Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Preble v. Baldwin 60 Mass. 549 1850 1 Massachusetts
Swafford v. Whipple 3 Greene 261 1851 1 Iowa
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Vaugine v. Taylor 18 Ark. 65 1856 1 Arkansas
Illinois Life Ins. v. De Lang 124 Ky. 569 1907 1 Kentucky
Rockhill v. Spraggs 9 Ind. 30 1857 1 Indiana
Miller v. Little 37 N.D. 612 1917 1 North Dakota
Hackley v. Cooksey 35 Mo. 398 1865 1 Missouri
Whitaker v. Whitaker 52 N.Y. 368 1873 1 New York
Peabody Consolidated Copper Co. v. Maier 20 Ariz. 370 1919 1 Arizona
In re Estate of Foster 4 Coffey 33 1909 1 California
Estate of Heydenfeldt 4 Coffey 510 1895 1 California
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Felton 24 Ill. App. 376 1887 1 Illinois
Kerrigan v. Kerrigan 115 Mont. 136 1943 1 Montana
Apostel Construction & Lumber Co. v. Radulovich 115 Mont. 43 1943 1 Montana
State v. Butler 96 Or. 219 1919 1 Oregon
State v. Smith 101 Or. 127 1921 1 Oregon
Mahan v. Plank 289 F. 722 1923 1 United States
Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co. v. Swenson Evaporator Co. 281 F. 622 1922 1 United States
Weaver v. Alter 29 F. Cas. 486 1878 1 United States