Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Cook v. Bennett 207 Ky. 837 1925 1 Kentucky
Irwin's Heirs v. Longworth 20 Ohio 581 1851 1 Ohio
Harrell v. Mitchell 61 Ala. 270 1878 1 Alabama
Tredwell v. Graham 88 N.C. 208 1883 1 North Carolina
Finn v. Donahoe 83 Mich. 165 1890 1 Michigan
Rindskoph, Stern, Lauer & Co. v. Kuder 145 Ill. 607 1893 1 Illinois
Weare Commission Co. v. Druley 156 Ill. 25 1895 1 Illinois
Friedenwald Co. v. Sparger 128 N.C. 446 1901 1 North Carolina
Stephenson v. Point Pleasant Building & Loan Ass'n 108 W. Va. 701 1930 1 West Virginia
Coolidge v. Melvin 42 N.H. 510 1861 1 New Hampshire
Gatlin v. Walton 60 N.C. 333 1864 1 North Carolina
Sparhawk v. Cloon 125 Mass. 263 1878 1 Massachusetts
Pickens v. Dorris 20 Mo. App. 1 1885 1 Missouri
Bland's Adm'r v. Bland 90 Ky. 400 1890 1 Kentucky
Hartwell v. Mobile Towing & Wrecking Co. 212 Ala. 313 1924 1 Alabama
Pilkington v. West 246 N.C. 575 1957 1 North Carolina
Swink v. Swink 6 N.C. App. 161 1969 1 North Carolina
Howe v. Colby 19 Wis. 583 1865 1 Wisconsin
Taylor v. Eatman 92 N.C. 601 1885 1 North Carolina
Langdon v. Astor 10 N.Y. Super. Ct. 477 1854 1 New York