Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hyer v. Shobe 16 Va. 200 1811 1 Virginia
Clopton's Adm'r v. Morris 33 Va. 278 1835 1 Virginia
Orne v. Sullivan 4 Miss. 161 1839 1 Mississippi
Robinson v. County Commissioners 12 Md. 132 1858 0 Maryland
Bracken v. Chaffin 24 Tenn. 575 1845 0 Tennessee
Ware v. Stephenson 37 Va. 155 1839 1 Virginia
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Horner v. Speed 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 616 1857 1 Virginia
Mason v. Chappell 56 Va. 572 1860 1 Virginia
Union Steamship Co. v. Nottinghams 58 Va. 115 1866 1 Virginia
Trout v. Va. & Tenn. R. R. 64 Va. 619 1873 1 Virginia
Muhleman v. National Insurance Co. 6 W. Va. 508 1873 1 West Virginia
Mitchell v. Bannon 10 Ill. App. 340 1882 1 Illinois
Commercial Credit Corp. v. Joseph Greco Motor Co. 16 So. 2d 660 1944 1 Louisiana
Richmond & Danville R. R. v. Moore's Adm'r. 78 Va. 93 1883 1 Virginia
Robinson v. Ruprecht 191 Ill. 424 1901 1 Illinois
State v. Turner 190 La. 198 1938 1 Louisiana
Gautreaux v. Harang 190 La. 1060 1938 1 Louisiana
Scott v. Apgar 238 La. 29 1959 1 Louisiana
In re Fowles’ Will 158 N.Y.S. 456 1916 1 New York