Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jennings v. Smith 232 F. 921 1916 1 United States
Martin v. Martin 52 W. Va. 381 1903 1 West Virginia
Ashby v. Kiger 24 Va. 165 1825 1 Virginia
Crabtree v. Horton 18 Va. 59 1813 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Williams 72 Mass. 1 1856 1 Massachusetts
Parks v. Barney 55 Cal. 239 1880 1 California
Young v. Inhabitants of Garland 18 Me. 409 1841 1 Maine
Bloss v. Tobey 19 Mass. 320 1824 1 Massachusetts
Penner v. Cooper 18 Va. 458 1815 1 Virginia
Levering v. Heighe 2 Md. Ch. 81 1850 1 Maryland
Levering v. Heighe 3 Md. Ch. 365 1850 1 Maryland
Hanson v. Worthington 12 Md. 418 1858 1 Maryland
Lamar v. Micou 112 U.S. 452 1884 1 United States
McDaniel v. Hughes 206 Md. 206 1955 1 Maryland
Derby v. Derby 4 R.I. 414 1856 1 Rhode Island
Collins v. Jones 152 So. 802 1934 1 Louisiana
Sparks v. Weedon 21 Md. 156 1864 1 Maryland
Ashton v. Ashton 35 Md. 496 1872 1 Maryland
Oelrichs v. Spain 82 U.S. 211 1872 1 United States
United States ex rel. of Turnburke v. Parker 9 D.C. 444 1876 1 District of Columbia