Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re the Will of Cobb 271 N.C. 307 1967 1 North Carolina
Pennywit v. Foote 27 Ohio St. 600 1875 1 Ohio
Bradley's Appeal 89 Pa. 514 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Wilson's Appeal 115 Pa. 95 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Estate of Merkel 131 Pa. 584 1890 1 Pennsylvania
Robertson v. Markey 3 Balt. C. Rep. 92 1910 1 Maryland
Jones v. Fullbright 197 N.C. 274 1929 1 North Carolina
State v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 48 Md. 49 1878 1 Maryland
Curry v. Spencer 61 N.H. 624 1882 1 New Hampshire
United States v. Hunnewell 13 F. 617 1882 1 United States
In re Estate of Lightner 187 Pa. 237 1898 1 Pennsylvania
In re Wolfe 29 Abb. N. Cas. 340 1892 1 New York
Minot v. Winthrop 162 Mass. 113 1894 1 Massachusetts
Hagerty v. State 55 Ohio St. 613 1897 1 Ohio
Drew v. Tifft 79 Minn. 175 1900 1 Minnesota
Commonwealth v. Cain 77 Ky. 525 1879 1 Kentucky
In re Olson 206 Iowa 706 1928 1 Iowa
Willard v. People 5 Ill. 461 1843 1 Illinois
Lux v. Schroeder 645 N.E.2d 1114 1995 1 property Indiana
Lindsay v. Williams’ ex’rs 63 Ky. 475 1866 1 Kentucky