Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Doe ex dem. Kennedy's Heirs v. Reynolds 27 Ala. 364 1855 1 Alabama
Rayfield v. Gaines 58 Va. 1 1866 1 Virginia
Barksdale v. White 69 Va. 224 1877 1 Virginia
Beckwith v. Thompson 18 W. Va. 103 1881 1 West Virginia
Urey's Adm'r v. Urey's Ex'x 86 Ky. 354 1887 1 Kentucky
Davis v. Shuler 14 Fla. 438 1874 1 Florida
Hoyle v. Southern Saw Works 105 Ga. 123 1898 1 Georgia
Rarick v. Womer 184 Iowa 1016 1918 1 Iowa
Soper v. Fry 37 Mich. 236 1877 1 Michigan
North v. Joslin 59 Mich. 624 1886 1 Michigan
Kinnier v. Kinnier 3 Abb. Pr. 425 1868 1 New York
Houston Tap & Brazoria Railway Co. v. Randolph 24 Tex. 317 1859 1 Texas
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