Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Shields v. McClung 6 W. Va. 79 1873 1 West Virginia
Withrow v. Smithson 37 W. Va. 757 1893 1 West Virginia
Sommerville v. Horton 12 Tenn. 541 1833 1 Tennessee
Whitney v. Freeland 26 Miss. 481 1853 1 Mississippi
Bank of Marietta v. Pindall 23 Va. 465 1824 1 Virginia
M'Alexander v. Harris 20 Va. 465 1820 1 Virginia
New Orleans Gas Co. v. Louisiana Light Co. 115 U.S. 650 1885 1 United States
Mapes v. Weeks 4 Wend. 659 1830 1 New York
Beehler v. Steever 2 Whart. 313 1837 1 Pennsylvania
Young v. Bennett 5 Ill. 43 1842 1 Illinois
Moseley v. Moss 47 Va. 534 1850 1 Virginia
Bourland v. Eidson 49 Va. 27 1851 1 Virginia
Alderson v. Kahle 73 W. Va. 690 1914 1 West Virginia
Morton v. Calvin 164 S.W. 420 1914 1 Texas
Combest v. Glenn 142 S.W. 112 1911 1 Texas
Stevens v. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. 169 S.W. 644 1914 1 Texas
Maris v. Adams 166 S.W. 475 1914 1 Texas
National Surety Co. v. Architectural Decorating Co. 226 U.S. 276 1912 1 United States
Southern Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of Indiana 236 U.S. 439 1915 1 United States
United States v. Jin Fuey Moy 241 U.S. 394 1916 1 United States