Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Boone v. Bryan 3 Gill 388 1845 1 Maryland
Boyd v. Commonwealth 36 Pa. 355 1860 1 Pennsylvania
Birthright v. Hall 17 Va. 536 1812 1 Virginia
Mayor of Baltimore v. Williams 6 Md. 235 1854 1 Maryland
Delamater v. Chappell 48 Md. 244 1878 1 Maryland
McElroy v. Seery 61 Md. 389 1884 1 Maryland
Hannon v. State ex rel. Robey 9 Gill 440 1851 1 Maryland
Myer v. Rives 11 Ala. 760 1847 1 Alabama
Bentley v. Shreve 2 Md. Ch. 215 1849 1 Maryland
Gray v. Lynch 8 Gill 403 1849 1 Maryland
Nix v. Watts 121 Ark. 346 1915 1 Arkansas
Boyer v. Crichton 100 Cal. App. 24 1929 1 California
Cothran v. Forsyth 68 Ga. 560 1882 1 Georgia
Perkins v. Castleberry 112 Ga. 626 1901 1 Georgia
Owen v. Georgia Power Co. 83 Ga. App. 807 1951 1 Georgia
Wapello State Savings Bank v. Colton 143 Iowa 359 1909 1 Iowa
Moore v. Riley 487 S.W.2d 555 1972 1 Missouri
Sampson v. W. F. Enterprises, Inc. 611 S.W.2d 333 1980 1 Missouri
Carver v. Schafer 647 S.W.2d 570 1983 1 Missouri
Fergus County v. First State Bank 67 Mont. 1 1923 1 Montana