Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Barnes 345 N.C. 184 1997 1 North Carolina
State v. Santamaria 157 A.3d 409 2017 1 New Hampshire
Jacobus v. Jacobus 37 N.J. Eq. 17 1883 1 New Jersey
Smillie v. Titus 32 N.J. Eq. 51 1880 1 New Jersey
Drake v. Bell 26 Misc. 237 1899 1 New York
Huber v. Miller 41 Or. 103 1902 1 Oregon
State v. Ray 24 S.C.L. 1 1838 1 South Carolina
Lee v. Tapscott 2 Va. 276 1796 1 Virginia
Stoddard v. Burt 75 Wis. 107 1889 1 Wisconsin
Dorr v. Dewing & Sons 36 W. Va. 466 1892 1 West Virginia
Hardman v. Cabot 60 W. Va. 664 1906 1 West Virginia
Alston v. United States 349 F.2d 87 1965 1 United States
Waters v. Smith 277 Md. 189 1976 1 Maryland
Sullivan v. Violett 6 Gill 181 1847 1 Maryland
Nabb v. Koontz 17 Md. 283 1861 1 Maryland
Deutsch ex rel. Kanders v. Bond 46 Md. 164 1877 1 Maryland
Ordeman v. Lawson 49 Md. 135 1878 1 Maryland
Culbertson v. Smith 52 Md. 628 1879 1 Maryland
Thomas v. Hunter 29 Md. 406 1868 1 Maryland
Merryman v. Long 49 Md. 540 1879 1 Maryland