley v. Feigley 7 Md. 537 1855 1 Maryland
Magruder v. Goodwyn's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 561 1857 1 Virginia
Powell v. Board of Domestic Missions 49 Pa. 46 1865 1 Pennsylvania
Womack v. Austin 1 S.C. 421 1870 1 South Carolina
Gregory v. Winston's Adm'r 64 Va. 102 1873 1 Virginia
Miller v. Aram 37 Wis. 142 1875 1 Wisconsin
Williams v. Heirs of Pettigrew 62 Mo. 460 1876 1 Missouri
Wade v. Pulsifer 54 Vt. 45 1881 1 Vermont
Brown v. Burbank 64 Cal. 99 1883 1 California