Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Shollenberger's Appeal 21 Pa. 337 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Bennett v. Claiborne 64 Va. 366 1873 1 Virginia
Thornton v. Corbin 7 Va. 221 1802 1 Virginia
Sweeney v. Baker 13 W. Va. 160 1878 1 West Virginia
Price v. Commonwealth 74 Va. 819 1880 1 Virginia
Casanova v. Kreusch 21 W. Va. 720 1883 1 West Virginia
Humphrey v. Hitt 47 Va. 509 1850 1 Virginia
First National Bank v. Owen 23 Iowa 185 1867 1 Iowa
Capital Automobile Co. v. Ward 54 Ga. App. 873 1936 1 Georgia
Allen v. Gornto 100 Ga. App. 744 1959 1 Georgia
Turner v. Gumbert 19 Idaho 339 1911 1 Idaho
Calvert v. Rice 91 Ky. 533 1891 1 Kentucky
Ernul v. Ernul 191 N.C. 347 1926 1 North Carolina
State v. Reilly 25 N.D. 339 1913 1 North Dakota
Ayer v. Messer 59 N.H. 279 1879 1 New Hampshire
Blake v. Hoover Motor Co. 28 N.M. 371 1923 1 New Mexico
Providence Machine Co. v. Browning 68 S.C. 1 1903 1 South Carolina
Fales & Jenks Mch. Co. v. Browning 68 S.C. 13 1903 1 South Carolina
Walker v. Commonwealth 59 Va. 13 1867 1 Virginia
Mutual Life Insurance v. Davies 44 N.Y. Super. Ct. 172 1878 1 New York