Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Leake's Ex'or v. Leake 75 Va. 792 1881 1 Virginia
Dick v. Robinson 19 W. Va. 159 1881 1 West Virginia
Ferguson v. Epes 77 Va. 499 1883 1 Virginia
People v. Webb 38 Cal. 467 1869 1 California
State v. Stebbins 29 Conn. 463 1861 1 Connecticut
O’Brian v. Commonwealth 72 Ky. 333 1872 1 Kentucky
Wells v. Compton 3 Rob. 171 1842 1 Louisiana
Wear v. Skinner 46 Md. 257 1877 1 Maryland
Sharp v. Ponce 74 Me. 470 1883 1 Maine
Dougherty v. President & Faculty of St. Vincent’s College 53 Mo. 579 1873 1 Missouri
Ex parte Ruthven 17 Mo. 541 1853 1 Missouri
Poage v. State 3 Ohio St. 229 1854 1 Ohio
Dobbins v. State 14 Ohio St. 493 1863 1 Ohio
State v. Scarborough 2 S.C. 439 1871 1 South Carolina
Cartwright v. Chabert 3 Tex. 261 1848 1 Texas
Swift v. Trotti 52 Tex. 498 1880 1 Texas
Brack v. McMahan 61 Tex. 1 1884 1 Texas
Mattingly v. Boyd 61 U.S. 128 1857 1 United States
Fultz v. Brightwell 77 Va. 742 1883 1 Virginia
Sharpe's Ex'or v. Rockwood 78 Va. 24 1883 1 Virginia