Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Richards v. Commonwealth 38 Va. 690 1841 1 Virginia
Barnawell v. Smith 58 N.C. 168 1859 1 North Carolina
Thornton v. Thornton 24 Va. 179 1825 1 Virginia
Reed v. Bias 8 Watts & Serg. 189 1844 1 Pennsylvania
Zoebisch v. Von Minden 120 N.Y. 406 1890 1 New York
Beard v. Dennis 6 Ind. 200 1855 1 Indiana
Slater v. Wood 22 N.Y. Super. Ct. 15 1861 1 New York
Ungar v. Dunkin' Donuts of America, Inc. 68 F.R.D. 65 1975 1 United States
Continental Research Corp. v. Scholz 595 S.W.2d 396 1980 1 Missouri
Hooper v. Howell 50 Ga. 165 1873 1 Georgia
Hopkins v. Grimes 14 Iowa 73 1862 1 Iowa
Louis K. Liggett Co. v. Morris 96 Ind. App. 625 1931 1 Indiana
Bower v. Town 12 Mich. 230 1864 1 Michigan
Somerville v. Mayes 54 Miss. 31 1876 1 Mississippi
Thornley v. Lawbaugh 31 N.D. 651 1913 1 North Dakota
Larson v. Hanson 26 N.D. 406 1913 1 North Dakota
Kneeland v. Weigley 76 Neb. 276 1906 1 Nebraska
Insurance Co. of North America v. Kunin 175 Neb. 260 1963 1 Nebraska
Quillen v. Arnold 12 Nev. 234 1877 1 Nevada
Geisinger's Appeal 1 Monag. 600 1889 1 Pennsylvania