Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Mason v. Moyers 41 Va. 606 1844 1 Virginia
Early & Wife v. Friend 57 Va. 21 1860 1 Virginia
Upper Appomattox Co. v. Hamilton & Mann 83 Va. 319 1887 1 Virginia
Dilworth v. Curts 139 Ill. 508 1891 1 Illinois
Chicago Steel Works v. Illinois Steel Co. 153 Ill. 9 1894 1 Illinois
Bradshaw v. People 153 Ill. 156 1894 1 Illinois
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. City of Chicago 148 Ill. 141 1893 1 Illinois
Burgess v. Ruggles 146 Ill. 506 1893 1 Illinois
Reed v. Kabureck 229 Ill. App. 36 1923 1 Illinois
Cooper v. Beers 143 Ill. 25 1892 1 Illinois
Oliphant v. Liversidge 142 Ill. 160 1892 1 Illinois
Wallace v. Banks 219 La. 297 1951 1 Louisiana
Madison Lumber Co. v. Helm 202 La. 1061 1943 1 Louisiana
Lacour Plantation Co. v. Jewell 186 La. 1055 1937 1 Louisiana
Miami Corp. v. State 186 La. 784 1936 1 Louisiana
Robin v. Harris Realty Co. 178 La. 946 1934 1 Louisiana
Thomas v. Hukill 34 W. Va. 385 1890 1 West Virginia
Wickham & Northrop v. Richmond Standard Steel, Spike & Iron Co. 107 Va. 44 1907 1 Virginia
Byrne v. Byrne 289 Mo. 109 1921 1 Missouri
Pracht & Co. v. Lange 81 Va. 711 1886 1 Virginia