Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Prather v. Davis 76 Ky. 372 1877 1 Kentucky
City of Portsmouth v. Norfolk County 72 Va. 727 1879 1 Virginia
Fluharty v. Beatty 22 W. Va. 698 1883 1 West Virginia
Mathews v. Miller 25 W. Va. 817 1885 1 West Virginia
Lawless v. Lawless 47 Mo. App. 523 1892 1 Missouri
Warren v. Boggs 83 W. Va. 89 1918 1 West Virginia
Hart v. Wright 17 Wend. 267 1837 1 New York
Webster v. Skipwith 26 Miss. 341 1853 1 Mississippi
Innes v. Tobin 240 U.S. 127 1916 1 United States
United States v. Johnson 142 F.2d 588 1944 1 United States
Fahs v. Merrill 142 F.2d 651 1944 1 United States
Burke v. Levy's Executors 22 Va. 1 1821 1 Virginia
Jones v. Raine 25 Va. 386 1826 1 Virginia
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Cecil v. Early 51 Va. 198 1853 1 Virginia
Wallace v. McCarty 8 W. Va. 193 1875 1 West Virginia
Central Land Co. of West Virginia v. Calhoun 16 W. Va. 361 1880 1 West Virginia
Adler v. Green 18 W. Va. 201 1881 1 West Virginia
Hornbrooks v. Lucas 24 W. Va. 493 1884 1 West Virginia
Bunch's Ex'or v. Fluvanna County 86 Va. 452 1890 1 Virginia