Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Williams v. Ewart 29 W. Va. 659 1887 1 West Virginia
West Virginia Timber Co. v. Ferrell 67 W. Va. 14 1910 1 West Virginia
Echert v. Ferst 1 Foster 329 1873 1 Pennsylvania
Bordelon v. Brown 84 So. 2d 867 1956 1 Louisiana
Vredenbergh v. White 1 Johns. Cas. 156 1799 1 New York
Bissell v. Hopkins 3 Cow. 166 1824 1 New York
Wheeler v. Train 20 Mass. 254 1825 1 Massachusetts
Land v. Jeffries 26 Va. 598 1827 1 Virginia
Kitchell v. Bratton 2 Ill. 300 1836 1 Illinois
Graves v. State 134 Miss. 547 1924 1 Mississippi
Doebler's Appeal 64 Pa. 9 1870 1 Pennsylvania
Kleppner v. Laverty 70 Pa. 70 1871 1 Pennsylvania
Collins v. Myers 16 Ohio 547 1847 1 Ohio
Downs v. Kissam 51 U.S. 102 1850 1 United States
Chenery v. Palmer 6 Cal. 119 1856 1 California
Purkitt v. Polack 17 Cal. 327 1861 1 California
Robinson v. Pitzer 3 W. Va. 335 1869 1 West Virginia
Burbridge v. Seely, Morly & Co. 1 Wright 359 1883 1 Ohio
State ex rel. Johnson v. Johnson 28 W. Va. 56 1886 1 West Virginia
Ransier v. Hyndman 18 N.D. 197 1909 1 North Dakota